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Kraken is one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges.Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesKraken, a crypto exchange that has spent years in court battling charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its digital asset offerings, is preparing to offer tokenized securities, including shares of Apple, Tesla, and Nvidia, to customers outside the U.S, according to a release Thursday.The exchange is partnering with Backed—a firm specializing in blockchain-based financial assets — to offer more than 50 U.S. stocks and ETFs as tokens on the Solana blockchain, the release said.The product, called xStocks, will be available only to…
UK gives above-inflation pay rises again to public sector workers Source link
CoreWeave bulls are celebrating a new customer win, but bearish positions have built up and the company is still losing money. Source link
Sarah Jo Marcotte, an educator from Vermont, holds a sign that reads “Here for my students!! Cuts Hurt.” outside of the U.S. Department of Education on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesA federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to reinstate more than 1,300 U.S. Department of Education employees.”The Department must be able to carry out its functions and its obligations,” as well as “other relevant statutes as mandated by Congress,” U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston wrote in the preliminary injunction.The U.S. Department of Education announced a reduction in force on March 11…
The Labor Department said 227,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week, as the broad economic outlook remains cautious. Source link
Argentina clears roadblocks to use stashed-away dollars Source link
President Donald Trump is drawing flak for making forays into the crypto industry and taking part in a Thursday dinner for his meme coin while at the same time leading an administration that’s making efforts to deliver deregulation and otherwise boost the industry. Source link
A customer carries an Apple MacBook Pro laptop outside an Apple store in Walnut Creek, California, US, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesApple devices will power a hospital in Georgia, a first for the company as it continues its push into the health-care sector. Emory Healthcare on Thursday announced that its Emory Hillandale Hospital will be the first U.S. hospital that runs on Apple products, including the iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, iMac and Mac mini. The devices will also integrate with software from Epic Systems, the leading electronic health record vendor in the nation. Hillandale…
A new workplace poll shows companies that offer benefits like financial planning assistance to workers facing money pressures helps productivity and employee retention. Source link
“With each year I got angrier and angrier, so it was time to move on.” Source link