‘Waiting for the king’: how Trump dominated Davos
Elite business forum draws record attendance but US president’s foreign policy fuels tension and walkouts
All Of Deadline’s Reviews From The Festival So Far
It’s the last dance for Sundance in Park City as the indie-focused festival prepares to relocate to Boulder, Colorado, next year. It’s also the first fest to go on without its legendary Oscar-winning founder Robert Redford, who died in September. The event’s 42nd edition kicked off January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1, with … Read more
James L. Brooks’ ‘Ella McCay’ Set For Disney+ Debut
Deadline called Oscar winning director James L. Brooks‘ return to character-driven movie comedy, Ella McKay, a “smart, funny and surprisingly timely film set in the world of American politics centered on an idealistic, issue-driven woman.” Disney released the 20th Century Studios production wide in theaters last month and it failed to find an audience. Hopefully, … Read more
Crypto Networks Are ‘Borderless, Adoption Is Not’: PwC
Crypto adoption is growing at different rates around the world, with some regions advancing much faster than others, says accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). “While crypto networks are borderless, adoption is not,” PwC said in its Global Crypto Regulation Report 2026. “Payments, remittances, savings, capital markets, and tokenization use cases are emerging unevenly across regions.” PwC … Read more
Revolut scraps US merger plans in favour of push for standalone licence
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Fintech myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Revolut has scrapped plans to buy a US lender and will instead apply for an American banking licence, betting that the Trump administration’s light-touch approach to approvals will be a faster route to growing its operations … Read more
Major US Storm May Prompt Crypto Miners to Adjust Operations
A winter storm threatening to pelt most of the southern US with ice and heavy snow this weekend could see Bitcoin miners curtail their operations until the front has passed. American weather forecasting company AccuWeather reported on Thursday that a “massive winter storm” could extend for 1,800 miles from far west Texas to the mid-Atlantic … Read more
Japanese Film Dances Through Grief
In Josef Kubota Wladyka‘s Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!, the co-writer/director tells a beautifully relatable story of life, love and loss with some Fosse-quality dance numbers and just the right amount of whimsy. Set in Tokyo, the comedy/drama follows Haru (Rinko Kikuchi) after her happy life with husband and dance partner Luis (Alejandro Edda) comes to … Read more
How to Turn 300 Pairs of Jeans Into a Billion-Yen Business
Over the past decade, Kiichiro Asakawa, the 39-year-old founder of independent, quietly tasteful brand Ssstein, has built a serious fashion business. With over 100 global stockists — which from the Spring/Summer 2026 season will include Selfridges, Mr Porter and Net-a-Porter — the brand’s annual revenue has nearly doubled to JPY 1 billion ($6 million) in … Read more
Is liberal democracy in terminal decline?
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It can be easy to lapse into the view that the rise of liberal democracy over the past two centuries was an inevitable and natural part of humanity’s forward march — a one-way journey to … Read more
US Bank Lobby Says Fighting Stablecoin Yields A Top Priority
The American Bankers Association (ABA) has made cracking down on stablecoin yield a top priority for 2026, amid its ongoing debate with US lawmakers that it will hurt the banking industry’s competitiveness. The ABA said on Tuesday that one of several priorities it has this year is to “stop payment stablecoins from becoming deposit substitutes … Read more