Bitcoin briefly displayed $24,111 on Binance in a sharp wick on the BTC/USD1 trading pair late Wednesday before snapping back above $87,000 within seconds, according to exchange data. (Binance) The move did not show up on any other major BTC pairs and appeared isolated to USD1, a stablecoin launched by Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial….
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups all blew…
The final WWE “SmackDown” of 2025 revealed unusual stipulations for two big upcoming matches, a treatment usually reserved for the final clash of a rivalry. And that could be the case for the long feuds between Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre, as well as between Damian Priest and Aleister Black. We also got a surprise…
Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Venice Film Festival. Searchlight Pictures opens “The Testament of Ann Lee” in select theaters on December 25. Hot on the heels of “The Brutalist,” Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet have returned with another sweeping historical epic about a European iconoclast who comes to America in…
When Keir Starmer stood on the Labour conference stage in 2018 and defied Jeremy Corbyn to call for a second Brexit referendum with remain as an option, it put him in pole position to become the next Labour leader. Starmer must now feel a sense of deja vu watching Wes Streeting, the most out-and-out pretender…
HashKey Capital, a subsidiary of HashKey Holdings, said it closed the first round of fundraising for its fourth crypto fund, locking in $250 million from a mix of institutional investors, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. The fund, HashKey Fintech Multi-Strategy Fund IV, is targeting a final close of $500 million. It will invest in both…
There was a time when most Americans had little to no knowledge about their local data center. Long the invisible but critical backbone of the internet, server farms have rarely been a point of interest for folks outside of the tech industry, let alone an issue of particularly captivating political resonance. Well, as of 2025,…
Jeff CarlisleDec 26, 2025, 10:58 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. For the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF), there are myriad presumed benefits for hosting a FIFA World Cup. There is the attention that the event will bring to the sport of soccer, driving interest not only…
Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Independent Film Company releases “The Plague” in select theaters on December 24. The experience of engaging with a film can give you a reference for expressing a personal idea that you didn’t previously have the words for. This transference makes a moot…
Warning. This column contains good news, when it is an (un)truth widely acknowledged that only grim stories attract public attention. News must be something someone somewhere doesn’t want printed, says the old maxim. Well, battalions of interests want to suppress good news: the overwhelmingly Tory or Reform UK press and antisocial media sites don’t want…