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The 2024 Bitcoin Halving: Hype Versus What Actually Happened

Bitcoin's fourth halving cut miner rewards in half overnight. Months of doomsday and moonshot forecasts met a much quieter, messier reality.

Apr 23, 2024

Bitcoin Hits $100,000 as the Trump Trade Takes Over Crypto

Bitcoin crossed six figures for the first time this week, capping a rally that started at the ballot box and accelerated with every crypto-friendly appointment.

Dec 9, 2024

Birria Went From Tijuana Side Streets to Every Menu in America

The rich, red stewed meat that started as a Tijuana taco filling now shows up in ramen, quesadillas, and fast food chains coast to coast nationwide.

Sep 30, 2024

Egypt's $5 Billion Clean-Energy Pipeline Is Bigger Than Solar Farms

Scatec's proposed two-year investment program spans batteries, desalination, wind, solar and green data centers, revealing how Egypt wants clean power to support industry.

Aug 3, 2026

Bitcoin Reclaimed 81,000 Dollars on a Rate Signal, Which Is Not What an Inflation Hedge Does

Bitcoin rose 5.5 percent to 81,491 dollars on Thursday after a Federal Reserve governor signalled a hold, with the total crypto market up 4.7 percent to 2.82 trillion. The rally came from lower rate expectations while oil sat near 96 dollars.

Sep 4, 2026

Bitcoin Near $64,000 Shows Why Regulation Cannot Remove Market Risk

Bitcoin is trading near $64,000 as clearer US rules meet a difficult macro environment, proving that legitimacy and price stability are different things.

Jul 31, 2026

You Can Buy a House Without Selling Your Bitcoin Now, and the Collateral Terms Tell You What It Is Really Worth

The first crypto backed conforming mortgages are being written in the United States. Pledge bitcoin, keep the coins, skip the taxable sale. The catch is not a margin call. It is that you must post 250 dollars of bitcoin for every 100 dollars you borrow.

Aug 28, 2026

A Feather Inside a Tyrannosaur's Droppings Is the First Ever Found That Way, and It May Say Why Some Birds Survived

A nodule half the size of a golf ball, picked up in Montana in 2016, holds feathers, gar scales and the leg bones of a diving bird eaten 66 million years ago. Two of the feathers have a structure otherwise unknown until ten million years after the extinction.

Sep 12, 2026

MIT Wired Bacteria Into Transistors. Its Biggest Circuit Is Twenty-Four Colonies on a Dish That Takes Eight Hours to Add

Engineered colonies of a plant bacterium pass chemical signals across five millimetres of agar, switching each other on and off like components on a board. The team built adders, routers and logic gates. The point is a computer that can grow on a leaf.

Sep 8, 2026

Bitcoin Is Having Its Best August Since 2017. It Is Also Still a Third Below Its Record.

August has closed red for bitcoin every year since 2022. This one is up about a quarter, spot ETFs took nearly two billion dollars in five sessions, and the price is back near eighty thousand. It peaked at a hundred and twenty six.

Aug 25, 2026

Stablecoins Have Reached $320 Billion. The Hard Part Is Becoming Money

Stablecoins are expanding as payment and settlement tools, but BIS and IMF research warns that redemption pressure can connect token risk to traditional financial markets.

Jul 25, 2026

SoftBank Borrowed Another 11.9 Billion Dollars to Keep Funding OpenAI, and Its Shares Fell 13 Per Cent the Same Day

Twenty banks lent Masayoshi Son more than he asked for: a two-year facility to pay off a 25.9 billion dollar bridge due today and carry a commitment that reaches 65 billion by October. Public investors were less generous.

Sep 15, 2026

Design

Big 5 Global Is Where Next Year's Buildings Get Specified

Twenty-seven hundred exhibitors at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 23 November, and three co-located shows that have quietly turned a construction fair into an urban development event.

Aug 14, 2026

Al Wisam at Big 5 Global 2025: Machines Meet Buyers

At Big 5 Global 2025, Al Wisam put mixers, compactors and precision cutting equipment in front of Dubai’s construction decision-makers.

