In a cutting-edge move, Japan’s Minna Bank is collaborating with Fireblocks, Solana Japan, and TIS to test stablecoins and Web3 wallets on the Solana blockchain. Core pilot goals: Why it matters: Strategic potential:This pilot could revolutionize retail payments, remittances, and tokenized assets while encouraging deeper experimentation with Web3 in regulated finance. Stay tuned:Key milestones include…
Throwback jerseys were all the rage in the NFL at the start of the century, thanks to teams bringing back uniforms that went by the wayside in the 1990s in favor of darker colors (San Francisco 49ers going to cardinal red, Philadelphia Eagles to midnight green). Turns out, fans and teams liked the old colors and uniform designs — even if…
Body:What happened?France’s competition and anti-fraud watchdog (DGCCRF) has issued a record €40 million fine to Shein’s French entity over deceptive discounting practices and unclear environmental marketing. Scope of the investigationThe DGCCRF reviewed thousands of product pages between October 2022 and August 2023. Findings included: Deceptive discounting tacticsInvestigators identified that Shein inflated reference prices—sometimes by raising…
In a dramatic on-chain event, two Bitcoin wallets that had remained dormant since 2011 each transferred a combined total of 20,000 BTC—worth over $2 billion at current prices—into fresh addresses early today . These coins were originally acquired when Bitcoin traded at just $0.78, delivering a staggering ~140,000× return to today’s level above $109,000 per…
Not that you’d sit just any pitcher, of course, but if you have an opening or two and could use a streamer off the waiver wire, you’ve come to the right place. Scott White has 10 recommendations for the upcoming scoring period, all rostered in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues. Be sure to check…
© Bloomberg First of all, happy July 4 to American Swampians — and to British readers too. As a Brit living in the US, I feel it is a day to be celebrated. The American Revolution was also a transatlantic civil war in which some of my English heroes, notably Thomas Paine, rallied to the…
On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African – including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days earlier, Trump had enacted a proclamation barring citizens from 12 nations from entering the US….
BERLIN: The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had pulled its last remaining inspectors from Iran as a standoff over their return to the country’s nuclear facilities bombed by the United States and Israel becomes further entrenched. Israel launched the first of its military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in a 12-day war with…
Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin rejects Trump’s truce bid One person has been killed and 26 others were injured after a night of intensive Russian strikes on almost every district in Kyiv, officials say. A pall of acrid smoke hung over the Ukrainian capital on Friday morning following hours of nightfall…
Who?Air France‑KLM, the Franco‑Dutch airline group, plans to increase its stake in Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) from 19.9% to 60.5%, acquiring shares from Castlelake and Lind Invest. What?If approved, the deal will give Air France‑KLM majority control over SAS, enabling deeper operational integration and unlocking significant synergies—estimated at hundreds of millions in annual savings . When?The…
