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Since the news broke early Saturday that the U.S. military had captured Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a brazen raid in Caracas, investors have been wondering how the global oil market might react.

Find out how much you could earn by locking in a high CD rate today. A certificate of deposit (CD) allows you to lock in a competitive rate on your savings and help your balance grow. However, rates vary widely across financial institutions, so it’s important to ensure you’re getting the best rate possible when shopping around for a CD. The following is a breakdown of CD rates today and where to find the best offers. Historically, longer-term CDs offered higher interest rates than shorter-term CDs. Generally, this is because banks would pay better rates to encourage savers to keep…

The blockchain space continues to evolve beyond speculation, and at PIKZ, we believe the next wave of innovation lies in utility-driven platforms that combine real data, real users, and transparent incentives.Today, we’re excited to officially announce the launch of $PIKZ, the native platform token of the PIKZ sports intelligence ecosystem, through a fairlaunch presale hosted on PinkSale Finance.Why We’re Launching $PIKZPIKZ was built with a simple but powerful idea in mind:to merge sports analytics, community participation, and blockchain transparency into a single ecosystem.Sports data is massive, fast-moving, and global. Yet access to advanced insights is often limited to institutions or…

A spike in diesel oil prices could make goods and materials more expensive to deliver — risking higher inflation.

The year 2025 has emerged as a year of consolidation, with major layer-1 networks laying the groundwork for the tooling and technology that will lead to better interoperability, as well as pushing forward with real-world financial use cases.For Ethereum, that meant a surge in institutional adoption and steady progress on scaling, while builders increasingly looked toward interoperability as the key challenge heading into 2026. For Solana, the focus was on stress-testing the network under real demand and hardening its infrastructure, setting the stage for deeper financial use cases in the year ahead. Together, the two networks offer a glimpse into…

Describing the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution as the best investment opportunity of a generation isn’t hyperbole — this technology truly is game changing, capable of accomplishing things that were unthinkable just a few years back. There are few industries that AI can’t help improve at least a little bit, if not a lot. Investing in AI, however, isn’t necessarily easy. There are an overwhelming number of companies in this business. Some will thrive. Others will end up floundering. But it’s difficult (if not impossible) to distinguish which is which. In the meantime, worry of an AI bubble being popped makes…

December felt both reflective and energizing in our CryptoMondays community. Reflecting on the close of 2025, the community naturally slowed down to reflect with gratitude and look ahead with excitement. Conversations increasingly focused on execution, trust, and sustainable coordination across crypto, AI, and decentralized systems.One of this month’s highlights was the DAIAA 11th General Meeting, where members came together to check in on progress across working groups and align on what matters most as we head into 2026. The conversation included the future of verifiable agents, data provenance, shared standards, and decentralized coordination matter, and why Web3 infrastructure is such…

“I’ve already listed them as beneficiaries on my 401(k).”

Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 after pleading guilty to charges tied to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack, was released from prison after just 14 months behind bars.“Thanks to President [Donald] Trump’s First Step Act, I have been released from prison early,” Lichtenstein said on X on Thursday. “I remain committed to making a positive impact in cybersecurity as soon as I can.”Trump signed the First Step Act, a prison and sentencing reform bill proposed and approved by legislators in 2018, purportedly aimed at saving taxpayers money.Lichtenstein thanked his supporters and criticized…

Mark Cuban is taking aim at the U.S. healthcare system, arguing that widespread billing abuse by insurers and providers could be a major source of federal revenue–if only they were held accountable. “If we fined insurers and providers $100 every time they over-billed, incorrectly denied care or misrepresented any amount of patient out of pocket, we could pay off the national debt,” the billionaire entrepreneur posted on X last week. Don’t Miss: Cuban said the system is rigged against everyday Americans who are forced to navigate a confusing maze of billing, denials and surprise out-of-pocket costs. “They play on the…