Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Polygon sees Coinme acquisition as entry to payments sector dominated by Visa, Stripe

CEO Marc Boiron said the Coinme acquisition will help Polygon control customer relationships and capture…

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Banks could slow stablecoin growth by paying savers more, BIS paper finds

A BIS working paper found a 1 basis point rise in U.S. bank deposit rates…

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The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’

Westminster appears to be waking up to warnings over AI safety, with concerns over its…

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Plan to make firms pay more to train older workers than youth apprentices in England

Exclusive: Ministers considering overhaul of apprenticeship funding scheme to tackle youth jobs crisis Employers in…

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Fake Linda and me: the Agatha Christie-worthy mystery of the fraudster who stole my byline

How a string of bizarre events led writer Linda Geddes to don her sleuthing cap…

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Ministers must be honest about Russian threat to UK, says former Foreign Office head

Peter Ricketts calls for more resilience in protecting banking, energy and water systems from cyber-assaults…

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UK sees growing demand for help bridging gap between end of work and start of pension

Fixed-term annuities give income for a set period – such as five or 10 years…

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‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery

Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor,…

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Palantir patient data tech rejected by many NHS trusts in England

Exclusive: health bodies across country say controversial US firm’s data platform no better than systems…

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Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?

Whether it was youngsters proving their skills or state sabotage, Europe’s most hacked country was…

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