A Japanese lawmaker is pushing his government to consider launching a national Bitcoin reserve, as calls to stockpile the cryptocurrency gain traction across the world. A formal request to discuss the would-be Bitcoin reserve was submitted on December 11 to the National Diet, according to the Japanese legislature’s website. National Diet member Satoshi Hamada put…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. JPMorgan Chase boosted longtime chief executive Jamie Dimon’s pay 8 per cent to $39mn last year, his largest remuneration at the US bank. The pay rise for Dimon, the longest-serving CEO among the biggest US…
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Emmy Russell and Tyler Ray Ward Courtesy of Emmy Russell/Instagram American Idol finalist Emmy Russell, who is the granddaughter of late country legend Loretta Lynn, is going to be a mom! “Y’all, me and Tyler [Ward] are expecting a baby girl,” Russell, 25, said during a recent taping of the “Got it From My Momma”…
A woman from the Philippines who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad is on her way home. Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death in 2010 after she was found carrying 2.6kg (5.7lb) of heroin through an Indonesian airport. But the 39-year-old mother of two…
Bitcoin has seen its price climb back over $100,000 this week after bouncing wildly around the closely-watched level, with the chief executive of Wall Street’s biggest market maker admitting he’s got “FOMO.” Unlock over $3,000 in NFT, web3 and crypto perks — Apply now! The bitcoin price has more than doubled this year as a…
Lawyers for actors Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively spent their first day in court sparring over the sexual harassment and other allegations that have erupted surrounding their film, It Ends With Us. In December, Lively filed a legal complaint against Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and starting a smear campaign against her. Baldoni has…
NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP The UK government has been involved in a lot of shuttle diplomacy with the EU since Labour won the UK election Early in 2025, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been invited to an informal summit of EU leaders. It’s the first such invitation for the UK since the bitter days of the…
Canelo Alvarez is rumored to be fighting junior middleweight Terence Crawford next in May 2025. This fight has not been confirmed, and Canelo would be criticized for taking it. Crawford, two divisions below at 154, has zero experience at 168 and is coming off a close decision win in his debut at junior middleweight. PPV…
IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) will face WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs) in a two-fight unification clash at 147 on April 12th, live on DAZN from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is the unification match that Ennis, 27, has been pining away for since he…