Nov 27, 2025

Bitcoin Went From $64,000 to Almost $80,000 in Three Sessions, and the Trigger Was a Treasury Announcement

From Wednesday to Friday the price rose more than twenty two per cent, the strongest week in over three years, helped by a record short squeeze of about 2.7 billion dollars. Very little of the explanation is about cryptocurrency.

Aug 22, 2026

Al Wisam at Big 5 Global 2025: Machinery Meets Buyers

At Big 5 Global 2025 in Dubai, Al Wisam put SIRL, Batmatic, and Battipav equipment in front of contractors looking for practical site solutions.

Nov 27, 2025

The Exchange Has Built a Crypto Index That Deliberately Leaves Out Bitcoin and Ether

CME and CF Benchmarks switched on two indices on Monday. One is a broad market benchmark built around bitcoin and ether. The other excludes both of them and tracks ten other assets, which is a statement about what the rest of the market is for.

Sep 1, 2026

Mistral Raised Three Billion Euros and Doubled Its Value in a Year. The Bet Is That Europe Will Pay to Own Its AI

The largest equity round ever by a European technology company values the Paris lab at 21 billion euros, up from 11.7 billion last September. Samsung leads, the EU's Scaleup fund and PSG co-lead, and the money goes into a gigawatt of European compute by 2030.

Sep 12, 2026

Al Wisam Looks Ahead to Big 5 Global 2026 in Dubai

Big 5 Global returns to Dubai from November 23 to 26, giving Al Wisam a major stage for equipment, technical advice and regional partnerships.

Jul 20, 2026

Design

Biophilic Design for Small Apartments Starts With a View

Plants help, but small-space biophilic design also uses daylight, airflow, natural patterns and a visible relationship with weather and time.

Jul 28, 2026

Bitcoin Is Holding Near 77,000 Dollars as Rate Rise Odds Climb, Which Is Better Than the Textbook Says It Should

Down 4 per cent on the week and 34 per cent on the year, but up 21 per cent on the month, with the Fed about to raise rates and oil up eleven per cent in five days. Ether is at 2,500. What the price is telling you, and what it is not.

Sep 15, 2026

Korean Bibimbap: Mixed Rice Bowl Perfected

A Korean rice bowl: steamed rice topped with seasoned vegetables, beef, and a fried egg, finished with gochujang and the act of thorough mixing.

Jan 3, 2025

Crypto in 2025: The Year the Cycle Stopped Looking Like a Cycle

Bitcoin hit a record near $126,000, stablecoins topped $290 billion, and then Q4 delivered the sharpest reset in years. Here is what actually happened.

Jan 6, 2026

The House Voted a Third Time to End the Iran War, the CBO Priced It at 38 Billion, and Massie Moved to Impeach Hegseth

Seven Republicans crossed, the most yet, for a resolution that binds nobody. The budget office says the war costs two to three billion a month and has used up to two thirds of the missile-defence interceptors. Vance says the first phase is done.

Sep 17, 2026

Fashion

Nobody Can Agree How Big Modest Fashion Is, and That Is the Story

One widely cited figure puts the category at 86 billion dollars. Another puts it at 254 billion. The gap is not a rounding error, it is a disagreement about what modest fashion actually is.

Aug 16, 2026

Five Billion Passkeys Later, the Password Is Finally Losing Its Default Status

Passkeys have reached an estimated five billion active credentials, but recovery, portability and inconsistent implementation still decide whether users trust them.

Jul 31, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s New Growth Engine Is Bigger Than Any Single Project

The Kingdom’s most important economic story is the ecosystem forming across tourism, logistics, manufacturing, technology and clean infrastructure.

Jul 28, 2026

Chicken Biryani, Built in Layers, With the Rice Deliberately Undercooked First

The technique that separates biryani from a rice dish with chicken in it is parboiling: the rice is boiled to roughly seventy per cent, drained, then layered over the marinated chicken and finished in its own steam so every grain stays separate.

