The Open Network Foundation, also known as TON Foundation, has raised more than $400 million in token-based investments from several venture capital firms, signaling growing interest in the Telegram messaging ecosystem. Sequoia Capital, Ribbit, Benchmark, Draper Associates, Kingsway, Vy Capital, Libertus Capital, CoinFund, SkyBridge, Hypersphere and Karatage participated in the investment by purchasing Toncoin (TON),…
Translated by Nicola Mira Published March 20, 2025 French journalist and TV personality Mademoiselle Agnès, a renowned chronicler of the fashion scene and its secrets, often crosses the border into the product world. In the past, she has amused herself by refreshing the looks of ready-to-wear brands Damart and Tati. This year, Mademoiselle Agnès has…
Will Burgess thinks his French fries taste better now that he fries them in beef tallow. But he isn’t using the animal fat for its taste. Mr. Burgess, 36, who owns a small restaurant that serves tacos and street food in Middletown, R.I., said he felt a “moral and ethical obligation” to change his menu…
Mar 18, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives around Golden State Warriors center Quinten Post (21) during the first quarter at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images The Milwaukee Bucks will be out to solve their issues on the road when they continue a five-game trip through…
US President Donald Trump is steadily aligning his administration with the crypto industry. On March 20, he addressed a community conference for the first time since being elected. Speaking at the Blockworks Digital Asset Summit on March 20 in a pre-recorded statement, Trump reiterated that the US would take steps to ensure it is the…
Andy Baraghani doesn’t miss. I know this is a very “duh” statement, but it feels worth reiterating given his string of recent recipes that have already racked up five stars: chicken and red lentil soup with lemony yogurt; charred cabbage with miso browned butter; and this extra-green pasta salad that’s the cover girl of our…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rick Pitino is the first coach in college basketball history to lead six different schools to the NCAA Tournament. But on the major stage, this is where it all began. “It’s one of my favorite coaching stints of all time,” said Pitino, the current St. John’s boss who once led Providence to…
The crypto industry is set to debut the first Solana futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), a significant development that may pave the way for the first Solana spot ETF, as the “next logical step” for crypto-based trading products, according to industry watchers. Volatility Shares is launching two Solana (SOL) futures ETFs, the Volatility Shares Solana ETF…
THE FIRST TIME the 40-year-old French designers Agathe Labaye and Florian Sumi met, they were in high school in Dijon, forced to work together in art class on an amateurish painting of a dead fish that they still have in storage. They had crushes on each other, Labaye says on a dreary March morning while…
Imagine Lance Alworth starring for $20,000 in the 1960s at the outset of his Hall of Fame career with the San Diego Chargers. Or fast forward three-plus decades later to when San Francisco 49ers star Jerry Rice signed for what seemed to be a fortune — $32 million over seven seasons. Hope those two Pro…