Some of the best under-the-radar attractions across the Channel include steampunk wonders in Calais and the largest collection of impressionist works outside Paris You don’t need to venture too far into France to find its wow factor. Indeed, within minutes of exiting the ferry or Channel Tunnel, you can be staring a fire-breathing dragon in the face. The Dragon de Calais is a 25-metre-long mechani...
Some of the best under-the-radar attractions across the Channel include steampunk wonders in Calais and the largest collection of impressionist works outside Paris You don’t need to venture too far into France to find its wow factor. Indeed, within minutes of exiting the ferry or Channel Tunnel, you can be staring a fire-breathing dragon in the face. The Dragon de Calais is a 25-metre-long mechanical beast that stomps along the renovated sea front carrying 48 passengers on its back (adult ticket €9.50), emitting jets of fire, steam and water from its nostrils. It was created by the team behind Les Machines de L’île , a collection of steampunk wonders including a 12-metre elephant, in Nantes. Continue reading...
Israel has assessed that Iran still has more than 1,000 missiles capable of reaching it, while Hezbollah’s arsenal in Lebanon includes as many as 10,000 shorter-range rockets, according to military briefings cited by Israeli media on the weekend. In an interview with Channel 12, an Israeli air force officer provided the tally of remaining Iranian ballistic missiles in what appeared to be an offici...
Israel has assessed that Iran still has more than 1,000 missiles capable of reaching it, while Hezbollah’s arsenal in Lebanon includes as many as 10,000 shorter-range rockets, according to military briefings cited by Israeli media on the weekend. In an interview with Channel 12, an Israeli air force officer provided the tally of remaining Iranian ballistic missiles in what appeared to be an official break from earlier refusals to disclose estimates of Tehran’s arsenal. The estimate of 8,000 to...
Figure Technology Solutions ( FIGR ) reported significant growth for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Consumer Loan Marketplace Volume reached $2,902 million in Q1, a 113% increase from last year. In March, volume jumped 33% M/M to $1.19 billion. The "Democratized Prime" segment expanded significantly, with available lender supply rising 112% Q/Q to $453 million, indicating strong liquidity in it...
Figure Technology Solutions ( FIGR ) reported significant growth for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Consumer Loan Marketplace Volume reached $2,902 million in Q1, a 113% increase from last year. In March, volume jumped 33% M/M to $1.19 billion. The "Democratized Prime" segment expanded significantly, with available lender supply rising 112% Q/Q to $453 million, indicating strong liquidity in its tokenized asset ecosystem. Seeking Alpha (Seeking Alpha) More on Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. (FIGR) Presents at 2026 Cantor Global Technology & Industrial Growth Conference Transcript Figure: A Buy As Loan Types Increase Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. (FIGR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Figure Technology Solutions outlines capital-light growth strategy with 3.5%-4% net take rate outlook while expanding blockchain ecosystem Figure Technology prices upsized secondary sale at $32/share
Eakrin Rasadonyindee/iStock via Getty Images The Proteus test Dear partners, Year-to-date as of March 31 2026, Stone Sentinel Capital (“SSC”) lost 7.8% while the S&P 500 Index (“S&P”) declined 4.3%. Figures are gross returns in USD. Year-to-date returns are not annualized. While YTD returns have been unsatisfactory, your manager has little control over the market prices of securities. Your manager...
