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View More NewsIn the evolving landscape of digital finance, Big Four consultancy firm EY has zeroed in on what it believes is the next defining frontier: wallets. Wallets are fast becoming the critical interface for the next era of financial services, not just tools for holding cryptocurrency, according to Mark Nichols, principal at EY.“The wallet is the strategy,” Nichols who co-leads the firm’s digital assets consulting business, told CoinDesk in an interview. “Who owns the wallet, who provisions the wallet, will win the client relationship.”Nichols and his West Coast counterpart, Rebecca Carvatt, view wallets as more than infrastructure. They’re the gateway to…
If sports is a trillion dollar industry, with billionaire team owners and millionaire players, and hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic fans, and weird pervert mascot creatures, why is the government giving them your money? Writer/Producer: Andrew HeatonProducer: Austin BraggProducer: Meredith BraggProducer: John CarterThe post Stop Buying Stadiums for Billionaires! appeared first on Reason.com. Read the full article here
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There are roughly 195 countries in the world, depending on how one counts. According to the World Bank, 87 qualify as “high-income economies,” with a per capita GDP above US$14,000. These countries account for only around 1.5 billion people out of a global population exceeding 8.2 billion.That figure, however, is about to rise dramatically. China’s per capita income currently hovers around US$13,000. Once it crosses that line, the number of people living in rich countries will jump to around three billion. India may follow in two decades if it can sustain its current unusually high growth for a prolonged period,…
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from the in-case-it-wasn’t-obvious dept This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. As Immigration and Customs…
Wall Street analysts covering Strategy (MSTR) broadly agree on one point after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday: the headline losses look dramatic, but…
Bithumb said it identified and corrected an internal payout error after an “abnormal amount” of Bitcoin was credited to some user accounts during a…
In brief Strategy stock rose 18% to $126.59 despite being 9.5% underwater on its 713,502 BTC treasury. BitMine shares jumped 13.9% to $19.83, with…
Dakar, February 6, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malian authorities to immediately release Youssouf Sissoko, who was detained on Thursday for publishing…
Bitcoin’s 50% plunge from its October peak has done more than just erase $2 trillion in market value — it has reignited a fierce…
Cryptocurrency markets experienced a brutal sell-off this week as investor concerns grew over stagnating US liquidity following US President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin…
In brief Thousands of Coinbase users lost money this week as crypto-backed loans soured. The exchange’s users have faced $170 million in liquidations over…
from the disappearing-facts dept For over half a century, the CIA’s World Factbook has been one of the most quietly useful things the federal…
New York, February 6, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Mozambican authorities to investigate a shooting described by journalist Carlitos Cadangue as an…
Latest developments: In an interview with CoinDesk Live from the Ondo Summit, Ondo President Ian de Bode says 2025 marked a breakout year for…
In a video interview, Samson Mow shares his views on Bitcoin’s latest bloodbath, quantum fears and the catalysts that could drive Bitcoin’s next recovery.In…