US-China Economic Talks Begin This Week in Switzerland
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will discuss economic issues with Chinese Vice Premier Hi Lifıng in Switzerland this week. The talks are critical to reduce the growing economic tensions between the two countries and to revisit trade policies.
Trump to Make “Very Important and Positive” Announcement Ahead of Middle East Tour
US President Trump, who will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE between May 13-16, announced that he will make a major announcement ahead of the tour. Although the content of the announcement was kept secret, it was emphasized that it would be “one of the most important announcements in years”. The announcement is expected on Thursday, Friday or Monday.
Eric Trump: I Hold a Large Amount of Bitcoin, Trump Owns a Lot of Bitcoin
Eric Trump said at the Token2049 event in Dubai that both he and his father Donald Trump hold large amounts of Bitcoin. Describing Bitcoin as “digital gold”, Eric Trump expressed his belief that the asset will grow exponentially in the coming years.
USDT to be Integrated into Japan’s Line Mini Dapp Platform and Wallet
According to Tether, the USDT stablecoin will be integrated with Japanese social media giant Line’s Mini Dapp platform and self-custody wallet. This integration is seen as an important step that will expand stablecoin’s reach in the Japanese consumer market.
Ethereum Mainnet Successfully Activates Pectra Upgrade
On May 7th, the Ethereum mainnet activated the Pectra upgrade on Epoch 364032 as planned. The upgrade includes significant improvements in scalability, security, transaction costs and user experience at both the application (Prague) and consensus (Electra) layers. In addition, blob capacity for L2 solutions was increased and staking flexibility was improved.
Netflix is preparing a movie about the FTX Crash of 2022
According to Beincrypto, Netflix is working on a movie project about the FTX collapse in 2022. Julia Garner is expected to play Caroline Ellison and Evan Peters is expected to play FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The project is currently in the casting phase and is about to go into production.
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