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View More NewsIn brief Hunter Biden confirmed today he is releasing his own meme coin called LAPTOP on Wednesday. Biden drew loads of attention within crypto circles, but much of it was not positive. Will traders show up for the LAPTOP meme coin, and how will the coin perform? That might depend on your time horizon. Hunter Biden officially made his first foray into crypto today, posting the LAPTOP ticker today on X alongside a 31-second Fox News clip about the computer, just minutes after a Wall Street Journal report on the meme coin landed Monday.Biden’s post pulled more than 250,000 views…
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The scale of the global learning crisis is difficult to exaggerate. A recent analysis of international and regional assessments estimated that at least two-thirds of the world’s young people fail to acquire the basic skills needed to participate effectively in a modern economy. In affluent countries, roughly one child in four falls short. In low-income regions, the proportion is far higher. Published calculations estimate that broad improvements in children’s academic development could add more than US$700 trillion to the world economy by 2100. The standard response is to demand better schools: more competent teachers, stronger curricula, greater accountability, higher standards, and…
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London, September 7, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kazakhstan’s newly inaugurated parliament, or Kurultai, to scrap new rules that restrict journalists’ movements…
LAPTOP debuts Wednesday on Base, with nearly a third of the supply set to be burned if a slate of political and market outcomes…
Bitcoin (BTC) drifted lower on Monday as a low-liquidity environment erased the weekend’s gains above $80,000.Key points:Bitcoin dips 2% below $80,000 after its highest…
In brief Bottomline, a top-three SWIFT services provider that processes more than $16 trillion in payments annually, announced a deal with Chainlink to connect…
In brief Privacy coin Zcash surged by double digits over the past day, alongside the broader privacy coin category. Multicoin has built a ZEC…
The crypto rally took a pit stop on Thursday while equities kept zooming higher.Bitcoin BTC$81,023.35 traded at $80,945 in Asian hours, down 0.7% over…
Samsung SDS, Samsung’s information technology services subsidiary, will reportedly build a token securities platform for the Korea Securities Depository (KSD), moving South Korea’s central…
In brief Apple has agreed to a $250 million settlement over allegedly misleading claims regarding AI services on iPhone devices. U.S. buyers of qualifying…
On Thursday, 61 Members of the European Parliament called on the European Union leadership to make stronger calls for foreign journalist access to Gaza.…
Bitcoin’s developer community should stop waiting for certainty about quantum-computing timelines and focus on getting a post-quantum signature scheme into production, Alex Pruden, CEO…
Some of the world’s largest remittance providers are accelerating their digital asset strategies as they look for faster settlement alternatives to traditional banking rails.Western…
In brief Anthropic launched 10 AI agent templates for financial tasks like pitchbooks, KYC screening, and month-end close. The release adds deeper Microsoft Office…