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Strategy seeks shareholder approval for daily preferred stock dividends
Strategy’s proposal would move STRC and its three other preferred stocks to daily dividend payments, following a similar move by Bitcoin treasury firm Strive.
Magic Eden Warns Old Ethereum NFT Listings Are Exposed to Payment Processor Exploit
A flaw in Limit Break's Payment Processor V2 put old Magic Eden Ethereum listings at risk, prompting a whitehat rescue of more than 23,000 NFTs.
Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment is coming soon. Here are the states where the biggest hike in years could have the most impact
The Senior Citizens League estimated the COLA for 2027 will be 3.5%, while the AARP projected a 3.6% hike.
Bitcoin Rally Slows as $15.6 Billion Options Expiry Hits—XRP and Solana Keep Climbing
Pullback or reversal? Here's what the charts suggest for BTC.
White House television pool resumes after banned news outlets regain access
Trump’s media ban resulted in an effective TV blackout of coverage of the president during the UN general assemblyThe primary White House television pool has resumed filming admin…
Sir David Beckham nets £38.5m after World Cup ad deals
His stake in DRJB Holdings has entitled him to almost half of its £85.5m in dividend payments.
‘We’ve never gotten along better’: Trump and Xi talk Taiwan, trade and AI at state dinner—with Sam Altman and Jensen Huang in attendance
Trump has previously criticized hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in 2015, saying then-president Barack Obama should "take them to McDonald's and go back to the negotiating table."
Crypto Biz: Wall Street and crypto fight for the same turf
Stablecoins and tokenized assets are pushing banks, exchanges and crypto companies into the same markets, from payments to stocks and ETFs.
‘You can’t silence the truth’: Netanyahu calls Mamdani ‘the antisemitic mayor of New York’ at the UN, as 100 protestors were arrested outside
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has previously said Netanyahu is a "war criminal" who is "the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people."
Brené Brown says the key to surviving AI is rejecting Jack Welch’s advice and embracing humanity. The problem is humans ‘can’t stand each other’
Treating our humanity like a liability could mean ignoring our greatest superpower, Brown said.
Andrew Cuomo: America can’t afford to fall behind on the future of finance
The United States still lacks a comprehensive and durable statutory framework governing the digital-asset economy. It's time to get it right.
Peter Thiel says Germany has a ‘fear of success’ problem—and it explains why entrepreneurs don’t scale like Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg
The billionaire cofounder of PayPal and Palantir warns that Germany’s entrepreneurs too often shy away from scaling companies into global giants.
Despite the entry-level job apocalypse, half of Gen Z are planning to look for new work elsewhere before the end of the year
A majority of Gen Zers are looking to switch jobs and take home a bigger paycheck, even as opportunities shrink and pay gains flatten.
‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London
Buses for London aims for ‘greener, safer and better-value’ service but private operators say move will not fix problemsLondon buses in decline? Why public transport is slowing to…
Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist
The stablecoin issuer blacklisted a wallet holding about $318,000 in USDT and USDC. Most of the stolen funds sit in ether, which can't be frozen.
Tokenization is moving faster than Washington
Regulatory clarity is not simply a legal or political issue, argues former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. It is an economic one.
Tether confirms minimal EQIBank exposure following $89M US asset seizure
While Tether's stated ceiling places its maximum exposure under $64 million, the incident underscores lingering counterparty risks in fiat gateway networks.
Strategy proposes daily dividends to bring STRC back toward $100
STRC has remained below $100 since May, despite a 12% dividend rate and roughly $1 billion in preferred share buybacks.
Entry-level jobs were actually secret apprenticeships all along, and AI just cut the subsidy
Wharton professor Patrick Harker was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia for a decade. He knows what a tight labor market looks like.
Mortgage Rates Today, Friday, September 25: A Little Relief, but Still Above 7%
TL;DR: Rates fell today, but they’re still solidly above 7%.
Federal cyber agency unveils midterm plan with 40 days to go: ‘For them to come in 5 weeks before the election, yeah, nice effort’
The plan arrived weeks after its mid-August deadline, after states had already turned to private vendors to replace federal cybersecurity support.
Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack
Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.
Gas topped the equivalent of $12 a gallon in parts of Europe—and consumers are spending an extra $231 million a day on diesel
Governments are cutting fuel taxes, handing out subsidies and relaxing energy rules as wars squeeze Europe’s heavily import-dependent economy.
Pope Leo warns humanity risks losing itself in a ‘paradise of machines’
The pope urged stronger safeguards around AI, warning that technology must remain a tool for humans rather than displace or destroy them.