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An ex-Goldman Sachs analyst turned Web3 founder broke down the company’s unique approach to the booming play-to-earn market: ‘It’s like Web3’s Call of Duty’

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Grant Haseley, founder of Undead Blocks Grant Haseley/Undead Blocks Undead Blocks is the first play-to-earn, first-person zombie shooter game for ...

What are junk bonds? A risky yet high-yield investment that can bring rewards if you’re willing to take the chance

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Junk bonds offer income-oriented investors some of the highest yields around—but they come with considerable risks. George Rose/Getty Images Junk ...

Pope Francis says he warned the head of the Russian church not to become ‘Putin’s altar boy’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin presents flowers during a ceremony to award the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called ...

Bored Ape Yacht Club drives 196% spike in weekly NFT sales. These were the 5 best-selling digital collections.

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Bitcoin Miami conference Bored Ape NFT Joe Raedle/Getty Images NFTs have had a breakthrough year, and over the past 12 ...

Marjorie Taylor Greene has had Paul Gosar vote on her behalf 22 times even though she introduced a bill to ban proxy voting

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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia outside the Capitol on April 28, 2022. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Rep. Greene introduced a bill to ...

Look inside Wallbox’s new multimillion-dollar factory making the chargers for electric cars

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In 2021, the company was valued at $1.5 billion. Business Insider España / Miguel Ángel Moreno Electric car charger manufacturer ...

US adults will consume almost as much media as last year, but TV viewing will decline

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The pandemic drove a dramatic increase in time US consumers spend per day with media. Most of those increases will ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket site expansion coincides with a decline in bird numbers in the local area, investigators say

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images SpaceX’s expansion of its Texas rocket site correlates with falling ...

A Russian politician claims that EU nations will use third countries to continue buying Russian oil after any embargo

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Oil prices have risen sharply following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. imaginima/Getty Images Europe will continue using Russian oil despite the ...

China’s independent oil refiners are buying Russian supplies on the cheap, report says

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Asian countries have been buying more Russian oil. SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images Independent Chinese oil refineries have been buying Russian crude ...

‘He is the best’: Ukrainians praise Boris Johnson as town names street after ‘hero’ British prime minister

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian Presidency A Ukrainian town renamed a ...

5 things we learned investigating the rise of corporate landlords in North Carolina

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How big are corporate landlords in NC? Larger than we thought — and still growing. Tenants and neighbors feel it. ...

5 things we learned investigating the rise of corporate landlords in North Carolina

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How big are corporate landlords in NC? Larger than we thought — and still growing. Tenants and neighbors feel it. ...

Rumors of Alibaba’s Jack Ma getting arrested briefly wiped $26 billion from the e-commerce giant’s market value

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Jack Ma has been lying low since late 2020. For a brief moment on Tuesday, people thought he had resurfaced ...

Tucker Carlson says US involvement in the Ukraine war is meant to ’cause regime change in Moscow’ as ‘payback for the 2016 election’

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested that the US was helping Ukraine because it wants to depose Russian leader Vladimir ...

Politics and poor Covid response are driving a Hong Kong exodus. Real-estate experts say the UK, Canada, and Australia are the winners of Hong Kong’s loss.

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Families in Hong Kong are seeking safe haven in the UK, Canada, and Australia, as Beijing tightened its political control ...

The EU proposes a total ban on Russian oil imports, cutting out crude within 6 months

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen officially proposed the ban Wednesday. Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool via REUTERS The EU has put ...

The CIA is using Instagram to teach Russians how to share state secrets with them

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The CIA has posted instructions in Russian on how to access the Tor browser and contact the agency via its ...

Biden’s proposal to ease US visa process for highly educated Russians would help with ‘robbing Putin’ of his ‘best brains,’ says White House official

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President Joe Biden has asked Congress to change the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow Russian scientists to apply for ...

Russian propagandist makes state broadcast threatening the UK and Ireland with nuclear strike: ‘Just one launch, Boris, and England is no more’

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A ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile launching from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia during military drills in December 2020. Associated ...

Putin signed an executive order giving Russia the authority to halt exports and cancel contracts to retaliate against ‘unfriendly actions’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to draw up a sanctions list in 10 days. Alexei Nikolsky/Reuters Putin ...

Elon Musk says he could take Twitter public again in as soon as 3 years: WSJ

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Elon Musk reportedly told investors he could take Twitter public in three years, per the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. ...

Video captured a visibly rattled, angry Elizabeth Warren saying that overturning Roe v Wade is ‘not what a majority of Americans want’

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images A video shows Sen. Elizabeth Warren furious about the leaked ...

LIVE RESULTS: Tim Ryan easily wins Democratic nomination for US Senate in Ohio

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iStock; Rebecca Zisser/Insider Ohio is holding elections for an open Senate seat currently held by the Republican Party. Polls closed ...

LIVE RESULTS: Ohio holds congressional primary elections

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iStock; Rebecca Zisser/Insider Ohio votes today in primaries for both Republicans and Democrats. Numerous federal and statewide offices are up ...

LIVE RESULTS: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vies for reelection against multiple GOP challengers

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iStock; Rebecca Zisser/Insider Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is an incumbent facing a challenge from Jim Renacci. Renacci is a former ...

Live updates: Chief Justice John Roberts has warned Supreme Court clerks, staff to maintain confidentiality in court dealings

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Pro-choice demonstrators hold signs in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2022. Photo by ...

The Pope says the Russians are learning that ‘their tanks are useless’ in Ukraine

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Pope Francis holds his homily during the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on April 16, 2022 in Vatican ...

The Banking CMO Report Preview

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Our Banking CMO Report synthesizes interviews with 10 CMOs at some of the largest and most innovative banks, credit unions, ...

Despite conservative saber-rattling about the ‘lawless’ leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion, experts say it’s unlikely anyone broke the law

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AP/Jon Elswick GOP lawmakers and the right-wing media have zeroed in on the “lawless” leak of a seismic draft Supreme ...