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BlackRock to tokenize money market fund shares with JPMorgan

BlackRock will offer tokenized versions of select European money market funds using JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain infrastructure, covering pound…

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EU transfers €1.4 billion interest from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

The European Commission announced that it has transferred €1.4 billion, generated as interest on cash balances that are part of Russian central bank…

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Texas report shows 85,000 families join private school voucher program

A Texas comptroller report released during the program's first year shows 85,344 families had accepted education savings accounts as of July 29, with…

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US and UK coordinate digital asset regulation

US and UK regulators met as part of the 13th Financial Regulatory Working Group in London on July 8 and later issued a joint statement on Aug. 4…

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Permian teacher named to Texas Classroom Commission

Permian High School teacher Dawnna Talley was named to Gov. Greg Abbott's Texas Classroom Commission, a 21-member panel chaired by Courtney Boswell…

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Russia enacts first comprehensive crypto regulation

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that for the first time provides comprehensive rules for the circulation of digital currencies and…

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Yellow Card shutters retail app to focus on stablecoin infrastructure

Yellow Card, an African cryptocurrency company founded in 2016, will end nearly a decade of retail trading services and stop serving retail customers…

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Qatar says mediators coordinate to facilitate US-Iran talks

Qatar said mediators are coordinating closely to help restart negotiations between the United States and Iran, including the exchange of draft…

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Bitdeer signs colocation lease for Norway ai data center

Bitdeer Technologies Group has executed a colocation lease at its Tydal facility in Norway to host what is expected to be the country's largest ai…

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Senate bill authorizes HBCU sports media grant program

A section of the Protect College Sports Act called the Ignite HBCUs Sports and Media Act would authorize a competitive federal grant program to help…

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Wingate offers admissions and $24,000 scholarships to high schoolers

Wingate University told thousands of high school students they were already accepted into the class of 2030 and that they would receive $24,000 in…

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UAE leads Operation Green Shield targeting Amazon environmental crime

The UAE led Operation Green Shield in July with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil under the International Initiative of Law Enforcement for…

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Co-ordinated cyber-attacks disrupt US water systems; possible Iran link

US state and federal agencies are investigating a wave of coordinated cyber-attacks that hit more than 30 Minnesota water systems and were reported…

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Iran and Oman near deal on Strait of Hormuz

The New York Times reports that Iran and Oman are close to a pact on the Strait of Hormuz that would reopen the waterway while giving Iran…

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Pell Grant program faces growing funding shortfall

Bipartisan changes to the FAFSA increased Pell Grant eligibility and awards, producing measurable gains—about 570,000 more students became eligible…

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Nigeria embraces cryptocurrencies as regulators unify oversight

Nigeria announced a coordinated regulatory shift that fully recognises cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and virtual assets, with the central bank…

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Kenya puts academic records on blockchain for verification

Kenya's National Examinations Council and Avalanche have launched a blockchain-based verification platform that places over 30 million academic…

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Brown president Christina Paxson to step down in June 2027

Christina H. Paxson, Brown University's 19th president and the longest-serving Ivy League president, will leave in June 2027, a year earlier than her…

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FalconX cuts 10% of global staff

Digital assets brokerage FalconX has cut about 10% of its global workforce as it braces for a prolonged downturn in cryptocurrency markets, according…

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Trump says negotiations with Iran will resume

President Donald Trump announced that negotiations with Iran would resume Monday after he scrapped a planned military strike over the weekend, saying…

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Hyperscale Data borrows $30 million using bitcoin-backed loan

Hyperscale Data said it implemented a bitcoin-backed decentralized finance lending strategy through the Morpho Protocol and had approximately $30…

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Two tankers carry Saudi crude through Bab el-Mandeb

Two oil tankers, Lesvos and Desh Vaibhav, crossed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait over the weekend despite a Houthi-declared maritime embargo and heightened…

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Turkish foreign minister meets Hamas political bureau chief

Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan met Khalil al-Hayya, elected head of Hamas's political bureau, in Ankara to discuss the latest situation in Gaza…

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Kent and Greenwich merge to form LASE super-university

Kent and Greenwich have merged to create the London and South East University Group, to be known as LASE, which will span four campuses across…

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