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Plus: Crypto domain names are the next crypto. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Sign up here]( [Quartz]( August 17, 2022 [View in browser]( Sponsored By Good morning, Quartz readers! Here’s what you need to know US president Joe Biden signed a landmark climate, health, and tax bill into law. The legislation will [boost investment]( in cleantech like [electric vehicles](. Ford is already [reaping the benefits]( of EV enthusiasm. Republican Liz Cheney lost her Congressional seat. The Wyoming lawmaker, a key player in the Jan. 6 investigation, [paid the price]( of standing up to former president Donald Trump. The US housing market cooled down. Construction of new homes [has slowed down]( to early 2021 levels, and more deals are foundering as buyers pull out over higher mortgage rates. American Airlines put down a deposit on 20 Boom supersonic jets. The aircrafts, when ready, should [cut the travel time]( of trans-Atlantic flights by half. Wall Street was happily surprised by Walmart’s earnings. The retail behemoth said it’s seeing more high-earning customers [visit its stores]( to buy cheaper goods during high inflation. Crisis-hit Cuba opened up to foreign investors. The move reverses a 1960s policy nationalizing retail in a bid to end [basic goods shortages](. Sponsor content by Bank of America Is your finger on the pulse of the latest consumer trends? Stay current with holistic and real-time estimates of U.S. consumers’ spending and their financial well-being from the Bank of America Institute’s monthly Consumer Checkpoint publication. [Read the latest.]([Advertisement] What to watch for Whether it’s actually [selling most of its shares]( in Meituan, things aren’t looking great for Tencent. The Chinese gaming and social media giant, which runs the [massively influential]( app WeChat, reported a [drop in revenue]( as a stricter regulatory environment and covid-19 lockdowns take a toll. Tencent’s been [missing revenue estimates]( each quarter since the start of 2020, but the latest results showed the company’s [first-ever revenue decline](, with the figure coming in at 134 billion yuan ($19.7 billion), or a 3% year-over-year dip. Tencent’s big money maker, advertising, dried up as brands move to cut costs to [offset macro headwinds](, while Tencent’s gaming business, which makes up about a third of the company’s sales, has been hampered by [regulatory pressures](. Crypto domain names are hot, crypto itself is not There’s [a crypto land grab afoot](, but this time it doesn’t involve shiba inu-themed coins. Administered by the Ethereum Name Service, an .eth domain serves as a public profile to showcase one’s Ethereum blockchain transactions and holdings—and it can also be sold as an NFT. In July, the ENS reported record numbers: 378,804 .eth domain names were registered, 25,000 names were renewed, and it made about $3.9 million in net income. [A bar chart showing new .eth domain registrations, with the most being in May and July of this year.]( Graphic: (Scott Nover) Why bother? A three- or four-digit ENS domain could land you in online social communities and bragging rights arenas like the 999 and 10k clubs. But it’s not cheap: Membership in these clubs could cost you tens of thousands of dollars. This boom comes at an odd time for the broader crypto industry. While domain sales are up, most [crypto assets are down](. But this speculative boom is, in a sense, something internet entrepreneurs have been doing for decades: buying up domain names to make a buck. India’s in hot water with FIFA Yesterday, FIFA suspended the All India Football Federation with immediate effect due to “undue influence from third parties.” India stands to lose out on hosting the Under-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, which began selling tickets earlier this month. 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