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    Bitcoin Core Upgrade Renews Battle Over Bitcoin’s Identity

    Bitcoin Core’s next major upgrade has reignited old tensions in the community, pitting developers who want a neutral, fee-driven network against purists who...

    Kraken Commits $2M to Pro-Crypto PACs to Defend Digital Rights in the US

    Crypto exchange Kraken pledged $2 million to two politically aligned groups as part of what it calls an ongoing battle to defend core...

    I’m 70 and have Alzheimer’s. My son’s girlfriend put $750 worth of lottery tickets on a credit card I gave him. What can I...

    “I contacted the credit-card company, but was advised they could not reimburse me for the theft.” Source link

    Open, Verifiable Tech for Health, Finance, Voting

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin called for open-source, verifiable infrastructure across critical sectors, including healthcare, finance and governance, warning that centralized systems risk eroding...

    Here’s Palantir’s ‘secret sauce,’ which these analysts say can boost the stock even more

    Bank of America notes the benefits of Palantir’s forward deployed engineers, who embed within customers to help deploy the company’s technology offerings. Source link...

    CFTC To Explore Stablecoins for Derivatives Collateral

    The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is looking to allow tokenized assets, including stablecoins, to be used in derivatives markets as collateral in...

    Acting Chairman Pham Launches Tokenized Collateral and Stablecoins Initiative

    WASHINGTON — Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham announced today the CFTC will launch an initiative for the use of tokenized collateral...

    Micron’s stock gains as the memory-chip maker clears a high bar

    Wall Street expected a beat-and-raise quarter from Micron, which indeed gave an outlook far stronger than what analysts were expecting as AI drives...

    Powell Flags Unemployment Risks as Futures Markets Expect More Rate Cuts

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday reiterated the central bank’s delicate balancing act, stressing that policymakers are trying to navigate between their...

    Which Countries Recognize a Palestinian State?

    Ashley Wu, a graphics reporter for The New York Times, walks us through the changing map of Palestinian recognition. Source link

    ‘I changed my will to deter vultures’: I’m in my 60s and disabled. Do I impoverish myself to qualify for Medicaid?

    “I pay my taxes and insurance, donate money and personal belongings.” Source link

    BlackRock Bitcoin, ETH ETFs Hit $260M Annualized Revenue

    BlackRock’s cryptocurrency-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become a revenue-generating machine, bringing in $260 million in revenue for the world’s largest asset manager, signaling...

    Samsung Partners With Decentralized AI Healthcare Protocol Galeon

    Tech behemoth Samsung has partnered with decentralized science (DeSci) and healthcare artificial intelligence protocol Galeon to provide AI training data from its ultrasound...

    The OECD lifts U.S. growth outlook — but it’s still a bleak forecast

    The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development expects the U.S. economy to slow dramatically this year, though its new forecast is slightly more...

    Former Binance CEO CZ’s YZi Labs May Open to External Investors

    Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s $10 billion investment firm YZi Labs is weighing plans to open the fund to outside capital and external investors.YZi Labs...

    Why flows now rival fundamentals

    For most of modern market history, trading flows were seen as little more than the smoke from the fire – evidence of deeper...