Sep 2, 2026

Design

Qatar's 14-School Project Puts PPPs and 3D Printing Into One Big Test

A QAR 4.5 billion project for 14 schools is 80 percent complete, combining long-term private operation, local materials and printed components.

Jul 30, 2026

Binance Stops Processing Transactions With Eleven Platforms From 23 August

The exchange is cutting off transaction processing with HTX and ten other trading platforms, citing regulatory mandates and sanctions enforcement. Users of those venues have a week to move.

Aug 17, 2026

FIFA's Reported $4.2 Billion Investment Plan Could Change Who Profits From Football

A reported plan to place FIFA media, sponsorship and tournament assets in a new subsidiary raises major questions about money and control.

Jul 30, 2026

The State of Crypto at Mid-Year 2026: Quieter, Sturdier, Divided

Six months in, institutional Bitcoin holdings are near record highs even as ETF assets slip, and Wall Street forecasts for the rest of the year could not be more split.

Jun 18, 2026

Mohammed bin Salman's Record, Measured Against the Numbers He Set Himself

A decade after Vision 2030 was announced, the non-oil economy is the majority of Saudi output, the sovereign fund has grown roughly sixfold, and about 1.3 million more Saudi women are in work. The record is strong, and the interesting part is the method.

Aug 22, 2026

Sports

Premier League Clubs Have Spent Past a Billion Pounds Again, With Six Days Still to Go

The window shuts at eleven on Tuesday night and English clubs are already through a billion. Tottenham lead on gross spend, ahead of Chelsea. The interesting number is not the total but who is carrying it.

Aug 26, 2026

Crypto's Big Rulebook Is Stuck, and the Delay Now Costs Money

The bill meant to divide SEC and CFTC authority cleared the House and a Senate committee, then stopped. No floor vote, no cloture motion, no date, and firms are compliance planning into a vacuum.

Aug 4, 2026

e& Walked Away From Vodafone With $5.95 Billion and a Lesson

Four years ago Etisalat surprised the market by buying into Vodafone. In July it sold the lot to a French billionaire's family vehicle. The exit says more about European regulation than about telecoms.

Aug 14, 2026

Stablecoins Are Quietly Becoming a Bond-Market Variable

IMF research finds stablecoin demand shocks can lower short-term Treasury yields and spill into currencies, crypto and equities. Digital dollars now matter beyond crypto trading.

Aug 2, 2026

Saudi Arabia and US EXIM Sign a $15 Billion Understanding

The kingdom's sovereign fund and America's export credit agency have agreed a memorandum worth up to fifteen billion dollars. What it is not is a committed investment.

Aug 6, 2026

Solar's 600-Terawatt-Hour Year Makes the Grid the Next Big Trade

Solar generation is set for another record increase, but panels alone cannot solve evening peaks or connection delays. The next value pool is flexibility and networks.

Aug 2, 2026

Wall Street's First Active Multi-Token Crypto ETF Changes the Access Question

T. Rowe Price's new actively managed crypto ETF moves regulated access beyond single-asset Bitcoin and Ether products, but delegation introduces a different set of risks.

Jul 25, 2026

Sports

Saudi Arabia 2034: Inside the Gulf's Long Game in World Sport

A record-high bid score, five host cities and a 92,000-seat stadium. Saudi Arabia's World Cup win is one piece of a much bigger plan.

Mar 14, 2025

The Next Big Thing in Digital Marketing: Unlocking the Power of Artificial Intelligence

In the rapidly evolving realm of digital marketing, maintaining a competitive edge is paramount for achieving success. Being at the forefront of industry trends and advancements is essential. As technology continues to evolve, a new frontier is emerging, poised to revolutionize the industry: artificial intelligence (AI). AI-powered solutions are transforming the way businesses engage with

May 27, 2023

Google Was Handed the Right to Buy $12.2 Billion of Its Chip Supplier, If It Buys Enough Chips

Marvell granted Google a warrant over nearly 59 million shares, most of which only vests if Google hits purchasing targets running to fiscal 2033. It is a customer being paid in equity to remain a customer, and that structure is spreading.

