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Ripple Prime Expands Into Prime Brokerage for Brevan Howard Funds

Ripple has deepened its commercial relationship with Brevan Howard, the global macro and digital assets manager overseeing roughly $35 billion in assets, by extending its Ripple Prime platform to cover multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing services for Brevan Howard funds. The agreement, announced on 6 October 2026, marks a material expansion beyond their existing investor relationship.The move is notable because it converts Brevan Howard from a capital partner into an operational

Head of army warns Brits to prepare to ‘play a part’ in defending country in ‘very dangerous time’

Which means sacrifices by them.“And ultimately we are going to need them to back us, to back you to do the one thing that you do that nobody else gets to do and that is to take the fight to the enemy.”Almost half of the public said they would not go to war for the UK (Getty Stock Images)It comes after half of the public say under no circumstances they would go to war for the UK, according to a new poll.48 percent of voters said they would not join the army, despite the ongoing threat from the li

Sharon Osbourne opens up about botched procedure that left her with ‘dent’ in her face

Sharon Osbourne has opened up about her experiences with cosmetic procedures as she seems to be done with getting work done on her face.This included the 74-year-old discussing a particular procedure that she woke up botched from, in that she allegedly has been left with an ‘indentation’ in her face.The TV personality was appearing in a new episode of The Osbournes Podcast with her son Jack and daughter-in-law Aree when she made the candid confessions.Over the years, Osbourne has spoken about ha

Theo James left 'shocked' after fist fight erupts on The Gentlemen set as 'all hell broke loose’

A fist fight reportedly broke out as ‘two of the blokes’ were ‘being separated’ on the set of The Gentlemen.While reportedly filming for season three at the West Wycombe Park House in Buckinghamshire, lead actor Theo James was allegedly left stunned when ‘all hell broke loose’, a source tells The Sun.“Two of the blokes who work on the production started going at it, and one of them ended up getting whacked in the face,” the source claimed.“Everyone was just standing there shocked because it all

People left stunned by Daniel Dubois 'hidden' talent

He might pack a punch strong enough to put the likes of Anthony Joshua on the canvas, but it turns out that Daniel 'Dynamite' Dubois also has quite the tender touch.The two-time heavyweight world champion, who is taking on Fabio Wardley at the O2 Arena tonight (17 October), revealed that he has a very interesting hobby outside of the boxing ring.Ahead of the highly anticipated bout in London, he sat down with Piers Morgan alongside his rival earlier this week and discussed his hidden talent.Dubo

Martin Lewis warns Ofgem’s proposed energy-switching charge could make cheaper deals harder to find

Martin Lewis has issued a warning about Ofgem’s latest proposal, warning that they could make cheaper energy deals harder to find.The Money Saving Expert (MSE) founder explains that the new measure would mean energy companies may have to pay a charge when they take on customers from another supplier.While Ofgem says the plan is designed to protect energy firms from losing money if wholesale energy prices suddenly fall, Lewis believes it has been put in place ‘in order to protect energy firms' pr

Viewers baffled over Ellen DeGeneres' 'awkward' Graham Norton appearance after disappearing from spotlight

Having barely been seen in the public eye in recent years, Ellen DeGeneres appeared on British telly last night on The Graham Norton Show.The former talk show host confessed she misses ‘being on TV’ after her long-running show was cancelled in 2022.Ellen moved to the UK after that, in 2024, with her wife, Portia de Rossi, so she’s had plenty of time to immerse herself in British TV culture.But while she spoke about having ‘nothing really going on’, Graham Norton viewers were too busy finding it

UK Businesses File £700m CAT Claim over Visa and Mastercard EEA Fees

A collective proceedings claim worth more than £700 million has been filed against Visa and Mastercard at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, alleging the two card networks exploited the removal of EU interchange caps following Brexit to levy unlawful inter-regional fees on UK businesses accepting online payments from European Economic Area customers.The claim is brought by Ann Pope, a former Senior Director for Antitrust at the Competition and Markets Authority, acting through her vehicle Ann P

