Artist Maria Kreyn dwells in the eye of the storm. For the past year, she’s spent her days painting monumental seascapes in her Williamsburg, Brooklyn, studio. The subject matter is an unlikely choice for a contemporary artist, but Kreyn’s aqueous scenes are mesmerizing. “This series of work is new for me. I’ve been developing the works…
In the world of fintechs, we recently experienced this possible damage from multiple parties not working with each other. Right now, there is still ~$85 million of user deposits unaccounted for (and much more frozen) while both the BaaS provider Synapse and Evolve Bank & Trust are still pointing fingers at each other. Successfully reconciling…
23 minutes ago By Jacqueline Howard, BBC News Getty Images A pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has been charged following deadly riots last month. Christian Tein, head of the group CCAT (“field action coordination cell”), was arrested on Wednesday alongside several others. CCAT is accused of organising the protests that descended into…
In May, 51 million retired-worker beneficiaries took home an average Social Security check totaling $1,916.63, which works out to $23,000 on an annualized basis. While this might not sound like a game-changing amount of money, the average retiree would struggle mightily without their guaranteed monthly benefit. Over the last 23 years, national pollster Gallup has…
The wait for Euro 2024 has been worth it so far, with plenty of dramatic finishes. Still on the hunt for their first European Trophy, England have dropped to third on the Euro 2024 odds board after tying Denmark, while France remains the favorite after drawing to nil with the Netherlands on Friday. The hosts,…