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JPMorgan is looking to scale up its blockchain and crypto exposure and is now developing plans to offer cryptocurrency trading services, according to a company executive. Custodying crypto directly is currently off the table, however.Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box Europe on Monday, JPMorgan’s global head of markets and digital assets, Scott Lucas, was asked if the banking giant would follow competitors such as Citibank into custodying crypto for its clients. In response, Lucas explained that it’s not on the “horizon near-term” for the bank, but emphasized that it is looking to offer crypto trading services.   “I think Jamie [Dimon] was pretty clear on…

CR Fitness will add nine new locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by 2026, an expansion that includes backing by NFL star Dak Prescott CR Fitness, the largest franchisee of high-value, low-price (HVLP) gym brand Crunch Fitness, is continuing to extend its footprint, with plans to open nine new locations in Texas by the end of 2026. Those locations are backed by a team including Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, who joined the franchisee last year. As of now, CR Fitness has 88 clubs open, but the upcoming locations bring it even closer to its goal of 100 Crunch gyms…

Andrea Bartz, a best-selling thriller writer, played a key role in the largest copyright settlement in history against AI company Anthropic for illegally using authors’ works to train chatbots. The New York Times reports that in a landmark case that pitted authors against a tech giant, thriller writer Andrea Bartz emerged as a central figure in securing a $1.5 billion settlement from AI company Anthropic. Bartz, along with fellow writers Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson, served as named plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit, representing the authors of approximately half a million books whose copyrights were violated when Anthropic used…

Google’s Nano Banana AI image editor became something of a viral sensation when it launched last month. Now the tool is being integrated into a bunch of pre-existing Google products, like Search, NotebookLM and Photos.Perhaps the most notable integration here is with NotebookLM. Nano Banana is being used to drastically change up Video Overviews, offering up six new styles like watercolor and anime. It also now generates contextual illustrations based on sources and there’s a new option for micro-videos called Briefs.For the uninitiated, Video Overviews is a neat little tool available to NotebookLM users that automatically generates explainer videos from…

My name is Godspower Owie, and I was born and brought up in Edo State, Nigeria. I grew up with my three siblings who have always been my idols and mentors, helping me to grow and understand the way of life. My parents are literally the backbone of my story. They’ve always supported me in good and bad times and never for once left my side whenever I feel lost in this world. Honestly, having such amazing parents makes you feel safe and secure, and I won’t trade them for anything else in this world. I was exposed to the…

Top crypto analyst Capo has indicated that the Bitcoin price crash is not over. This comes amid a rebound in the flagship crypto, which has climbed from the lows recorded during the recent crypto market crash.  Analyst Predicts 30% Drop For The Bitcoin Price In his latest market update, Capo predicted that the Bitcoin price could still drop another 30%. This came as he noted that the flagship crypto remains above $100,000, far from the $60,000 to $70,000 range that would align with a complete market correction. He added that until then, the downside potential remains significant.  Related Reading This…

South Africa’s lower order once again came to the rescue after a top order collapse, edging out Bangladesh by three wickets in a nail-biting finish in the Women’s World Cup in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Chasing 233, the Proteas were on the ropes at 78-5, but their tail refused to throw in the towel, showing the same grit that saw them turn the tables on India in their previous outing. A gutsy 85-run stand for the sixth wicket between Marizanne Kapp, who made 56, and Chloe Tryon, 62, steadied the ship and gave the chase a fresh lease of life. Both…

The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, last week rejected two Board of Trustees candidates during its community elections allowing regular contributors to directly choose board representatives. Its purported rationale included one candidate’s involvement with a major community newsletter and another’s social media comments attacking Israel. The rejections provoked community outrage, including from former board members and staff. Petitions and statements opposing the decision, some blaming Israeli and United States government pressure, generally pledged to boycott the election. It comes as the online encyclopedia owned by the Wikimedia Foundation has become the subject of increasingly negative reporting over left-wing and anti-Israeli…

From membership-wide gamification challenges to VR equipment and immersive digital apps, operators are implementing technology in increasingly creative ways The “gym” has come a long way from a simple place filled with rubber floors, some treadmills, free weights and selectorized strength machines — but it’s got further to go still.  While the fitness industry has long been criticized for being behind the times when it comes to adopting new technologies, several pioneering brands are starting to change that narrative. In the process, they’re forcing the entire industry to follow their leads, ushering in a new era of tech-forward fitness inside…

Wall Street’s $9B windfall fuels a Nobel-inspired $10B bet by JPMorgan to reshape the US economy.gettyA palpable sense of optimism is returning to Wall Street, as the long-dormant engine of high-stakes dealmaking roars back to life. Investment banking revenues at the financial district’s five largest institutions, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which will be announced later this week, are poised to break through the $9 billion threshold in the third quarter for the first time since 2021.This resurgence marks a dramatic turnaround, representing a 13% increase from a year ago and a staggering 50%…