(Bloomberg) — The proportion of Bitcoin traded over weekends has declined to an all-time low of 16% this year, according to cryptocurrency research firm Kaiko. Most Read from Bloomberg The drop comes in the wake of the launch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded-funds, which appears to have shifted the periods when Bitcoin is traded to be […]
NEW YORK (AP) — For Mon PMs; WX507-508 ___ Rarely, if ever, has one candidate in a presidential debate had so much material to use against the other. Republican Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts with serious charges in three other indictments still pending. As president, Trump nominated three of the justices […]
The renowned whiskey writer Clay Risen recently recounted in The New York Times how nal t’eel, a Mexican corn varietal grown on the Yucatán Peninsula for more than 4,000 years, was saved when a local craft distillery started making whiskey with it. While a gripping and inspiring tale on its own, the resurgence of nal […]
Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, left, shakes hands with Utah Rep. Phil Lyman after Utah’s gubernatorial GOP primary debate held at the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Pool photo by Isaac Hale/Deseret News) Even though the attacks have been flying nonstop from his campaign — especially on social media […]
Generating a Blank Tech giant Apple has finally shown off its particular take on artificial intelligence tech — and we can’t shake the feeling that we’ve seen this all before. During today’s kickoff of the company’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, Apple unveiled what it’s calling “Apple Intelligence,” a set of machine learning features to be integrated […]
Utilities operate very boring businesses. They distribute electricity and natural gas to customers under government-regulated rate structures. There isn’t a lot of upside in this business (demand and rates are relatively steady), but there is also not much downside. Because of that, utilities generate pretty stable returns, a large portion of which comes from their […]
Since I’m a contributor for fool.com, friends and family often decide to do me a favor and give me a hot tip. They say: “Have you heard about [the latest headline-grabbing thing]? You should look into it because it’s going to be big.” Many investors are looking to find the next big thing with their […]
Christian Horner has knocked back criticism that Max Verstappen’s stranglehold on Formula One is “boring” by describing his star driver’s unstoppable form as a “golden moment”. Verstappen claimed his fourth win from the five rounds so far this season with a commanding drive at Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix to establish a 25-point championship lead. The […]
Recent investigations into The Boring Company, a tunnel construction startup founded by Elon Musk, have raised significant concerns over worker safety at its project sites. A recent investigation by Fortune found a widespread lack of accountability, dangerous working conditions, and a series of injuries that surfaced, casting a shadow over the company’s ambitious mission to […]
The temperature was 32 degrees at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Dave Wierstad’s house in North St. Paul. The relative humidity was 47 percent, the barometric pressure was falling and the solar radiation had an intensity of approximately 17 watts per square meter. The winds were coming from the east-northeast at 6 mph. Wierstad, an amateur […]
Gennaro Contaldo has a bone to pick with traditional Sunday roast dinners. The Italian chef has lived in England for over 50 years now, and he suggests the food there could see one big improvement. “When you have a Sunday roast somewhere, [you get] three vegetables: boiled potato, boiled broccoli, boiled beans – they don’t […]
Amidst a colourful Paris Fashion Week, Valentino stood out. The Italian fashion house, which has become synonymous with a bright shade of pink over the last couple of years, instead made the bold decision to present an entirely black collection. The Valentino runway show (Vianney Le Caer/AP) The collection was called Le Noir, which means […]