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Live updates: Bitcoin slides from nearly $80,000 as Senate votes on Clarity Act
Senators take a procedural vote on the crypto market structure bill later Tuesday. Bitcoin has given back 3% since touching $79,530 overnight, with XRP and zcash the only majors g…
State pension likely to rise by 3.9% next April
The state pension rises by the highest of wage growth, inflation or 2.5%.
Help-to-buy scheme delivered ‘very high value for money,’ review finds
Exclusive: George Osborne’s programme to reduce costs for first-time buyers delivered £25bn in social value in UK last yearGeorge Osborne’s scheme to reduce costs for first-time b…
Sky gave my father the hard sell even though he has dementia
He wanted to save money, but it insisted on selling costly packages and seemed not to accept ‘cancel’ as an optionI was helping my father, who has dementia and Parkinson’s disease…
Why unwanted fridges are piling up at recycling centres across England and Wales
Capacity has been overwhelmed by heatwaves that have pushed white goods to breaking point“In Oxfordshire, recycling centres are filling almost three articulated lorries with disca…
XRP Ledger is one vote away from starting its next big payments upgrade
Batch V1.1 would let users bundle up to eight linked transactions into one operation, with 27 of 35 trusted validators now backing the change.
CLARITY Act odds fall to 16% as key Democrats resist GOP’s ‘final’ offer
Banking groups also said the GOP’s final text leaves stablecoin reward loopholes, while tribal gaming interests warn that its prediction market provisions threaten tribal sovereig…
U.S. DOJ seeks $61 million in what it calls Iran's crypto-laundered black market oil sales
Prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture complaint against what they call Iran's illegal crypto proceeds that are used to fund its military.
Charities praise will gifts despite cost of living
Jersey charities say leaving donations in wills can be "transformational", regardless of how much.
Solana transactions just got more than 3 times bigger, narrowing the gap with Ethereum
Transaction V1 raises Solana’s limit to 4,096 bytes from 1,232, giving developers more room for multi-step trades, company-wallet approvals and privacy proofs.
CoinEx to cease operation after 9 years, citing ‘significant’ crypto contraction
CoinEx said falling trading volumes and liquidity, along with rising regulatory and compliance costs, had exceeded “reasonable boundaries,” with withdrawals remaining open until D…
Democrats send counteroffer to Republicans over Clarity Act provisions
Democratic Senators were said to be meeting late Monday to discuss the latest proposed draft text.
Digital ID comes of age as pubs and bars get go-ahead for biometric scan tech
New laws coming into force this week aim to streamline age checks although old-style plastic IDs will still be allowedYounger drinkers in England and Wales will be able to prove t…
Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs
Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of poundsEconomists have urged the chancellor, John Healey, to press the Bank of …
AI isn’t going to end humanity ... right? - podcast
A series of figures in the tech world have been warning about – and even resigning over – the existential threat posed by artificial intelligence. How worried should we be? Today …
Trump says AI safety fears a 'hoax' as he rejects calls for greater safeguards
The US president's comments come after Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told the BBC an AI "kill switch" may need to be mandatory.
Balancer eyes wind-down after restructuring fails to revive revenue
Balancer cut costs and shipped new products after restructuring, but Marcus Hardt says v3 failed to replace legacy revenue as November’s $128 million exploit continued to weigh on…
U.S. House panel shares crypto tax bill ahead of hearing later this week
The House Ways and Means Committee published a crypto tax bill addressing de minimis transactions, staking and other issues for which the industry's clamored for policies.
Bitcoin slips to $77,800 as Senate Clarity Act vote nears and oil prices climb
Bitcoin pulls back from $79,000 as the Senate prepares to vote on the Clarity Act and oil prices rise.
AI regulation faces political deadlock as calls grow for Congress to act
With Trump opposed and Congress divided, new safety legislation on AI is unlikely to pass anytime soon despite mounting pressure.
Why crypto-billionaires love Reform – podcast
Reform UK have just been showered with £72m in donations by billionaires. What does that money buy and what will the party do with it? Peter Walker explainsOn Friday Ben Delo, a 4…