Aviva Investors to tokenize funds on XRP Ledger in Ripple partnership
Aviva Investors, the asset management arm of U.K. insurer Aviva (AV), plans to tokenize traditional fund structures on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in a deal with blockchain firm Ripple, the companies said in a press release Wednesday. The collaboration will see Ripple support Aviva Investors in issuing and managing tokenized funds on XRPL, a public…
Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce
When Sam Blond left his job as a VC for Founders Fund a year ago — just 18 months after he started — he told the world that being a VC wasn’t for him and he was “going back to operating.” On Wednesday, he officially brought his new startup, Monaco, out of stealth. It…
Super Bowl runner-up rings: What NFL players really think
Elizabeth MerrillFeb 10, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. Multiple Authors FOUR MONTHS AFTER the Philadelphia Eagles lost Super Bowl LVII, Cam Jurgens glanced at the team schedule and came upon something that stopped him. “Ring…
Callum Turner and George MacKay in ‘Rose of Nevada’ Trailer — Watch
One dark jewel — pardon, rose — of the 2025 fall festival circuit was a new film from Cornish director Mark Jenkin starring two of the hottest British actors working right now. And it’s a movie IndieWire likened to a “haunting aesthetic nirvana.” George MacKay and Callum Turner play fishermen caught in a time warp…
Fighting Starmer wins another chance, but is still surrounded by peril | Keir Starmer
“Is it over?” That was the question that Labour MPs have been asking themselves and each other. But the meaning has shifted over the last 24 hours. After last Wednesday afternoon’s chaos in the Commons over the release of the Peter Mandelson documents, MPs widely believed it was the final throes of Keir Starmer’s leadership….
Bitcoin’s U.S. demand signal flickers back after crash
Bitcoin’s BTC$68,747.00 sharp rebound from last week’s plunge toward $60,000 has been accompanied by a subtle but important shift in one closely watched indicator of U.S. demand. The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index — which tracks the price gap between bitcoin traded on Coinbase and the global market average — has climbed sharply from deeply negative…
Primary Ventures raises healthy $625M Fund V to focus on seed investing
Primary Ventures has closed a $625 million Fund V focused on seed investing nationwide, which is a sizable fund for a firm that focuses solely on early-stage investing. It perhaps showcases how the size of early-stage rounds has dramatically increased in the age of AI. Ben Sun, a co-founder and general partner at Primary Ventures,…
Best of the NFL postseason: Snow, chaos, trickery and more
Rich CiminiFeb 9, 2026, 06:00 AM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York…
2026 Sloan Student Prize-Winning Scripts Announced
The Museum of the Moving Image and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation today announced the winners of the 2025 Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize and Sloan Student Discovery Prize, representing the best of Sloan’s nationwide film program. The winners of the Grand Jury and Discovery Prize are, respectively: Quinn Spicker (AFI) for his feature script…
Ben Jennings on the growing pressure on Keir Starmer – cartoon
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