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Boxing was included in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics programme after a unanimous vote from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, ending years of doubt over the sport’s Olympic future. The IOC last month granted provisional recognition to World Boxing in a major step towards the sport’s inclusion in the LA Games and today’s decision ensured the sport’s Olympic presence would continue. “I thank you for the approval of having boxing back. We can look forward to a great boxing tournament,” IOC President Thomas Bach said. The boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Games was run by the IOC…

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesSBA, Commerce or Treasury could take student loansTrump said this month that his administration was looking to task the Treasury Department, Commerce Department or the Small Business Administration with federal student loan management.Experts say the most logical agency would be Treasury Department, since it already plays a role in collecting past-due debts from Americans through the Treasury…

SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Ripple Labs After 4-Year Legal Battle, Marking a Major Victory for the Crypto Industry The SEC has decided to drop its lawsuit against Ripple Labs, marking a significant shift in the long-running legal battle. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced the decision on March 19, 2025, confirming that the case had come to an end. He expressed that it was a “victory for the industry” and described the case as “doomed from the start.” Garlinghouse criticized the SEC’s approach, calling it an overreach in its efforts against Ripple. The case, which had been a significant challenge for…

Crypto.com Faces Backlash After Reversing 70 Billion CRO Token Burn, Alleging Vote Manipulation Crypto.com has come under fire after it reversed a major token burn on the Cronos blockchain, which was initially announced in 2021 as the “largest token burn in history.” The company planned to burn 70 billion CRO tokens to decentralize the network but recently proposed to reissue these tokens, bringing the total supply back to 100 billion. This has led to widespread criticism and accusations of vote manipulation within the crypto community. The proposal, introduced on March 2, suggested the creation of a Cronos Strategic Reserve, which…

A trader uses his phone outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York.Brendan McDermid | ReutersStock market dips can create a big portfolio risk during your earlier retirement years — and many investors don’t prepare, financial experts say. The issue, known as “sequence of returns risk,” refers to how the timing of withdrawals paired with stock market losses can impact how long your retirement saving lasts.Your first five years of retirement are the “danger zone” for tapping accounts during a downturn, according to Amy Arnott, a portfolio strategist with Morningstar Research Services.More from Personal Finance:Why uncertainty makes the stock…

(Reuters) – Kraken said on Thursday it would buy retail futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, in a deal that would allow one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges to expand into multiple asset classes and grow its user base. The acquisition comes at a time when the crypto industry is optimistic about more relaxed regulation under U.S. President Donald Trump, who courted crypto donors during the election and promised to support the sector. Industry leaders hope for policy shifts that roll back enforcement actions, encourage institutional adoption and create clearer rules for digital asset trading. Earlier this month,…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) handed its team, which claimed the Champions Trophy title earlier this month, a $6.72 million cash bonus on Thursday, an amount three times the winner’s purse for the 50-overs tournament. Rohit Sharma and his men beat New Zealand by four wickets in the March 9 final in Dubai to win their second successive global title, following their Twenty20 World Cup triumph last year. The team took home $2.24m for the Champions Trophy win. The BCCI, the world’s richest cricket board, announced an additional 580m Indian rupees for the players, support staff…

A 40 times high-stakes Bitcoin trader has reemerged with a new $27.5 million bet in favor of shorts against BTC, placing a liquidation price of $85,545. The recent position follows the same trader’s earlier closing of a massive short just before the FOMC meeting, suggesting a more aggressive stance as the market demonstrates increased volatility. Whale goes 40x long on Bitcoin with a $44.2 million position, liquidating at $83,393. Source: Crypto_goos Bitcoin, close to $84,000 after 4% in the green, fell as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady at 4.25%- 4.5% while reiterating text on two cuts in 2025.…

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…