Capital One's acquisition of Brex for $5. 15 billion is a big deal. It shows that banks are now realizing they can't ignore fintech companies. These fintech startups are growing fast and becoming very important. They offer services that banks want to have. Fintech companies are getting a lot of mon
A man from Virginia Beach received a 45-year prison sentence for tricking women into taking out loans for him. Dion Lamont Camp was found guilty of 19 crimes, including fraud and identity theft. He convinced 14 women he was a rich businessman named Myles, driving fancy cars and wearing designer clot
In 2019, a study looked at how much dairy farms in Central Europe spend on medicines for their cows. The focus was on antibiotics, which are a big deal because they can cause problems like antimicrobial resistance. The study checked out 20 farms with over 18, 000 cows in five countries: Czechia, Hun
Kansas is looking at a new way to handle digital money. Lawmakers there want to create a special fund for Bitcoin and other digital assets. This isn't just about holding onto these assets but also about managing and growing them. The idea is to update old laws about unclaimed property. Right now, i
Investors now have a new tool to protect their money from inflation. A recent fund combines Bitcoin and gold, aiming to shield wealth from the declining value of currencies like the U. S. dollar. This fund, called the Bitwise Proficio Currency Debasement ETF, started trading on the NYSE under the t
Strive, a financial firm launched in 2022, is aiming to gather up to $150 million by selling special shares called Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, labeled SATA. This money will be used to pay off some of its debts and buy more Bitcoin. The company has a subsidiary called Semler Sc
Crypto is tricky. It's open for all to see, but it's also sneaky. This makes it hard to catch people doing bad things with money. Old ways of spotting trouble don't always work well. So, some smart folks came up with a new tool called ChronoWave-GNN. It's like a super-smart detective that looks at m
A company called ZBD has just raised a huge amount of money. They got $40 million to build better ways to pay in video games. This money will help them grow and improve their services. ZBD is all about making payments easier for game developers. They want to let gamers send money to each other, ear
A unique partnership is brewing in the world of finance and technology. Fedi, a Bitcoin wallet company, Cornell University, and the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) are teaming up for a two-year study. They want to understand how Americans feel about financial privacy. The study will look at the trade
Hoth Therapeutics has shared some exciting news from their ongoing cancer trial. The company is testing a treatment called HT-001 on patients who are also taking EGFR inhibitor therapy. The results so far are quite impressive. In the trial, every patient who could be evaluated showed a positive res
