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PYLOS (Greece): The slow-burn race for the most powerful job in world sport roared into life on Wednesday, set against the dazzling backdrop of the Ionian Sea, where the seven contenders for the International Olympic Committee presidency made their final moves ahead of a vote that will shape the sporting landscape for the next decade. Behind the gilded facades and five-star hospitality of the Costa Navarino resort in Greece’s southwestern Peloponnese, whispers of alliances and voting tactics swirled as IOC members met for the 144th Session the last with Thomas Bach at the wheel. The winner of the presidential election…

Over the long term, the cryptocurrency industry has steadily accumulated value, but it has been a wild ride. With the prices of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) already down by 22% from their all-time high of $109,358 (reached on Trump’s inauguration day, Jan. 20), buying these assets at the wrong time could expose your portfolio to tremendous volatility. Let’s explore what the rest of the year might have in store. Bitcoin’s latest rally is demonstrably linked to the Trump Administration. Despite falling sharply from all-time highs, prices for the digital currency are still up by more than double since President Trump’s election…

LAHORE: The Pakistan football team is set to depart for Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday ahead of their first match in the AFC Asian Cup qualifier, where they will face Syria on March 25. The match will be held at a neutral venue in Dammam, following the conclusion of the team’s training camp at the Model Town C Block ground here on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Pakistan Football Federation’s Norma­lisation Committee confirmed that all team members and supporting staff have received their visas. The squad will board a direct flight from Lahore to Dammam on Thursday night. Head coach…

As the April tax deadline approaches for more than 340 million Americans, crypto taxes are once again in the spotlight. But what’s different this year? Starting this year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will require brokers — such as crypto exchanges, hosted wallet providers, and payment processors who handle crypto transactions — to report them on Form 1099-DA, a new form specifically for digital asset transactions. Kell Canty, CEO of Ledgible, tells TheStreet Crypto: “Starting for calendar year 2025, brokers must issue a 1099-DA with gross proceeds on sales of digital assets to go out in early 2026. This is…

PAKISTAN batter Abdullah Shafique in action during a practice session at the LCCA Ground on Wednesday.—courtesy PCB LAHORE: Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique, who is set to make a comeback to the national One-day International side, after missing the recent ICC Champions Trophy, has acknowledged that the upcoming series against New Zealand will be held in tough playing conditions. The right-hander, however, emphasised that despite being a young side, Pakistan will give their best effort in the three-match series against the Black Caps, which starts from March 29. Speaking to reporters on the first day of a short preparatory camp at…

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) CEO Michael Saylor believes that Bitcoin at $80,000 is a “historic entry point.” He made the observation while speaking to CNBC on March 17. Saylor reasoned that at this price point, Bitcoin has been stripped of all the risk. He seemed assured that Wall Street, banks, and the United States government will embrace Bitcoin eventually. The Bitcoin maximalist attributed the current slump in the market to concerns around the tariff war. But once the conditions get better, “Bitcoin will rip forward with a vengeance,” he argued. Saylor doubled down on the “suitability” of Bitcoin, riding on President Donald…

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas believes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is likely to approve a wave of new crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including those tied to Solana, Dogecoin, XRP, and HBAR. Speaking with TheStreet Roundtable host Scott Melker, Balchunas estimated the odds of approval for these ETFs at over 75%. “We’re really bullish on Solana, HBAR, and even Dogecoin,” he said. “Honestly, based on how the SEC has dropped all these lawsuits — and I heard the one with Ripple is pretty much being negotiated now — once those get dropped, the security thing doesn’t mean anything.”…

Bitcoin’s price has been stuck in a tight range between $80,000 and $100,000, and some analysts believe institutional adoption is making it behave differently than in past cycles. Speaking with TheStreet Roundtable, Jeff LaBerge, Head of Capital Markets at Bitdeer, explained that Bitcoin’s increasing presence in traditional finance has changed how it reacts to market turbulence. “It used to be that Bitcoin was really hard to buy. It was hard to buy, hard to sell for individuals, anybody other than a Bitcoiner, right? But now it is in people’s portfolios. It’s an ETF,” LaBerge said. “There’s futures, and so it’s…

The Social Security Office in Alhambra, California.Mario Anzuoni | ReutersAs the Social Security Administration seeks to curb identity fraud, more people will now be required to visit an office to prove their identity for new benefit claims and direct deposit changes.In the next two weeks, the agency will transition to stronger identify proofing procedures, the Social Security Administration announced on Tuesday.Individuals who cannot use an online My Social Security account for identity proofing will need to visit their local Social Security office, according to the agency.As a result of the new proofing measures, the Social Security Administration also plans to…

(Bloomberg) — Ripple Chief Executive Officer Brad Garlinghouse said the US Securities and Exchange Commission case against the crypto company has ended, the latest of several enforcement actions that have been abandoned during the early weeks of President Donald Trump’s administration. Most Read from Bloomberg “This provides a lot of certainty for Ripple,” Garlinghouse said in an interview Wednesday on Bloomberg Television. He estimated that the San Francisco-based blockchain infrastructure company has spent more than $150 million to defend itself. A spokesperson for the SEC declined to comment. A part of the litigation between Ripple and the SEC is still…