Blackstone flagship private credit fund hit with wave of redemptions

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Blackstone’s flagship private credit fund was hit with $1.7bn of net outflows over the past month, as an exodus from the asset class gathered pace since the start of the year. Redemption requests from the … Read more

Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center

Stripe on Monday released a preview of a new feature that could help AI startups (and other companies) solve the problem of passing through the underlying costs of AI model usage to their customers. Stripe’s feature, however, goes even further than just passing through the costs of the tokens. It allows startups to charge a … Read more

The 2026 Actor Awards: 20 of Our Favorite Red Carpet Looks

Given how important red carpet dressing has become in the promotion of a film, you’d think the 2026 Actor Awards would honor achievement in style. Alas, best dressed isn’t an official category at the newly-christened “Actor Awards,” FKA the SAG Awards. Hosted by Kristen Bell, the ceremony highlighted the best performances in film and television, … Read more

Ethereum battles longest monthly loss streak since 2018

Ethereum is approaching a milestone that few investors would welcome: its longest run of consecutive monthly losses since the 2018 crypto winter. Since September 2025, ETH has posted six straight monthly declines, a stretch that has cut its price by roughly 60% from its August 2025 record high of $4,953 to below $2,000. A losing … Read more

Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay

PayPay, Japan’s leading mobile payment app, has reportedly postponed its US IPO due to market volatility and recent conflict in the Middle East. The company was planning to release its IPO price range on Monday, March 2. PayPay aimed for a valuation of at least ¥1.5 trillion ($10 billion), Bloomberg reported. PayPay was founded in … Read more

‘Sheriff Country’ Scores Series-High Audience Upon Midseason Return

EXCLUSIVE: Sheriff Country returned to CBS last week with its best audience yet. The midseason premiere, titled “Crucible, Part 2,” scored 5.3M live + same-day viewers when it aired on February 27, marking a 11% increase over the last original airing, per preliminary Nielsen data. That is now the series’ most-watched episode ever in terms … Read more

5 Spring Dress Trends That’ll Be Everywhere This Season

Want to make an unforgettable entrance at your next dressy event? You can’t go wrong with a cape dress, whether it has a subtle one-shoulder drape or a full-on flap in the back. Scarf dresses, another major trend, also fit here, especially ones (like Mango’s below) with detachable, modular scarves. Should you need some visual … Read more

Monad Gains Bitcoin Liquidity as Chainlink Enables cbBTC Bridge from Base

Chainlink has enabled transfers of Coinbase’s wrapped Bitcoin token, cbBTC, from Base to the Monad blockchain using its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, enabling more than $5 billion worth of cbBTC to move into the Monad ecosystem. According to Monday’s announcement from Monad, the integration brings cbBTC into the Monad DeFi ecosystem, where a bevy of applications, … Read more