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Futures open interest rose steadily as BTC pushed higher, climbing toward $60 billion across major venues.

Three protesters were arrested outside the Prime Minister's Office calling for a state commission of inquiry, ahead of the Knesset's first vote on Wednesday.

Since the beginning of 2025, the European Union has provided Ukraine with EUR 28.7 billion in financial support, bringing total EU assistance since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion to EUR 70.7 billion.

Het Chinese ministerie van Handel stelt importheffingen in op bepaalde zuivelproducten uit de Europese Unie.

Melanie Goldberg, who had been in the midst of organizing an event at the Scottish parliament, was told that her contract was terminated because the Jewish-Arab movement used the term 'genocide' to describe Israel's actions in Gaza

In January 2026, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is expected to adopt a decision on the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. After this decision is adopted, the Advance Team will begin work on defining the parameters of this new institution.

Critics say the decision to fast-track a brand ownership vote exposed weaknesses in how one of DeFi’s largest DAOs handles governance process. A governance vote at decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Aave sparked a backlash from key stakeholders after a proposal on ownership of Aave's brand assets was escalated to a Snapshot vote amid unresolved discussion.  The proposal asks the community whether Aave (AAVE) token holders should regain control over the protocol’s brand assets, including domains, social handles, naming rights and other intellectual property through a DAO-controlled legal vehicle.  Aave founder Stani Kulechov said the community was interested in a decision, announcing that the proposal had been moved to a vote. Read more

Quiet tension builds as Bitcoin nears $90K — Bitcoin price prediction hints at a breakout as leverage resets and institutions hold firm. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: As the BTC Price Inches Towards $90,000 on Dec. 22, Is A Christmas Miracle Possible for Investors? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Alongside a decline in public trust in Israeli democracy, the report also reveals a drop in confidence in state institutions among all respondents. Meanwhile, the attorney general enjoys the trust of less than 40 percent of both Jewish and Arab respondents

The release of a new film has reopened taboo questions about the private life of Egypt's most revered cultural icon, and the limits of what can be said about her

Macht was altijd duur: wie de grootste economie, het sterkste leger en de meeste energie had, bepaalde de wereldorde. Goedkope drones, smartphones en zonne-energie brengen daar verandering in.

В технологии тонкопленочных солнечных элементов произошел прорыв. Внедрение нанометрового слоя оксида германия увеличивает производительность устройств почти на 30%.

Cantor Fitzgerald is predicting a HYPE rally to $200 by 2035, but rival DEXs are attracting a growing share of crypto traders as they emerge with lucrative reward farming systems. Decentralized perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid has been among crypto’s breakout projects in 2025, but rivals’ lucrative rewards systems are vying to lure investors away. Cantor Fitzgerald forecasts Hyperliquid’s HYPE (HYPE) token to surge to $200 by 2035. Hyunsu Jung, CEO of HYPE treasury company Hyperion DeFi argues that the surge will be fueled by the Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 3 (HIP-3). "We see HIP-3 as the major driver of Hyperliquid’s next phase of growth, and as a key enabler of the valuation framework proposed by Cantor," Jung told Cointelegraph. Read more

Law firm PeliPartners assisted Second Foundation, a European provider of renewable energy management services, in acquiring stakes in two Romanian companies developing major energy storage projects located in southern Romania, with a combined installed capacity of approximately 150 MW.

Украинка Анна Кобзарь, которая сейчас живет и работает в Польше, рассказала о неприятной ситуации в одном из тамошних супермаркетов. Местная женщина "набросилась" на нее, когда услышала украинскую речь.

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said before the cabinet's approval that Defense Minister Israel Katz's bill cannot be advanced, with her deputies calling the move to close the popular radio station a 'profound and significant infringement on freedom of speech'

Het energiebedrijf zou biomassa-pellets uit Maleisië gebruiken die niet voldoen aan de duurzaamheidseisen en daardoor mogelijk bijdragen aan boskap.

Economische onzekerheid voerde de boventoon voor bedrijven en overheden in 2025. De handelsoorlog brak minder hevig uit dan verwacht, maar de geo-economische spanningen namen toe. Dit zijn een aantal van onze verwachtingen voor 2026, waarin die onzekerheid welhaast zeker zal voortduren.

Meatable, een start-up uit Leiden die kweekvlees produceert, houdt op te bestaan. De Britse investeringsmaatschappij Agronomics heeft afgelopen vrijdag bekendgemaakt dat het de…

National champions are typically forged from years of rigorous training, determination and a foray into the sport in childhood. But Umul Banin Nasry is anything but typical. Her journey to fencing stardom began with one element; curiosity. Barely one month after taking up the sport, she won gold at the national fencing championships, although her gold medal at last month’s 35th National Games holds a sense of greater grandeur for her. Now, as the 21-year-old awaits her international debut and a chance to become Pakistan’s first fencer at the Olympics, her journey is intentional, fuelled by an unwavering commitment to training and family support in defiance of societal disapproval. It all began five years ago. Banin was intrigued by some women at her college in Quetta practicing “weird stepping movements”, only to find out it was for a sport called fencing. She tried her hand at it — quite literally — and immediately fell in love with a sport she had only seen online. Her coach signed her up for the 4th Nation...