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More than 60 U.S. stocks including Nvidia and Tesla are headed onchain. Here’s how it works
The planned 24/7 venue will offer dozens of tokenized U.S. stocks, with trades conducted against stablecoins through blockchain-based liquidity pools rather than a traditional ord…
Treasury yields at 5% threaten extending Bitcoin’s best quarter since 2017
Weak US jobs data has narrowed expectations for another Fed hike in October, offering Bitcoin some relief as investors continue to embrace the debasement trade.
A shedload of trouble for the neighbours | Letters
Jane Whitehead believes neighbours should be heard, not seen, while Paul Burton says the capacity of neighbours to take offence is limitless. Plus a letter from Joyce CorstonThank…
Badenoch is trying to match Farage step for step – but it’s a dance of death for the Tories | Polly Toynbee
At conference here in Birmingham I found a small battalion of centrist remainers with a vision of the Conservative party to comeYou can walk all the way from Somerset to Sussex wi…
CFTC Unveils Plan to Bring Crypto Exchanges Under Federal Oversight
The CFTC is seeking public comment on a framework that would create a new federal license for crypto exchanges, with leverage offers as the trigger for oversight.
BT’s purchase of TalkTalk is cosy – but probably politically sensible | Nils Pratley
For all the howls of a ‘stitch-up’, it’s hard to see what ministers were supposed to do, as the alternatives risked worse outcomesBT to buy broadband supplier TalkTalk in £400m re…
U.S. shale executives have no idea when the oil market will go off a cliff
While more than half see substantial margin remaining, one-third of oil executives think the SPR is already below or nearly at tank bottoms.
Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told
It labelled Anthropic a "supply chain risk" in February after the firm refused to remove safety guardrails from its tools.
Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places
Camera-enabled Meta spectacles are already restricted in UK and US because of fears about covert recordingNorway is planning a temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places…
Bitcoin Just Flashed a Second, Stronger Golden Cross: Here's What That Means
The Bitcoin rally keeps bumping into the same wall, but a classic bullish signal suggests the trend is built to last.
Glasgow city council reaches pay deal with union to avert fire-and-rehire plan
‘Strong and fair’ proposal to be taken to members’ ballot after previous offer led Unison to walk out of negotiationsGlasgow city council has reached an agreement with the trade u…
NEXTPredict Founder: 'Nobody Was Serving' Prediction Markets' Enormous Audience
Reporters from CNBC and CNN are on the program beside the exchanges, two weeks before the midterms put the sector on air.
U.S. CFTC joins SEC in proposing crypto regulations, though spot-market gap lingers
The derivatives regulator is proposing two rules meant to cover the waterfront of crypto activity and exchanges, as long as it's not simple, direct trading.
Preppers used to be ridiculed – but we’re all stockpiling now | Zoe Williams
The UK government urging households to prepare for unknown threats with a three-day supply of food and water doesn’t feel like an overreaction. But is there a bigger plan to go wi…
How Hyperliquid defied crypto’s DAT death spiral—and built the industry’s only flourishing digital asset treasury
In just 10 months, Hyperliquid Strategies amassed more than 35 million HYPE tokens—one of crypto’s fastest-rising assets.
Sainsbury’s and Morrisons ‘held talks this year’ on multibillion-pound merger
Deal would have created a supermarket with a market share of 23.6%, still well behind Tesco’s 27.8%Sainsbury’s held merger talks with rival Morrisons this year to discuss a multib…
Just a few years into working, Gen Z is already the most anxious generation about AI derailing their retirement—51% fear it will cut their nest egg
As AI disrupts career paths, Gen Z is already far more worried than millennials or Gen Xers about having enough money for their golden years of retirement.
Bitcoin price fails to break higher after best weekly close in eight months
Bitcoin’s highest weekly close in eight months formed low-timeframe resistance at the start of Monday’s US trading session.
Workers feared AI would kill jobs. Instead, it could boost their paychecks: 72% of employers say they’ll pay more for AI skills
72% of bosses will boost pay for recruits with AI skills, according to Robert Half—and job-seekers in Silicon Valley have the best odds of earning more.
Bitmine Buys $41M More Ethereum, Reaching 99% of Its 'Alchemy of 5%' Target
The purchase lifts Bitmine's stash past 6 million ETH—4.9% of supply and 99% of the way to its "Alchemy of 5%" goal—as chairman Tom Lee says Ethereum is "dwarfing" other macro ass…
‘I was just kind of on my own’: Soldiers wounded in Iranian drone strike say the Army ‘took too long’ to treat their injuries
“I was just kind of on my own, at least it felt like that,” said Lincón, a veteran of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
‘There are no children’: A Greek island has just 2 students left—and its last school is about to close
Greece closed 75 schools this year as falling birth rates and population decline empty classrooms across the country.
Mark Thompson will remain chief executive at CNN after Paramount sale
Decision by Paramount Skydance executive David Ellison was relief to employees who feared overhaul – and possibility of Bari Weiss taking overMark Thompson, who since 2023 has ser…
A job that changed me: I mulched city parks in the dead of winter – I was not cut out for manual labour or working with family
My brother said I was terrible at mulching; he was right. But before tearing up my contract, he imparted some words of wisdomIn early 2020 in Canberra, I left my job in human reso…