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The UK's participation in the EU's defense loan scheme for Ukraine strengthens post-Brexit ties and boosts UK defense industry prospects. The post UK joins EU’s €60B defense loan scheme for Ukraine, reshaping European security spending appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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The post The Rolling Stones Miss No. 1 With A New Album As A Pop Superstar Rules appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Madonna’s Confessions II blocks The Rolling Stones from reaching No. 1 on the U.K.’s iTunes Top Albums chart with the band’s new set Foreign Tongues. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – MAY 05: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood pose backstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album “Foreign Tongues” at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for UMG) Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for UMG More than 60 years ago, the Rolling Stones dropped a self-titled debut album and launched one of the most successful music careers of all time. The set, which arrived a little more than a month before the group reached American shores with a differently-titled project, became a No. 1 in the musicians’ home country. In the six decades since then, the rockers have slowed down from time to time, but never completely stopped. The past few ye

The post Japan Is Repeating a Rare Policy Experiment That Rocked UK, Turkey, and US Markets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Japan’s government is pushing public pension funds to buy more domestic assets, even as the Bank of Japan raises rates and trims its bond holdings. Japan’s policy split now pits fiscal stimulus against monetary tightening. Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said this week that Japan wants the Government Pension Investment Fund and other public funds to lift their home holdings. The goal is to steady bonds and the yen while the BOJ pulls back. Japan’s Policy Split is Deliberate The Government Pension Investment Fund manages about $1.8 trillion, making it the world’s largest. Close to half sits in foreign stocks and bonds, so even a small shift home moves global markets. The push follows earlier calls from lawmakers to invest more at home. That signal landed on hot inflation. Producer prices climbed 7.1% in June, up from 6.6% in May, official data showed. Oil, e

The post Benson Boone’s New Era Begins With An Instant Top 10 Smash appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Benson Boone’s new single “The Time of My Life,” which may preview a third album, launches inside the top 10 on one chart in the U.K. BERLIN, GERMANY – JULY 13: Benson Boone performs on stage during day two of Lollapalooza Berlin on July 13, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Pedro Becerra/Redferns) Redferns Some musicians like to space their concert tours years apart from one another, but not Benson Boone. The pop singer finished his American Heart World Tour in November of last year, and he kicks off another run this month, beginning in New York City at the Barclays Center. Boone has dates scheduled into mid-November, by which point he may have dropped several singles and perhaps even another album. In late June, Boone returned with “The Time of My Life,” a song that many expect to be the first taste of his third, as-yet-unannounced full-length. In the United Kingdom, “The Time of

The post British Pound gains traction above 1.3400 as markets bet on BoE rate hikes appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The GBP/USD pair gathers strength to around 1.3430 during the Asian trading hours on Friday. The British Pound (GBP) edges higher against the US Dollar (USD) on the UK government leadership transition and growing expectations of further Bank of England (BoE) interest rate hikes. Andy Burnham’s path to becoming the next UK prime minister looks certain after a vast majority of Labour MPs formally nominated him to be the next party leader. Bloomberg reported on Thursday that 322 of 403 Labour members of Parliament voted for Burnham at the end of the first day of the party’s leadership contest to replace Keir Starmer. Burnham is expected to formally become Prime Minister on July 20. Traders increased bets on BoE interest rate hikes amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran. Markets are now fully pricing in a 25 basis points (bps) BoE rate hike by year-end, most li

A permanent ban on crypto donations could reshape UK political funding, limiting foreign influence and impacting new party dynamics significantly. The post Labour MPs push for permanent ban on crypto political donations appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post UK Politicians Considering Permanent Crypto Donation Ban Amid Nigel Farage Scandal appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Members of the UK’s ruling Labour party are considering a total ban on digital asset donations in response to Nigel Farage’s resignation from Parliament and the potential influence crypto billionaires had on his policies. The Guardian reported Thursday that Labour MPs are looking to overhaul existing rules on donations to political parties and candidates. Specifically, lawmakers have proposed that a moratorium on crypto donations enacted in March be made permanent after it was revealed that the Reform leader personally accepted millions of British pounds in what he called “gifts” from industry figures. “Amendments to the representation of the people bill which my colleagues and I have tabled are vital safeguards against the wider threat that’s seen [$268 million] come flooding in to build a whole media political complex behind populists in Britain,” said Liam