Last updated: April 19, 2024 01:31 EDT | 1 min read The e-CNY Research Institute has been inaugurated to support advancements of China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC).According to a recent report by MPayPass, institute was unveiled at the “2024 Second e-CNY Industry Sustainable Development Seminar” in Suzhou, where industry experts gathered to mark the occasion.The Seminar was co-hosted by the Suzhou City Digital Finance Industry Federation and MPayPass.e-CNY Research Institute for Sustainable DevelopmentThe e-CNY Research Institute would function as a think tank composed of experts committed to rational pragmatism and conservative innovation.Operating with a “joint expert construction” model, the…

The cost of buying a new house just hit a fresh record as mortgage rates rose to the highest level this year, according to a new report. Findings from Redfin show the combination of steep mortgage rates and elevated home prices has pushed the median monthly housing payment to a record $2,775 – an 11% increase from the same time last year.”Market conditions for homebuyers remain challenging with few homes listed and costs for ownership still climbing,” said Ben Ayers, Nationwide senior economist. “Despite strong fundamentals for demand from demographics and a strong labor market, many first-time buyers are being…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 01:44 EDT | 1 min read SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci said that war or terrorist attacks could potentially lead to a 10% to 15% decline in Bitcoin’s value over the next year.In a CNBC interview published Thursday, Scaramucci discussed Bitcoin’s nascent stage of adoption. He said the asset will not achieve its marketed role as an inflation hedge or a store of value until its user base surpasses 1 billion.“Right now, it’s going to be way more volatile than people like,” he said. “And people look at it as a risk-on or risk-off trade…

When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea.Workers involved in the cleanup were exposed to crude oil and chemicals, leading to health concerns.Despite billions spent on restitution, only a fraction was allocated to ill workers, with most receiving minimal compensation.When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation…

Jamie Foxx has a renewed appreciation for life after overcoming medical issues last year. “I’ve learned that life is precious, which is why it’s so important for us to go after what we want,” he told FOX Business.That desire to not take anything for granted served as an inspiration for his Brown Sugar Blend Whiskey. “For me, being able to create a brand that brings people together to celebrate life and have fun was the ultimate goal. What more could I ask for? BSB Whiskey far exceeds my expectations. And thanks to WES Brands, I’ve been able to make that…

Parris Todd celebrates with a clinched fist and screams after winning a point from a long rally during the Finals at the 2023 Minto US Open Pickleball Championships Pro Mixed Doubles Division at East Naples Community Park on April 22, 2023 in Naples, Florida.  Bruce Yeung/Getty Images The world’s best pickleball players are gathering in East Naples, FL for the eighth annual US Open Pickleball Championships. 25-year-old Parris Todd, last year’s women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles winner, is scheduled to compete, as is acclaimed player Simone Jardin and JW Johnson, the youngest player to win a professional national pickleball…

College football player Amitral “AJ” Simon died just one week before might have realized his pro ball dreams, his former university announced Wednesday.Simon, 25, transferred to the University of Albany in New York, where he played as a defensive lineman with the Great Danes in 2022 and 2023. The school said in a statement on social media that he will be “profoundly missed.””AJ was a tremendous young man and even better teammate throughout this time at UAlbany,” the school said.”He was a role model both on and off the field, serving as a pillar to this program over the last…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 02:46 EDT | 3 min read Friday, April 19, 2024 – In a significant move for GambleFi, best crypto casino CoinPoker has launched a $1,000,000 guaranteed tournament series as part of an effort to supercharge its native CHP token.As the exclusive home of the Crypto Series of Online Poker (CSOP), CoinPoker has doubled down on its reveal of what some pundits have labelled ‘the biggest crypto poker event of the year’. 💎 CSOP Spring starts in 4 days! 😎 🗓 April 19th to 28th. 10 days, 41 events. 🤑 Record-breaking total prizes of $1,000,000 along…

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Paige DeSorbo, Danielle Olivera, Craig Conover Getty Images (3) Paige DeSorbo called Danielle Olivera “f–king nutty” on Summer House after she started questioning her romance with Craig Conover. “I love him. He’s my friend,” Paige, 31, said of boyfriend Craig, 35, during the Thursday, April 18, episode of the Bravo series while chatting with Kyle Cooke and Danielle, 35. “I think of him, like, ‘That’s my best friend.’” Kyle, 42, noted that he felt a “little uncertainty” on Craig’s part when he visited the Hamptons earlier that summer. (Craig confessed to Kyle during season 8, which filmed in summer 2023,…

Nearly 30 years ago, Ret. FBI Special Agent Barry Black responded to the worst homegrown terrorist attack in U.S. history with just a year of experience as a bomb technician under his belt.Black was one of two FBI bomb techs in the entire state of Oklahoma, including Jim Norman, when he arrived at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which housed offices for approximately 500 government employees, around 9:30 on April 19, 1995. Nearly half an hour earlier, at 9:02, ex-Army soldier Timothy McVeigh ignited a bomb that took a third of the nine-floor building, killing 168 victims.”It was horrific…

“These are the times that try men’s souls,” Thomas Paine wrote near the end of the turbulent, fear-filled year of 1776. It was the soul of a woman, however, that defiantly withstood the weight of the trial — the miraculous fight for American independence — with five children at her hip.Abigail Adams never flinched, never wavered. Neither the crown then nor fellow citizens today can mistake her gamble on a bold new nation called the United States. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO MADE PRESCRIPTIONS SAFER, DEBORAH ADLER, INSPIRED BY HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR GRANDMA”We are no ways dispirited here. We possess a spirit that will not…

The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday publicly confirmed the first successful dogfight between a fighter jet piloted by artificial intelligence (AI) and a human-piloted aircraft. The AI-versus-human dogfight was carried out as part of the Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched in 2019. The Air Force conducted the AI dogfights at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the home base of the 412th Test Wing.The dogfight pitted a manned F-16 against the X-62A VISTA (Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft), an experimental variant of the F-16, and leveraged live AI agents that were…

Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, antisemitism and acts of hate against Jews have skyrocketed.The Anti-Defamation League reported this week that recorded antisemitic incidents were up 120% in 2023 from the year prior (8,873 in total). Perhaps the most jarring was that there were 1,009 bomb threats against synagogues and other Jewish institutions last year versus 91 in 2022.Prominent Jewish members of the sports community have been outspoken since Oct. 7, when Hamas terrorists from Gaza crossed into Israel and killed some 1,200 people. Minnesota Vikings kicker Greg Joseph wore cleats that read, “I Stand With Israel,” and Auburn’s men’s basketball…

FIRST ON FOX – A decades-old interview is adding to a widening scandal involving a former high-ranking Iranian official and controversial Princeton professor. Seyed Hossein Mousavian is accused of endorsing Hezbollah and Hamas in a 1997 German newspaper interview.The new revelations about Mousavian’s pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah interview in a German paper, coupled with what some claim was an endorsement of an Iranian regime fatwa (religious order) ordering the assassination of British-American author Salman Rushdie, comes at a time when the Ivy League professor is the subject of a congressional probe. Mousavian is currently facing a U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce…