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It is thought that the decision was made in part to help Ukraine hold on to part of the Kursk region, to use as a bargaining chip in future negotiations.

As Galen Jackson, an associate professor of political science at Williams College, put it, “To the extent that Israel plans to hold on to the settlements that it builds in the West Bank, then almost by definition annexation has been proceeding for decades on a gradual basis. The main difference with Trump, in that case, is that he doesn’t even protest Israeli settlement expansion or deem it in violation of international law, whereas all other U.S. administrations have.”

But the value of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin has quintupled since then — bitcoin was worth $17,000 on the bankruptcy date, and close to $90,000 now, so the customers are deprived of any gain they might have pocketed had they been able to hold on to their coins.

“If and when there is excess water available, we want to be able to store it and hold on to it, and use it wisely.”

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was “shocked” by the nomination, saying it reaffirmed the need for the Senate to hold on to its constitutional duty of providing “advice and consent.”