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XRP Holders Can Now Trade Options Using Flare’s FXRP as Collateral
The Derive integration gives XRP holders a way to hedge or speculate without depositing their tokens with a centralized exchange.
MUFG PoC to bring Japanese government bond repo transactions onchain
MUFG’s experiment plans to bring Japanese government bond repo transactions onchain to achieve 24/7 settlement, as well as improved capital and operational efficiency.
Trump, Medicaid and LGBTQ+ rights: He calls them ‘barbaric surgeries,’ critics say he’s ‘terrorizing trans youth’
Medicaid will stop paying for gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors.
How Zohran Mamdani’s pied-a-terre tax united the ultrawealthy and the moderately wealthy — in opposition
A judge just ruled the city illegally shifted the burden of proving tax status onto owners like Ken Griffin, pausing Mamdani's $500 million levy.
Sports Direct owner buys Harvey Nichols department store chain
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group acquires majority of upmarket retailer’s sites from the administratorsBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of Sports Direct has bought Harvey Nichol…
Bullish Q2 adjusted earnings in line as rise in subscription revenue offsets digital asset slowdown
Digital asset sales slumped to $32.6 billion from $58.6 billiion a year earlier, but other revenues roughly doubled year-over-year to just shy of $65 billion.
Water bills set to rise for many after firms permitted extra funding
Ofwat has given provisional approval for 13 water companies to charge customers more to pay for investments.
Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level Donald Trump’s use of his second presidency to grow his perso…
Mark Zuckerberg says the future of AI is for everyone. But who owns it?
It’s a nice sentiment, but all AI users should ask three questions about their preferred choice of AI platformOn Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay, The Future I…
Only 12% of family businesses stay in the family by the third generation. A Goldman Sachs chairman says optimism is the reason
François-Xavier de Mallmann steers Goldman's relationships with many of the world's largest family-controlled enterprises.
Young people want better job prospects and housing
In a recent survey only 27% of respondents say they want to stay in Guernsey.
Morning Minute: The SEC Plans Rules for Tokenized Stocks
The new framework could be announced as soon as Friday, in what could be the biggest development for crypto this year.
SEC allows Franklin Templeton funds to invest in onchain money fund
The SEC said it will not pursue enforcement action if Franklin Templeton’s funds start investing cash in the asset manager’s own tokenized money market fund.
Twitch Turns On Amazon AI Training by Default: 'Nobody Would Opt In'
Twitch's chief product officer says he does not know whether content had already been used for training before the setting appeared.
Strategy, Metaplanet unrealized bitcoin losses highlight risk of concentrating on just one token
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 13, 2026
SAP Chief Quantum Officer: AI is about to commoditize intelligence. Better decisions will be the next competitive advantage
From my vantage point, I repeatedly see the same initial bottleneck in enterprise quantum work. It is rarely access to a processor.
Google’s DeepMind is having an identity crisis
Hassabis has ceded day-to-day control to DeepMind’s CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu. Here’s what happened.
Zero hours crackdown could cost firms up to £2.9bn a year
Labour's employment rights bill crackdown on zero hours contracts could cost businesses up to £2.9bn a year, new official analysis has found.
Bitcoin holds steady near $64,000 as monero, hyperliquid outperform
Crypto markets remain in a low volatility holding pattern, trading in a tight range following Wednesday's CPI report.
‘DeFi doesn’t exist anymore,’ just onchain finance: Andre Cronje
Flying Tulip founder Andre Cronje contends that DeFi protocols have evolved into a new financial paradigm of “onchain finance” but have sacrificed some of their inherent immutabil…
Nvidia wants your pension fund in the AI trade
In today's edition: Nvidia's creative capital; Apple's political strategy, Google DeepMind drama, vibecoding, Uber, Sam Altman, and wearables.
Why our food is so dependent on oil
Global food prices have hit their highest level in over three years. We are told this is due to rising oil and energy costs, but how exactly do they affect prices? The most report…
UK economy shows surprising resilience – but that might not last | Richard Partington
Weaker growth, rising energy costs and persistent inflation mean Britain could face tougher times in the autumnUK economic growth slows downBusiness live – latest updatesIn the sp…
CEO of Crypto Lender Delio Gets 15 Years Over $49M Fraud
A botched search of the platform's server host cost prosecutors the bulk of their case, cutting it from 2,800 alleged victims to about 1,100.