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Exclusive: Expa and Coinbase Ventures-backed Fin.com emerges from stealth with $20 million seed round to build out global stablecoin infrastructure
The payments company provides the infrastructure needed for businesses to move stablecoins into local bank accounts.
CEOs warn against falling into AI’s efficiency trap: The biggest risk is ‘a better version of yesterday’
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Ethereum, Base wallet standards talks fail, Ethlabs researcher says
Ethereum and Base are pursuing different account abstraction designs after talks failed, according to Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang.
Hong Kong crypto exchange CoinEx to cease operations after 9 years in business
Founder and CEO Haipo Yang cited mounting security and compliance risks and said he rejected a sale in favor of a “clean ending.”
Bitcoin short-term holders hit 30-day profit streak as bull-market odds improve: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin short-term holders approached a full month in partial profit as analysis saw improving odds of an enduring bullish BTC price reversal.
Parents seek out school uniform deals, cutting average spend to £54.53
Overall grocery inflation jumps to 2.3%, as Ocado and Lidl gain market shareBusiness live – latest updatesParents and carers spent 12.5% less on school uniform in the run-up to th…
Strive's Bitcoin Stash Hits an Even 25,000 BTC After $36.6 Million Buy
The asset manager funded the entire purchase through preferred stock, pushing SATA's notional value past $1 billion for the first time.
Fast, furious and potentially fatal: why are supercars suddenly so popular?
Once the preserve of the ultra-rich, supercars are finding new drivers through rentals, finance deals, influencer culture and the manosphere. But why would anyone want a 200mph ve…
A tale of two economies: Why IKEA’s strategy is the antidote to the middle-class margin collapse
As America’s middle class faces shrinking purchasing power, IKEA offers a counterintuitive corporate playbook: cut prices, localize supply chains, invest in energy and retrain wor…
US seeks $61M in USDT allegedly tied to sanctioned Iranian oil sales
Tether froze $61.19 million across 10 Tron addresses in 2025 that prosecutors allege were connected to black-market Iranian oil proceeds.
Solana more than triples transaction size limit with mainnet upgrade
Solana raised its transaction size limit to 4,096 bytes, giving developers more room for zero-knowledge proofs and transactions with multiple signatures.
Make NHS and MoD uniforms in UK, fashion firms urge Burnham
More than 1,200 people including Ben Fogle sign letter saying buying British will help preserve manufacturing firmsBusiness live – latest updatesLondon fashion week is only days a…
AI safety requires more than just slowing our pace | Stuart Russell
Safety requirements are non-negotiable. They depend on meeting concrete goals, not just adjusting a timelineIt has been a week of high drama in AI, precipitated by the resignation…
Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges
Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby groupThe North Sea oil and gas industry has called on Labour to…
Why a decade of doomsday warnings failed to slow the AI race
From Stephen Hawking to Jacob Coxon’s viral Anthropic resignation, fears that AI could threaten humanity have shaken the industry without stopping its pursuit Before an Anthropic …
Jaguar Land Rover in talks to sell Defender to Nato countries
Carmaker builds on relationship with British armed forces by seeking to cash in on Europe’s rearmament drive Business live – latest updatesJaguar Land Rover is in talks with Nato …
China has too much green energy. Experts think AI can fix that
Production in China's clean energy sector has grown so much that there’s more energy infrastructure than the market needs.
Kate Dohaney says AI demands a different type of leadership—“I’m not a CEO sitting back saying cut, cut, cut.”
How company leaders respond to the AI wave–and take their colleagues with them—is one of the most important issues for C-Suite leaders as they contemplate the year ahead.
What is the triple lock and how much is the state pension worth?
The triple lock guarantees that the state pension is not overtaken by inflation or wage increases.
Trump’s ‘largest deregulatory action ever’ in the power sector will keep old coal plants online longer to fuel the AI boom
The EPA's rollback of emissions rules for power plants hastens climate change but helps the data center buildout.
Leading UK retailers ‘breaking law’ by not refunding customers for returned goods, Which? finds
Consumer group says online shops routinely failed to reimburse delivery costs of unwanted purchases or cost of itemsLeading retailers are breaking the law by failing to properly r…
The American Dream isn’t what you think it is
Eric Zwick told Fortune that the "Everywhere Millionaire" book grew out of a major surprise on wealth: “I’m like, this is not Jeff Bezos.”
UK companies keep shedding staff as pay growth slows, meaning state pension could rise by 3.9% – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as wage growth – used to set triple-lock pension – slows to 3.9%Supporters of the pension triple lock point out that it…
Trump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifies
President has dismissed anxieties over AI’s dangerous potential even as Democrats and some Republicans acknowledge risksDonald Trump is facing a rare backlash from the US Congress…