Eakrin Rasadonyindee/iStock via Getty Images The Proteus test Dear partners, Year-to-date as of March 31 2026, Stone Sentinel Capital (“SSC”) lost 7.8% while the S&P 500 Index (“S&P”) declined 4.3%. Figures are gross returns in USD. Year-to-date returns are not annualized. While YTD returns have been unsatisfactory, your manager has little control over the market prices of securities. Your manager only has complete control over what securities to own. The future is uncertain. A security can trade at any price. But SSC is positioned to benefit from and guard against the uncertain future. Risk is not uncertainty Not all unknowns of the future are equal. The economist Frank Knight differentiated between risk and uncertainty. Risk relates to unknowns in which outcomes can be assigned probabilities. Within risky unknowns, the nature of the future lies within expectations. Uncertainty describes unknowns in which outcomes cannot be imagined and probabilities cannot be applied. Within uncertain unknowns, the nature of the future is unexpected. To illustrate, the outcome of a coin toss is risky, but that of a world war is uncertain. Risky and uncertain problems also have different solutions. A risky problem is solved by understanding bounded outcomes based on probabilities and history. But an uncertain problem does not have history. Without history as a guide, uncertainty presents unbounded outcomes. Proper positioning is the solution to unbounded outcomes. If you go through a war and don’t know when it will end, you should conserve food, water, and other basic necessities. Saving as much resources as possible to weather the war is wise positioning. It is unwise to guess when the war would end and optimize saving-consumption mix until then. The example illustrates that uncertain problems cannot be solved with risk-solutions. The solution must match the nature of the problem. Investing may map neatly onto Knight’s framework. Investors may play the fundamental game of risk. Gr...
Iraq has told Asian traders and refiners they can load its crude as vessels carrying the country’s oil are now able to transit the Strait of Hormuz thanks to an Iranian exemption, testing buyers’ confidence in the security guarantee. In a notice sent on Sunday, the country’s State Organization for Marketing of Oil, known as SOMO, said Iraqi shipments were now “exempt from any potential restriction...
Iraq has told Asian traders and refiners they can load its crude as vessels carrying the country’s oil are now able to transit the Strait of Hormuz thanks to an Iranian exemption, testing buyers’ confidence in the security guarantee. In a notice sent on Sunday, the country’s State Organization for Marketing of Oil, known as SOMO, said Iraqi shipments were now “exempt from any potential restrictions,” citing media reports. It asked buyers for lifting schedules, including vessel details and volumes requested, adding all loading terminals including Basrah were “fully operational.” Customers were given 24 hours to respond. SOMO didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. It’s not immediately clear if the reported arrangement will apply to all Iraqi oil, or just the nation’s tankers. Buyers expressed caution about the move. Iran said over the weekend that its neighbor was now exempt from shipping restrictions around the vital waterway. The country’s military spokesman did not provide details on which tankers or cargoes would be covered, but tanker Ocean Thunder , carrying a million barrels of Iraqi crude, crossed the narrow waterway on Sunday. Iraq often sells oil on a free-on-board basis, meaning refiners sort out their own shipping, but it has struggled to export crude since the effective closure of Hormuz a month ago. Read More: Iran Says Iraqi Ships Are Allowed to Use Strait of Hormuz Asian buyers reached by Bloomberg said they were seeking clarity on conditions, including whether Iraq would offer the use of its own tankers, thereby providing extra security through Hormuz. They asked not to be named, as they are not authorized to speak to the media. Aside from a pipeline system that crosses Turkey, Iraq has only limited ability to work around the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf with the world. Iraqi oil exports plunged by roughly 97% to a daily average of 99,000 barrels in March from the prior month. Transits through the critical waterway have be...
The Japanese government is arranging summit talks with Iran, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday, with tensions mounting in the Middle East as US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz approaches. “We are preparing dialogues at the leadership level at an appropriate time,” Takaichi told a parliamentary committee when asked by an opposition lawmaker about J...
The Japanese government is arranging summit talks with Iran, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday, with tensions mounting in the Middle East as US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz approaches. “We are preparing dialogues at the leadership level at an appropriate time,” Takaichi told a parliamentary committee when asked by an opposition lawmaker about Japan’s diplomatic efforts regarding the US-Israeli war with Iran. “Japan will make every effort...
American crosses in 13.15s ahead of Australia’s Charlotte Nielsen Olufemi Komolafe wins men’s final without US’s Christian Coleman American sprint queen Sha’Carri Richardson has lived up to her star status as she chased down the field off scratch to win the 2026 Stawell Gift in a thrilling finish. The Olympic 100m silver medallist and sixth-fastest woman in the world joined hundreds of local spect...
