Monthly Archives: May, 2026

Coinbase is partnering with Better Home & Finance to roll out crypto-backed mortgages backed by Fannie Mae, marking a step toward integrating digital assets into traditional housing finance. The new offering allows qualified borrowers to pledge Bitcoin or USDC as collateral for a down payment without selling their holdings, avoiding potential capital gains taxes while

Thursday 26 March 2026 11:35 am The NS&I could pay out £400m to customers National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is set to fork out millions of pounds to customers following a missing savings scandal. The government-backed bank is expected to pay out to customers who claim there have been failures in managing their money, with

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has disclosed that he was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer but has successfully undergone treatment, declaring that he is now in good health. The Israeli leader made the revelation in a personal statement posted on his official X account, explaining that the announcement was intentionally delayed due to ongoing geopolitical

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikoyi, Lagos, have arrested a Cameroonian businessman, Bekono Marc Eric, for allegedly defrauding a first-generation bank of about N1.5bn. The 47-year-old suspect, a member of a trans-border syndicate that specialises in credit card fraud, was arrested on Thursday, April 23

President Trump is being sued by two watchdog groups for an internal White House memo asserting that text messages between officials could be deleted, regardless of a law stating the opposite. The lawsuit was filed Friday by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the Freedom of the Press Foundation. “These text messages

Prediction market operators such as Polymarket prevented from doing business in largest LatAm market, government announces. Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan and Miriam Belchior, chief of staff of the presidency, convened a press conference on Friday to announce prediction markets are illegal in the country. The National Monetary Council (CMN) adopted a resolution today outlining

The share of first-time homebuyers has fallen to 21% of all transactions — the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) began tracking the data in 1981. For real estate agents, the shift is not a temporary blip. It’s a structural change reshaping how agents build their businesses, talk about value and prepare

NASCAR boss Jim France is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) but he will remain as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and majority owner of NASCAR. The news was confirmed by the Sanctioning Body on Saturday morning at Talladega. France, who turns 82 later this year, took over the position from nephew Brian