ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the election situation in the seven key swing states for the U.S. presidential election is as follows:Among the seven battleground states, only the Associated Press predicts that Trump will win in North Carolina;Georgia has the highest number of counted ballots, which appears to favor the Republican Party;Wisconsin has counted about three-quarters of the ballots, but with Trump only leading by a few percentage points, the competition remains fierce;Similar to Wisconsin, Trump also shows a similar lead in Michigan, but less than half of the votes have been counted.In the crucial Pennsylvania (which has 19 electoral votes), it may take several hours or even days to determine the outcome.Arizona has counted less than half of the ballots, and the current results are very close.There is currently very little data available from Nevada.

ChainCatcher news, the counting of votes for the U.S. presidential election is underway. According to the latest preliminary estimates released by several U.S. media outlets, Trump has won 16 electoral votes from the "swing state" of North Carolina.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, as of 7 AM Eastern Time on the 5th (8 PM Beijing Time), more than 20 states in the United States have opened polling stations for the 2024 presidential election, including North Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.

ChainCatcher news, according to CNN, at 6:30 AM Eastern Time, outside the Loyal Order of Moose voting station in Wilmington, North Carolina, people have lined up to wait to vote. There were already 30 to 40 people in line when the polls opened, and the crowd has continued to grow since then.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, based on data from the University of Florida's Election Lab, as of 3 PM local time on November 3, more than 76.46 million voters across the United States have cast early votes for the 2024 presidential election, with North Carolina setting a record high for early voting rates, with over 4.2 million ballots cast at in-person polling stations.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, based on a poll by The New York Times and Siena College, as the U.S. election approaches, Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are in a deadlock in key swing states.Currently, Harris has a slight lead over Trump in Nevada, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, while Trump maintains an advantage in Arizona and has erased Harris's lead in Pennsylvania.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, U.S. Vice President Harris will deliver a speech at a campaign event in North Carolina at 12:30 PM Eastern Time (00:30 AM Beijing Time the next day).

ChainCatcher news, the North Carolina legislature has passed a bill prohibiting the state from participating in Federal Reserve Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) testing. The Senate overturned Governor Cooper's veto with a vote of 27 in favor and 17 against, passing House Bill 690. The bill prohibits the use of CBDC for payments to the state government and bans the state government from participating in CBDC testing.Cooper previously stated that the bill was "premature and an overreaction." The Blockchain Association's Director of Industry Affairs, Spuler, indicated that Cooper missed the opportunity to signal North Carolina's opposition to CBDC to the Federal Reserve System.It is worth noting that the U.S. House of Representatives passed the "CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act" this May, aimed at preventing the Federal Reserve from issuing CBDC to individuals. Federal Reserve Chairman Powell has stated that the Federal Reserve will not issue CBDC without congressional approval.

ChainCatcher news, the North Carolina legislature has passed a bill that prohibits the state from implementing the central bank digital currency (CBDC) issued by the U.S. Federal Reserve, with the Senate overriding Governor Roy Cooper's veto. The bill prohibits North Carolina from accepting CBDC as a form of payment and forbids its participation in "any future CBDC testing conducted by any Federal Reserve branch."On September 9, the Republican-led Senate passed the bill with a vote of 27 to 17, slightly above the 60% majority needed to override Democrat Cooper's veto, allowing House Bill 690 to pass. Previously, the North Carolina House of Representatives had overridden Cooper's veto with a vote of 73 to 41 in early August.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bill that would have prohibited the state from implementing a central bank digital currency issued by the Federal Reserve, despite the bill receiving nearly unanimous support from both the House and Senate. Roy Cooper has faced criticism for making a politically motivated decision, and in a statement on June 5, he explained that House Bill 690 was "premature, vague, and reactionary," and not suitable for signing into law.

ChainCatcher news, the North Carolina legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that restricts the state government from using and accepting central bank digital currency (CBDC) issued by the Federal Reserve. House Bill 690 has now been submitted to Governor Roy Cooper for approval, after the Senate passed the bill with a vote of 39 in favor and 5 against the day before.On June 26, the House passed the bill with a vote of 109 in favor and 4 against. If Cooper signs the bill into law, it will immediately prohibit state agencies and courts from accepting "payments using central bank digital currency." It will also prohibit them from participating in "any CBDC testing conducted by any Federal Reserve branch."

ChainCatcher news, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill by a vote of 118 to 0 that prohibits payments of digital dollars to the state's court system or any state-affiliated agency. The bill initially sought to ban payments of cryptocurrencies to the state, but was changed in the version submitted on Tuesday to refer to digital currency issued by the Federal Reserve. (Source link)