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By Mark James, updated December 24, 2025 Crypto fundraising has grown. The days of flashy ICO websites, countdown timers, and vague promises are mostly behind us. By December 2025, raising capital in crypto looks quieter, more deliberate, and far more structured. That does not mean innovation has slowed. It means founders and investors finally learned what works. Instead of public token sales aimed at anyone with a wallet, today’s raises follow regulation, long-term incentives, and real business models. Founders are still issuing tokens, but they are doing it with clearer economics, smaller circles, and a heavier focus on accountability. The…

Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: On his return to domestic cricket, India’s batting stalwart Virat Kohli produced another eye-catching performance as Delhi started their Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign with a thrilling four-wicket win over Andhra in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Playing at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, Delhi chased down the target of 299 and won the match, thanks mainly to Kohli’s masterclass with the bat. Why Suryakumar Yadav the batter could hurt India at T20 World CupDelhi won the toss and chose to bowl first. Andhra made good use of the opportunity and posted a strong…

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the IBPS Regional Rural Banks (RRB) Officer Scale I (Probationary Officer) Preliminary Examination Result 2025 scorecard. Candidates who appeared for the preliminary exam can now check and download their scorecards from the official website, ibps.in.The scorecard will be available for download from December 24 to December 31, 2025. Candidates are advised to download it within this period, as it will not be accessible after the deadline.The online preliminary examination result for Officer Scale I was declared on December 19, 2025.How to download IBPS RRB PO Prelims result 2025 scorecardCandidates can follow…

Will Crypto recover and why is everyone so dour about the outlook for the USA all the time? I like making fun of America but also think we’re all coping about that and the trajectory of .cwp-coin-chart svg path { stroke-width: 0.65 !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.positive svg path:nth-of-type(2) { stroke: #008868 !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive { color: #008868 !important; background-color: transparent !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-popup-holder .cwp-coin-trend.positive { border: 1px solid #008868; border-radius: 3px; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive::before { border-bottom: 4px solid #008868 !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-price-holder .cwp-coin-trend-holder .cwp-trend { background-color: transparent !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.negative svg path:nth-of-type(2) { stroke: #A90C0C !important;…

You know when something’s technically “not allowed,” but everyone’s been doing it for years anyway? At first, authorities ignore it. Then they warn about it. Eventually, they stop pretending and show up with rules. That’s the phase crypto just entered in Russia. Bank of Russia put forward a framework that would allow regular people – not just wealthy or ‘qualified’ investors – to legally buy cryptocurrency inside Russia. That’s new. Crypto has existed in Russia for years, but mostly in a gray zone. Not fully legal. Not fully banned. Now the central bank is saying: “We’re gonna formalize this.” Not…

One can hard­ly con­sid­er the Christ­mas sea­son for long, at least in the Eng­lish-speak­ing world, with­out the work of Charles Dick­ens com­ing to mind. That owes for the most part, of course, to A Christ­mas Car­ol, the novel­la that revived the pub­lic cul­ture of a hol­i­day that had been falling into desue­tude by the mid-nine­teenth cen­tu­ry. What­ev­er its lit­er­ary short­com­ings, the book offers a host of mem­o­rable images, not least culi­nary ones: Mrs. Cratchit’s pud­ding, for instance, which Dick­ens likens to “a speck­led can­non-ball, so hard and firm, blaz­ing in half or half-a-quar­tern of ignit­ed brandy, and bedight with Christ­mas…

The Wire actor James Ransone’s widow has shared a message to the world just days after his death.Jamie McPhee took to her Instagram account with a picture of their children and a lengthy message, directed to her late husband.She described how she and their children, Jack, six, and Violet, four, are coping in the days after his death, telling how she took them out to the park.Watch the video aboveJames Ransone died aged 46 last week. (FilmMagic)”They wanted ice cream after the park. Violet picked out a pink backpack. Jack made me buy and then build things at the Lego…

From Star Wars canon expansion to the conclusion of a university-set sitcom and Vince Gilligan’s highly anticipated return to the small screen, here are our TV highlights from this year. Given how rare event television is in the streaming era, watercooler moments are far and few between. While Celebrity Traitors is a gripping exception to this rule, the field of other possibilities is vast. Mammoth franchises sit alongside original storytelling in a TV schedule of your own making as the medium continues to adapt to the evolving entertainment landscape. Some year-defining titles have still not yet made it to UK shores…

Some things Jeff has done that is so extremely rare, it is near impossible to find a copy. This is one of those for me. I would count this one as an official release as Jeff released this independently and sold them exclusively during his 2004 Tour for ‘Lost in Translation’. That is my belief anyway. Discogs has this listed as a 2003 release date. I’m not sure the 2003 date is correct as there are songs on here from the Queen Convention that was held in 2003 and not released on CD or DVD until 2004. I would be…

“Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now.” -Thomas Jefferson Let me introduce you to Sam. Sam has obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. His diet consists mostly of refined grains and trans fats. He’s got cabinets full of dirt-cheap junk food and sky-high healthcare costs to address its effects. He takes home $27,000 a year, but spends $36,000. He’s in debt up to his jaundiced eyeballs, and he wants his niece to foot the bill for weight-loss medication. As a…