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Ripple offers $5 billion to buy Circle. USDC issuer rejects the proposal. What’s next for Ripple and XRP crypto? Will XRPUSDT rise, and will Circle agree to an improved offer? Insiders claim the Ripple bid was too low and didn’t factor Circle’s growth potential. To gauge how quickly tokenization is being adopted, look at how fast fiat is brought onchain. The first to achieve major success was USDT by Tether Holdings, now the largest stablecoin with over $148 billion in market cap. USDT ranks as the third-largest crypto project, trailing only Bitcoin and Ethereum, surpassing even Solana, home to some…

Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! Zach Yadegari, an 18-year-old high school student from Long Island, is running a tech company called Cal AI, which is expected to generate $30 million in 2025, according to FOX 5 New York. Cal AI is a nutrition and fitness app that lets people take pictures of their meals. The app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to estimate the calories and nutrients in the food.It reports the amounts of protein, carbohydrates, and fats, and assigns a Health Score to show how nutritious the meal is. Users can also log their workouts, and the…

Daily Pivots: (S1) 190.05; (P) 190.66; (R1) 191.33; More… GBP/JPY’s rise from 184.35 resumed by breaking through 191.70 and intraday bias is back on the upside. Further rally would be seen to 195.95 resistance next. For now, break of 189.97 support is needed to indicate short term topping. Otherwise, further rise will remain in favor in case of retreat. In the bigger picture, price actions from 208.09 are seen as a correction to rally from 123.94 (2020 low). Strong support should be seen from 38.2% retracement of 123.94 to 208.09 at 175.94 to contain downside. However, sustained break of 175.94…

Everything About Liberationist Pedagogy Wouldn’t it be better for learners to be in a virtual classroom where they’re not just expected to absorb information but encouraged to question, explore, and speak up? Unfortunately, traditional education may leave little room for freedom due to structured lesson plans and generic approaches. This is exactly why liberationist pedagogy is needed. This was first introduced by Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator and philosopher who challenged the conventional model of education, where teachers just present knowledge to passive students. Instead, he proposed that education should be a practice of freedom. According to him, real learning…

Dec. 31, 2024: Baldoni, Wayfarer & Others Sue The New York TimesBaldoni, Wayfarer, Heath, Sarowitz, Nathan, TAG, Abel, RWA Communications, Wallace and Street Relations filed a lawsuit against The New York Times Dec. 31. In the lawsuit obtained by E! News, The New York Times is accused of libel, false light invasion of privacy, promissory fraud and breach of implied-in-fact contract for its article about a retaliatory smear campaign the plaintiffs allegedly conducted against Lively after she voiced concerns about purported misconduct on set. Saying the report was “false” and based on Lively’s CRD complaint, the plaintiffs denied the accusations and alleged…

If you were at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival, you could have seen the first Windy City screenings of “Sing Sing,” “Thelma,” “In a Violent Nature,” “Babes,” “Ghostlight,” “Good One,” “I Saw the TV Glow,” and so many more. This festival, which I co-produce, has one of the strongest recent track records of giving ticket buyers their first chance to see their favorite films of the year. Past premieres have included “Past Lives,” “The Farewell,” “Eighth Grade,” “First Reformed,” “The Spectacular Now,” “Stories We Tell,” and dozens more. This is the place to be starting Friday, and through the…

Washington, DC — Dr. Ryan Yonk, Director of Education and Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), testified Wednesday before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy, offering critical analysis of the US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO). Created under the 2005 Energy Policy Act, the LPO was intended to accelerate clean energy innovation through federal loan guarantees and direct loans. In his testimony, however, Dr. Yonk argued the program has fallen short of its mission. “The hope in creating the office was to incentivize the development of new and…

If you’re a reseller searching for a reliable way to maximize your profits, store return auctions offer a game-changing opportunity. These auctions provide access to returned goods from major retailers at deeply discounted prices, often with high resale potential. With a little strategy and research, resellers can turn these undervalued assets into steady streams of income. Seasonality Creates Opportunity Choose your holiday – imagine it has just passed. Retailers often use store return auctions to clear out excess inventory after peak shopping seasons. The post-holiday return rush, in particular, results in a surge of returned products, many of which are…

Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) is set to be an exciting encounter in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The two teams will face-off on May 1 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, starting at 7:30 PM IST.RR vs MI, IPL 2025 Match DetailsDate & Time: 1 May 2025, 7:30 pm ISTVenue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, JaipurBroadcast: Star Sports, Jio HotstarRR vs MI Match PreviewBoth sides have been neck-to-neck with each other so far in the IPL. RR, on one side having a poor show this season with just 3 wins in 10 games. Their middle and lower…

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery to BBC Match of the Day: “After the matches we lost to Arsenal and Leicester, the reaction has been fantastic. Today is maybe the best 90 minutes we played here since I arrived. We conceded some chances to them, but I think it is normal because they are in a good moment.”I’m happy today and I want to share it with the players and supporters.”On Jacob Ramsey: “He is young; he is here and involved at Aston Villa. He has the potential to learn some things and understand tactically what we want. Today he played…