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Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan Chase (JPM) says that persistent security vulnerabilities and stagnant total value locked (TVL) are impacting the institutional appeal of decentralized finance (DeFi). TVL refers to the total value of cryptoassets stored in a DeFi protocol and is often used as a metric to measure the size, usage, and overall health…
An 18-year-old woman was being held on $10 million bail Thursday for conspiring with two men to attack a Texas synagogue and “kill as many Jews as possible,” court records show. Court documents identify the suspect as Angelina Han Hicks of Lexington, North Carolina, who is charged with conspiracy to commit felony murder and conspiracy…
Yahoo’s Justin Boone breaks down KC Concepcion His fantasy football prospects after being selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 24th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, including wide receiver projection and rankings moving forward. You can also read His reaction to every fantasy-related pick in the first round. KC Concepcion, WR, Browns (No….
Tether, the cryptocurrency company known for issuing the world’s largest stablecoin, said on Thursday it had frozen USDT tokens worth $344 million in two wallets on the Tron blockchain after receiving a request from U.S. authorities. The freeze came after authorities flagged the addresses as suspected of being linked to illegal activity, the company said…
Dan Campbell likes the Detroit Lions’ latest draft pick. “I like the way he plays,” the Lions coach said Thursday night on Fox 2 Sports about Clemson offensive tackle Blake Miller, whom Detroit selected with the No. 17 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. advertise “He has a way of preparing, a way of training,…
Some Harvard students have launched a petition urging the university to abandon plans to introduce grading reforms, calling it “racist.” “This petition calls on Harvard to reject the proposed grading policy, arguing that it is not only flawed but actually racially harmful,” petition Angelina Agostini, a freshman at Harvard University, wrote on Change.org. “We address…
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots are thought to either rush with the 31st overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft or try to drop out of the first round entirely. Instead, the Patriots went up. advertise After the Houston Texans made a trade with the Buffalo Bills for the No. 26 and No….
In today’s newsletter, Vincent Chok from First Digital reveals the rise of “agent finance,” where artificial intelligence agents are going beyond advice to execute financial transactions, making cryptocurrencies an important financial backend for this machine-driven economy. Then, in Ask the Expert, we asked three leading AI systems (Grok, Gemini, and Claude) two questions about the…
As of last Friday, April 17, the annual interest rate for borrowing stablecoins on Aave, widely considered the gold standard in DeFi, was 2.32%. The Federal Reserve’s overnight interest rate is 3.64%. On the face of it, the market is pricing unregulated open source smart contracts as a lower credit risk than the U.S. Treasury….
They’ve done it again. The Seahawks got what they needed most first. With a plethora of trades being made right in front of them, the Seahawks got what they got in last year’s draft: a blend of the biggest needs with the best players on the 2026 NFL Draft board Thursday night. advertise Instead of…