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Bolivia’s central bank on Friday reiterated a dramatic uptick in transactions of digital assets, following a Reuters report that showed how more Bolivians were turning to crypto exchanges like Binance and stablecoins like Tether as a hedge against the depreciation of the local boliviano currency.According to new figures published on Friday by the Bolivian central bank, transactions using Electronic Payment Channels and Instruments for Virtual Assets (VA) soared more than 530 per cent, from $46.5 million in the first half of 2024, to $294 million in the same period of 2025. New figures showed monthly transactions at a record $68…

Fed Chair: Tariffs could drive up inflation Fed Chair testifies that tariffs could drive up inflation, which is why rates were held steady 03:04 President Trump says he’s “terminating all discussions on trade with Canada, effective immediately,” after Canada announced a digital services tax on large foreign and domestic technology companies. Posting on Truth Social Friday afternoon, the president said the U.S. will let Canada know what their tariff rate will be in the next week. The trade talks blowup comes only a week after the president met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Group of Seven economic summit…

Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who leads the majors in homers with 32, said Friday he will participate in next month’s Home Run Derby. The derby will be held on July 14, the night before the All-Star Game, at Truist Park in Atlanta.It’s the first derby appearance for the 28-year-old known as Big Dumper. This season, Raleigh became the first catcher and first switch-hitter to reach 30 homers before the All-Star break. It’s his third 30-homer season in a row; Raleigh’s previous career-high was 34, in 2024.”I’m excited to represent the Mariners and our fanbase,” Raleigh said in a statement. “It…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Friday said the United States is immediately “terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada” in response to Ottawa’s decision to impose a digital services tax on American tech firms.Trump’s announcement on Truth Social accused Canada of “copying the European Union” with the “egregious” tax.”We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven…

Melissa Rohlin FOX Sports NBA Writer In a whirlwind couple of days, the NBA went from crowning the Oklahoma City Thunder as champions to welcoming its next group of young men into the league with the NBA Draft. The results of the draft won’t be known for years to come. Top picks can flame out and late picks can be viewed as stunning steals. (Read: three-time MVP Nikola Jokic being selected by Denver as the 41st overall pick in the 2014 draft during a Taco Bell commercial.)Still, it’s fun to take an educated guess at who are the biggest winners and losers…

The Trump administration will revoke the legal status and work permits of hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants in early September, arguing that conditions in Haiti have sufficiently improved for them to return home, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.The department said it would terminate Haiti’s longstanding Temporary Protected Status program, which has allowed immigrants from the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation to live and work in the U.S. legally since 2010, following the devastating earthquake that year. If they don’t qualify for another legal immigration status — like asylum or a green card — those who lose their TPS protections will…

Joel Klatt Lead College Football Analyst Every week, it feels like the college football season is getting just a little closer and closer. I truly can’t wait for what’s in store for the 2025 regular season. So, I decided to look at the schedule for the regular season again and try to pinpoint which 10 games will have the most impact. These aren’t necessarily the 10 best games, although some look to be epic. Rather, they’re the 10 games that I think will shape how we view the season and might have the biggest impact on the College Football Playoff.There are…

WASHINGTON :President Donald Trump prodded Dish TV parent EchoStar Corp and Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr earlier this month to reach an amicable deal over the fate of the company’s wireless spectrum licenses, the company said in a filing on Friday.In May, the FCC told EchoStar it was investigating the company’s compliance obligations to provide 5G service in the United States, questioning EchoStar’s buildout extension and mobile-satellite service.Bloomberg News first reported that Trump met on June 12 with EchoStar Chair Charlie Ergen and later called Carr to take part in the meeting. EchoStar has been trying to shield its…

[HONG KONG] When Yat-Gai Au was worth US$33 billion on paper, he was not in his Hong Kong office. One week later, when his net worth plunged to US$10.1 billion, he was not around either.Officers at the headquarters of Regencell Bioscience Holdings said both times that Au only takes short visits there, before turning away reporters. The firm, a Nasdaq-listed, Cayman Islands-incorporated traditional Chinese medicine company, occupies the whole 9th floor of a tower in Hong Kong’s bustling Causeway Bay, including a reception area with a large table-tennis table. Little is still known about the tiny, money-losing company whose shares exploded 82,000…

Patrick Everson FOX Sports Betting Analyst Right now, if you bet the Cincinnati Bengals to win the Super Bowl, you’d get odds of +2100. That means a $100 wager would profit $2,100 if the Bengals went the distance.But how would you like to be holding a ticket that effectively makes the Bengals a whopping +83000? One FanDuel Sportsbook customer is doing just that with a modest futures parlay.Read on for more on that wager, other notable bets and some big winners from the NBA Finals.Parlay PartayThere’s a bettor who goes by the handle @TheRealMrACL on X, and he regularly does…