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The decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK) continues to dominate crypto’s real-world asset (RWA) sector in terms of development activity, according to the analytics firm Santiment. Santiment notes in a new post on the social media platform X that Chainlink registered 532.43 notable GitHub events in the past 30 days. The figure far exceeds the second-ranked RWA project, the layer-1 blockchain Avalanche (AVAX), which clocked 290.87 GitHub events. The peer-to-peer payments project Stellar (XLM) was third, with 240.7. Chainlink has occupied the top spot on Santiment’s list all year, often clocking multiple times the number of GitHub events as the second-ranked…
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HELENA — Tipped workers in Montana have only had to pay state income taxes on their tips since last year. Now, if Congress approves one of the federal bills pushing for a policy of “No Taxes on Tips,” that change will go right back to the way it was before 2024.This week, two separate proposals moved forward in Congress that would implement President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to exempt workers’ tips from income tax. In their current form, they would apply only to workers making less than $160,000 a year and allow them to deduct up to $25,000 a year…
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File photo. Greek police arrested 104 individuals last week in a coordinated raid on two Athens-area call centers allegedly operating fraudulent investment schemes targeting victims in the Gulf region. The suspects – mainly of Tunisian, Lebanese and Syrian origin – face charges of fraud, money laundering, and participating in a criminal organization. Authorities allege the suspects posed as representatives of investment firms, using VoIP technology to conceal their phone numbers, often appearing as UK-based. One of the centers operated near Syntagma Square with staff recruited for Arabic-language roles. A whistleblower reported the scam to Greece’s Cybercrime Division in April, claiming…
A teen with a brush, a dream, and a festival stageRuhi Samant, a 17-year-old face painter, found her spark for art early on. “My attraction to vibrant colours was influenced by my mother, an internationally certified makeup artist from a young age. Observing her work inspired me to explore my own creativity through painting,” she shares. At the age of 13, Ruhi began sharing her canvas arts on Instagram, which helped her gain attention of the viewers. She says, “That led to initial sales among friends and family, eventually expanding my reach.” Managing art while studying isn’t easy. “Managing work…
Fidelity Digital Assets chose a single post on X to frame its latest research note: “Bitcoin is up ~63 % from its 2024 halving price with 27 % of this halving epoch completed. While past epochs saw triple-digit rallies, a new story may be unfolding: one of rising maturity, deeper adoption, and network resilience.” The tweet landed minutes after the firm released “2024 Bitcoin Halving: One Year Later,” authored by senior analyst Daniel Gray, who contends that the apparent lull in price action masks “a strengthening foundation.”Fidelity Flags Bitcoin’s Silent Surge“Bitcoin presents a nuanced narrative a year after its fourth…
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Pakistan’s annual foreign exchange inflows from freelance services are rapidly increasing, with projections to reach $500 million in the current fiscal year (FY25), highlighting the growing importance of the digital workforce to the country’s economy. As global work trends shift towards remote and digital platforms, Pakistan is emerging as a hub for freelance talent, supported by a youthful population with over 70% under the age of 30. This demographic advantage is fueling a surge in the freelancing sector. According to the State Bank of Pakistan, freelance exports officially brought in over $400 million in FY24, with expectations to exceed $500…
In May 2025, a claim spread online that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the U.S. discovered 8 million people fraudulently enrolled in Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income people. While U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that 8 million people are on Medicaid because of “fraud, waste and abuse,” and that DOGE helped determine this, there is no evidence backing up the claim that this number originated from DOGE’s work. However, the Congressional Budget Office did estimate that approximately 7.6 million or 7.7 million people will lose Medicaid coverage…
