Armed assailants have reportedly attempted to kidnap the daughter and grandson of a crypto exchange executive in France. The news television network France 24 reports that four masked men attacked a couple and their child in broad daylight in Paris on Tuesday. Video footage shows that three of the perpetrators jumped out of a white
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said he would meet industry professionals to discuss how to prevent future kidnappings. Photo: Hans Lucas via AFP / Xose Bouzas France on Wednesday faced calls to bolster security for cryptocurrency firms, after armed men attempted to snatch the daughter and grandson of the Paymium platform from a Paris street
Japan’s Finance Ministry says it believes some of the documents related to a controversial sale of state-owned land were discarded before they could be disclosed. Akagi Toshio, who worked for a regional bureau of the ministry in western Japan, was forced to falsify documents on the heavily discounted sale of state-owned land to school operator
California is joining 16 other states in a federal lawsuit to force the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in funds for electric vehicle chargers approved by former President Joe Biden’s hallmark infrastructure law. “Alongside 16 attorneys general, I’m suing the Federal Highway Administration for their efforts to thwart Congress’s $5 billion program to
A Newport Beach attorney who admitted that she swindled investors out of $8.7 million in order to bankroll her lavish lifestyle and high-rolling gambling habit was sentenced Monday, May 5 to one year and nine months in federal prison. A luxuriant lifestyle of high-end jewelry, luxury cars, a six-month stay at a opulent Las Vegas
Amanda Cruz doesn’t limit her conception of Head Start to federally funded preschool. For her, it means Franklin Park playgroups for her son, home visits for her daughter and community connections to things like a dentist and cooking classes. Head Start and Early Head Start are provided by Community Services for Children to Cruz and
After abruptly pulling their support from what would have been the Senate’s first stablecoin regulatory bill, Senate Democrats announced Tuesday that they would introduce a new bill that would prevent federal officials and their families from issuing digital assets – a bill directed at Donald Trump and his family’s current stablecoin and meme coin holdings.
SINGAPORE, May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vaultro Finance is redefining how investors interact with digital assets by launching the first decentralized index fund protocol on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). As crypto adoption accelerates, so does the demand for smarter, simpler, and more diversified investment strategies. Vaultro delivers this through tokenized, on-chain index funds –
If you’re wondering when interest rates on credit cards and car loans will start falling again, don’t hold you breath this week when the Federal Reserve’s policy committee meets. Interest-rate traders see little chance that the Fed will lower interest rates at the end of Wednesday’s meeting or the following one. That means Americans won’t
Shares of telehealth company Hims & Hers Health got a boost last week on news that it will start offering popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Founded in 2017, Hims & Hers is a direct-to-consumer telehealth platform that went public in 2021. The company offers treatments for conditions such as hair loss, sexual health issues, mental health,