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The chancellor’s pet PuFins have an important role – but they need more scrutiny | Nils Pratley
An Office for Budget Responsibility for public financial institutions like the National Wealth Fund and the British Business Bank is starting to look essentialTwo winners in the b…
Homes across UK to get low- or no-interest loans to fund solar panels and heat pumps
Government-backed Warm Home Loans scheme to help households cut energy bills by hundreds of poundsHouseholds across the UK can now cut their energy bills by hundreds of pounds a y…
About 70% of tax scholars would vote against California’s billionaire tax, a new survey finds
Economists and accountants overwhelmingly oppose Prop. 40, while law professors lean yes, according to a UNC professor’s poll of 105 tax academics.
Brazilian companies turned to stablecoins on election day to dodge a currency crash
USDT volume on crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin jumped nearly 800% and bitcoin volume surged 865%. Binance’s USDT/BRL market tripled while the global BTC/USDT pair fell.
A $3M Hedge, a Midterm Test and Retail's Rise: Prediction Markets at NEXTPredict
Chuck Todd called markets a "fact checker" for journalism, as Kalshi, Polymarket and Robinhood pitched contracts well beyond elections.
OpenAI Proves ETH Is False, and Crypto Twitter Has Questions
A new OpenAI paper declares ETH false, a claim that hundreds of research papers lean on. Crypto Twitter degens and serious mathematicians are abuzz.
Janus Henderson, Centrifuge launch tokenized Nasdaq-100 fund on Stellar
The blockchain-based fund offers eligible non-US investors exposure to the Nasdaq-100 as Janus Henderson expands its institutional tokenization business.
Robinhood taps Ripple’s $2.5 billion RLUSD stablecoin despite backing rival USDG
Robinhood helped launch a rival dollar-backed token, USDG, but will also offer Ripple's stablecoin to retail customers later this year.
USDC overtakes USDT in euro stablecoin trading as EU rules reshape market: Kaiko
USDC’s share of euro stablecoin trading has climbed to 56% since January 2024, with deeper liquidity as exchanges restrict USDT under MiCA.
‘How do you pick yourself?’ Jay-Z once turned down the Super Bowl. Now he’s headlining the show he produces
The Roc Nation founder spent seven years choosing the NFL’s halftime stars after backing Colin Kaepernick. Now he’s chosen himself, and the backlash over the optics was immediate.
Not even an MBA can save Gen Z and they know it—now U.S. business school applications have plunged 25% as job prospects dim
Business school is becoming a tougher sell for Gen Z, even as graduates of top MBA programs land jobs with median base salaries of at least $175,000.
The humanist at the top of real estate’s automation machine: ‘I happen to despise the term headcount in the world of AI’
JLL’s facilities chief insists AI will protect his 88,000 workers. His company’s own clients see a different future ahead.
Some iPhone Duo owners say Apple’s $1,999 foldable cracked within hours of unboxing—and a possible explanation has emerged
Apple’s first foldable sold out in minutes and won strong reviews. Now Apple is replacing units whose inner screens crack along the fold, a teardown points to the hinge, and the s…
How the beauty industry is boosting High Streets
Marie Camara believes beauty and personal care businesses play a key role in supporting high streets.
McDonald's McRib Doesn't Actually Boost Bitcoin's Price, Sorry Everyone
Crypto traders think the McRib’s return to McDonald's means a Bitcoin pump is coming. Experts say there is "no correlation at all."
Nasdaq-100 comes onchain as Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch first licensed fund
The $500 billion asset manager is launching an issuer-sponsored fund on Stellar, taking a different approach from third-party stock tokens.
Trump calls the gas price a ‘small price to pay’ for a righteous war in Iran. Voters are about to tell him what they think
Nearly eight months into the war, high gas prices and voter frustration are complicating the GOP's efforts to retain control of Congress.
China’s rich list topped by $100 billion TikTok AI fortune: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming
It's a record high for China's richest person, and the rankings included a record 1,529 people worth more than $750 million.
‘I think he was a Chinese dictator’: Kylian Mbappé backtracks on stray comment after he starts losing endorsements overseas
The French football superstar was asked on a French TV show about his favorite meme of himself, and he seemed to describe one based on Mao Zedong.
‘Meaningless as a laptop screensaver’: reviewers slate Musk’s AI-made Odyssey film
Tesla tycoon launched Grok project after criticising Christoper Nolan’s diverse casting for his Homeric blockbusterElon Musk has released an AI-generated rival to Christopher Nola…
How has Andy Burnham used his first 100 days in power?
From ‘everyday fixes’, party management and communications to long-term plans for care and pensions, the PM’s six key acts so farUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham arri…
Ghosting Your Money? How to Get Back on Track
Ignoring your money might feel blissful at first, but it can lead to bigger problems.
CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing infrastructure onchain, including data used by BlackRock
The new service could help developers build blockchain-based index funds, tokenized portfolios and derivatives using established financial benchmarks.
Polymarket Has Investigated 'Dozens' of Midterm Election Bets: Report
The firm's new head of investigations says its surveillance system flags hundreds of alerts a day, with at least two cases sent to the CFTC.