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By Scott Cooper, updated July 31, 2026 Building a crypto startup has become less about creating every piece of technology from scratch and more about choosing the right infrastructure. A decade ago, launching a crypto platform often required a large technical team capable of handling blockchain integrations, liquidity systems, wallets, and transaction processing internally. Today, many companies take a more modular approach. Instead of developing an entire financial infrastructure, startups can combine specialized tools and focus their resources on the parts that directly affect users. This is where crypto APIs becomes valuable. By connecting applications to existing exchange functionality, liquidity…

Ajinkya Rahane’s career will always leave Indian cricket wondering what might have been.On paper, his numbers are respectable rather than extraordinary: an average of 38.46 across 85 Tests, 5,077 runs, twelve hundreds, twenty-six fifties. For most cricketers that would count as an outstanding career. For Rahane it somehow feels short of the mark. The figures don’t capture the quality of the batting, the weight the runs carried, or the moments they arrived in. They suggest a good Test cricketer. Anyone who actually watched him knows he was capable of far more. It’s the strangest statistical injustice of his career that…

IGNOU has extended the registration deadline for the July 2026 admission cycle to August 16, providing additional time for candidates to apply for undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma and certificate programmes through ODL and online modes. IGNOU July admissions 2026: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the last date for fresh admissions to the July 2026 academic session until August 16, 2026 for all notified programmes offered through the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and online modes. With the revised schedule, candidates can now apply for a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, postgraduate diploma, and certificate programmes offered…

MANILA, Philippines, JULY 31, 2026 / AlexaBlockchain/ – More than 12,000 local and international delegates gathered at the SMX Convention Center Manila for Philippine Blockchain Week (PBW) 2026, transforming the venue into a hub for technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, gaming, entertainment, and public policy.Held over three days under the theme Decoded: Deployed, the fourth edition marked a turning point in the country’s digital transformation. Rather than explaining what blockchain, artificial intelligence, and digital assets can do, PBW 2026 demonstrated how these technologies are already being deployed across government, finance, business, and everyday life.The official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of Philippine Blockchain Week 2026, led by distinguished government…

Digital Assets Week will return to London, the only forum where capital markets transformation through tokenisation is examined in depth, from issuance and market structure to settlement, custody, liquidity and regulatory alignment. The underlying foundation of Digital Assets Week is Global Asset Digitisation Projects, making it the only venue where the commercialisation of tokenising assets is discussed comprehensively and at scale. Digital Assets Week is institution-led and designed to support substantive dialogue between market participants, regulators and infrastructure providers on implementation, risk management and market structure as digital assets increasingly intersect with traditional capital markets. The 2026 edition will focus…

Key Takeaways Spinify is a complete sales gamification platform designed to help organizations create more engaged teams. It’s a flexible HRIS that works well for both in-office and remote teams. Spinify is SOC2 and GDPR compliant. There are several pricing plans, all offered at flat rates. You can upgrade your Spinify pricing plan at any time, and add-ons are available, too. Spinify includes features such as real-time leaderboards, AI coaching, custom rewards, and additional gamification tools. Overview Of Spinify Building a strong sales team takes more than traditional training. Spinify offers a single platform to boost engagement, track results, and…

For his part, Mutt denied the affair allegations, telling People in May 2008 that his split from Shania was “just a growing apart, that’s all.” Echoing his denial, Marie-Anne later added to the outlet, “You cannot believe everything you read in the press.” But while Mutt and Marie-Anne did begin dating, Shania had no plans of striking up a romance with Frédéric. “Although I had known Frederic for about nine years, I had never really known him,” the Grammy winner wrote in her memoir. “I mean, he was my close friend’s husband. I thought he was a wonderful, considerate person,…

60 Years of Star Trek My first stop was The Lodge, where I wish I had more time to dance, but the night was young when we got in. We mainly went there for Star Trek, but “The Last Airbender” fans were better served. Our usual activation rounds were lighter than usual, and we especially missed Hulu/FX. FX’s “American Horror Story” opted for timed limited ice cream offerings at specific locations. For Star Trek fans, also outside the convention center was “Star Fleet Command: 60 Years of Star Trek” (The Sinclair on G Street), which displayed authentic on-set props, ship…

Prices fell in June, but inflation did not disappear.  The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCEPI), the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, declined 0.1 percent in June, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. It was the first monthly decline in the index since April 2020 and a sharp reversal from the 0.5 percent increase recorded in May. Even so, the PCEPI rose at an annualized rate of 4.4 percent over the last six months and is 3.7 percent higher than a year ago. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, continued to rise.…

There are those who view their investments as art and those who view their investments as inventory. The former often like their investments to be beautiful. They want to hang them on the wall and admire them. At a 10,000 foot level many of these folks are avid followers of Buffett. They want to buy and hold and just admire the beauty (although of course the reality is that other than a handful of positions Buffett doesn’t actually hold in that manner, but I digress). On the other hand, there are those, like me, who view their investments as inventory.…