Aug 22, 2026

A $110 Billion Merger Cleared Britain and Ran Into a Dozen States

Shareholders approved it, the UK waved it through in August, and a group of US states went to a federal judge to stop it. The largest media deal in a generation is still not finished.

Aug 15, 2026

The Gas Shock Reaches Far Beyond the Energy Bill

Tighter LNG supply is reducing gas demand, but the deeper risk runs through electricity, industry, fertilizer and food prices. Energy security is becoming economic security.

Jul 31, 2026

Lifestyle

Meta Will Pay 17 Billion Dollars and Switch Off the Things That Made Instagram Work on Teenagers

Forty seven states settled with Meta on Wednesday, days into a trial in Oakland. The money is a fraction of one year of revenue. The rest of the deal is a list of product changes: a daily cap for under eighteens, hidden likes, no notifications during school.

Aug 28, 2026

Fashion

Brazilcore Is Bigger Than a Flag-Color Outfit

Brazilcore is spreading through sport, music and streetwear, but its most compelling expression comes from local creativity rather than copied symbols.

Jul 27, 2026

Travel

Gulf Aviation Is Heading for a $4.3 Billion Loss, and the Airspace Advisory Still Runs to 31 August

Middle East carriers earned 7.2 billion dollars in 2025 and are forecast to lose 4.3 billion this year. Emirates is flying at three quarters of capacity, jet fuel is up nearly half, and European regulators still advise avoiding four countries' airspace.

Aug 22, 2026

Kibbeh Bil Sanieh Baked Lebanese Kibbeh: Two Layers of Flavor

Layered bulgur and meat with a savory spiced filling, baked until golden. This show-stopping Lebanese dish is easier than it looks.

Jul 25, 2024

Ether Rose Seventeen Per Cent in a Day on a Piece of Legislation That Has Not Passed

The SEC proposed a framework, the president pushed the Senate on the Clarity Act, and the market moved before either was settled. What the bill would actually decide is the oldest unanswered question in the industry.

Aug 21, 2026

AI Development's Biggest Trend Is the System Around the Model

Loops, specifications, tool permissions, traces and evaluation are becoming the competitive layer as coding models grow more capable and more available.

Jul 28, 2026

Washington Says It Now Controls 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Oil, on a Hundred Year Lease

President Trump announced a joint venture holding 55 per cent of output across 17 fields, at no cost to American taxpayers. The reserves are real. Turning them into barrels is a decade of capital spending that nobody announced on Friday.

Aug 30, 2026

Harissa Gochujang Roast Chicken: Two Chilli Pastes, One Bird

Tunisia's national condiment and Korea's fermented chilli paste share more than heat. Together they build a lacquered crust that neither manages alone.

Jul 28, 2026

Sourdough Never Really Left, and Now It's Bigger Than the Pandemic Peak

The lockdown starter craze was supposed to fade with the pandemic. Search interest and market data suggest sourdough is only getting bigger.

Mar 1, 2024

Travel

Qatar's Summer Tourism Bet Is Bigger Than Escaping the Heat

Hala Summer, new rewards and a packed events calendar show how Qatar is turning an indoor-friendly season into a broader tourism proposition.

Jul 31, 2026

Lifestyle

Cooling Is More Than Sixty Per Cent of a Gulf Household's Electricity, Against About Twenty Five in America

Air conditioning is roughly half of peak electricity demand across the region, and nearly every building has it. Which means almost everything that reduces a household bill here is about heat getting in, not about appliances.

Aug 21, 2026

Alibaba's Open Models Passed Three Billion Downloads. Distribution Is the Whole Story

Qwen has overtaken Meta and Google on cumulative downloads. In open weights, the number that decides the winner is not benchmark performance, it is how many things get built on top.

Aug 17, 2026

Six Hundred Billion Dollars Is Sitting in a Queue

Twenty announced transactions are waiting for permission to happen. The delay is not bureaucratic sloth, it is three separate review regimes that did not exist in this form a decade ago.

Aug 15, 2026