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Josh Swihart, co-founder of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash and founder of the ZODL project, has announced a strategic initiative aimed at dismantling centralization barriers within the network. Over the coming weeks, the development team will collaborate to define the project’s future direction, with a primary focus on reducing reliance on centralized intermediaries and strengthening user privacy and self-sovereignty. A Clear Break from Centralized Models Swihart’s announcement signals a deliberate shift away from the growing trend of centralized control in some blockchain projects. The core objective is to ensure that Zcash remains a truly permissionless and private digital currency, where users…

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There’s even more upside left in TeraWulf despite the stock’s already massive 12-month rally, according to Citi. The bank initiated coverage of the energy infrastructure stock with a buy rating. Its price target of $36, implying upside of 39.4% from Friday’s close. TeraWulf has been on fire, soaring more than 500% over the past year. The company, which was previously seen by many on Wall Street as a pure play on cryptocurrency mining, has pivoted toward providing energy infrastructure for high performance computing systems — which are used in the development of artificial intelligence. WULF 1Y mountain WULF 12-month chart…

A gift from the Patrick G. ’59, ’09 H and Shirley W. Ryan ’61, ’19 H (’97, ’00 P) Family will establish the Morton Schapiro Center for Applied Economics at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. The gift honors Morton Schapiro, one of the nation’s leading higher education economists, who became Northwestern’s president emeritus in September after 13 years leading the University. During Schapiro’s tenure, Northwestern rose to a position among the top 10 universities in the country, with record-high rankings for many of its individual schools and departments. Undergraduate applications nearly doubled, representation from underrepresented student groups doubled,…

Commodity liquidation acceleratesAnother week of broad commodity weakness, which saw the Bloomberg Commodity Index fall 2.5%, triggered a fifth consecutive week of aggressive selling by managed money accounts.During the past five weeks, the combined net long across the 25 major commodity futures tracked in this report has collapsed by 73% to just 478,000 contracts. Although this provides a useful gauge of investor sentiment, it does not fully capture changes in capital exposure because energy and metals carry substantially larger contract values than agricultural futures.The speed of the reduction illustrates how rapidly investor sentiment has deteriorated as stronger dollar conditions, higher…

Investing.com — Several brokerage platforms have launched AI-powered trading tools in recent weeks, with varying levels of automation, according to a summary from Jefferies. Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN), eToro Group Ltd (NASDAQ:ETOR) and Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ:HOOD) earlier this month introduced fully automated AI agents. These tools can make trade recommendations, build portfolios and execute trades automatically based on user-set limits. The platforms use Model Context Protocol servers that allow large language models such as Claude or GPT to connect with company systems through a standardized interface. Robinhood requires a dedicated agentic trading account and currently supports only equities, with…

Supervisory activities conducted by the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) have proven effective in strengthening the management of risks related to commercial real estate portfolios within large euro area banks. A new study has analysed how two distinct types of supervisory interventions, on-site inspections and off-site targeted reviews, have influenced how financial institutions identify, assess and provision for risks between 2020 and 2026. Researchers Jae Hyun Jo, Stefano Demartis and Spyros Palligkinis assessed the impact of these measures on the coverage ratio of banks, which acts as a crucial prudential metric linking asset quality to the ability of a bank to…

Once popular among young Chinese consumers, Danish affordable jeweller Pandora and Austria’s Swarovski have closed a large number of their mainland stores amid lost brand appeal, as shoppers now prefer high-end luxury goods or value-preserving products like gold.Copenhagen-listed Pandora was at its peak in China in 2019, operating more than 240 stores and posting revenue of 1.97 billion Danish kroner (US$300 million). Its mainland sales have declined annually ever since.Last year, China made up just 1 per cent of its global revenue, down from 9 per cent in 2019, according to its annual reports.“We have observed a divergent trend in…

The National Film and Television School (NFTS) announced a landmark moment in its history, welcoming producer Barbara Broccoli and Co-CEO of Netflix, Ted Sarandos to Beaconsfield to mark a series of major developments for the School.During the visit, acclaimed producer and NFTS Fellow Barbara Broccoli officially named The School’s newest addition The Cubby Broccoli Building, in honour of her late father, Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli. One of cinema’s most celebrated figures, the legendary producer is best known for bringing the James Bond franchise to the screen – with more than 100 NFTS alumni having worked across the iconic films, many…

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched Multi-Asset Active FOF, an open-ended fund of funds scheme that invests across active equity funds, debt funds, Gold ETFs and Silver ETFs. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched Multi-Asset Active FOF, an open-ended fund of funds scheme investing in units of active equity-oriented schemes, debt-oriented schemes, and Gold ETFs/Silver ETFs.The scheme will adjust exposure across these asset classes based on prevailing market conditions, valuation signals and macroeconomic trends.Fund aims to balance equity, debt and precious metal exposureSankaran Naren, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, ICICI Prudential AMC, said different asset classes perform differently across…