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AZ is overtuigend door naar de derde voorronde van de Conference League. De ploeg van trainer Maarten Martens won met 5-0 van Ilves Tampere, nadat de heenwedstrijd in Finland vorige week nog met 4-3 werd verloren.

Visa, Mastercard, tech firms and banking institutions are all exploring ways of using blockchain technology for payments and settlement. Payment company Visa expanded stablecoin offerings on its settlement platform by adding support for Global Dollar (USDG), PayPal USD (PYUSD), Euro Coin (EURC) and two new blockchain networks, Stellar and Avalanche. The integration allows users to send and receive stablecoin payments through the supported blockchain networks or convert their balances to traditional fiat currency, Visa said in a press release on Thursday. Visa already offered support to Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, while supported networks for transfer and settlement include Ethereum, Solana and the newly added chains. Read more

In Kyiv, the number of people killed as a result of the Russian combined attack has risen to 16, with 159 people wounded.

31 июля мессенджер Telegram столкнулся с масштабным сбоем в работе по всему миру. В частности, проблемы также наблюдаются в Украине.

Russische media vrezen dat een directe confrontatie tussen de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump en de Russische president Vladimir Poetin onvermijdelijk is, nadat Trump Poetin nog maar tien dagen gaf om de oorlog in Oekraïne te beëindigen. „De locomotieven Trump en Poetin stormen met volle vaart op elkaar af en geen van beiden zal opzij gaan, of stoppen en omkeren.” Lees alles over de oorlog in Oekraïne en de situatie in Rusland in ons liveblog.

De strijd om het hart van Jean-Paul is losgebarsten. Renate dacht JP voor zichzelf te hebben na het vertrek van Susanne en Yvonne, maar dat was natuurlijk een illusie.

Secretarul de Stat al SUA, Marco Rubio, a avut o convorbire cu ministra de Externe a României, Oana Țoiu, despre parteneriatul bilateral în domeniile apărării, energiei și combaterea migrației ilegale.

Ethereum researcher Justin Drake unveiled the “Lean Ethereum” proposal on July 31 that reframes the base layer around the imperatives of survivability against nation-state and quantum threats and orders-of-magnitude performance gains without sacrificing decentralization. The new guidelines were dubbed “fort mode” and “beast mode,” respectively. Published on the Ethereum Foundation blog, the vision argued that […] The post Justin Drake reveals 10-year ‘Lean Ethereum’ roadmap to achieve 10k TPS on mainnet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

De baby van een stel uit de Amerikaanse staat Ohio is geboren uit een embryo dat meer dan dertig jaar ingevroren is geweest. De gezonde jongen wordt de "oudste baby ter wereld" genoemd.

FC Utrecht heeft donderdag op eenvoudige wijze de derde voorronde van de Europa League bereikt. De Domstedelingen waren met 4-1 te sterk voor Sheriff Tiraspol, nadat ze de heenwedstrijd in Moldavië vorige week al met 1-3 hadden gewonnen.

Simplicity launches on the Liquid sidechain, aiming to avoid Ethereum-style bloat, but experts warn of centralization concerns.

Разведка Министерства обороны Британии проинформировала, на каких локациях в настоящее время задействована частная военная компания (ЧВК) "Вагнер", активно участвовавшая в полномасштабной войне России в Украине.

Поколение Z формирует новую пищевую моду — и при этом "отправляет на пенсию" ряд традиционных продуктов. По результатам свежего опроса, целый десяток привычных блюд оказался под угрозой исчезновения, ведь молодежь сознательно отказывается их есть.

Een dag nadat duizenden fans afscheid hadden genomen van Ozzy Osbourne zijn donderdag familie en goede vrienden naar de woning van de vorige week overleden rockster gekomen. Volgens verschillende Britse media is hij op zijn eigen landgoed begraven.

Tether Treasuries holdings have reached $127B, placing the issuer among the top-20 holders of U.S. debt. Its Q2 2025 attestation has verified full backing, shown a $4.9B net profit, and recorded a $20B rise in USDT supply, while shareholder equity has stayed near $5.5B. The post Tether Shocks Wall Street With $127B in Treasuries – What’s the Catch? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Власти Никарагуа заявили о "признании" Донецкой, Херсонской, Луганской и Запорожской областей территориями России, МИД Украины напоминает о нарушении резолюций ООН.

England gained the upper hand after a rain-hit first day of the final India vs England Test at The Oval on Thursday as the tourists, needing victory to square the series, battled to 204-6, with all their big guns dismissed cheaply. England had to work hard for their breakthroughs and will be delighted to have […]

In the first six months of 2025, Tether has had a profit of $5.7 billion, a rise of 9.6% compared to the same period in 2024. Tether disclosed another strong quarter as stablecoins continue to gain traction amid growing regulatory clarity in the United States. The company said it posted $4.9 billion in profit for the second quarter of 2025, a 277% increase compared with the same period a year ago. Tether is the creator of USDt (USDT), a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar and backed by US Treasurys and cash equivalents. According to DefiLlama, USDt continues to dominate the stablecoin market, accounting for 61.7% of all stablecoin value, with a market capitalization of $164.5 billion at this writing. According to Tether, it had $162.6 billion in assets and $157.1 billion in liabilities as of June 30, with most of the liabilities relating to token issuance. Read more

The new framework is aimed at simplifying the protocol’s design while preparing it for the security risks posed by future quantum computers.

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has launched the “ILMpact” Programme aimed at enrolling out-of-school children and improving education quality.  ILMpact was launched in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The programme is being implemented through the British Council and was officially launched by Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur […]