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The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), Fedi and Cornell University are launching a two‑year study on how Americans view financial privacy, the trade‑offs they will accept and how regulation shapes their behavior. The initiative brings together a Bitcoin (BTC) wallet company with an academic center and a policy think tank, aiming to connect how privacy tools are built, researched and ultimately governed.According to Fedi and BPI, the research will combine quantitative surveys with qualitative interviews to examine attitudes toward financial privacy and their evolution. Cornell’s Brooks School Tech Policy Institute is joining as the academic partner, while Fedi brings product and user behavior…

Taylor Swift has found herself connected to the It Ends With Us legal drama thanks to her friendship with Blake Lively — but will Justin Baldoni ask her to take the stand if the case goes to trial? A source connected to Baldoni’s legal team tells Us Weekly that it would be “next to impossible to serve” Swift, 46, with a summons. The insider adds that the recently released text messages between the pop star and Lively, 38, “speak for themselves, so they won’t need her as a witness.” Us Weekly has reached out to Baldoni and Lively’s team for…

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other predominantly Muslim countries have announced they had accepted US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join the so-called Gaza Board of Peace. The foreign ministers of the two countries, as well as those of Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, announced in a joint statement that their countries had decided to join the Board of Peace. The United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Pakistan had previously announced their participation separately. The ministers reaffirmed “their countries’ commitment to supporting the implementation of the mission of the Board of Peace as a transitional administration in the…

Thursday marks one year since US President Donald Trump ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) just hours after taking office. According to an agreement between the US and the Geneva-based UN agency, the withdrawal is due to take effect on Thursday, after the US has completed a mandatory one-year notice period. Theoretically, one of the conditions for withdrawal specified in the agreement has not been met, as the US failed to pay its contributions in full as agreed. However, the WHO has no means of demanding the money or refusing the withdrawal. “I hope that the…

Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to the Ogun State Governor, Kayode Akinmade has argued that while leaders are open to constructive criticism that is fair, factual, and aimed at improvement, they should not be reduced to insults or personal attacks, under the guise of religion or politics. Akinmade emphasised the availability of a number of appropriate channels for raising issues and interacting with government officials, arguing that this should not be done carelessly or abusively. The media aide gave the remark while receiving members of Gateway Bloggers during a courtesy visit to his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Wednesday.…

A member of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Fabiyi Oladimeji, has said that there is no reason for the supporters of Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar to attack each other. Speaking during an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST on Wednesday, Oladimeji said they all have a common goal. He said that since Peter Obi joined the ADC, it has not been about the unity of the party and coalition, but a sustained attack on Atiku, a member of the same opposition party. “Nigeria is not governed by poetry but power. And power…

Fresh details have emerged from Osogbo, Osun State, confirming that three people have died following renewed violence linked to the killing of a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW. Medical sources confirmed that the latest fatality died at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, UNIOSUNTH, Osogbo, after sustaining gunshot injuries during a violent disturbance that broke out days after the initial killing. DAILY POST gathered that the crisis followed the death of Kazeem Oyebamiji aka Mosquito, an aide to the Osun State Chairman of the NURTW, Kazeem Oyewale, popularly known as Asiri Eniba, who was reportedly…

Famous American streamer, Darren Jason Watkins Jr., aka IShowSpeed, has praised Nigerian cuisine, crowning Nigerian jollof rice the best in the world. Speed joined the debate over which African country has the best jollof rice during his livestream in Lagos on Wednesday. The American content creator, who flew in to Nigeria from Senegal where he streamed the country’s AFCON trophy parade, stated that Nigerian jollof taste better than Senegalese jollof. “Nigerian jollof rice is good. It taste better than Senegal jollof rice. I think I would have to go with Nigeria in terms of which country has the best jollof…

Super Eagles striker, Akor Adams superb strike against the Desert Foxes of Algeria has been named among the the top five goals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Akor scored Nigeria’s second goal in the thrilling 2-0 quarter-final victory over Vladimir Petković’s side. The Sevilla hitman was teed up by Victor Osimhen, and he dribbled past Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane, before firing the ball into the net. It was the forward’s second goal of the tournament. Akor was one of the top performers for the Super Eagles in the competition. Morocco’s Ayoub El Kaabi, Cameroon striker Christian Kofane, Adil…

The Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association has condemned the recent abduction of 177 persons in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, describing the incident as alarming and unacceptable. The association, in a statement obtained by The PUNCH Online on Thursday and signed by its Chairman, Apostle Dr Emmanuel Nuhu Kure, expressed deep anguish over the attack, noting that it was the first time in the history of Southern Kaduna that worshippers from three different Christian denominations were abducted on the same day during church services. Kure said the Kajuru incident had further compounded the insecurity challenges confronting Southern Kaduna,…