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Russia Adds BTC & ETH As Collateral, Skipping XRP

One of the globe’s largest economies gets a rulebook that’s mainly focused on major cryptos as collateral.

2026-08-31 · 19:00 UTC
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Festival honouring Dolly Parton set for Nashville and London

2026-08-31 · 18:58

Dolly Parton's estate says DollyFest will take the place of a traditional public memorial for the artist, just as she…

Tech

Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage

2026-08-31 · 18:56

Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.

Sports

GB's Dart ends 19-month wait for Grand Slam win

2026-08-31 · 18:56

British qualifier Harriet Dart ends a 19-month wait for a Grand Slam singles win after fighting back to beat Peyton…

Tech

Kalshi Permanently Bans George Santos Over State of the Union Trading

2026-08-31 · 18:56

Kalshi has permanently banned former U.S. Rep.

Crypto

Kalshi bans George Santos for life over State of the Union bets

2026-08-31 · 18:53

The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos.

Sports

Sabalenka blocks out noise to start US Open 'three-peat' bid with victory

2026-08-31 · 18:50

Aryna Sabalenka blocks out the noise to overcome a tricky first-round test against Camila Osorio and begin her bid for a…

Crypto

Russia's Sberbank Sees $46 Billion in Crypto Trading, Plans Ethereum and USDT-Backed Loans

2026-08-31 · 18:46

Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov told state media that trading could hit 4 trillion rubles in its first year, as the bank…

World

Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results "mixed"

2026-08-31 · 18:39

Trump furious at NBC's Kristen Welker for saying he had mixed results in primary endorsements.

World

Kushner states regret over World Cup sell-off plan

2026-08-31 · 18:38

Venture capitalist Joshua Kushner says he would not have got involved in Fifa president Gianni Infantino's scrapped plan…

Tech

Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’

2026-08-31 · 18:35

The seed round for the app that provides real-time legal and policy guidance to officers was led by SignalFire and Las…

Crypto

Hyperliquid Eyes US Comeback With Regulated Perpetual Futures Deal

2026-08-31 · 18:32

Hyperliquid Labs is in advanced talks with Payward to offer regulated perpetual futures to US traders, potentially…

Crypto

XRP Price Faces Pressure Despite ETF Inflows

2026-08-31 · 18:30

ETF inflows reached $18.47 million, while XRP faced selling pressure after slipping from $1.42 toward the $1.36 support…

Sports

Scotland beat Dutch by nine wickets to level series

2026-08-31 · 18:24

Scotland level their one-day international series with the Netherlands at 1-1 after a thumping nine-wicket victory in a…

Sports

How Messi's decade of dominance almost never happened

2026-08-31 · 18:24

Lionel Messi's decade of dominance with Argentina that almost never happened will go down as one of football's greatest…

Tech

A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video]

2026-08-31 · 18:21

I cannot provide a summary as the text provided appears to be corrupted or consists only of footer navigation links and…

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Ex-congressman George Santos banned from betting platform for life

2026-08-31 · 18:15

The prediction market operator Kalshi says Santos made barred trades and misleading comments that influenced prices.

Sports

Touchline ban reduced for Rangers manager McInnes

2026-08-31 · 18:12

Rangers manager Derek McInnes has a touchline ban reduced to two games, with two suspended, following an appeal against…

Tech

The Safest Job from AI May Be Writing

2026-08-31 · 18:12

Writing may be uniquely resistant to AI disruption compared to other fields because large language models have plateaued…

Crypto

NYSE Owner ICE Taps Tzero as 24/7 Tokenized Stock Race Ignites

2026-08-31 · 18:12

Intercontinental Exchange, also known as ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is pushing deeper into…

Sports

Tottenham in talks to sign winger Mudryk on loan

2026-08-31 · 18:12

Tottenham are in talks to sign Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk on a season-long loan.

Tech

“Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit

2026-08-31 · 18:10

Lawsuit: Anthropic’s torrenting totally screwed songwriters as AI songs top charts.

Tech

Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKesson

2026-08-31 · 18:10

The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U.S., said…

Other

Student teacher arrested for private Snapchat message

2026-08-31 · 18:07

A 22-year-old student teacher in Illinois was arrested after Snapchat's automated AI system flagged a private message…