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Je eerste auto is als je eerste liefde – die blijft je de rest van je leven bij. Deze winter vroegen we bekende FD-lezers naar het verhaal achter hun eerste auto. Want oude liefde roest niet.

The number of crypto deals reportedly skyrocketed this year and hit a record total value of $8.6 billion, led by Coinbase’s record-breaking acquisition of Deribit. The crypto sector reportedly saw a record $8.6 billion worth of deals in 2025, as the crypto-friendly Trump administration brought confidence to crypto-focused mergers and acquisitions. The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that 267 deals were inked in the crypto industry up to Tuesday, an 18% increase from 2024. The $8.6 billion in deal value is a nearly 300% jump from last year, which saw $2.17 billion in deals, and the growth is expected to continue into 2026. Coinbase made the biggest acquisition of the year with its $2.9 billion purchase of the crypto options trading platform Deribit, the biggest-ever acquisition in crypto. Read more

Прихожане католической церкви Святого Томаса Мора в Лас-Вегасе заявили, что стали свидетелями "божественного знака", поскольку увидели нечто похожее на лицо в складках ткани у алтаря со статуей Девы Марии.

Such sudden price changes are often due to thin liquidity and can be exacerbated by fewer active traders during quieter hours.

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The Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic in June united the country's citizens around the regime. Now, as the threat of war reemerges, Iranians are more concerned about the cost of living

In deze kerstaflevering van Dagkoers hoor je onderzoeksjournalisten Sonny Motké en Joris Polman over hun onderzoek naar het kerkelijk vastgoed in Nederland.

Астролог Ольга Маслова, ведущая одноименного канала в TikTok (@astro_maslova), рассказала о представителях двух знаков Зодиака, у которых проходит "кармический коридор" в 2025 году, а впереди их ждут новые перспективы и удача.

Одной из главных причин того, что украинские военнослужащие уходят в самовольное оставление части (СВЧ), является отсутствие доверия к командирам.

LONDON: A woman has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison after National Crime Agency (NCA) officers found 85 kilograms of heroin worth an estimated £8.5 million in her home in Bradford. Sidrah Nosheen, 34, was part of an organised crime group that smuggled heroin from Pakistan into the United Kingdom and supplied it across the country, the NCA said in a statement. Officers arrested Nosheen at her property on Woodside Road, Wyke, in June 2024. During the operation, they discovered that her back bedroom had been converted into what investigators described as a heroin processing plant. The NCA said heroin concealed inside items of clothing including leather jackets had been delivered to Nosheen’s address. She would remove the drugs and package them into one-kilo deal bags. During the search, officers recovered 85kg of the Class A drug in various bags, along with a wallpaper pasting table, weighing scales, buckets and other tools. Boxes containing plastic-wrapped clothing waiting to be opened were ...

• Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar says TTAP has ‘conditionally resolved’ to take up govt offer • PTI spox puts the ball in Achakzai, Raja Nasir Abbas’ court; says Imran has barred party from entering any talks ISLAMABAD: A day after PM Shehbaz Sharif reiterated the government’s willingness to engage in a political dialogue, the opposition alliance Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) exp­ressed its willingness to engage in such a process, albeit conditionally. At a recent national conference, organised by the TTAP alliance, participants had agreed that the door for dialogue must never be closed in a democracy. But if the spokesperson for the country’s main opposition party is to be believed, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is not interested in sitting across the table from the government. A meeting of opposition leaders was held on Wednesday, chaired by PkMAP chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai and attended by Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, Sajid Tareen, Asad Qaiser, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, and Akhunzada Hussain Yousufzai, amon...

Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick says “there’s a lot of room” in crypto for more than one blockchain as networks race to win market share of tokenized assets. Solana and Ethereum will both thrive in the tokenization race and neither blockchain will push the other out of the space, says Dragonfly general partner Rob Hadick. “They are both Facebook,” Hadick told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday, when asked which blockchain will gain market dominance like social media platform Facebook or fall behind like the once-popular MySpace. Hadick said that with growing interest in tokenization and increasing economic activity onchain, there’s room for multiple blockchains to coexist.  Read more

• Term legislation ‘unconstitutional and unlawful’ • SCBA, LHCBA accuse provincial govt of ‘appeasing’ land mafia • Court refers matter to LHC CJ for full bench ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The controversy surrounding the recently enacted Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act, 2025 intensified on Wednesday as various lawyers’ associations — irrespective of their political affiliation — endorsed the Lahore High Court’s intervention to suspend its implementation. Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Vice Chairman Chaudhry Tahir Nasrullah Warraich strongly condemned the statement made by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, in which she reportedly sought to justify the law empowering deputy commissioner-led committees to decide property disputes. The Punjab chief minister had argued that the law was enacted to provide long-awaited relief to millions of citizens suffering from prolonged land and property disputes. On Dec 22, LHC Chief Justice Aalia Neelum suspended the operation of the law and announced that a full bench w...

• CCoE approves pilot wheeling auction under Competitive Trading Bilateral Contract Model • 800MW to be auctioned for five years; volumes may rise after trial phase • Indicative wheeling charge put at Rs12.55 per unit; industry objects to cost impact • 18-member steering committee formed for integrated energy planning ISLAMABAD: The government has approved a pilot electricity auction that will allow power to be bought and sold through competition, while also end­o­r­sing steps towards integrated energy planning a­cross the country to end fragmented decision-making. In this regard, the Cabinet Committee on Energy on Wednesday approved framework guidelines for a “wheeling” auction of 800-megawatt of electricity under the Competitive Trading Bilateral Contract Model (CTBCM). Wheeling refers to the use of the national electricity grid to deliver power from a generator to a buyer. Big factories or companies may buy electricity directly from a producer, but they still need the grid wires to get it. The fee they pay...

Some Polymarket users reported that their accounts had been breached and drained, which the prediction market blamed on a third-party provider. Prediction markets platform Polymarket has pinned a series of reported user account breaches on a third-party login tool. In a post to the company’s Discord on Tuesday, Polymarket said that it had flagged and resolved a security issue that impacted “a small number of users,” after some had reported suspicious activity on their accounts. “The issue was caused by a vulnerability introduced by a third-party authentication provider,” Polymarket said. “Polymarket takes security extremely seriously, and the issue has been remediated.” Read more

Blockchain tokenization is radically expanding the definition of money, enabling anyone to trade, save and spend in virtually any asset they like, says Kraken’s Mark Greenberg. Blockchain tokenization is transforming money beyond fiat currencies such as the US dollar by allowing users to save and instantly move virtually any asset across platforms, said a Kraken executive. “I think we’re past the point where money only means fiat or your local currency,” Kraken head of consumer Mark Greenberg told CNBC on Wednesday, adding that “anything can be money” with tokenization. Kraken’s xStocks is one of several tokenized stock offerings to hit the market this year as crypto exchanges look to expand beyond offering crypto trading. Coinbase and Gemini have also begun to offer tokenized stocks and have pushed betting via prediction markets as another offering to hook users. Read more

Finland claimde met groot succes de geboorteplaats van Santa Claus en haalt daar inmiddels een half miljard per jaar mee binnen. Maar hoe krijgt dat ene onbeduidende Finse stadje Rovaniemi dat voor elkaar? Verslaggever Jurriaan Nolles stuit ter plekke op een scheutje cultuur, een portie geschiedenis én een wel heel listige marketingmachine. Met, jawel, zelfs een gebod voor de precieze lengte van de baard van de enige echte Kerstman.Dit verhaal is ook te luisteren:

Высокая британская модель Katie Woolls призналась, что в преддверии Рождества ее почта буквально взрывается сообщениями от поклонников. Мужчины просят ее нарядиться в образ миссис Клаус — в красное платье, фартук и каблуки — и обыграть разительный контраст роста, представляя себя "маленькими эльфами".

Anul 2025 a adus o serie de modificări fiscale, pe lângă înghețarea pensiilor, salariilor și alocațiilor fiind majorate o serie de taxe și impozite, care au împovărat deopotrivă populația și mediul de afaceri.