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VivoPower International’s evolving “digital asset treasury” blueprint took center stage in New York this week as Adam Traidman, the company’s Chairman of the Board of Advisors and a former Ripple board member, sketched out what he called a “DAT 2.0” or “anti-DAT” playbook to accumulate XRP at a steep discount while simultaneously extracting on-chain yield. Speaking at the XRP Meetup NYC in the run-up to Ripple’s Swell conference—and in remarks shared via a clip by Crypto Eri (@sentosumosaba) on X—Traidman argued that the publicly listed “digital asset treasury companies” which ran hot earlier this year are now trading like the…

India needs a clear regulatory framework for crypto assets to protect consumers and provide certainty to businesses, according to Meghna Bal, Director at the Esya Centre.“When you don’t have regulation, you don’t have certainty for businesses, and you don’t have certainty for consumers,” Bal said. She emphasised that regulation is necessary “to safeguard consumers but also tell businesses what the rules of engagement are.” Clear rules, she added, can help attract investment and innovation while preventing what she called “entrepreneurial flight,” which has increased since India’s punitive tax regime was introduced.Bal pointed out that the 1% tax deducted at source…

IdentifyHer’s new AI-powered wearable, Peri, tracks and decodes perimenopause symptoms, turning hormonal chaos into actionable data One of the top gift ideas for older Millennial and Gen X women this year may just be a new wearable, one that doesn’t count steps or calories, but hot flashes and night sweats. Behind it is IdentifyHer, a women’s health company that has launched Peri, a wearable designed to detect and decode symptoms of perimenopause. The $449 device, which is HSA/FSA eligible and a 2025 CES Innovation Awards Honoree in Digital Health, is now available for pre-order, with deliveries starting in December. “75% of perimenopausal women experience life-disrupting symptoms, yet perimenopause is treated like a mystery…

Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan is more confident that crypto markets will boom in 2026, particularly as there hasn’t been a late 2025 rally. Speaking to Cointelegraph at The Bridge conference in New York City on Wednesday, Hougan said a crypto market rally at the end of 2025 would have fit the four-year cycle thesis, meaning 2026 would mark the start of a bear market, similar to 2022 and 2018.When asked to revise his prediction about whether the crypto market will boom in 2026, Hougan said: “I’m actually more confident in that quote. The biggest risk was [if] we…

Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan is more confident that crypto markets will boom in 2026, particularly as there hasn’t been a late 2025 rally. Speaking to Cointelegraph at The Bridge conference in New York City on Wednesday, Hougan said a crypto market rally at the end of 2025 would have fit the four-year cycle thesis, meaning 2026 would mark the start of a bear market, similar to 2022 and 2018.When asked to revise his prediction about whether the crypto market will boom in 2026, Hougan said: “I’m actually more confident in that quote. The biggest risk was [if] we…

A man named “Jihad” has been charged with assault and robbery after allegedly attacking an attendee at the Turning Point USA event held at UC Berkeley on Monday.Police say Jihad Dphrepaulezz stole a necklace from a Turning Point USA event attendee, sparking a nasty brawl that left him and the victim covered in blood while Antifa fought supporters of the organization’s founder, Charlie Kirk, according to a report by the New York Post.The vicious fight transpired on Monday, November 10, exactly two months after Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University.Dphrepaulezz, who was at Monday’s riot in response to Turning Point USA’s presence…

According to an analyst, Bitcoin sits in a liquidity set-up that has shown up before big rallies. Prices are not shooting higher yet. At press time Bitcoin trades around $104,500, down 0.5% over the past day. Related Reading Traders watched a decline of about 1.8% earlier that pushed the price near $103,400 and it briefly touched $102,850 during the move. Stablecoin Signal Points Toward Accumulation CryptoQuant analyst Moreno points to the Stablecoin Supply Ratio, or SSR, as the first clear indicator. The SSR compares Bitcoin’s market cap to the total market cap of stablecoins. It has dropped back into the…

Sometimes, the best features in a new operating system aren’t the flashy ones that get broadcast during a keynote. They’re subtle improvements that naturally fit into how you use your device and just make the experience better. One of those appears to be coming in the next macOS update. The dev beta of Tahoe 26.2 includes a feature that essentially lets your computer screen function as a ring light during a video call.It’s called Edge Light and it illuminates a rectangular band around the edge of the screen. Apple’s Neural Engine will also position the light based on where it…

Students at Barrington High School in Barrington, Rhode Island, launched a Turning Point USA chapter after their teacher mocked the assassination of the organization’s founder, Charlie Kirk. Barrington High School Social Studies teacher Benjamin Fillo was reportedly placed on administrative leave after he posted a video mocking Kirk’s assassination and calling the Turning Point USA founder “garbage.” In a video posted to social media, Fillo shared that he had little to no “sympathy for Charlie Kirk,” before spreading false claims that the Turning Point USA founder “hated” the “LGBTQ community, women’s rights, and democracy.” Watch Below: The Barrington High School teacher went on to bizarrely…

The low-price gym giant has opened 79 clubs in LA alone in the past decade and a half, fueled by franchise groups like So Cal Gyms LLC Planet Fitness has made it clear that it’s one of the most dominant gym brands in Southern California, recently opening its 100th location in the Los Angeles area. In the fifteen years since opening the doors to its first LA club, the high-value, low-price (HVLP) operator has opened 78 clubs, an average of about 8 clubs per year. That has led to a massive LA footprint — especially given each location averages 20,000…