Last updated: April 25, 2024 04:00 EDT | 1 min read Nearly four in ten Canada-based institutional investors had exposure to crypto assets in 2023, KPMG survey finds. This marks a significant recovery from the 2022 market slump.The KPMG in Canada and CAASA survey highlighted that 39% of (or nearly 4 in 10) Canadian institutional reported having direct or indirect exposure to crypto assets in 2023, which is up from 31% in 2021.“The last time we did this survey in 2021, it was a strong year for crypto assets,” says Kunal Bhasin, partner at KPMG in Canada’s Digital Assets practice.He…

   TikTok’s expected legal challenge to a law signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden forcing the popular app’s parent company to spin off its US operations could be a seminal moment in First Amendment law in what is shaping up to be a year of defining cases. The new law gives TikTok’s parent company ByteDance nine months to sell the short-form video app or face a ban in the US, where it claims some 170 million users and has raised national security concerns over its ability to potentially gather data on and influence Americans. But in an ironic twist, ByteDance, which is based in China where…

Tesla and CEO Elon Musk this week shared slightly more of their vision for the autonomous ride-hailing service that the electric vehicle (EV) maker seeks to build. That additional information came Tuesday as the company published its first-quarter earnings that included updates on its future models, robotaxi, artificial intelligence efforts and more.Tesla said it plans to “seamlessly layer ride-hailing into the Tesla App.”  The “preview” images that the company released Tuesday suggested the ride-hailing service’s app will resemble those of existing ride-share companies. It could potentially have a “summon” button, too. MUSK SAYS TESLA’S AFFORDABLE EVS COMING NEXT YEARThe “ride-hailing…

Last updated: April 25, 2024 02:45 EDT | 1 min read Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has approved three spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that will start trading on April 30.According to a recent social media post by Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst James Seyffart, the issuers of the ETFs have revealed their fees, including one as low as 0.3% after a six-month waiver. A potential fee war could break out in Hong Kong over these #Bitcoin & #Ethereum ETFs. Harvest coming in hot with a full fee waiver and the lowest fee at 0.3% after waiver.…

You’ve seen us on screen, but have you ever wondered what we’re like off-camera?For the last few months, I’ve enjoyed checking in with some of your favorite Fox personalities to learn more about who they are behind the scenes.What’s the one thing Jesse Watters couldn’t live without? What’s Bill Hemmer’s favorite Halloween costume? And what’s sitting on Greg Gutfeld’s nightstand? But that’s not all! The fun is just getting started.This week, we’re excited to shine the spotlight on Taylor Riggs. She joined the Fox Business Network in December 2022 and currently serves as co-host of “The Big Money Show” (weekdays, 1…

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is warning that some ground beef products may be tainted with E. coli.  The more than a dozen potentially contaminated products were produced by the Greater Omaha Packing Co., and include both patties and tubes of raw ground beef, according to the FSIS public health alert issued on Saturday.The agency said it was “concerned that some products may be in consumers’ and food service institutions’ freezers” and urged the public not to consume them due to possible E. coli contamination. Packaging of the products, which were made on March 28, should show an…

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES () — Hundreds of people participated in a march through Hollywood Wednesday afternoon, calling for the freedom of Armenian Prisoners of War and commemorating Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.The march was held in the heart of the Little Armenia area and was organized by the Unified Young Armenians (UYA) organization, an independent youth movement.This march was not just a cry for freedom for the Armenian POWs held in Azeri jails but it was also a solemn act of remembrance.”What we’re trying to do is remember those who were lost because it’s important to understand that a lot of…

Andrew Lloyd Webber has been appointed Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by King Charles.The Order of the Garter is described as “the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain.” Each year, it is celebrated with a procession and service in the grounds of Windsor Castle.The appointment of the Knights and Ladies of the Garter is in The King’s gift (i.e. without Prime Ministerial advice). Appointments to the Order of the Garter are therefore in the same category as the Order of the Thistle, the Order of Merit and the Royal Victorian Order which are…

CHICAGO — The “rat hole” is gone.A Chicago sidewalk landmark some residents affectionately called the “rat hole” was removed Wednesday after city officials determined the section bearing the imprint of an animal was damaged and needed to be replaced, officials said.The imprint has been a quirk of a residential block in Chicago’s North Side neighborhood of Roscoe Village for years, but it found fresh fame in January after a Chicago comedian shared a photo on the social platform X.The attention, however, quickly grew old for neighbors who complained about visitors at all hours, sometimes leaving coins and other items scattered…

Last updated: April 25, 2024 03:09 EDT | 2 min read Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project is reportedly running low on orbs, the devices used for iris scans in return for tokens.These orbs are biometric imaging devices that securely verify a person’s identity using iris scans. They are intended to prevent multiple accounts or identities within the Worldcoin system.Alex Blania, CEO of Tools for Humanity, the developer behind Worldcoin, told Semafor that the startup is expanding silver orb production to meet soaring demand. Currently, between 300 and 500 orbs are available, according to the report published Wednesday.The issue highlights Worldcoin’s swift…

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump ’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020, including the former state party chair, a 2022 U.S. Senate candidate and two sitting state lawmakers. They’re charged with nine counts each of conspiracy, fraud and forgery. The identities of seven other defendants,…

Cold, boiled potatoes may not be on the menu at the Ritz Carlton, but certain experts would have it that the dish is among the best foods you could eat–at least where your gut health is concerned.The reason cold potatoes are so beneficial to maintaining a healthy gut environment boils down to the type of starch they contain. Uncooked, white potatoes contain resistant starch, so called because it’s resistant to digestion. “Resistant starch is important to support many aspects of our health and wellness, from gut function, digestion and absorption of nutrients, to effective immune function,” says Maz Packham, nutritionist…

Michael Becker/FOX The Masked Singer often feels like a hallucination, but for Miss Cleocatra, it almost was one. “I was still on a little morphine,” Jenifer Lewis quipped to Us Weekly ahead of her unmasking on the Wednesday, April 24, episode. “And if you look closely, you’ll see the cat head goes, like, ‘What? What happened?’ I was stoned under the hat.” Lewis, 67, says all of this with plenty of laughs, but she was recovering from a major health scare when she filmed her appearance on season 11 of the Fox competition series, having fallen from a 10-foot hotel…

A Florida man arrested in February during an investigation into the disappearance and death of his girlfriend’s teenage daughter has officially been charged with murder.Osceola County Jail records show Stephan Sterns, 38, who was arrested on Feb. 28 on unrelated charges, was charged with first-degree murder on Wednesday in connection with the death of 13-year-old Madeline Soto.Soto, who was found dead on March 1, was allegedly killed by Sterns sometime between Feb. 25 and Feb. 27, according to the indictment obtained by FOX 13 Tampa Bay.”The evidence shows an individual that was entrusted to keep Madeline safe made calculated moves…

Google has completed a second round of terminations linked to the anti-Israel demonstrations held at the tech giant’s offices last week. After protesters took over Google’s corporate offices in New York, Seattle and Sunnyvale, California, on April 16 in 10-hour sit-ins, the company fired 28 workers the next day. This week, they fired more following an investigation into the incidents. According to “No Tech for Apartheid,” the activist campaign led by tech workers behind the protests, a total of 50 Google employees have now been let go by the company over the sit-ins.No Tech for Apartheid claimed in a blog…