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Polymarket has filed for Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) registration with the National Futures Association (NFA) via an affiliate entity called Coming Home GBA, according to Bloomberg. The July 3, 2026 NFA filing signals the world’s largest prediction market’s intent to offer regulated margin trading to US users – allowing traders to take leveraged positions on event contracts through a fully licensed intermediary. The central tension this story unpacks is that a platform fined for running an illegal derivatives market in 2022 is now applying for the highest tier of US derivatives intermediary registration while simultaneously operating under a separate CFTC…

So What Are Platforms Doing With AI? Every major eLearning platform announced AI features in the last 18 months. Coursera, Udemy, LinkedIn Learning, Skillshare, they all launched something. But stating “we added AI” is vague. What does that actually mean? What are these platforms building, and does it genuinely change how learning works? The answer is more nuanced than the announcements suggest. eLearning platforms are adding AI in specific places where it solves a problem. But they’re also running into real constraints. And they’re discovering that rebuilding a platform around AI costs significantly more than bolting AI onto an existing…

Who Is That Witty Scottish Announcer on Love Island?Iain Stirling pulls a double shift as the narrator of both Love Island UK and Love Island USA—and during filming, he’s also on a tight schedule. “At 12 in the afternoon U.K. time, I’d log on to Love Island UK,” the Scottish comedian detailed to TODAY in 2024. “By that point, the show’s all but finished. Then we’d write for two or three hours. Done by about 4, half 4. Then I’d get a child dinner, bath time, bed time—I’d love for it to be more rock ‘n’ roll than that, but…

For thirteen years now, Ubisoft has been chasing a pirate. While there have been some great “Assassin’s Creed” games since the 2013 release of “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” (I’m particularly fond of “Origins” and “Odyssey”), and a truly awful movie, nothing has felt quite as accomplished as the beloved pirate simulator. While “Assassin’s Creed” already had a strong critical reputation from its first three games, it was the release of “Black Flag” that revealed the potential of this series: blending addictive storytelling, open-world exploration, naval combat, and even a bit of a history lesson into what is widely recognized…

Voidling Bound menjadi salah satu game yang menarik perhatian karena menawarkan perpaduan aksi, strategi, dan eksplorasi dalam dunia penuh misteri. Bagi pemain baru, pengalaman pertama mungkin terasa menantang. Musuh datang tanpa ampun, sumber daya terbatas, sementara setiap keputusan bisa menentukan keberhasilan sebuah perjalanan.Namun, justru di situlah daya tariknya. Voidling Bound tidak hanya menguji refleks, tetapi juga kemampuan membaca situasi dan mengatur strategi. Pemain yang memahami mekanisme permainan sejak awal biasanya mampu berkembang jauh lebih cepat dibanding mereka yang hanya mengandalkan keberuntungan.Sebagai ilustrasi, seorang pemain fiktif bernama Raka sempat mengalami kekalahan berulang pada beberapa jam pertama. Setelah mulai memahami pola serangan…

MI New York held their nerve to register a crucial victory over Seattle Orcas in Match 25 of the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026 season at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. In a contest filled with momentum swings, experienced all-rounder Kieron Pollard once again proved why he remains one of the biggest match-winners in T20 cricket.The former West Indies captain delivered when his side needed him the most, but moments after producing a vital breakthrough, an unexpected incident left teammates and fans concerned. Fortunately for MI New York, the experienced campaigner was able to return later in the innings…

Lionel Messi will attempt to guide Argentina into the semi-finals of the World Cup when they take on Switzerland in Kansas City tonight. The defending champions have struggled in the knockout stages, requiring extra-time to see off Cape Verde and then staging a brilliant, late comeback to edge out Egypt. Switzerland have gone about their business more quietly, a 2-0 win over Algeria followed by a penalty shoot-out victory over Colombia. The Colombia game was arguably the worst of the tournament so far due to a lack of creativity and ambition from both sides. Where to watch Argentina v Switzerland…

Other offer sheets have been sent this offseason Mark Scheig: Player agent Allan Walsh: “I can tell you that other players have already been offered deals as Group 2 restricted free agents with other teams, and they either didn’t sign it and ended up re-signing with their club or it’s still hanging out there.” The Anaheim Ducks could look to the Pittsburgh Penguins to shed some salary The Sheet with Jaff Marek: Marek and David Pagnotta talk about the Anaheim Ducks looking to move out some salary, and how the Pittsburgh Penguins could be an option. ** NHLRumors.com transcription The…

Volunteers have clocked up more than 1,000 hours of service to save 34 tonnes of uneaten food from the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, going into the bin. Since Sunday, about 50 helpers from Roade and Towcester’s Community Larders have driven back and forth from the Northamptonshire racetrack to offer up items like eggs, milk, fruit, vegetables, and even a carpet, at pop-up shops.Katie Steele, from the Towcester group, said it had seen “record attendances” and believed the groups had helped about 3,000 people.She said the collections ended on Friday and were only made possible by “absolutely amazing teamwork”.

Metaplanet wants to turn its bitcoin pile into a credit market. On Friday, Japan’s largest corporate bitcoin holder said it has opened a joint study with three partners to build tokenized credit products backed by bitcoin, a step that pushes the company past simple treasury accumulation and toward the role of a financial platform. The study group brings together Metaplanet, the yen stablecoin issuer JPYC, the regulated security token platform Progmat, and Siiibo Securities, the licensed brokerage Metaplanet bought last month for 2.1 billion yen, or about $13 million. Siiibo becomes Metaplanet Securities on July 13. The four firms will…