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Willemstad, Curaçao – March 20, 2026 – Crypto sports betting site Cloudbet has recorded a sharp acceleration in wagering volume across its top markets in the first quarter of 2026, with basketball betting volume nearly doubling year-on-year and tennis and soccer posting gains of close to 50% and 30% respectively over the same period in 2025. The figures point to a broader shift in how and where serious sports bettors are choosing to operate — away from traditional sportsbooks and toward crypto-native sportsbooks built for speed, depth and high-stakes action. “Nobody is surprised that basketball, soccer and tennis top the…

Meta (META) is not where it was supposed to be in the AI race. While Anthropic’s Claude, Alphabet’s (GOOG) (GOOGL) Gemini, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT compete fiercely for the top position in the realm of AI chatbots, Meta AI is nowhere in the conversation. Damningly for Mark Zuckerberg, direct rival xAI’s Grok model has also surged ahead of it. This was not the case about a year ago, when, with the announcement of Superintelligence and after assembling a super team of AI veterans helmed by Scale AI’s Alexander Wang, Meta was perceived to be the frontrunner in AI. Well, the stock…

The Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are likely to open higher on Friday amid mixed cues from global markets, and as investors may opt for short-covering after a sharp slump in the previous session.The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,250 level, a premium of nearly 195 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.On Thursday, the Indian stock market crashed, snapping its three-day streak of impressive gains, with the benchmark Nifty 50 slipping near 23,000 level.The Sensex tanked 2,496.89 points, or 3.26%,…

OP_NET said it is launching a “SlowFi” decentralized finance (DeFi) stack on Bitcoin that uses standard Bitcoin transactions and native BTC fees rather than bridges, wrapped assets or a separate gas token.According to a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph, the project is part of a broader push to bring trading and yield-style activity directly onto Bitcoin’s base layer instead of routing it through sidechains, bridges or adjacent networks. OP_NET is betting some users will accept slower and more expensive transactions in exchange for staying fully on Bitcoin.According to OP_NET co-founder Frederic Fosco, who goes by Danny Plainview, applications run through…

As the global digital asset industry gradually moves toward compliance and institutionalization, the design philosophy of platform tokens is undergoing a profound transformation. From early models driven primarily by trading activity, the focus has evolved into a more systematic framework centered on ecosystem development, value circulation, and long-term sustainability. As a new-generation intelligent digital finance platform, Fiybit is leveraging its native platform token, FYB (Fiybit Token), to build a digital asset ecosystem that integrates security, structural integrity, and long-term sustainability.     FYB has a total supply of 1 billion tokens, adopting a fixed supply model with no additional issuance.…

With AI enthusiasm, geopolitical conflict, and tariff uncertainty pulling markets in different directions, companies with predictable cash flows, durable infrastructure moats, and rising dividends may be the ideal setups for 2026. Investors may want to look north of the border and consider these three Canadian companies with predictable (some might say boring) business models that could be perfectly positioned in 2026. These three stocks won’t make headlines, but they might quietly make you money. 1. TC Energy: A Toll Booth on North America’s Energy Network There is no shortage of angles for investors in 2026. The tech trade, fueled by…

Mastercard gears up for a big move in the stablecoin sector as it forges a “definitive agreement” to acquire BVNK for $1.8 billion. BVNK’s valuation comes at a significant premium over its $750 million assessment in December 2024. Mastercard, one of the world’s largest payment networks, is gearing up to increase its presence in the digital assets space. On Tuesday, it announced that it had forged a “definitive agreement” to acquire BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure provider. Mastercard’s Acquisition of BVNK According to the company’s press release, the buyout comes at a tune of $1.8 billion. The figures include $300 million…

Bitcoin’s rise from an obscure digital asset to a global financial instrument is again in focus this St. Patrick’s Day. On March 17, 2012, Bitcoin traded near $5. Thirteen years later, it has reached roughly $75,000.  This is a massive expansion driven by increasing demand and a fixed supply model. Bitcoin’s early years were defined by sharp price swings and thin liquidity. In 2013, the asset surged from under $50 to more than $600 before retracing below $300 by 2015.  These cycles repeated over time, with each rally followed by a correction. In 2017, Bitcoin crossed $1,000 and later accelerated…

📊No votes yet – Be the first to vote VersaBank rolled out something big. The Canadian bank just added USD-CAD conversion to its tokenized deposits, letting customers swap currencies in real-time without the usual banking headaches that drag on for days. The March 17 announcement caught attention across North American financial circles. VersaBank CEO David Taylor said the move puts his institution at the front of cross-border blockchain banking. “We’re pretty much rewriting how people think about currency exchange,” Taylor told reporters during the press release. The bank’s blockchain platform now handles instant conversions between US dollars and Canadian dollars,…

Gold-silver ratio: The gold-silver ratio, a key metric tracked by bullion investors, is trending higher amid the geopolitical tensions, given investors’ inclination to park money in gold rather than silver during periods of acute stress.The Middle East conflict, though, has challenged the traditional status that gold and silver enjoy. Both precious metals have remained in the red despite the conflict, but the fall in gold remains capped as against silver, giving the yellow metal an upper edge and driving the gold-silver ratio.US spot gold prices, currently at $5000, have lost 5% in March so far amid the US-Iran war that…