Last updated: April 26, 2024 04:58 EDT | 2 min read Chainlink Labs’ director of capital markets said traditional finance is not the best use case for tokenization, real-world data is.Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is one of the largest market opportunities in the blockchain industry, with a potential market size in the hundreds of trillions of dollars. 1/ The tokenized RWA opportunity is measured in trillions of dollars. By tokenizing an asset, blockchain-enabled superpowers are unlocked, from near-instant settlement to enhanced liquidity, fractional ownership, DeFi integration, & more. Breaking down the RWA megatrend 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/e4WYSB8iAo — Chainlink (@chainlink) April 23,…

Hong Kong    TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance said Thursday that it has no plans to sell the social media platform, its first official response on the fraught issue since President Joe Biden signed a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban of the wildly popular app. “Foreign media reports that ByteDance is exploring the sale of TikTok are untrue,” the Beijing-based company said in a statement on Toutiao, a news aggregation app that it owns and is popular in mainland China. “ByteDance doesn’t have any plan to sell TikTok,” it said. The statement was in direct response to…

The growing number of anti-Israel protests on college campuses could jeopardize a student’s prospect of securing a job, especially on Wall Street, experts tell FOX Business.  “We have seen offers revoked from candidates who have been publicly recognized, especially through social media, for controversial behavior and engaging in hate speech,” Emily Levine, executive vice president at Career Group Companies, told FOX Business. Levine also said officials have seen companies terminating employees for participating in non-peaceful protests.  GOOGLE FIRES MORE WORKERS OVER IN-OFFICE PROTESTS Anti-Israel protests and encampments have been organized at Columbia, New York University, Yale, the University of Michigan and…

A version of this story first appeared in Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. New York    The Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation reading is due Friday morning. For Wall Street, the stakes are high. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index is expected to rise 2.6% for the 12 months ended in March, according to FactSet estimates. The core PCE index, which excludes the more volatile energy and food categories, is expected to rise 2.7% from the prior year.…

Last updated: April 26, 2024 05:02 EDT | 2 min read A group of Armenian officials from various law enforcement agencies have been trained on crypto-asset investigations to combat crypto-related crimes.The training was conducted by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the OSCE said in a Friday press release. The training, held in Yerevan from April 24 to 26, brought together 27 representatives from various law enforcement agencies.Armenian Officials Learn Techniques for Crypto InvestigationOver the course of three days, participants immersed themselves in learning fundamental…

The Biden administration plans to tighten firearms exports to prevent diversion to criminal groups and drug cartels.The pause on firearm exports, initiated last October, will be lifted and replaced by new restrictions effective May 30.An anticipated 7 percent reduction, amounting to $40 million annually, is expected in firearm exports.The Biden administration plans to impose new restrictions on firearms exports and increase scrutiny on transactions to limit diversions of guns to drug cartels, criminal groups, gangs and others, a Commerce Department official said late on Thursday.The department on Oct. 27 issued a pause on most firearm exports to assess the “risk…

The past week has been filled with big news. Have you kept track? Find out with Fox News Digital’s latest News Quiz!Questions range from the surprise ending of an Arizona border rancher’s murder trial to a dog of a different color. Can you get a perfect score?Take our quiz below! App users: Click here.SACKED: Which NFL team’s owner said he would pull support from his alma mater, Columbia University, over anti-Israel agitators on campus?Dallas CowboysNew England PatriotsCarolina PanthersNew York JetsThe Supreme Court on Thursday considered former President Trump’s immunity claim in the case led by which prosecutor?Alvin BraggLetitia JamesJack SmithFani…

JAKKS Pacific recalled about 17,500 of its Mario Kart ride-on racer cars after learning the battery-operated toy could cause a crash if the acceleration pedal is clogged with debris. The alert, which was issued Thursday, involves the Mario Kart 24V Ride-on Racer that is red, white and blue in color with the letter “M” in the center of a white circle on the front. The manufacturing codes affected by the recall are: 1752VE01, 1782VE01, 1952VE01, 2242VE01, 2352VE01, 2852VE01 and 0583VE01. The codes can be found underneath the vehicle at the bottom of a blue panel. The company said the versions currently…

TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance said Thursday that it has no plans to sell the social media platform, its first official response on the fraught issue since President Joe Biden signed a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban of the wildly popular app.”Foreign media reports that ByteDance is exploring the sale of TikTok are untrue,” the Beijing-based company said in a statement on Toutiao, a news aggregation app that it owns and is popular in mainland China.”ByteDance doesn’t have any plan to sell TikTok,” it said.The statement was in direct response to an article by the Information on…

“[This production] is very modern, very current, but it pays tribute to the actual text. It’s doesn’t run away from it or make it colloquial,” explained Steve Carell on opening night of the Lincoln Center Theatre revival of Uncle Vanya. “It feels current, but also evergreen. It feels like something that is relevant now, 10, 20, 30 years ago and 30 years hence. I think [Heidi Schreck] did a wonderful job.”Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece returns to the stage this season in a new version by Heidi Schreck and directed by Lila Neugebauer.”The work is so interesting and there is so much to…

Last updated: April 26, 2024 05:33 EDT | 2 min read Taiwan prosecutors charged 32 individuals with fraud and money laundering linked to ACE Exchange, the Taipei Times reported Friday.The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office indicted key figures involved with the exchange. These include founder David Pan, his business partner Lin Keng-hong, and former chairman Wang Chen-huan.In a staggering fraud, prosecutors estimate over 1,200 people lost a combined total of NT$800m ($24.56m).Prosecutors allege that starting in 2019, the suspects convinced investors to buy NFTC tokens, bitnature coins, mochange (a token created by ACE Exchange), and other tokens. They are also accused of…

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Marc Piasecki/Getty Images Rose McGowan is summoning her fellow rape survivors to “stand up” against evil after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is overturned. “They will never overturn who we are,” she captioned an Instagram video on Thursday, April 25. “Blessings to all who gave their all #spirit #courage #unity.” McGowan, who accused Weinstein, 72, of sexually assaulting her in 1997, then chose to inspire all the women who have spoken up against their assailants in a powerful video. Related: What to Know About Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 Conviction Being Overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was overturned four years after he…

An execution date has been set for a man convicted in the 1998 killing of a delivery driver at an ATM in northeast Alabama.Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Thursday that Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, will be put to death by lethal injection within a 30-hour time frame beginning at 12 a.m. on July 18 and ending at 6 a.m. on July 19.Her announcement comes a week after the state Supreme Court authorized the execution.ALABAMA HIGH COURT OKS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF DELIVERY DRIVER’S 1998 KILLING Gavin was convicted of capital murder in the shooting death of William Clayton…

A group of officers in Alabama apparently had their hands full while “arresting” a creature that crawled into a resident’s garage.The Gulf Shores Police Department received an animal complaint from the homeowner, who discovered a large alligator sitting under his workbench, according to the department’s Facebook post, which was shared on April 17.Officer William Phillips has been with the Gulf Shores Police Department for five years and has never received a call quite like this, he told Fox News Digital.FLORIDA GOLFER PHOTOGRAPHS ALLIGATOR WITH GIANT TURTLE LOCKED IN ITS JAWS: ‘NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS’Philips said he was thankful his…