Emotional lyrics on Harry Styles' new song dedicated to Liam Payne after struggling to publicly speak about his death

(Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)‘What is Enough’ lyricsSpeaking on stage at Madison Square Garden on Friday, Styles said: “I feel incredibly lucky to get to play these shows here in New York, and this building means a lot to me.“There are so many people in my life, friends and people that I’ve worked with that I wouldn’t have been able to do this without.“And two years ago today, I lost one of those friends.”Acknowledging those who have made an impact on his life, he added: “I w

Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides

Canada’s planned surveillance law is the latest grim step in a series of threats to encryption that are spreading around the world.

The Best LED Grow Lights for Houseplants This Winter (2026)

Shorter days don’t have to spell trouble for your houseplants. These are the lights we’ve used and loved in our own homes.

Boy, 5, diagnosed with rare 'childhood dementia' after specialist saw symptom in his face

“The key symptoms in children with Sanfilippo syndrome are around speech and language delay, frequent infections and mild physical features.”Children diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome rarely live beyond their early teens and the mother wants to make sure ‘Bobby gets the most out of his short life expectancy’.Sophie said Bobby was close to her dad Alan, who unexpectedly passed away earlier this year (JustGiving)Childhood dementia has a similar mortality rate to childhood cancer, with 204 recorde

Don’t Let a Crypto Inheritance Get Stuck on the Blockchain

Claiming an inheritance of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency can be like hunting for buried treasure. It doesn’t have to be.

HTC Made Smart Glasses That Are Way More Private

These smart glasses do just about everything Meta glasses can, but they're not tied to a social media platform.

What happened to the real people Eminem rapped about in his biggest songs

Hackel III revoked her bond, adding that if she were placed in an in-patient facility, then she would be released from jail.Hailie JadeHailie Jade at the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)Eminem has written several songs about his daughter Hailie Jade, who has become a social media influencer with some 3.8 million followers on Instagram.Hailie Jade was born in 1995, and is now 30 years old.Eminem is also now a

Miranda Hart's illness explained as she tearfully reflects on Celebrity Traitors

"Yup, all delightful."Why Hart took a hiatus from TVHer illness forced her to step away from the spotlight, so she was 'very excited' to return to TV after enduring a 'tough few years'."Once you’ve been bed and housebound with a fatigue-based chronic illness that takes a long time to be diagnosed - which sadly I know a lot of people will know - you miss life a lot," Hart told the BBC in 2024."Unless you’ve had fatigue [like that], you don’t understand what literally not getting off the floor is.

Horror details emerge after nine children found 'locked in cages' in ‘deplorable’ home

Jacquelyn Coleman (Licking County Sheriff's Office)“Sometimes it was punishment; sometimes it was for no good reason at all, where they would have to stand with their back against the wall like a wall squat situation.“It was reported that they would sometimes have to stand there all day.”When LCSO deputies arrived, they ‘discovered deplorable living conditions and a bug infestation, including inadequate sleeping arrangements and bedding for the juveniles’.Police searched their Etna Township home

Joe Lycett demands major rule change in Celebrity Traitors

But his answer wasn’t exactly help for the Faithful.“Absolutely, I’d like to motivate the Traitors to find an unknown clause in the contract that can bring back a Faithful that's been banished to recruit because I'm there if they want me!” he joked.But Joe did offer up some useful advice for the Faithful: “I would say to the Faithful that they need to stop voting in a block and experiment with voting with their heart and their instincts, rather than following what happens at the Round Table, bec

Enso Brings xStocks Tokenized Equities to Arbitrum via Single API

The integration means wallets, fintechs and trading platforms already connected to the Enso API can extend tokenized US equity access to Arbitrum without constructing new routing or aggregation infrastructure.xStocks are tokenized representations of US-listed equities. By routing them through Enso’s existing execution layer, applications gain access alongside the same infrastructure already used for swaps, cross-chain routing and other DeFi actions across the networks Enso supports. Eligib

Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology

Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.