Cryptocurrency exchange OKX is rolling out a payment card in Europe, allowing users to spend stablecoins at merchants accepting Mastercard. The OKX Card is issued through the company’s Electronic Money Institution (EMI) partner, Monavate, OKX said Wednesday in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. At launch, the card supports spending in stablecoins including Circle’s USDC (USDC) … Read more
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EXCLUSIVE: Josephine Parker (The Oxe, Baby Fever) will star in Side Effects (Fristelsen), a crime drama series out of Denmark about an investigation into lethal synthetic drugs. Park will play Nora Søby, the chief investigator in Denmark’s top crime unit who is pulled in to investigate when a dockland security guard is murdered and a … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer has launched a scathing attack on Reform UK’s candidate for next month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, claiming that Matt Goodwin would fight a campaign based on the politics of “toxic division”. Goodwin, … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: A24 has won the multi-party bidding war for Olivia Wilde and Annapurna’s buzzy Sundance Film Festival film The Invite. The title was won with a highly competitive eight-figure deal after a 72-hour marathon bidding battle. The bids started at $10 million and climbed upward. Word was that Wilde wanted a theatrical release. Toward the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Foreign exchange myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The Swiss franc has surged to its strongest level against the US dollar in more than a decade, as a stampede into what traders are calling currency markets’ last “reliable” haven poses an increasing problem … Read more
Lady Gaga has reimagined the theme song to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for a new Super Bowl commercial. The Mayhem artist stars in an ad for Redfin and Rocket, covering the theme song “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” that Fred Rogers sang in the PBS series. “I just think about my earliest memories as a kid … Read more
The use of centralized crypto exchanges for laundering illicit funds is on the decline, with Chinese-language money laundering networks now being used more than ever, according to Chainalysis. Chainalysis said in a report on Tuesday that informal service-based networks offered through Chinese-speaking channels have a wide variety of laundering-as-a-service businesses that use money mules, informal … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The European Central Bank would need to consider another interest rate cut if further increases in the value of the euro start affecting inflation forecasts, one of its governing council members said. Austrian central bank … Read more
While Super Bowl LX will see the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks battle for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, a day earlier, YouTube and the NFL will host a flag football game. YouTube Super Bowl LX Flag Football Game will stream on YouTube on Saturday, February 7 at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. … Read more