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Five years ago, Logan Paul set a world record by purchasing a Pokemon card for $5.275 million. It proved to be a sound investment, with the influencer and wrestler selling for an astonishing $16.492 million, along with a diamond-encrusted necklace. A rare Pikachu illustrator card, one of only 39 made for a Pokemon illustration contest in the late ’90s, was sold at Goldin Auctions on Monday. The WWE star is believed to have made more than $8 million, excluding auction fees, and he called the sale “absolutely insane.” The auction, which had been running for 42 days, ended on Monday…

The Macquarie Group Ltd. logo is displayed on the facade of the Macquarie Group Building on Friday, April 27, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.Ian Waldie | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesShares in Australian ports and logistics company Cube Holdings soared to record highs on Monday after the company agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management for an enterprise value of about A$11.7 billion (about $8.26 billion).cube holdings It rose 3.6% to over A$5.The offer represents a 27.8% premium to Qube’s last closing price of A$4.07 on November 21, the last trading day before the company announced it…

People buy fruit at a grocery store in Manhattan, New York City, December 13, 2025. Charlie Tribalew | AFP | Getty Images Friday’s U.S. consumer price index provided some relief to investors who had been suffering from a market decline due to concerns related to artificial intelligence. Consumer inflation rose 2.4% year-on-year in January, below December’s 2.7% and back to levels after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs globally in April 2025. Core CPI was 2.5%, the lowest level since April 2021. Economists had expected 2.5% for both numbers.”This will be welcome news for the market and for incoming Fed Chairman…

Andrew Patterson Photographer’s Choice RF | Getty ImagesCryptocurrency payments to suspected human trafficking syndicates will soar 85% in 2025, with hundreds of millions of transactions tracked on public blockchains, according to a new report from Chainalysis.The US-based blockchain analysis firm said most of the activity is related to a growing criminal ecosystem in Southeast Asia, where fraud conglomerates, illegal online gambling operations and Chinese-language money laundering networks operate simultaneously. Cryptocurrency trackers said cryptocurrency activity by human traffickers falls into three main categories: Labor brokers and scammers. and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) vendors. Data on the blockchain shows that while…

Martin Berry is the founder and chairman of Gong Cha Global.Provided by Martin BerryWhen Martin Berry quit his lucrative banking job at the end of 2013 to focus all his energy on selling bubble tea, his bosses thought he was “crazy”.Mr. Berry was in his 30s at the time and had spent much of his career in senior management roles managing multitrillion-dollar balance sheets, he said. However, over time, I realized that a high salary was no longer enough to satisfy me. “After working hard for quite a while, I realized I didn’t really like the corporate system. I didn’t…

The defense secretaries of two major US allies have issued an unprecedented public plea to people across Europe to support a major increase in defense spending to head off a potential war with an increasingly Western-oriented Russia. German and British officials warned in a joint article published by Britain’s Guardian newspaper and Germany’s Die Welt that European countries were “facing uncomfortable truths” about security and having to make “difficult choices” about spending. “As painfully demonstrated in Ukraine, Moscow’s military buildup, combined with its willingness to wage war on our continent, represents a growing risk that demands our collective attention,” wrote…

Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics – Preview – Livigno, Italy – February 2, 2026 Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics – An overview of the Olympic rings ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.Marco Julica | ReutersFor athletes at the ongoing 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, a podium finish means more than glory and medals. In some countries, it also comes with a clock and a six-figure payout.The Winter Games will feature nearly 2,900 athletes from more than 90 national Olympic committees, competing in 116 medal events across eight sports.Although the International Olympic Committee does not award cash prizes, many governments and national…

Indian AI infrastructure startup Neysa has secured support from US private equity firm Blackstone to expand computing capacity in the country as the country pushes to build indigenous AI capabilities. Blackstone and co-investors, including Teachers’ Venture Growth, TVS Capital, 360 ONE Assets and Nexus Venture Partners, have agreed to invest up to $600 million in primary equity in Neysa, with Blackstone taking a majority stake, Blackstone and Neysa told TechCrunch. The Mumbai-headquartered startup plans to raise an additional $600 million in debt funding to expand its GPU capabilities, a significant increase from the $50 million it previously raised. The deal…

A TikTok Inc. sign in front of a building on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 in Culver City, California.Kayla Bartkowski | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesTikTok’s U.S. joint venture appears to have weathered a tumultuous rollout with minimal changes in user numbers, as early stories of a mass exodus of users sparked by outages and censorship concerns now appear to be exaggerated, according to new numbers.Despite a spike in removals following TikTok’s announcement of its U.S. joint venture on Jan. 23, TikTok’s average daily active users in the U.S. remain at about 95% of its user count compared to the…

Illustration of OpenClaw logo on smartphone screen Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Sunday that the developer of the viral AI agent OpenClaw has joined the company, and that the service “will live on in its foundation as an open source project that OpenAI will continue to support.”OpenClaw, previously known as Clawdbot and Moltbot, was launched last month by Austrian software developer Peter Steinberger. Thanks in part to social media attention, their popularity has skyrocketed as consumers and businesses flock to products that can autonomously complete tasks, make decisions and take actions on your…