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Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency platform Kraken, is raising new funding at a valuation of $20 billion, according to two people familiar with the matter. Kraken declined to comment on the raise. The latest round of funding comes as the company ramps up spending on acquisitions. It recently acquired stablecoin-focused payments company Reap for…
Jake Paul MVP and Netflix will launch their first mixed martial arts event this weekend. Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey returns to the ring after nearly a decade to take on women’s mixed martial arts (MMA) pioneer Gina Carano. Rousey VS Carano The main event was held at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood,…
Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday that the United States must accept its latest 14-point proposal or American taxpayers “will pay the price.” Ghalibaf wrote in a post on “The longer they delay, the more it will cost American taxpayers,” he added. The 14-point proposal includes efforts to end the war within…
Circle’s (CRCL) upcoming launch of the Arc blockchain and its $222 million token presale to cryptocurrency investors raises a broader question: Should Circle be viewed primarily as a stablecoin issuer, or as an infrastructure company building a trajectory for digital finance? In addition to this week’s quarterly earnings, the company also announced a major funding…
Even as Delhi Capitals defeated Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2026, concerns are mounting over the form of star spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who was left out of the squad. Former India cricketer Irrfan Pathan highlighted Kuldeep’s struggles as a major issue for the team this season. Kuldeep’s IPL 2026 campaign has been far from convincing…
Americans enter quarantine after returning from hantavirus cruise ship 02:46 Seventeen Americans and a dual British-American citizen evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in the United States early Monday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said late Sunday that one American on the repatriation flight “tested mildly…
A UPS jet that crashed in Kentucky last fall after an engine fell off during takeoff was back flying over the weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration said it approved Boeing’s proposed repairs for the workhorse MD-11 aircraft “after an extensive review.” Then FedEx started using them to ship packages again on Sunday. The UPS plane…
A UPS jet that crashed in Kentucky last fall after an engine fell off during takeoff was back flying over the weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration said it approved Boeing’s proposed repairs for the workhorse MD-11 aircraft “after an extensive review.” Then FedEx started using them to ship packages again on Sunday. The UPS plane…
[Getty Images] In a week that saw Nottingham Forest achieve one of their two goals of the season and narrowly miss another, our thoughts now turn to the future. Securing the Premier League’s survival with two games remaining means planning for next season can begin. Sadly, there are no plans to reach the Champions League,…
When Strategy (MSTR), the largest public company holding Bitcoin, first floated the idea of selling its Bitcoin reserves to fund its dividend obligations during a recent earnings call, it caused concern among investors and the crypto community. However, executive chairman Michael Saylor sat down with CoinDesk senior analyst James Van Straten at the Consensus conference…