American crosses in 13.15s ahead of Australia’s Charlotte Nielsen Olufemi Komolafe wins men’s final without US’s Christian Coleman American sprint queen Sha’Carri Richardson has lived up to her star status as she chased down the field off scratch to win the 2026 Stawell Gift in a thrilling finish. The Olympic 100m silver medallist and sixth-fastest woman in the world joined hundreds of local spectators and athletes in the small rural town 200km north-west of Melbourne on Monday to take part in the handicap race for the first time. Continue reading...
In this article US10Y .SPX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT US President Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Investors are caught between positioning for a swift deal that ends the war and a significant escalation that could send oil pri...
In this article US10Y .SPX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT US President Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Investors are caught between positioning for a swift deal that ends the war and a significant escalation that could send oil prices and bond yields soaring further as they start a holiday-thinned trading week. President Donald Trump issued a profanity-laden ultimatum on Sunday , warning Iran it would be "living in Hell" if the Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened by Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET, declaring it "Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one." Separately, in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Trump said he was hopeful that there was a "good chance" for a deal to be reached by Monday. Conflicting signals have set up a week in which investors are forced to position for starkly divergent outcomes. Meanwhile, Iran has rejected Trump's latest threats , saying that the critical waterway would only reopen fully after Tehran is compensated for the damage from the war, as it continued strikes across the Gulf over the weekend, including Kuwait's oil headquarters. "Markets are on edge, as time is running out and the outcomes are binary — truce or escalation," said Rob Subbaraman, head of global macro research at Nomura. Trump's tone nonetheless suggested a degree of urgency in the White House to bring the war to an end, Subbaraman said, as investors continued their positioning to "hedge the escalation risk." Trump has been vacillating between hailing talks with Iran as productive with a peace deal imminent, and warning that he's prepared to intensify military action against the Islamic Republic. He has repeatedly extended the deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Mixed messaging has led to market volatility accompanied by choppy oil trading. The S&P 500 gained 3.4% last week, logging its ...
herstockart Coinbase ( COIN ) said it has secured conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust company charter, a move that could expand its role in the financial system. The approval applies to Coinbase National Trust Company, a non-insured national trust bank headquartered in New York. The move has drawn sharp criticism from the...
herstockart Coinbase ( COIN ) said it has secured conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust company charter, a move that could expand its role in the financial system. The approval applies to Coinbase National Trust Company, a non-insured national trust bank headquartered in New York. The move has drawn sharp criticism from the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), which urged regulators to reject the application, calling the decision a “grave mistake” that could expose consumers and the financial system to heightened risks. "The agency lacks statutory authority to expand non-fiduciary trust powers and that the sudden influx of applications demonstrates nonbank entities are seeking the benefits of a U.S. bank charter without satisfying the full scope of U.S. bank regulations — threatening consumers and the financial system," ICBA explained . The group argued that Coinbase’s ( COIN ) proposal does not meet the standards required under U.S. banking law and flagged concerns around risk controls and financial viability. "Coinbase is not becoming a commercial bank. We will not be taking retail deposits. We will not be engaging in fractional reserve banking. This charter is about bringing federal regulatory uniformity to the custody and market infrastructure business we have been building for years." Coinbase Co-CEO Greg Tusar said . Coinbase ( COIN ) had submitted its application for a national trust charter in October, joining other cryptocurrency firms such as Ripple, World Liberty Financial, and EDX in pursuing federal approvals. A full approval from the OCC would enable the company to operate as a federally regulated crypto custodian, providing greater assurance to large institutions seeking to hold digital assets. More on Coinbase Coinbase: The Latest Initiatives Change Everything (Rating Upgrade) Coinbase: Q1 Guidance Was A Clearing Event Coinbase: 'Everything Exchange' Is A Game Chan...