MSCI Isn’t Wrong to Be Cautious on DATs

The news that MSCI — one of the world’s “Big Three” index providers — is looking to potentially exclude digital asset treasuries (DATs) from its indexes has absolutely scandalized the crypto community. JP Morgan mentioning this in their research note on Strategy only added fuel to the fire, with the term “Operation Chokepoint” coming back…

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World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features

World, the biometric ID verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, released the newest version of its app today, debuting several new features, including an encrypted chat integration and an expanded, Venmo-like capability for sending and requesting crypto.  World was created by the startup Tools for Humanity in 2019, and originally launched its app in 2023….

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Julia Ducournau’s Somber AIDS Allegory

Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau showed how deftly she could employ genre and metaphor with her first two features, 2016’s cannibal-themed “Raw” and the 2021 automotive body horror “Titane.” But based on early reactions, the French filmmaker’s third feature, “Alpha,” proved an even higher concept. “Alpha” stars newcomer Mélissa Boros as the film’s titular 13-year-old protagonist, who is coming of age in a world plagued by a mysterious blood-borne virus that turns people into hardened, statue-like figures coughing up clay sand. Despite seemingly being aware of the risks, Alpha participates in needle-sharing one…

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Gen Z know the social contract is broken. It’ll take more than youth clubs and StarmerTok to reach them | Gaby Hinsliff

Bonnie Blue, the porn actor who recently made headlines for her antics in Bali – which you probably shouldn’t Google – has come out in support of Nigel Farage. And in not unconnected news, “rage baiting” – saying deliberately annoying things to get attention – is the Oxford University Press’s word of the year. Bonnie’s…

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