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Crypto and prediction market bigwigs are set to gather at the White House next week, according to a Thursday report from POLITICO.  The report, citing people with knowledge of the matter, said the industry officials would meet one day before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission holds a meeting for its new Innovation Advisory Committee. The committee will feature a panel of experts also from the crypto, prediction market and traditional finance spheres.  Despite the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act being delayed, regulators are moving ahead with pro-crypto initiatives.  POLITICO’s report did not mention if President Trump would attend the event.  Last…

Hollywood actress and singer Selena Gomez is being sued by five investors who backed Wondermind Global, a mental health business she founded with her mother.Shareholders are claiming the pop star failed to fulfil promises that she would be “actively building” the brand, saying her “abject dereliction of her duties” has left the company in a “state of financial calamity”.The lawsuit seeks to recover around $1.2m (£890,000) it claims was invested as well as costs and damages.The BBC has contacted Wondermind and Gomez’s representatives for comment.Gomez, who rose to fame as a child actor before moving into pop music, set up…

Sai Sudarshan and Jasprit Bumrah India captain Shubman Gill has been declared fit and is ready to lead the team in the first Test against Sri Lanka, beginning in Galle on August 15. However, injuries to key players remain a concern for the Indian camp, with Jasprit Bumrah and Sai Sudharsan ruled out of the two-Test series.Gill confirms constant monitoring of injured playersBumrah, who was initially included in the squad, was ruled out due to a knee injury, while Sudharsan was sidelined with a toe niggle after failing to recover as expected. Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of…

Eligible candidates can submit their applications through the University of Delhi’s official website, du.ac.in The University of Delhi (DU) has announced the results of its undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) semester examinations for 2026. Students who appeared for the respective examinations can now check their results and download their marksheets through the university’s official examination portal, exam.du.ac.in.Students will have to enter details such as their course and roll number to access the result. The university has also activated result links for various semester-based courses.DU result 2026: Steps to checkCandidates can follow the steps elucidated here to download the UG and…

In XRP news today, Evernorth is changing the number of shares issuable to investors in connection with its proposed business combination with Armada Acquisition Corp. II. The amended subscription agreements tie the share count to XRP’s value at closing, measured by its volume-weighted average price, rather than the $2.36 XRP price used when the business combination agreement was signed. The company said the amendment is intended to align its capitalization with the market value of its underlying XRP holdings at closing. Evernorth, which is seeking to become a publicly traded digital asset treasury through the transaction, said the revised terms…

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Oh don’t be ridiculous, Andrea. Everybody wants this—a relationship like the one Anne Hathaway has with husband Adam Shulman. No, no, that wasn’t a question, and neither is the way The Devil Wears…

In this first dispatch from Locarno is a trio of films one might call “elusive.” They all capture weighty, human subjects: sensuality, war, and disaster—with a visual and sonic approach that’s difficult to grasp and, sometimes, even harder to love. They are all formally provocative works, made to push the audience to its breaking point. Consequently, they’re like little I’ve seen this year, and I’m sure unlike anything I’ll watch in the coming months. A sensual exploration of the body and senses, Ann Oren’s “Objet A” assuredly follows in the footsteps of her equally playful film “Piaffe,” a film about…

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Some stuff I am reading today morning: India to be official partner country of Russia Energy Week (BT) US vows more economic pressure on Iran (Reuters) Diesel crack spreads explode to record (Climateer) FPIs exit 60% of anchor holdings in a year (NDTV Profit) Stock Talk: SJS Enterprises (FE) Indian workers are teaching Robots (Bloomberg) FAFO for America (FT) What our mistakes taught us (Carnelian Capital) Economic Reality & Market Trajectory (Sage One) Your grandfather’s military is dead (DR) Discover more from Alpha Ideas Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.