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1 day ago | digitaljournal.com | Paul Wallis

White House crypto czar David Sacks says the US government bitcoin reserve 'will not cost taxpayers a dime' - Copyright AFP/File INA FASSBENDERUnrealized capital gains are the increases in the paper value of assets like stocks, Bitcoin, and other markets. If you make money on paper, but don’t cash in, you could pay 15% in tax on those gains. This approach completely rewrites the script for the nouveau riche and any number of financial deals. It’s much trickier than it looks.

2 days ago | digitaljournal.com | Jennifer Friesen

Leo Bottary, author and founder of Peernovation. Photo by Marc Arumi of MotivMidway up Mount Baldy, Leo Bottary’s daughters were ready to call it quits. The air was thin, the summit still looked impossibly far, and their confidence was shot. “Dad, I think the view looks pretty good from here,” one of them said. It was the beginning of the end. But Bottary, author and founder of Peernovation, had a trick up his sleeve.

3 days ago | digitaljournal.com | Jennifer Friesen

Lindsay Recknell, president and CEO, Paradigm Corporate Wellness. Photo by Marc Arumi of MotivLindsay Recknell didn’t believe in all that talk about self-care at first. The breathing exercises, the talk of burnout, the idea that connection could be a business tool? It all sounded too soft, too unproductive. As a former accountant by trade, she had built her career on logic, efficiency, and pushing through.

3 days ago | digitaljournal.com | Paul Wallis

A US Himars rocekt launcher is pictured during exercises in the Philippines in October 2022 - Copyright AFP Ed JONESDoes anyone in America pay the slightest attention to what they say? Doesn’t look like it. In between threats of annexation and routine abuse of allies, the US has condescended to lecture Australia on defense budgets. We’re supposed to “raise our defense spending to 3%”. This is pretty much standard rhetoric for the administration and has been previously donated to NATO as advice.

4 days ago | digitaljournal.com | Jennifer Friesen

Simon Raby, professor at Mount Royal University and founder of ScaleUP Week. Photo by Marc Arumi of MotivAt a time when business optimism is starting to return (however cautiously), ScaleUP Week 2025 opened with something that’s looking to help Canadian firms turn that optimism into outcomes. That something is a new report called ScaleUP Drivers 2025, which is focused on the strategies, barriers, and conditions that shape whether a company grows or stalls.