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by Sharelle B. McNair April 21, 2026 As the first product of its kind, VenusGuard’s priority for women is comfort and safety, conducting thousands of efficacy tests, and winning the approval of the prototype from more than 500 women globally. Data from the World Health Organization says that nearly one in every three women, roughly 840 million around the world, have experienced sexual assault in their lifetime; however, there is a new product, VenusGuard, pushing through, hoping to prevent that.  Known as a women’s self-defense sleeve, VenusGuard has the potential to hit the market as a means for women to…

Update 4/21/26: Deal is back and valid until 5/31/26 (other dates in fine print and offer section need updating).  Update 3/3/26: Deal is back and valid until March 31st, 2026 (other dates in fine print need updating).  Update 1/5/26: Deal is back and valid until 1/30/26 Update 10/13/25: Deal is back and valid until 11/30.  Offer at a glance Maximum bonus amount: $200 Availability: Nationwide Direct deposit required: None Additional requirements: See below Hard/soft pull: Soft pull ChexSystems: No Credit card funding: No Monthly fees: None Early account termination fee: None Household limit: No Expiration date: 9/30/25 The Offer Direct link to offer Live Oak Bank is offering a $200 bonus…

Key Takeaways: Evoke confirmed 50p-per-share Bally’s Intralot offer valuing group at £225.3M. Bally’s Intralot has until May 18 to make a firm offer or walk away. Deal follows UK’s November 2025 remote gaming duty hike from 21% to 40%. Evoke shares jump 16% on confirmed takeover talks Evoke’s Monday statement says the proposal is expected to take the form of an all-share combination with a partial cash alternative, covering “the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the company.” The 50p offer represents a 29% premium to Evoke’s 38.85p closing price on Friday, whose shares rose nearly 16%…

Over $12 billion in DeFi liquidity sits idle. Justin Havins argues the industry’s TVL obsession is the problem — and capital discipline is what comes next.  By Justin Havins is DeFi Ecosystem Lead at Katana.      The intelligence layer for fintech professionals who think for themselves. Primary source intelligence. Original analysis. Contributed pieces from the people defining the industry. Trusted by professionals at JP Morgan, Coinbase, BlackRock, Klarna and more. Join the FinTech Weekly Clarity Circle →   Crypto markets fixate on volatility. Price swings dominate headlines, shape narratives, and drive most of the capital flowing into decentralized finance.…

Bitcoin is showing renewed strength after a sharp rebound, signaling that buyers are stepping back in at key levels. With momentum building and price pushing higher, attention is now shifting toward the $79,000 resistance zone, where a breakout could confirm continued upside and open the door for a stronger rally. Selling Pressure After Initial Reaction Bitcoin saw an immediate response to yesterday’s developments, facing notable selling pressure as the market processed the news. Analyst Kamile Uray highlights that while the initial reaction was bearish, the possibility for a continued rally remains on the table, provided the immediate low of $73,371…

And What It Takes to Finally Get to “Yes” Your social media posts look great and sound interesting. But only a few likes and comments trickle in, mostly from your inner circle. They are like the best friends who tell you that you look amazing while the person you actually want to notice you walks right past. So you try again. You tweak the message, test a new look, and hope this post finally lands. When the silence continues, you wonder if you are wasting your time and destined to be a digital wallflower forever. It’s not you. Social media…

We are releasing Zebra 4.3.1 today. This release contains fixes for a number of vulnerabilities, and all node operators are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately. In addition to the security fix, this release introduces a Dockerized mining setup, automated checkpoint management, and a number of CI hardening improvements. Security Advisories CVE-2026-40880: Transaction Verification Cache Consensus Vulnerability A logic error in Zebra’s transaction verification cache could have allowed a malicious miner to induce a consensus split between Zebra nodes and the rest of the Zcash network. The root cause was a performance optimization that skipped re-verification of transactions previously accepted into…

Wirex has reached over $1 billion in annualised onchain stablecoin volume in 131 days on its Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) service. We’ve achieved this in less than half the time taken by leading competitors, a milestone that reflects surging demand for our infrastructure and the growing role of stablecoins within everyday financial services.  Wirex BaaS’s Growth Highlights Processed $105 million in onchain card volume in March, equivalent to ~$1.3 billion annualised. Wirex reached $1 billion in annualised volume just 131 days after launch, surpassing RedotPay’s previous industry record of 276 days to reach the same Achieved 34% growth in onchain card volume from February to…

Three Southern California residents just got sentenced to six months in jail for a grizzly crime. They put someone in a bear costume, had them climb into their luxury cars and scratch up the interiors with barbecue meat claws, then filed insurance claims for bear damage. The scam netted over $141,000 from three different insurance companies before a wildlife biologist exposed the fraud, reports the New York Times. Ruben Tamrazian, Vahe Muradkhanyan and Alfiya Zuckerman targeted a 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost and two Mercedes-Benzes, claiming a bear rifled through all three vehicles on the same date in Lake Arrowhead, California. They…

Citi Travel: $50 Off $300 Hotel Booking Citi is targeting select cardholders with an offer to save $50 on the next hotel booking through Citi Travel. This offer is showing up when you first log in to your Citi credit card account. Check out the details below. Offer Details Enjoy $50 off a one-time hotel stay of $300 or more, when booked through Citi Travel or 1 833 737 1288 (TTY: 711). Offer ends 5/14/2026. One-time use only. Terms apply. Important Terms This $50 off $300 promotion is valid for one hotel booking made between 4/14/2026 to 5/14/2026 and is…