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MIAMI: US freestyle great Katie Ledecky posted the second-fastest 400m free time of her storied career on Thursday, clocking 3min 56.81sec to run down Summer McIntosh for a second stunning victory in as many days at the TYR Pro Swim Series meeting in Florida. Ledecky, who posted the second-fastest 1,500m free time in history on Wednesday, overshadowed the return to action of Paris Olympic star Leon Marchand, who posted a personal best in finishing third in the men’s 400m free in his first competition in four months. With the World Championships in Singapore coming up July 27-August 3, nine-time Olympic…

Bitcoin has been on a tear during the past year. There are quite a few factors driving its price higher, and most will stay in play. Three things in particular are pushing it higher, and none are linked to the halving. Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) price is up almost 40% in the past six months, and it might be going even higher soon. This trend is not simply random fluctuation in the asset’s price. There are at least three things that are driving the coin’s surge. All are likely to continue, so let’s take a look at each. Where to invest…

CASPER Ruud of Norway serves to Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo during their Madrid Open semi-final at the Caja Magica on Friday.—AFP MADRID: Casper Ruud squeezed into the 25th tour-level final of his career with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at the Madrid Open on Friday. The Norwegian saved a whopping 15 of 18 break points faced during the one-hour 54-minute clash to reach a third Masters 1000 final, and first since Monte Carlo last year. Overcoming early chest discomfort and in the face of a rowdy pro-Argentinian crowd, Ruud was proud of how he handled the adversity to…

Many cryptocurrencies have surged since Donald Trump won the presidential election last November. The Trump administration is more pro crypto than arguably any administration before. Michael Saylor has been extremely bullish on crypto for years. He expects one cryptocurrency, in particular, to absolutely soar over the next 20 years. It’s been a wild ride for the market this year, especially in April, largely due to the volatility caused by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. No asset has been spared, including the world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), which bounced as low as $75,000 in early April but has proven fairly resilient,…

PARIS: The rescue act is on for Manchester United and Tott­enham Hotspur. Big wins for both teams in the first legs of the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday kept alive their hopes of lifting a major trophy and qualifying for the Champions League. United beat 10-man Athletic Bilbao 3-0 at the San Mames in Spain and Tottenham won 3-1 at home against Norwegian club Bodo/Glimt. Both United and Spurs have endured miserable domestic campaigns and are languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League. But European club football’s second-tier Europa League could yet see one of them salvage their…

LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi ensured their pursuit for the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) playoffs stayed alive as debutant Maaz Sadaqat and skipper Babar Azam starred in a low-scoring encounter to give their team a six-wicket win over Islamabad United here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday night. Zalmi are placed fifth in the standings — with two points separating them from Karachi Kings — but mathematically still in it with three games to go. United, however safe at the top, have lost their second match in a row after winning five on the trot. They were poor with the bat…

In February, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began soliciting public input pertaining to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) — a move suggesting reform at the agency is imminent. Since then, the SEC, in line with President Trump, has taken a far less adversarial stance towards the cryptocurrency industry, as evidenced by the appointment of crypto-friendly personnel and the abandonment of numerous lawsuits and investigations into crypto companies. But DOGE has the potential to implement further change, and interest in the SEC signals growing pressure towards regulators to reassess their approach to digital assets. In response to the…

The IRS lost two key directors working on crypto initiatives, Seth Wilks and Raj Mukherjee, on Friday after they accepted deferred resignation offers directed by the Department of Government Efficiency. Wilks and Mukherjee, who both went to the IRS from the crypto industry, are technically still employees with the IRS for the next few months but they are on paid administrative leave as of Friday afternoon, two people familiar with the situation told CoinDesk. President Donald Trump’s administration, through DOGE, offered deferred resignations to a wide array of federal employees earlier this year. Wilks, who was previously a vice president…

Wall Street analysts are standing firmly behind Strategy’s (MSTR) aggressive escalation of its bitcoin (BTC) acquisition strategy after the company unveiled plans to double its capital-raising ambitions. “While the number of companies that have sought to replicate Strategy’s bitcoin acquisition strategy has continued to grow rapidly … MSTR yesterday issued a reminder of the extent of its first-mover advantage and how its ability to accelerate its accumulation of bitcoin has continued to increase as its platform has scaled,” wrote Benchmark’s Mark Palmer, reiterating his buy rating and $650 price target. Though MSTR trades at more than double the value of…

As markets stabilize and bitcoin claws its way back above $100k, Kevin O’Leary – also known as “Mr. Wonderful” – is doubling down on digital assets and calling for clear regulation to unlock crypto’s next chapter. “I consider crypto to be the 12th sector of the economy within five years,” he told CoinDesk in a wide-ranging interview ahead of his keynote at Consensus 2025 in Toronto on May 15. The O’Leary Ventures Chairman outlined his approach to crypto, which is grounded in traditional portfolio construction and a very deliberate plan to prepare for institutional capital he believes is about to…