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May 18 2026CRYPTO

How Smart Money Piles Into XRP Without a Price Jump

Behind the scenes, big investors are quietly buying XRP through special funds known as spot ETFs. Last month, these funds pulled in over $94 million—beating April’s $81 million and marking the highest monthly total since last December. The three largest funds—Bitwise’s, Canary’s, and Franklin Temple

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May 18 2026CRYPTO

Crypto Exchange Throws Red Flag After Big Money Vanishes

A crypto trading system called THORChain, known for letting people swap coins across different blockchains without wrapping tokens, hit the brakes over the weekend after hackers made off with about $11 million. A vault that holds coins for trading was cracked open, and money flowed out to unknown wa

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May 18 2026FINANCE

What’s really behind IIFL Finance’s stock price and future outlook?

IIFL Finance closed last week at INR464. 85 per share, but one analyst isn’t convinced it’s time to buy. Bhaskar Basu, who follows financial stocks like HDB Financial and Muthoot Finance, kept a Hold rating and set a target of INR520. 00. That’s a nearly 12% jump from the current price. But is this

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May 18 2026BUSINESS

Company Gets Another Green Light from Stock Experts

A major financial firm just confirmed its confidence in a big Chinese lifestyle company. The firm raised its forecast for the company’s future stock price to roughly HK$63. 60 per share, suggesting now might be a good time to buy. Other analysts seem to agree, with most marking the company as a soli

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May 18 2026LIFESTYLE

A quiet town where old Hawaii meets the waves

Hanalei sits where the river greets the ocean, not far from towering waterfalls. Unlike busy tourist spots, this place keeps things simple. Small shops and food stands line the streets instead of chain stores. The town still feels like a farming village, even as visitors arrive. The bay’s wooden pie

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May 17 2026TECHNOLOGY

Strong Keys from Heat‑Proof Diamond

Scientists have found a way to make secure encryption keys that keep working even when the temperature jumps from normal room levels up to 700 °C. The trick uses a special kind of diamond called nitrogen‑incorporated ultrananocrystalline diamond, or n‑UNCD for short. Inside this material are t

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May 17 2026HEALTH

Living Alone, Feeling Lonely and How It Might Spark Gut Problems

In recent years, more people have noticed that feeling isolated or lonely can affect their health in surprising ways. One condition that has caught scientists’ attention is irritable bowel syndrome, a common digestive disorder that can make life uncomfortable and stressful. Researchers looked at a

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May 17 2026SCIENCE

Microbes in Groundwater: How Oil Pollution Changes Their World

The study looks at how oil spills alter the tiny life that lives in underground water and the soil around it. Scientists collected samples from a site where oil had leaked into the ground, taking both water and the rock‑filled layers that sit below it. They also gathered “clean” samples from a nearb

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May 17 2026LIFESTYLE

A Century of Food on Ghent Road

The spot on Ghent Road in Fairlawn has been a food hub for almost 100 years, switching hands and names more times than most people can count. It started with the Ghent Road Inn in 1930, a roadside stop that offered hearty meals during Prohibition. The first owner promised top‑notch service and a men

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May 17 2026POLITICS

Los Angeles in Crisis: A Personal View

He grew up here, so he knows the city well. For about eight or nine years, and especially in the last four, he says Los Angeles has fallen apart. He tells of a homeless woman who smashed his car with a rock, and he felt powerless to help. He wonders if arresting her would fix anything or ju

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