Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Can Öncü led a remarkable weekend for Turkish riders at the eighth round of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) and FIM Supersport World Championship (WorldSSP), at Hungary’s Balaton Park Circuit. The 4.1-kilometer track, making its debut on the world championship calendar, set the stage for a historic weekend marked by the WorldSBK Superpole Race becoming the 1000th race in championship history. Razgatlıoğlu dominated the WorldSBK field with a flawless triple victory, while Öncü showcased his rising talent with back-to-back podium finishes in WorldSSP, underlining Türkiye’s growing prominence in international motorcycle racing. Razgatlıoğlu’s commanding performance for…
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Multiple world champions Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton criticized race officials on Sunday for what they called an overly cautious approach after the start of the Belgian Grand Prix was delayed 80 minutes due to heavy rain. Verstappen, a four-time world champion, argued that race control made the wrong call by suspending the race after just one formation lap behind the safety car. He believed the field should have remained on track to help disperse standing water. “It wasn’t even raining,” Verstappen said, referring to the decision to delay the race at the original 3 p.m. local start time (1…
Bitcoin (BTC) heads into the July monthly close eyeing $120,000 as a BTC price rebound holds firm. BTC price action is giving market participants cause to expect all-time highs again, but the threat of a $113,000 comedown remains. A giant week of US macro data combines with the Fed meeting on interest rates amid pressure on Chair Jerome Powell. The US-EU trade deal provides an instant boost for risk assets, including a record open for S&P 500 futures. Bitcoin’s performance in July 2025 may feel impressive, but it still has a way to go to stand out against historical norms.…
How Aplus credit card points can be converted into XRP and other cryptocurrencies On July 8, 2025, Aplus, a credit card and financial services company under Japan’s Shinsei Bank Group, collaborated with SBI VC Trade, the cryptocurrency exchange division of SBI Holdings, to introduce a pioneering rewards program. For the first time, cryptocurrencies have been incorporated as redeemable assets within the Aplus Points program. If you are an Aplus credit cardholder, you can now convert your reward points into cryptocurrencies, including XRP (XRP), Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). This makes Aplus the first major Japanese loyalty program to enable direct…
00:00[CC may contain inaccuracies] It looks to be a potentially pretty turbulent week, but markets are still doing so well. Take a look at the S & P we’re at or even close to records here right now. And, you know, some are arguing there is complacency. Are we priced for perfection right now? So much for a slow summer, right? If you go back to, if you go back to 2019, the multiple on the equal weight S & P was approximately 17 times earnings. If you look at today’s equal weight, S & P, after all that’s happened…
After the Israeli army declared a “tactical break” in some regions on the increasing concerns about the deepening hunger crisis in Gaza, humanitarian aid entrances continue. In the Sudanıyye region, aid packages left by a plane belonging to the United Arab Emirates were tried to be collected by Palestinians who had difficulty in food supply. The people who had a hard time due to hunger, flocked to the region to reach the aid. (KHAMES ALREFİ – Anadolu Agency) After Israel opened humanitarian aid corridors and a 10 -hour break of clashes in the Palestinian region every day, food aid began…
Five US Senate Democrats have probed the head of the country’s housing finance agency over his plan to consider how crypto can be counted in the approval process for certain mortgages. The senators, led by Jeff Merkley, sent a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director William Pulte on Friday asking him to explain his plan “to fully assess the potential risks and benefits of your order and its implications for the U.S. housing market and financial system.” Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, Mazie Hirono and Bernie Sanders also co-signed the letter, which asks Pulte for a response…
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s reported BNB holdings have rocketed past an estimated value of $75.8 billion as the token breached new all-time highs on Monday. BNB (BNB) tapped a new high of $850.70 on Monday, according to Nansen. Analysts said token burns, rising chain metrics and whale activity could be reasons for the price hike. A June 2024 Forbes report noted CZ holds 64% of the circulating BNB supply of 139.3, with Binance controlling another 7%, meaning the former crypto exchange CEO holds around 89.1 million tokens. In February, CZ said in a post on Binance Square that 98%…
The forest fire that broke out on Saturday in the Orhaneli district of Bursa, northwestern Türkiye, has been largely brought under control. The blaze, which started for reasons yet to be determined in a forested area near the Yakuplar neighborhood, has been successfully contained. Firefighter teams from the Regional Directorate of Forestry and firefighting units responded to the fire both from the air, with firefighting planes and helicopters, and from the ground using fire trucks and water tankers. Efforts to fully extinguish the fire and carry out cooling operations are still ongoing. The fire began on Saturday afternoon, and villagers…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated France for its decision to recognize the State of Palestine in a phone call with French leader Emmanuel Macron on Sunday. Macron stated on Sunday that he had a phone call with Erdoğan, and in a social media post in Turkish, the French leader said they discussed the situation in Gaza and “perspective on a two-state solution conference.” “Everything must be done for the peace and security of Israelis and Palestinians,” Macron said in his post. The Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications stated in a written announcement on its official X account that, during the…