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Justin Tallis | AFP | Getty ImagesBitcoin On Tuesday, the stock briefly fell below $73,000, its lowest price in about 16 months. The world’s oldest cryptocurrency fell more than 6% on the day, dropping to $72,884.38. This is the lowest level since November 6, 2024, when the token traded at $68,898. Bitcoin was last down more than 3% at $75,658.95 at around 5:25 p.m. ET.strategy, The Bitcoin treasury company ended trading down more than 4%. Stock chart iconStock chart iconBitcoin performance over the past year.Bitcoin has fallen 16% year-to-date as investors continue to exit risk-on assets amid heightened geopolitical concerns.…
Thrashwork founders Jackson Gabbard, Dave Miller, and Josh Watzman.Provided by: Slash Work2 years later meta A group of former engineers at the company that announced the closure of its Workplace enterprise business are launching a new corporate communications platform.The startup, called Slashwork, announced Wednesday that it has raised $3.5 million in funding from a variety of investors, including Slack co-founder Cal Henderson and former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg’s venture capital firm Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners.The London startup was co-founded by Jackson Gabbard, David Miller, and Josh Watzman. Former Facebook engineers created Slashwork, sales force slack and microsoft team, but powered…
tehran — On Thursday night, Tehran’s largest cemetery comes to life as people gather to pay their respects to their deceased loved ones. Weeks after thousands were killed in a bloody crackdown on protests against the government, the ritual has taken on new significance as families of the dead grieve. “I’ve never seen a cemetery so crowded in my life,” one woman told CNN. The dusty soil of Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery now holds the remains of protesters killed in the January protests, the latest conflict to hit Iran’s streets, alongside the bodies of martyrs from Iran’s past wars. In a small…
Jenny Just has had a lot of success over the years, from making money with trading options to becoming a millionaire by starting a fintech company with just $1.5 million in seed money. But she says she learned one of the most important skills of her career very late and at great expense. “If I had learned poker sooner, I think I could have avoided losing 10 years of my career,” Just said on the “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast.Just became famous for advocating for poker as a field that goes far beyond its association with gambling. She describes…
Advertising and targeting are becoming increasingly personalized, but the final destination of traffic, the website, remains largely static. Fibr AI aims to fill that gap by using AI agents to turn common web pages into one-to-one experiences tailored to each visitor, a theory that has led Accel to step up its efforts. Accel led Fibr AI’s $5.7 million seed round following a $1.8 million pre-seed investment in 2024. The new funding also includes participation from WillowTree Ventures and MVP Ventures, with Fortune 100 operators also participating as angel investors and advisors, bringing the startup’s total funding to $7.5 million. For…
Uber reported better-than-expected earnings in its fourth-quarter earnings report Wednesday. After the announcement, the stock price fell pre-market.The company’s results and LSEG consensus estimates for the period ended December are as follows:Earnings per share: Adjusted 71 cents Revenue: $14.37 billion versus estimated $14.32 billionUber said in its earnings call that revenue was up from $12 billion in the same period last year. Revenue from its ride-hailing platform, Mobility, rose 19% year over year to $8.2 billion, while delivery revenue rose 30% to $4.9 billion.Analysts had expected mobility revenue of $8.3 billion and delivery revenue of $4.72 billion, according to Street…
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka — The past is never far away when you visit the ancient city of Anuradhapura on a full moon day. A Buddhist pilgrim in white clothes walks barefoot on a dusty road. Monks in saffron robes chant at dawn. Foreign tourists from Taiwan to Canada also join local worshipers in rituals that have been performed here almost uninterrupted for more than 2,000 years. Anuradhapura, located in the north-central plains of Sri Lanka, was the island’s first major capital. It is still one of the holiest cities in the Buddhist world and is known as the first place…
With all eyes on the American-born Chinese freestyle skiing phenom at the 2022 Olympics, Irene Gu knew she needed to get bigger if she wanted to take home a gold medal in her first competition, big air. So for her final run, she decided to try a double cork 1620, which involves two rotations off-axis and four-and-a-half rotations in the air. This was a stunt she had never tried in practice. “My whole thing was that everything was upside down,” she explained to Time magazine in January 2026. “Because if I land, I win the Olympics. If I don’t land,…
Goals from Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Ronald Araujo ended the second division team’s fairytale run in the Spanish Cup.Published February 4, 2026February 4, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareBarcelona ended Albacete’s giant killing in the Copa del Rey, winning 2-1 away on Tuesday to become the first team to qualify for the semi-finals, after surviving a late comeback from the second division side.Lamine Yamal opened the scoring in the 39th minute, and captain Ronald Araujo scored from a second-half corner as Barcelona stayed on course to defend the trophy they won last year.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend…
Skynesher | E+ | Getty ImagesAs tax season begins, many filers are expecting larger refunds thanks to retroactive changes enacted in President Donald Trump’s “Big and Beautiful Bill.” Experts say the expansion of tax breaks, in particular, could result in huge profits for some filers. The law increased the federal deduction limit for state and local taxes, known as SALT, from $10,000 to $40,000 for 2025. Filers must itemize their tax deductions rather than claim the standard deduction to benefit from the higher SALT limits. Once your income exceeds $500,000, your benefits will begin to phase out or be reduced.“Much…