Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Advertising group Dentsu’s efforts to sell its international operations are close to collapse after potential trade buyers and private equity suitors walked away from talks, in a development that is set to intensify pressure on … Read more
Ripple is expanding its regulatory footprint in Europe after receiving what it described as a preliminary e-money authorization from Luxembourg’s financial regulators. The blockchain payments company said in a Wednesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph that it had received preliminary approval for its Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier … Read more
The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) will fete veteran actor Ciarán Hinds with its Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s IFTA Awards Ceremony. Ciarán Hinds is an Oscar nominee, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominee, and a five-time IFTA winner. Across his decades-long career, Hinds has worked with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, … Read more
The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has dropped plans to make a centralized digital ID mandatory for workers, softening a flagship policy that would have required every employee to prove their right to work via a government‑issued credential rather than traditional documents like passports. The move follows months of backlash from critics, including … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China blamed the US for growing global trade imbalances as the world’s second-biggest economy reported a record full-year trade surplus of $1.2tn for 2025 despite President Donald Trump’s trade war. The huge surplus will inflame … Read more
Active users on the Ethereum network have overtaken major layer 2s as long-term development strategies begin to pay off. The number of active addresses on Ethereum exceeded 791,000 on Monday, higher than that of the network’s major L2 players, including Base, Arbitrum and Optimism, according to data from Nansen. Daily average transaction costs have also … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. BP is writing down the value of its green energy businesses by $4bn-$5bn after a series of setbacks and as new management tries to pivot back to oil and gas. The FTSE 100 … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Morpheus is coming to SkyShowtime, a new Polish drama original for the Comcast and Paramount-owned Euro streamer. Andrzej Grabowski (Pitbull), Kamil Szeptycki (Chopin, Chopin!), Mateusz Kmiecik (Śleboda) and Sylwia Gola (Rojst) star in the series. It follows Piotr, a lawyer who, through a twist of fate, becomes the head of a crime gang previously … Read more
Pakistan has reportedly signed an agreement with a company connected to World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture linked to the family of US President Donald Trump, to explore the use of its dollar-pegged stablecoin for cross-border payments. The agreement involves SC Financial Technologies, a little-known company linked to World Liberty Financial, and marks one of … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK government has awarded state subsidy contracts to 8.4 gigawatts of planned offshore wind projects, beating analysts’ predictions and boosting its goal of decarbonising the power system by 2030. Officials said on Wednesday they … Read more