XRP holders can now leverage FXRP (XRP on Flare blockchain) as collateral to trade options and perpetual futures on decentralized exchange Derive, enabling hedging, premium earning, and speculative trading with USDC settlements.
Grayscale XRP Trust ETF recovered 480,000 shares in Q2, covering 12.2% of its Q1 contraction. Despite positive share activity adding $12.743 million, $16.846 million in operating losses reduced net assets to $57.413 million.
Yurii Nesterov, a 70-year-old Russian-born Belgian mathematician, has joined CUHK-Shenzhen and SLAI in China, and shortly after, won the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for applied mathematics.
China's first high-altitude variant of the C919 narrowbody jet completed its maiden test flight at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, marking a step forward in the home-grown aircraft's challenge to Boeing and Airbus and aiming to meet demand in western China.
Scientists created 'Moon cement' using lunar and Martian regolith simulants, testing it for six months outside the ISS. Samples showed no degradation, with one composition exhibiting 35% higher compressive strength than Earth controls, advancing off-world construction.
Netball, historically dismissed as a 'girly game' and pioneered by suffragist Martina Bergman Osterberg, is now professionalizing and campaigning for Olympic inclusion at Brisbane 2032. The sport, driven by women, seeks to secure its future beyond the Commonwealth Games.
Jason Jones's decade-long legal fight to decriminalize same-sex intimacy in Trinidad culminates at the Privy Council in London. The case challenges colonial-era "buggery laws" that were previously struck down but later reinstated, with the ruling potentially impacting LGBTQ+ rights across former British territories.
A new study suggests India could produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from crop residue and green hydrogen at costs up to 40% below global benchmarks, transforming an air pollution issue into a clean-fuel export industry.
Donald Trump reported over $1.4 billion in income from his family's crypto ventures in 2025, primarily from World Liberty Financial and the sale of Trump meme coins. This highlights a significant shift in his income sources, benefiting from policies he enacted that favored the crypto industry.
Papa Leone XIV, parlando alla fondazione Jérôme Lejeune, ha affermato che il valore umano non si misura dalla produzione e che la medicina non deve decidere sulla vita di embrioni o anziani, né diventare "serva di una morte programmata".
Il Presidente Mattarella, in occasione della Giornata Mondiale del Rifugiato, ha sottolineato la necessità di solidarietà e accoglienza responsabile per milioni di persone costrette a fuggire da conflitti e persecuzioni, condannando lo sfruttamento criminale e richiamando la collaborazione internazionale.
Researchers have derived a mathematical formula explaining how spacetime crystals can form black holes without a collapsing star. This breakthrough, achieved by analyzing physics in infinite dimensions, sheds light on critical collapse and could aid the search for primordial black holes as dark matter candidates.
A culinary and cultural journey through Mexico City explores Frida Kahlo's enduring impact, from a themed feast to her iconic Casa Azul home and studios, highlighting her art, resilience, and influence on contemporary issues.
Pakistan inducts first Hangor-class submarine, a Chinese Type-39A derivative with AIP, as part of an 8-submarine deal by 2028, while India faces delays in its submarine modernization, maintaining numerical superiority despite challenges.
Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers highlighted Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson's own 2020 book, 'The New Social Contract,' which advocates for taxing labor and capital income equally and criticizes preferential tax treatment for established interests, aligning with Labor's proposed budget changes on capital gains tax and negative gearing.
Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a new nasal spray therapy using extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from human neural stem cells. This therapy effectively reduces chronic brain inflammation in aged mice, restoring memory and cognitive functions by blocking inflammatory signaling pathways and shifting brain immune cells to a protective mode.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced that the supply of naphtha-derived chemical products will be possible beyond the current fiscal year, with domestic refining and alternative sourcing accelerating. Supply has recovered to 85% of previous levels, and toluene will see 1.8 times the usual supply to resolve bottlenecks in paint and thinner distribution.
Japan's banana supply is threatened by a shortage of ethylene gas, a key ripening agent derived from naphtha. The country imports most of its oil, and disruptions to petroleum supplies have led to critically low naphtha inventories, impacting banana ripening and potentially causing price hikes and shortages for this staple fruit.
Scientists in Brazil are developing lab-grown donkey collagen to prevent the species' extinction. Professor Carla Molento leads the project, aiming for a pure, scalable product that retains the qualities of conventional collagen without contamination risks.
Scientists from China and the Netherlands have developed a corn protein-based biopolymer, dubbed 'plantymer,' using a process inspired by spider silk. This material offers a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel-based plastics, exhibiting rigidity comparable to silk and good moisture/oxygen barrier properties.
Virat Kohli candidly discussed breaking the IPL championship jinx with RCB, stating a victory earlier in his career wouldn't have felt as special due to 18 years of pressure. He highlighted the deep emotional connection with the city and fans.
Parla la storica direttrice della rivista Shalom: “Le colpe di Netanyahu non devono ricadere su tutti gli ebrei”
Giancarlo Lelli won one Bitcoin from Project Eleven's Q-Day Prize on Apr. 24 for deriving a 15-bit elliptic curve private key from its public key using publicly accessible quantum hardware — the largest demonstration of this attack class that could threaten Bitcoin and Ethereum. While a 15-bit key is nowhere near Bitcoin's 256-bit security, Google cut ECDLP-256 resource estimates 20-fold in March and set a 2029 migration deadline, with Cloudflare matching that target.
The global polyester supply chain, dominated by Asia, faces mounting pressure from the energy crisis as costs for chemicals and dyes soar. Bindal Silk Mills CEO Avichal Arya reports migrant workers are leaving Surat, India's textile hub, due to cooking gas shortages, threatening global orders. Polyester, which accounts for 59% of global fibre production and is derived from oil, faces further risk from potential Strait of Hormuz disruptions.
