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Michael Jackson commands multiple albums charts in the U.K. with two different projects, as both The Essential and the Michael soundtrack rule. American Pop singer Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) performs on stage at Madison Square Garden during the ‘Bad Tour,’ New York, New York, March 5, 1988. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) Getty Images Michael Jackson has been referred to as one of the bestselling musicians – and by some estimates, perhaps the bestselling artist – of all time. Sales are not nearly as important in today’s music economy as they were when the King of Pop got his start, as these days, millions of music lovers all around the planet choose to consume their music via platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, iHeartRadio and dozens of others. Some legacy acts have never quite found an audience on these websites, but Jackson certainly has, and his fates on stream
The post Stacking DAO Announces StBTC To Bring Liquid Staking To Stacks’ Upcoming Bitcoin Staking Release appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
New York, NY, United States, July 8th, 2026, Chainwire Stacking DAO today announced stBTC, a liquid staked version of Bitcoin built for Stacks’ upcoming Bitcoin Staking release. stBTC will let Bitcoin holders earn yield through staking while keeping their capital liquid and ready to move across the rest of the Stacks ecosystem. Bitcoin is the largest pool of capital in the digital economy, and most of it sits idle. Only a small fraction of Bitcoin’s supply is deployed in on-chain finance today, while the rest stays parked in custody, exchange-traded funds, and treasuries. Stacking DAO built stBTC to close that gap and give Bitcoin holders a native path to put their capital to work. stBTC is the missing bridge between earning Bitcoin yield and putting Bitcoin capital to work. A holder will be able to stake Bitcoin and participate in Bitcoin-nativ
This settlement signals increased regulatory scrutiny on fintechs, potentially reshaping compliance standards for consumer protection.
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Judge Analisa Torres denied Kalshi’s bid to block New York’s gambling regulators. Judge found New York’s gambling laws may apply to Kalshi’s sports event contracts. The ruling may shape how prediction markets face state gambling enforcement. KalshiEX LLC faced a major courtroom setback after U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres denied its request for a preliminary injunction against New York gambling regulators. The July 7 opinion leaves Kalshi without temporary protection from the New York State Gaming Commission while its lawsuit continues. Judge Torres found that New York’s gambling laws, as applied to Kalshi’s sports event contracts, were not preempted by the Commodity Exchange Act at this stage. The ruling marks a key moment in the wider prediction market fight over whether event contracts are federally regulated derivatives or state-regulated wagering products. New York Ruling Puts
Kalshi's legal setback in New York could lead to a fragmented regulatory landscape, complicating operations for prediction markets nationwide.
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The post Tina Turner Charts A New Bestselling Album Years After Her Passing appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Tina Turner’s Wildest Dreams returns to one chart in the U.K. and debuts on another decades after its initial release following an anniversary reissue. American R&B and Pop singer Tina Turner performs onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, September 12, 1987. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Getty Images Tina Turner enjoyed a recording career that spanned more than three decades. She got her start as one half of Ike & Tina, and eventually, she broke out and made a name for herself, reaching greater heights on her own than she had with her one-time spouse. Though she was not always on top of the charts, Turner continued to record music until 1999, when she dropped Twenty Four Seven, her tenth and final solo collection. The singer’s prior album, Wildest Dreams, was recently reissued to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary. The new edition came
The post World Cup Brands Battle Hydration Own Goals And Scoring With Stories appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Story telling is in but hydration breaks have left fans cold. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Getty Images The 2026 FIFA World Cup has become a battle between brands as retailers and food and beverage companies, have offered up a masterclass in what modern sports marketing should look like…and what doesn’t play well. The biggest winners have been brands that understand soccer fans don’t just consume matches anymore but content, memes, social media and shared experiences. The losers are those that have mistaken sponsorship for engagement or, worse still, become associated with the tournament’s growing commercialization, anathema to many European fans especially. No issue better illustrates that tension than FIFA’s controversial hydration breaks. Touted as a player welfare measure amid concerns over summer temperatures, the mandatory three-minute stoppages have instead
The post Metallica’s Decades-Old Album Becomes A Sudden Top 10 Bestseller appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Nearly three decades after its release, Metallica’s Reload debuts on multiple charts in the U.K., earning the hard rockers another top 10 on several lists. (MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Metallica in photo session at a hotel, Tokyo, November 1986. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Getty Images A decade ago, Metallica began an ambitious project which has seen the hard rockers remastering and reissuing its albums, turning them into bestsellers all over again. The venture began with Kill ‘Em All and then Ride the Lightning, both of which excited longtime fans of the group in 2016. So far in 2026, only one full-length, Reload, has enjoyed the same treatment, and its rerelease, which takes shape via multiple versions – one edition includes three live vinyl albums, 15 CDs, multiple DVDs, a book and a seven-inch vinyl single of “The Memory Remai
Political campaigns are increasingly deploying AI and deepfakes to further their messaging, and the scale of spread has experts concerned
From the comfort of his bed, Jonathan Rinaldi, a political candidate for a city council seat in Queens, New York, tinkered away on his iPhone, prompting an artificial intelligence chatbot to mock up fake news hits and endorsements he had never received.
During the campaign last October, Rinaldi shared one of those stories, made to appear real with a CNN logo, on his Facebook and Instagram. It stated that Lynn Schulman, his opponent and an incumbent Democrat, had been “forced to drop out of the race due to a series of critical mistakes”. But Schulman had not quit her campaign, and in November, won by a landslide.
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