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Lombard Finance has launched a Bitcoin-backed onchain credit strategy with Flow Traders as its first borrower.The structure allows Bitcoin holders to earn yield from institutional stablecoin financing demand, while Flow Traders accesses liquidity without posting its own collateral in a public DeFi lending pool.Lombard Finance has launched an onchain credit strategy designed to connect Bitcoin holders with stablecoin financing demand from institutional trading firms.Flow Traders, the Amsterdam-listed global market maker, is the first borrower using the new structure.The Bitcoin Onchain Credit Strategy allows Flow Traders to obtain stablecoins for its digital-asset market-making operations without depositing its own collateral into a…

The dollar flexed broad muscle this week as Middle East escalation and tariff headlines drove majors, while the yen and franc oddly sat out the safe-haven rally.

The typ­i­cal stu­dent trav­el­ing on a Eurail pass will stop in such lands as Öster­re­ich, Italia, Česko and Schweiz — also known as Suisse, Svizzera, and Svizra. If that stu­dent hap­pens to hail from the Eng­lish-speak­ing world, the names Aus­tria, Italy, the Czech Repub­lic (the recent move­ment for Czechia notwith­stand­ing), and Switzer­land will sound more famil­iar. But the ques­tion inevitably comes to mind while rid­ing between one his­tor­i­cal­ly and cul­tur­al­ly rich cap­i­tal to anoth­er: where did all these coun­tries get their names in Eng­lish? How on Earth, for exam­ple, did Deutsch­land, known in cer­tain oth­er Euro­pean lan­guages as Alle­magne, Ale­ma­nia, or Ale­man­ha, get to be called…

You’ve been spelling Oprah Winfrey wrong all these years. But that’s OK, because so has she. The multimedia mogul was born Orpah Gail Winfrey, her first name coming from the Bible’s Book of Ruth, with Orpah being the titular convert’s sister-in-law. But, as Winfrey explained to the blown-away host of Baby, This Is Keke Palmer, “I was a kid and nobody knew how to spell it.” So, even though her birthday certificate says Orpah, people mispronounced it so often, the future daytime talk show queen just went with Oprah—and quite the surprise awaited as she came of age. “I didn’t learn until…

A scene from ‘The Invite’ (Photo: A24, 2026). It’s one thing to hear your upstairs neighbors having better sex than you. It’s another to invite them downstairs for dinner. That’s the bad decision at the center of Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, though it isn’t Joe (Seth Rogen) who makes it. His wife, Angela (Wilde), invites their neighbors over without telling him, partly because she wants to show off the San Francisco apartment she has spent months renovating. Joe, meanwhile, would rather they keep their voices down, their furniture still, and whatever else they do upstairs out of earshot. The neighbors…

The Trump administration finalized new Section 301 tariffs on dozens of trading partners, ranging from 10 to 12.5 percent, perfectly timed to take effect as the temporary global tariff of 10 percent under Section 122 expires. The basis for these new tariffs is a five-month investigation into whether those countries have done enough to keep goods made with forced labor out of their supply chains.  There has been plenty of coverage on this. Ilya Somin lays out why this action is likely illegal and runs afoul of Section 301’s own requirements as well as the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.…

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Pakistan Women enter the 2nd ODI with a 1-0 series lead as they face Sri Lanka Women at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Hambantota. Following a convincing five-wicket victory in the series opener, Fatima Sana’s side holds strong momentum, powered by top-order brilliance from Gull Feroza (78) and Sidra Ameen (57), alongside Nashra Sandhu’s disciplined three-wicket haul.Sri Lanka, led by captain Chamari Athapaththu, find themselves in a must-win situation to keep the three-match series alive. Having posted 210/9 in the previous match, anchored by identical 46-run contributions from Athapaththu and Nilakshi de Silva, the hosts require a more clinical…

Real Madrid have joined the race to sign RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande and are in talks with the Bundesliga club over a potential deal for the highly rated 19-year-old. Paris Saint-Germain remain interested in the Ivory Coast international, who has made the European champions his preferred destination, but the French club have yet to submit an offer capable of persuading Leipzig to sell this summer. Madrid’s interest has significantly altered the situation, creating fresh competition for Diomande’s signature. The Spanish giants have been monitoring options on the right wing in case Brahim Diaz departs during the current transfer window.…

Was always a tough spot for Kyle Dubas to rebuild while trying to win for the core three Josh Yohe of The Athletic: (mailbag) Pittsburgh Penguins GM Kyle Dubas may be doing too good of job and the Penguins may not get to point where they bottom out, which could be a problem down the road. Top talent gets drafted in the top-five, and it’s harder to land them if you’re picking down in the draft. The Penguins aren’t in a position where they could be looking to send out offer sheets that might cost them two to four first-round…