Author: Charlotte

A persistent structural friction impedes global agricultural reform: the language of the smallholder cultivator does not align with the language of the macroeconomic planner. For over 500 million smallholder families worldwide—from the corn fields of sub-Saharan Africa to the rain-fed tracts of South Asia—economic shock is a visceral, daily reality measured in volatile commodity markets, climate-driven crop failures, and high-interest informal credit.Conversely, inside multilateral development banks, international climate bodies, and national planning commissions, policy formulation demands empirical validation, econometric modeling, and structural scalability. Without a rigorous translation mechanism, localized agrarian distress remains statistically invisible, leading to top-down policy interventions that…

Getting a ticket to see the hottest movie of the summer in the IMAX theater in Lincoln Square is its own perilous “Odyssey” featuring the siren song of scammers and scalpers.AMC Lincoln Square 13 Theater on the Upper West Side is the only spot in the city — and one of just 41 in the world — capable of projecting the full IMAX 70mm cut of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” which premiered Friday.Lincoln Square is the second-largest IMAX movie theater in the world, with a screen 75.6 feet high and 101 feet wide (the largest is in Melbourne, Australia). The…

In a significant move for the digital collectibles market, Coinbase announced on March 15, 2025, that it will list Moonbird (BIRB), the utility token powering the prominent Moonbirds non-fungible token ecosystem. This strategic decision marks another expansion of major cryptocurrency exchanges into the $NFT utility token space, potentially increasing mainstream accessibility to digital collectible ecosystems. Consequently, the announcement generated immediate market attention, with analysts examining implications for both the $NFT sector and broader cryptocurrency adoption. Moonbird BIRB Token Receives Major Exchange Validation Coinbase’s listing announcement represents a substantial validation milestone for the Moonbirds project. Initially launched in April 2022 by…

SCRYPT, the Swiss-licensed institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, has integrated BENJI, the tokenised share class of Franklin Templeton‘s Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX), into its own treasury operations. The deployment went live on 25 June 2026 and gives SCRYPT continuous, on-chain access to a yield-bearing instrument issued by one of the world’s largest asset managers, which holds approximately $1.68trillion in assets under management. The company says the move makes it one of the first Swiss-regulated digital asset infrastructure providers to manage internal liquidity through a tokenised money market fund issued by a global asset manager. It did not…

Sligo teenager Lucie Cawley won a brilliant silver medal for Ireland in Saturday morning’s final of the women’s 2000 metres steeplechase at the European Under-18 Athletics Championships in Italy. The 16-year-old produced a stunning run clocking 6:36.22, which took almost five seconds off her existing Irish U18 record for the event. She spoke to Athletics Ireland shortly after her final run. Cawley’s Sligo AC clubmate, Ava Colreavy, goes in the final of the women’s 3000m in Rieti on Sunday. Both girls are coached by well-known Sligo coach Dermot McDermott. Source link

On Wednesday, DTCC completed its first live production trades involving tokenized securities, marking a major step toward bringing blockchain technology into traditional financial markets.Broadridge’s findings suggest those efforts are influencing the broader industry. Sixty-eight percent of respondents said tokenization will at least partially reshape financial markets within the next three to five years, while nearly one-third plan to increase investment in tokenization projects by 26% to 50% or more over the next two years.The survey also found firms are not preparing for an all-onchain future. Instead, 92% expect digital and traditional assets to coexist for the foreseeable future, and 69%…

Over the past several years, polling agencies and pundits have documented a disturbing trend: Increasingly, many Americans – especially young Americans – are struggling to comprehend the most foundational principles of economics. This growing economic illiteracy could have a potentially devastating effect on not only the country’s economic future, but its political identity and American democracy itself. In 2022, the Cato Institute found that voters “displayed a depressing lack of understanding of basic economics,” especially when it came to the issue of inflation. This problem was particularly pronounced among young voters. In an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, Nonresident Senior…

Making history is something America’s leading retirement program, Social Security, does often. Last year marked the program’s 90th anniversary since being signed into law, as well as the first time the average monthly retired-worker benefit surpassed $2,000. Based on monthly inflation reports through May, it appeared as if Social Security’s 2027 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) would be historic. Social Security’s COLA is essentially the annual “raise” given to beneficiaries to offset the effects of inflation (i.e., rising prices). However, the June inflation update completely shifted the trajectory of next year’s COLA. Nevertheless, a consolation prize that hasn’t occurred since 2023 is…

Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Abu Dhabi Real Estate Center approved eight new investment zones, bringing the total number of investment zones in the emirate to 50 zones. The center also registered 28 new real estate projects during the first half of the year, a 16% increase compared to the same period last year. Reflecting the continuation of real estate development activity and providing new investment opportunities for local and international investors throughout the emirate.Real estate professions, in turn, witnessed continuous growth, with the center issuing 2,040 real estate profession licenses during the first half of the year. With an…

Investment platform Aurrevia has launched its Category III alternative investment fund (AIF), backed by a $10 million anchor commitment from the Kothari Family Office through Aarii Ventures, as the firm looks to tap growing investor interest in India’s alternative investment market.The actively managed public equities fund is built around Aurrevia’s proprietary dual-strategy TechnoValue investing framework, which combines deep value investing with momentum-based strategies. The fund aims to generate long-term, risk-adjusted returns through a blend of fundamental research, disciplined portfolio construction, and active risk management.The launch comes amid rapid growth in India’s alternative investment ecosystem. According to the company, cumulative commitments…