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MIAMI GARDENS: Novak Djokovic is one victory away from a 100th career singles title after breezing past Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-3 on Friday to reach the Miami Open final, where he will face unseeded Czech teenager Jakub Mensik. After being broken to start the match, Djokovic quickly settled in, breaking back in the next game and again for a 4-2 advantage on a mis-hit forehand by 14th seed Dimitrov. The Serbian pocketed the first set when the Bulgarian’s volley sailed long, and he maintained the momentum in the second to race to a 3-0 lead. Djokovic pounded an unreturnable serve…

NAPIER: While expressing his tentativeness regarding a solid bowling combination, Pakistan batting coach Mohammad Yousuf on Saturday lauded New Zealand for playing exceptional cricket which gave them victory over the Green-shirts in the first One-day International in Napier. After being sent in to bat, New Zealand from a precarious 50-3 went on to post a massive 344-9 at McLean Park before dismissing the tourists for 271 in 44.1 overs. Middle-order batter Mark Chapman struck his career-best score of 132 and was backed well by Daryl Mitchell (76) and debutant Mohammad Abbas (52). “It was a good track for bowling in…

Cryptocurrency prices have experienced a sharp decline over the last few hours, with bitcoin (BTC) now being down around 3% over the last 24 hours, while major altcoins including XRP, BNB, and SOL are down between 4% and 5% over the same period. The broader cryptocurrency market, represented by the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), lost around 3.3% of its value over the period. The sharp drop brings BTC’s performance down 1.7% for the week, while CD20 is down nearly 5%. Over the last 24 hours, over $300 million worth of long positions were liquidated on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, while $38.8…

Bitcoin mining company MARA Holdings (MARA) is launching a fresh $2 billion stock offering to buy more bitcoin, continuing its plan of buying BTC in the open market through capital raise while sticking to its “Hodl” strategy. According to a Form 8-K and a new prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), MARA entered into an at-the-market (ATM) equity program with a group of investment banks including Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, BTIG, Cantor Fitzgerald, and others. The proceeds of the offering, which will see brokers selling shares of the miner from time to time, will be used…

Hopes for the crypto recovery to continue vanished on Friday, as a market-wide rout erased virtually all gains from earlier this week. Bitcoin (BTC), hovering just below $88,000 a day ago, tumbled to $83,800 recently and is down 3.8% over the past 24 hours. The broad-market benchmark CoinDesk 20 Index declined 5.7%, with native cryptos Avalanche (AVAX), Polygon (POL), Near (NEAR), and Uniswap (UNI) all nursing almost 10% losses during the same period. Today’s sell-off wiped out $115 billion of the total market value of cryptocurrencies, TradingView data shows. Ethereum’s ether (ETH) declined over 6% to extend its downtrend against…

Sid Powell, CEO and co-founder of Maple, is taking a page from Wall Street and bringing it on-chain. His company is rethinking institutional lending with crypto as the foundation — starting with Bitcoin. In an interview with TheStreet Roundtable, Powell described the approach as “asset-backed lending on-chain.” It’s already getting attention from high-net-worth individuals and fixed-income investors. Maple makes loans to institutions like trading firms and hedge funds, using crypto — like Bitcoin — as collateral. Borrowers get stablecoins sent directly to their wallets, while Maple holds the collateral in liquid digital assets. Investors then earn yield from those loans,…

On February 26, 2014, financial advisor and radio personality Dave Ramsey made a now-infamous statement about Bitcoin — calling it “wacko,” worthless, and comparable to gravel or the Iraqi dinar. In a segment on his show, Ramsey dismissed the world’s largest cryptocurrency’s potential, saying, “What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a currency on the internet. It has no value except to the extent someone else will take it from you as value… So Bitcoin is the Iraqi dinar of the internet.” Ramsey doubled down with harsher words, “It’s a really good way to turn a million dollars into nothing,” and, “It’s…

Djelics | E+ | Getty ImagesIf you’ve inherited an individual retirement account, you may have big plans for the balance — but costly mistakes can quickly shrink the windfall, experts say.Many investors roll pre-tax 401(k) plans into traditional IRAs, which trigger regular income taxes on future withdrawals. The tax rules are complicated for the heirs who inherit these IRAs.The average IRA balance was $127,534 during the fourth quarter of 2024, up 38% from 2014, based on a Fidelity analysis of 16.8 million IRA accounts as of Dec. 31.But some inherited accounts are significantly larger, and errors can be expensive, said…

Amid the broader crypto market correction, you might be surprised to find out that a number of high-profile investors continue to double (and even triple) down on their optimistic price predictions for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist (VC) Tim Draper, for example, still thinks Bitcoin could hit $250,000 by the end of 2025. But just how likely is that? After all, Bitcoin is now down more than 20% from an all-time high of about $109,000 in January, and it has struggled to regain the $100,000 price point since then. The first thing you should know is that…

MIAMI: Novak Djokovic is two wins away from capturing a 100th career title after beating Sebastian Korda 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), and world number one Aryna Sabalenka cruised into her first Miami Open final with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Jasmine Paolini on Thursday. Djokovic let out a triumphant roar after sending down an ace on match point as the 37-year-old’s former rival and now coach Andy Murray jumped out of his seat to do the same. The Serbian 24-times Grand Slam champion trailed Korda 5-2 in the second set but broke the American as he served at 5-3 and his…