ZK STARKs are the best way to deal with the issues created with making Bitcoin quantum-safe — and to reach mass adoption at the same time — says StarkWare co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson. What’s more, he claims Blockstream founder Adam Back agrees. Ben-Sasson has been in the news this week for his controversial suggestion on X…
By Jeremy Simes The Canadian Press Posted July 9, 2026 9:24 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Regina’s former police chief is appealing his dismissal. The Saskatchewan Police Commission says there will be a hearing in September on Farooq Sheikh’s termination. The hearing is scheduled to take place over…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s capital market achieved a historic milestone during Financial Year 2025-26, as stock market investor accounts increased by 48%, the highest-ever annual growth recorded in the country’s capital market. The number of stock market investors increased from 392,775 on July 1, 2025, to 583,052 as of June 30, 2026, with the addition of 190,277…
Microdramas are such a rage these days that nearly every kind of company in the attention economy space — be they dedicated microdrama apps, social media giants (TikTok and Instagram) or streaming services (Peacock, Amazon Prime and India’s JioHotstar) — is building a product to tap the opportunity. Character.ai, which lets people chat with customized…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Yield-bearing stablecoins are becoming one of the most interesting corners of the stablecoin market, and Paxos is pushing that theme through Singapore with USDGL. The regulatory wrapper is the key detail here. The useful way to read this is not as a…
By Kyle Duggan The Canadian Press Posted July 9, 2026 8:11 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says it’s “unacceptable” that Iran has launched attacks on commercial ships in recent days as it attempts to tighten its grip over the Strait of Hormuz. Anand…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting in Quetta on Thursday to discuss the security situation in Balochistan after multiple major terrorist incidents in the province in recent days. Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir was also present at the meeting of the Provincial Apex…
Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Indian IT services giant Infosys, will no longer serve as a general partner at Fundamentum Partnership, the venture capital firm he co-founded nearly a decade ago. Nilekani (pictured above) will be stepping down from his role as Fundamentum launches its third fund, targeting to raise about $200 million. He will be…
One of the critical metrics has been in the red for over 50 days now. Although it has rebounded by $5,000 since its July 1 low at under $58,000, bitcoin remains in a highly pressured market structure that has halted each major breakout attempt. There are good reasons for that, of course, as multiple factors…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 9, 2026 7:28 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Mounties near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary have issued an Amber Alert for a six-year-old boy. They say Lanakai Morrison was taken on Tuesday from the hamlet of Valhalla Centre, roughly 63 kilometres northwest…
