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Delivery drivers to be paid minimum $31.30 an hour across Australia in ‘world-leading’ decision
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London Heathrow no longer Europe's busiest airport
Istanbul overtakes Heathrow whose passenger numbers on Middle East routes fell 20.2% year-on-year.
A $2 trillion asset class is getting a new blockchain rail
ADI Chain and Shipfinex are partnering to tokenize commercial ships, aiming to open the $680B ship-finance market to wider capital pool.
Arianna Huffington says even high-flying CEOs are unhappy and feel stuck in their multimillion-dollar jobs: ‘It’s a trap’
Huffington Post's multimillionaire founder Arianna Huffington says success is a ‘trap’—CEOs with big salaries are afraid to leave jobs they no longer love
A question for Burnham as he tours the country: how to reduce the magnetic pull of London? | Peter Hetherington
As someone who has specialised in regional policy, I know the task is huge – not least because there is no plan to ensure prosperity throughout EnglandAndy Burnham is off on his t…
BTCPay offers $190,000 bounty after bitcoin payment servers drained in exploit
The project said it will pay 10% of recovered funds, up to 3 BTC, after attackers stole LND credentials and drained merchant Lightning wallets last week.
Car hire firm told me I was a ‘no-show’ so I lost £185
I was delayed, but I had prepaid through Holiday Autos and had provided my flight number as requestedI booked a car hire at Heathrow through Holiday Autos on a visit to the UK and…
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is 300 blocks behind BTC and six years from fixing itself
The breakaway chain has produced two blocks since splitting off on Saturday. Bitcoin has produced more than 300 in the same stretch.
School uniform rules must go further, charity says
A Coventry charity opens a uniform bank as the government sets limits on logoed items for pupils.
Families under pressure to find food in summer
Parents are struggling to feed children in the school holidays, with more families using food banks.
They cannot even flush their toilets: life in east London blocks where taps often run dry
Devons Road estate residents describe months-long ordeal of not being able to wash, clean or cook for much of the dayHundreds in London flats left without regular running water si…
XRP, ether lead crypto losses as traders eye $70,000 bitcoin next
Bitcoin failed to hold $65,000 for a fourth day as an oil rally revived inflation worries before Wednesday's U.S. price data.
U.S. SEC sets meeting to propose Reg Crypto to support certain digital assets offerings
The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote this week to start its first major crypto rulemaking process.
Bitcoin's 'strongest hands' are back, on-chain data show
Elite wallets holding over 10,000 BTC has hit a six-month high of 90, building on earlier accumulation by mid-sized whales amid Coldcard fallout and Clarity Act delays.
Trump Media reports $238m loss as crypto falls
The firm says it will refocus on its social media mission, which includes a controversial service that sells faster access to Trump's market-moving posts.
'I started in my 20s and made £8,000': Why women are often better investors than men
Women can make higher returns but only about a quarter of UK women have investments, compared with about 40% of men.
Nvidia gets $500bn from major banks to develop AI data centres
The money will be used to develop new data centres to house, operate, and cool miles of stacked computer chips that process AI data and actions.
Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum Is Betting Its Future on Quantum Security and AI
Ethereum’s updated roadmap puts quantum resistance, privacy and AI-assisted formal verification at the center of the network’s technical ambitions.
Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said town centres had been "hollowed out" by decades of decline.
Trump Media’s bitcoin holdings shrink as crypto losses hit $361 million
The Truth Social parent held 9,477 BTC worth $557 million at the end of June, while its Cronos position also suffered a steep drop in value.
Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral
Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs wider than the vault.
Bitcoin ATMs Pulled in Australia as Regulators Signal Wider Crackdown
AUSTRAC has suspended the registration of the operator running 96 of Australia's roughly 1,800 crypto ATMs, effective August 9.
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Bitwise's Rasmussen: Circle is mispriced as stablecoins head toward trillions
Bitwise's Ryan Rasmussen says investors are underestimating Circle as stablecoins expand and the company builds out its payments infrastructure.