BNP Paribas Adds Bitcoin, Ether ETNs for France Retail Users

French multinational universal bank BNP Paribas is expanding its investment offering to include six crypto-linked exchange-traded notes (ETNs), giving retail clients in France access to Bitcoin and Ether exposure through regulated products. The new ETNs, indexed to the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), will be available from Monday via standard securities accounts, according … Read more

Who Is Carolyn Bessette’s Mother? About Ann Freeman – Hollywood Life

Image Credit: Getty Images Ann Freeman has largely stayed out of the public eye for decades—but renewed interest in her daughter Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy has brought her back into the spotlight. Following the release of FX’s Love Story, many are revisiting the lives of those closest to Carolyn, including her mother, who endured an unimaginable loss after … Read more

Canada Eyes Ban on Crypto Political Donations

Canada’s federal government has proposed a total ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties, citing concerns that foreign entities could exploit the technology to interfere in elections. Known as the Strong and Free Elections Act, the bill was introduced on Thursday and proposed to amend the Canada Elections Act to prohibit political parties and third … Read more

Israel Adesanya shuts down retirement talk: ‘I’m not f—ing leaving’

Israel Adesanya had his moments against Joe Pyfer at UFC Seattle. | Getty/UFC Although he suffered his fourth consecutive loss in the UFC Seattle headliner, Israel Adesanya hasn’t lost his competitive fire. The former middleweight champion started well but was gradually overwhelmed by Joe Pyfer in a second-round technical knockout loss in Saturday’s main event … Read more

Tokenized Platform xStocks Brings New Fundrise Shares Onchain

The closed-end Fundrise Innovation Fund holds stakes in private technology companies including Anthropic, Databricks and SpaceX, and came public earlier this month. Tokenized equities framework xStocks has teamed with alternative investment platform Fundrise to bring onchain the newly public Fundrise Innovation Fund, expanding late-stage private market companies exposure. The single tokenized asset VCXx is expected … Read more