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Source: Live Mint S&P 500 pulls back sharply after biggest one-day jump since 2008 Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ remains elevated Investors weigh economic fallout from tariffs as earnings kick off NEW YORK, – Investors hoping for an end to wild market swings were reminded on Thursday that fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting tariff…
Source: Coin Tegraph Ripple made headlines this week when it became the first crypto-native company to acquire a multi-asset prime broker, potentially setting the stage for wider adoption of its XRP Ledger technology. The acquisition of Hidden Road didn’t come cheap, either, as Ripple doled out $1.25 billion for the brokerage. It was a price…
Source: The Verge YouTube is giving creators a new AI tool that can generate instrumental tracks to use in videos for free without worrying about copyright claims, TechCrunch reports. The new feature was demonstrated in a video posted on the company’s Creator Insider channel this week. In the video, the host, Lauren, shows a new…
Source: Coin Tegraph The Lomond School in Scotland will accept Bitcoin (BTC) tuition payments beginning in the Autumn semester of 2025, making it the first school in the United Kingdom to do so. Accepting Bitcoin is part of the school’s plan to integrate “sound money principles” from the Austrian School of Economics into the curriculum…
Source: The Verge A new report from ProPublica published Thursday showed how the Louisiana government is using TIGER (Targeted Interventions to Greater Enhance Re-entry), a computer program developed by Louisiana State University to prevent recidivism, to approve or deny parole applications based on a score calculating their risk of returning to prison. Though the algorithm…
Source: Live Mint Analysts say trade policies undermine confidence Swiss franc leaps to decade-high, euro at three-year peak Yen hits multi-month high after selloff in US shares, Treasuries By Chibuike Oguh and Lucy Raitano NEW YORK/LONDON, – The dollar continued to slide against major currencies on Friday as the back-and-forth over import tariffs shook investor…
Source: Bitcoinist Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto analyst Saeed has outlined a bearish case for the Bitcoin price, predicting that it could still drop to as low as $74,000. The analyst highlighted the $85,000 psychological level as being key to whether BTC drops to this target…
Source: Coin Tegraph The US Federal Reserve is prepared to use its vast arsenal of monetary policy tools to prevent financial and economic conditions from deteriorating rapidly but will do so only if liquidity dries up or markets become disorderly, a top central banker said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Boston Fed President…
Source: The Verge There are several flavors of the trend being shared. The “AI Action Figure” variant appears to have gained the most traction, in which a person generates a plastic version of themselves in a blister pack, alongside various accessories — typically a laptop, a book, and a coffee cup, which is fitting given…
Source: The Verge The Doom plus Doom II Will It Run Edition, available in Switch, Xbox, PS5, and PC versions, will be available for preorder starting on Friday, April 18th, 2025 at 10:00AM ET. It’s being limited to just 666 units, naturally, at a price of $666.66. When asked if the steep but fitting price…
