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Russia’s central bank is weighing a plan that would allow banks and brokerage firms to operate cryptocurrency exchanges through a simplified licensing pathway tied to their existing financial permits, according to remarks from Governor Elvira Nabiullina. Under the proposal, financial institutions could obtain authorization to run crypto trading platforms through a “notification process,” rather than applying for a new standalone license.  The approach would allow firms that already hold banking or brokerage licenses to expand into digital asset services using their current regulatory status. Back in January, Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, made…

In an interview, the Oscar-nominee danced into some online controversy after claiming no one cares about ballet and opera.

India’s Lakshya Sen (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Lakshya Sen delivered a gritty performance to book his place in the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships, becoming only the second Indian shuttler to reach the title clash twice after defeating Canada’s Victor Lai in a demanding semifinal on Saturday. The 24 year old, who had previously reached the final in 2022, battled both a determined opponent and painful blisters on his right toe to seal a 21-16, 18-21, 21-15 victory in a contest that lasted one hour and 37 minutes. Sen’s achievement puts him in rare company alongside his mentor…

United States President Donald Trump has said he is preparing a sweeping executive order aimed at addressing what he described as a growing crisis in American college sports. The proposed order, he said, will attempt to respond to rising payments to student athletes and legal disputes over compensation rules that universities say are creating financial pressure.Speaking during a White House roundtable with lawmakers, sports executives, college officials and coaches, Trump warned that the current system could push universities toward significant financial losses, according to IANS.“This is a very important meeting… because this is really the future of I think beyond…

On Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a motion to settle its massive lawsuit against Tron crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun for a $10 million civil penalty. The deal, if approved by a judge, effectively ends one of the agency’s most high-profile enforcement actions without a drawn-out trial. The agency claimed Sun and his companies sold unregistered securities (TRX and BTT) and manipulated the market through extensive “wash trading.” For the crypto industry, this is could signal a major shift. Instead of fighting to the bitter end, the regulator is accepting a fine from Rainberry Inc. (the company…

Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! New details have emerged in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie. She went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona, on January 31. Since then, several notes requesting Bitcoin have been sent to news outlets, each claiming to provide information about her location.TMZ reported that the Bitcoin BTC $66,990.12 address listed in one of those notes showed new activity on February 10. A small transfer, worth under a few hundred dollars, moved into the wallet. Did you know? Want to get smarter & wealthier…

During an address broadcast by Iranian state TV, President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised to the neighbouring countries for attacks launched following US-Israel strikes but asserted that Tehran will not strike “unless they attack first”.Key quotesI must apologise on my own behalf and on behalf of Iran to the neighbouring countries that were attacked by Iran.The interim leadership council agreed yesterday that no more attacks will be made on neighbouring countries and no missiles will be fired unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries.Tehran would “not surrender” to US President Donald Trump’s demands of “unconditional surrender”.The comments come after Iran launched attacks…

The idea of the clas­si­cal period—the time of ancient Greece and Rome—as an ele­gant­ly uni­fied col­lec­tion of supe­ri­or aes­thet­ic and philo­soph­i­cal cul­tur­al traits has its own his­to­ry, one that comes in large part from the era of the Neo­clas­si­cal. The redis­cov­ery of antiq­ui­ty took some time to reach the pitch it would dur­ing the 18th cen­tu­ry, when ref­er­ences to Greek and Latin rhetoric, archi­tec­ture, and sculp­ture were inescapable. But from the Renais­sance onward, the clas­si­cal achieved the sta­tus of cul­tur­al dog­ma. One tenet of clas­si­cal ide­al­ism is the idea that Roman and Greek stat­u­ary embod­ied an ide­al of pure whiteness—a…

The husband-and-wife gold medalists open up about their love story, skincare routines and why teamwork is their secret weapon Credit: Courtesy of CliniqueNEED TO KNOWOlympic gold medalist Tara Davis-Woodhall and Paralympic gold medalist Hunter Woodhall are partnering with Clinique for the brand’s “Unstoppable Together” campaignThe married track stars front a duo of Clinique products: Moisture Surge 100H Auto-Replenishing Hydrator and Moisture Surge Active Glow SerumTara says her everyday must-have is Clinique Moisture Surge Lip Balm — especially for race days and podium momentsTara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall are heading into another track and field season with big goals and glowing…

The old adage ‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme’ lies at the heart of Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling, in which four generations of life play out within the confines of a rural farmhouse in north Germany. Over the course of a century Schilinski flickers between the lives of Alma (Hanna Heckt), Erika (Lea Drinda), Angelika (Lena Urzendowsky) and Lenka (Laeni Geiseler), charting their young lives at the turn of the century, the midst of the Second World War, the German Democratic Republic during the 1980s and the present country respectively. Between childhood games and the first blush of romantic feeling,…