BetTom CEO Paul Colley believes there’s room for a small and ‘relatable’, player-focused betting brand in the UK market, despite the threat of increased taxes. Paul Colley, CEO of BetTom, is leveraging the experience and talent of his previous employer Goodwin Racing, where he helped build and operate the BetGoodwin site. New UK betting brand BetTom launched its online betting and iGaming platform in the UK in May, in partnership with supplier EveryMatrix, Colley spent 11 years at Goodwin Racing, working closely with founder Julian Head. His co-founding partner for BetTom is Julian’s son Tom Head, while Julian’s other son…
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In the ruins of Gaza, an 11-year-old girl dreamed of becoming a journalist. She was intelligent, confident, and determined, filming videos from within Gaza’s shelters, practising her English, speaking directly to the camera with a calm demeanour well beyond her years. She wanted to be the voice of her generation, especially of the children growing up beneath drones and warplanes. One day, she, too, became a victim of the genocide she was documenting. On July 15, an Israeli air strike flattened the six-story building where Lama Nasser Al-Badrasawi and her family had taken shelter after being displaced multiple times. Lama…
Five years ago, the reverberating call to prayer inside the Ayasofya marked a historic turning point in modern Turkish history. On July 10, 2020, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree reopening the Ayasofya for Muslim worship. “Break the chains and open Ayasofya” was a slogan chanted by everyone present at the gathering in 2020. Hundreds of thousands of believers gathered for the first Friday prayers of the opening five years ago and prayed on the streets as the congregation overflowed. Yesterday, on the fifth anniversary of the reopening, the fervour was as high as it was then. Inside…
Opinion by: Angie Darrow, chief marketing officer and chief ecosystem communications officer at Web3 Foundation When a temporary data cloud outage can disrupt the global financial system — as the AWS Tokyo outage demonstrated in April — something’s gone wrong with the infrastructure that underpins today’s data economy. In the early hours of April 12, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a “connectivity issue” at its Tokyo data center. The outage lasted just 36 minutes, but the ripple effects were immediate. When AWS falters, so does the architecture of the global economy. It’s not just our assets or money at risk.…
Smart contract developers and auditors told Cointelegraph that artificial intelligence usage in programming will make crypto safer despite earlier reports suggesting that AI-generated code may introduce new security risks. A November 2024 report by the Center for Security and Emerging Technology warned that AI-assisted programming can be detrimental for cybersecurity. The paper suggests that AI generates insecure code, and models themselves are vulnerable to attacks and manipulation. The researchers also noted that generated code may have downstream impacts by ending up in codebases that future AIs are trained on. “Our evaluation results show that almost half of the code snippets…
Vanessa Whyte’s colleagues said she was an “incredibly talented” vet who often spoke about her teenage children A woman who was fatally shot alongside her two teenage children in County Fermanagh was a “devoted mum” and a “really lovely person”, colleagues have said. Vanessa Whyte, who was 45, was killed in a gun attack at a house in Maguiresbridge on Wednesday morning. Her 13-year-old daughter, Sara Rutledge, and her 14-year old son, James Rutledge, also died as a result of the shooting. A man from the same household who sustained gunshot wounds at the scene remains seriously injured in hospital…
Bodrum, the Aegean’s favorite summer spot, mixes beach life, parties and history with a touch of glamour. But there’s more, this stylish town is also full of exciting art shows. As my summer kicked off in Bodrum, I loved discovering the new exhibitions around town. ‘I Was Here’ Bodrum Loft, known for its blend of art, nature and modern living, is hosting Almine Rech’s first-ever exhibition in Türkiye this summer, in collaboration with Artsa Consultancy. Titled “I Was Here,” the show explores the traces we leave behind and our sense of existence, featuring works by Cesar Baldaccini, Agustín Cardenas, En…
No sabotage, provocation or trap will veer us away from the goal of a terror-free Türkiye, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday. “While breaking the wheels of corruption on one hand, we take steps to free Türkiye from the scourge of terrorism,” Erdoğan said during a graduation of the police academy in the capital Ankara. “With our terror-free Türkiye process, we will, God willing, close an era filled with pain and tears and open wide the doors to a new era centered on brotherhood, peace, prosperity and development.” The initiative was launched by government ally Devlet Bahçeli, head of the…
Update (July 25, 12:10 pm UTC): This article has been updated to correct information related to Ethereum-issued RLUSD and rectify previous information about EVM sidechain-issued RLUSD. Ripple USD, a stablecoin issued by XRP coin issuer Ripple, was initially marketed as an “enterprise-focused” stablecoin but has since gained traction among retail users. Ripple officially introduced its Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin in late 2024, with CEO Brad Garlinghouse highlighting its institutional focus, setting RLUSD apart from competitors primarily focused on retail use. Still, with increasing RLUSD adoption by self-custodial wallets like Xaman and integrations with platforms like Transak, RLUSD appears to be…
Key takeawaysPump.fun limited token supply in the ICO and locked transfers for 72 hours, creating urgency and fueling retail FOMO. Over 10,000 wallets joined the sale, many pre-funded via PumpSwap, enabling rapid participation and fast capital inflow. The platform processed $448M directly on Solana, using its high-speed, low-fee design to complete the $500M sale in under 12 minutes. Post-sale, Pump.fun announced strategic acquisitions, token buybacks, and ecosystem expansion to reinforce momentum and justify its $4B valuation. Launched in early 2024, Pump.fun has become the go-to platform for launching Solana-based meme coins — no coding required. Anyone can spin up a…