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This week’s Web3 Thoughts of the Week tackles DoorDash and stablecoins, spot Bitcoin ETFs, and DeFi’s tattered image. DoorDash stablecoin use “It hasn’t ever been about DoorDash adopting crypto. It’s about the fact that money is finally starting to behave like the Internet. “Stablecoins are just a better version of dollars. They move instantly, globally, and without all the friction we’ve just gotten used to over time. When companies like DoorDash start using them, it’s less a big announcement and more a signal that the underlying system is already changing. “Stripe and others are basically turning payments into software. Once…

Today Public First publishes Hidden Children: An investigation into Unregistered Children’s Homes. Commissioned by Commonweal Housing, the report examines the growing use of illegal, unregistered care placements within England’s social care system. The report finds that hundreds of children in care – often those with the most complex and acute needs – are now living in unregistered placements that sit entirely outside Ofsted’s regulatory framework. These placements are unlawful and often leave children in wholly inappropriate settings like hotels, holiday lets and other improvised accommodation supervised by minimally trained staff, yet are increasingly used as a routine response to systemic…

Silver (XAG/USD) price edges up over 0.50% during Friday’s session, after bouncing off a daily low of $73.95. Speculation about a resumption of negotiations between Washington and Tehran is cheered by investors, which pushed US equities higher in tandem with the precious metals segment. At the time of writing, the XAG/USD pair trades at $75.83,XAG/USD Price Analysis: Technical outlookTechnically, Silver is poised to consolidate within the 20- and 100-day Simple Moving Averages (SMAs), both at $75.64. Worth noting that since bottoming at around $61.02 on March 23, the white metal continued to record higher lows, an indication that the uptrend…

Legislators will try for the third year in a row to address the fallout from private equity ownership of three Connecticut hospitals. Despite years of bipartisan calls for reform, proposals to curb such investment have failed to pass.  But the co-chairs of the Public Health Committee say this year will be different. They’ve been in regular talks with Gov. Ned Lamont’s office over the last several months. And even though Lamont and lawmakers put forth separate proposals, the two are meant to complement each other. “Our hope is that both of them will succeed,” Public Health Committee co-Chair Sen. Saud…

Open this photo in gallery:A GAC GOVY AirCab flying car on display at the GAC Group booth, during the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China, in Beijing, China April 24, 2026.Tingshu Wang/ReutersFrom robotaxis to flying cars, China is working to export more of its cutting-edge vehicle technology – a strategy that reflects both its global ambition and hard economic realities.The world’s second-largest economy is home to the world’s biggest and most advanced car market. But a multi-year price war has left the country with a surplus of vehicles, including electric ones mass produced by companies that are unknown in…

Home » Journal » IPO Genie ($IPO) vs Emerging AI Tokens Which Project Has Real Utility Advantage That $100,000 Check That Changed Everything! In August 1998, two young Stanford students showed Prof. Bechtolshem a quick demo.  Immediately, he wrote a check of $100,000. A company that did not even exist legally yet. That $100,000 eventually turned into hundreds of millions of dollars today.  When Google went public in 2004, about 1,000 of its 2,300 employees became instant paper millionaires. That story still stings because nothing has changed. The top crypto presales…

BY STEVE KOCH Florida-bred Ultimate Love returns Sunday in the $150,000 Memories of Silver Stakes at Aqueduct. The one-mile turf test for 3-year-old fillies drew nine for the grass and two for the main track only. Ultimate Love is a homebred for Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation. By Curlin out of the Bernardini mare Tsunami of Love, she won three of four starts as a 2-year-old, all on grass, banking $176,400. She broke her maiden at Colonial Downs in July by two-and-three-quarters lengths, annexed a first condition $62,500 optional claiming at Laurel on September 5 by nearly seven lengths and…

Why Fixed Income Investments Matter for Senior CitizensFor senior citizens, preserving capital and generating steady income becomes more important than chasing high returns. Fixed income options provide stability, predictable earnings, and lower risk, making them ideal for retirees who rely on regular cash flow to manage daily expenses and maintain financial independence. Source link

A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is seen inside its headquarters in Mumbai. Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Indian economy is giving mixed signals in the wake of the West Asia crisis, with some demand indicators remaining strong, while others weaken, and supply indicators starting to show signs of stress, the Reserve Bank of India noted in its latest analysis on the economy. It added that the possibility of the supply crunch turning into a demand shock in India in the future warrants “careful and continuous assessment”. In March, available high-frequency indicators of economic…

Katana (KAT) has been one of the strongest-performing altcoins in the market over the past 24 hours, recording a sharp 73.1% jump to $0.02129.What makes this rally stand out is not just the price increase, but the scale of trading activity behind it. KAT has significantly outperformed Bitcoin and the broader crypto market, which have remained largely flat.Why is Katana crypto price rising?The main driver behind Katana’s price surge is a dramatic spike in spot trading volume across major exchanges, particularly Binance and Coinbase.Market data shows trading activity surged by more than 1,400% in the past 24 hours, signaling strong…