Circle and Near Invest $14M in Remittances App for Indian Diaspora

Remittance app Abound raised $14 million in a seed round following investment from crypto heavyweights Circle Ventures and the Near Foundation. The app aims to be a financial bridge between non-resident Indians (NRIs) and India, and has processed $150 million worth of remittances with about 500,000 monthly active users. Abound…

Liquid Multivitamin Tincture Recipe

 I shared my homemade chewable vitamins for kids (or adults) in the past. While that’s definitely the crowd favorite at our house, I also wanted to share my herbal liquid multivitamin tincture. This recipe is basically an herbal glycerite made with certain high-nutrient herbs to create a liquid multi-vitamin. It…

Flourishing microalgae could offset emissions as the planet heats up

Peatlands such as Männikjärve bog in Estonia are important carbon sinks Vincent Jassey Microbes in carbon-rich soils ramp up their rate of photosynthesis in warmer conditions, suggesting current climate models may be overestimating the total emissions expected from degrading landscapes as the climate warms. As the world warms, natural ecosystems…

Autism on ‘Survivor’: Eva Erickson’s Powerful Meltdown and Comeback

Last night’s episode of Survivor was amazing. Yes, there was the usual backstabbing and blindsiding, but that wasn’t it. The amazing thing about it actually had to do with autism on Survivor. A woman with autism spectrum (she just refers to it as autism), Eva Erickson, had a huge autistic…

Will Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve Move the Needle?

In today’s crypto for advisors, Alex Tapscott explains what the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve is and why it matters to investors. Then, Bryan Courchesne from DAIM answers questions investors have about setting up a personal strategic reserve in Ask an Expert. – Sarah Morton You’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly…

We’ve spotted auroras on Neptune for the first time

Green blotches show where auroras light up Neptune’s skies NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin (Northumbria University), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Stefanie Milam (NASA-GSFC) For the first time, researchers have spotted infrared auroras swirling in Neptune’s atmosphere, verifying decades of scientific speculation. When NASA’s Voyager 2…

CoreWeave To Downsize IPO, Lower Valuation to $23 Billion: Semafor

CoreWeave is looking to downsize its initial public offering just one day before hitting the market, Semafor reported. The AI infrastructure firm was previously expected to raise $3 billion at a $30 billion valuation, according to the story, but the size has been cut and the valuation lowered to just…

Secrets Of The Melsonby Hoard – Largest Iron Age Treasure In The UK

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from Durham University have made a significant discovery with the excavation of one of the largest and most important Iron Age finds in the UK. Known as the Melsonby Hoard, this collection was uncovered near Melsonby village in North Yorkshire and contains over 800…