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Similar XRP funding conditions preceded rebounds of about 50% in August and September 2024 and about 100% in April 2025. XRP (XRP) funding rates on Binance have been mirroring the behavior seen ahead of sharp price rebounds since 2024. Key takeaways: Crowded XRP shorts (negative funding) have preceded rebounds. Read more

De Chinese eigenaar ByteDance heeft een deal gesloten met investeerders waardoor het kortevideobedrijf in de VS grotendeels Amerikaans wordt.

Исследователи изучали хранилище сокровищ иберийского бронзового века, когда наткнулись на нечто странное — пару предметов, созданных с использованием странного металла из-за пределов нашей планеты.

В Солнечной системе самым большим спутником планеты является Ганимед. Это луна Юпитера. Но этот спутник намного меньше, чем то, что, возможно, обнаружили астрономы возле планеты в другой звездной системе.

Le ministère de l'Intérieur et de la Décentralisation a opposé un démenti formel aux informations faisant état de la mise en place d'une délégation spéciale à la tête de la commune urbaine de Toliara. En marge d'un événement officiel tenu hier à Anosy, le ministre Velonjara Rakotonandrasana a rejeté sans ambiguïté la désignation de Serge Vital comme président de cette supposée délégation spéciale. Depuis mercredi, des publications largement diffusées sur les réseaux sociaux, notamment à (…) - Politique

Российские оккупанты выпустили по Кривому Рогу десятки беспилотников и ракету "Искандер-М". Целью были объекты критической инфраструктуры.

The Justice Department ramps up crypto fraud enforcement as scams surge, losses hit record highs, and AI aids financial crime.

The Punjab government has announced an expansion of its flagship housing initiative, Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar, extending its scope to benefit joint families across the province.

The local administration has temporarily banned the entry of tourists into Murree following heavy snowfall, authorities said on Friday.

United States President Donald Trump withdrew on Thursday an invitation for Canada to join his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts. Trump’s about-face follows Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he openly decried powerful nations using economic integration as weapons and tariffs as leverage. “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post directed at Carney. Neither Carney’s office nor the White House immediately responded to Reuters’ requests for comment on Thursday evening. Last week, Carney’s office said he had been invited to serve on the board and planned to accept. Carney received a rare standing ovation in Davos after the speech, in which he urged nations to accept the end of a rules-based global order. Canada, which recently s...

Goldin, who is widely acclaimed for her documentary-style photography of marginalized communities, has faced controversy in recent years over her outspoken pro-Palestinian activism.

В войне дронов наметился коренной поворот, который может выбить из рук России важнейший козырь — оптоволоконные БПЛА. Военнослужащий ВСУ Виктор Таран рассказывает об испытаниях в США системы, которая способна бороться с БПЛА такого типа — а ведь раньше они считались неуязвимыми для РЭБ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers says that crypto is working in a “fragmented global ecosystem,” tackling different challenges in different markets. Crypto adoption is growing at different rates around the world, with some regions advancing much faster than others, says accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). “While crypto networks are borderless, adoption is not,” PwC said in its Global Crypto Regulation Report 2026. “Payments, remittances, savings, capital markets, and tokenization use cases are emerging unevenly across regions.” PwC said that crypto adoption still depends on economic conditions, financial inclusion, and existing financial infrastructure, leading to a “fragmented global ecosystem” where the technology solves “very different problems” across different markets. Read more

Bitcoin miners have powered down to ease the load on the grid in the past, such as in 2022, when Texas miners curtailed their activities amid a major winter storm. A winter storm threatening to pelt most of the southern US with ice and heavy snow this weekend could see Bitcoin miners curtail their operations until the front has passed. American weather forecasting company AccuWeather reported on Thursday that a “massive winter storm” could extend for 1,800 miles from far west Texas to the mid-Atlantic coast, cutting power, preventing travel in over a dozen states and affecting upwards of 60 million people. When large storms have caused havoc to power grids in the past, Bitcoin miners have powered down to ease the load on the grid. In 2022, when a major winter storm hit Texas, crypto miners across the state voluntarily curtailed their activities. Read more

Президент США Дональд Трамп положительно оценил готовность кремлевского диктатора Владимира Путина оплатить взнос 1 миллиард долларов за участие в Совете мира Трампа.

The American Bankers Association’s fight over stablecoin yields has become its top priority as Congress looks to pass crypto market structure legislation before the midterms. The American Bankers Association (ABA) has made cracking down on stablecoin yield a top priority for 2026, amid its ongoing debate with US lawmakers that it will hurt the banking industry’s competitiveness. The ABA said on Tuesday that one of several priorities it has this year is to “stop payment stablecoins from becoming deposit substitutes that slash community bank lending by prohibiting paying interest, yield or rewards regardless of the platform.” Stablecoin oversight topped a list of five priorities, which also included fighting financial fraud, stopping arbitrary interest rate caps, and focusing on indexing and mission-driven banks. ABA CEO and president Rob Nichols said the priorities are guided by input from various banks and businesses of all sizes and models. Read more

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) will conduct a mobile registration operation in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2026, to provide identity-related services to overseas Pakistanis closer to their communities.

Doel van de overeenkomst is een Amerikaans verbod af te wenden op de populaire sociale media-app voor korte video’s. TikTok wordt door meer dan 170 miljoen Amerikanen wordt gebruikt.

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have sought the services of two army majors and 16 Special Services Group (SSG) commandos to train personnel of the newly formed Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) force, Dawn has learnt. In this regard, a written request was sent from the office of the inspector general of police (IGP), Islamabad, to the office of the chief commissioner, Islamabad. The letter, signed by the deputy inspector general of police (Headquarters), sought the requisition of the services of two majors and 16 serving SSG-trained officials on a secondment basis for the capital police. The letter stated that the Islamabad police are performing multifaceted duties, including maintenance of law and order, crime fighting and prevention and ensuring security and route duties. Request sent for services of two majors and 16 SSG commandos on secondment It further requested that the concerned quarters be approached to place the services of two majors and 16 serving SSG-trained officials of the Pakistan Army at the ...

Bitcoin’s slide below $90,000 has pushed on-chain realized profit metrics into negative territory, a level last seen before the previous bear market.