Sir Richard Branson has thanked Elon Musk for being ‘typically supportive’ as the Virgin Galactic boss counts down the hours to becoming world’s first billionaire to blast into space on Sunday’s historic flight.The British billionaire, 70, will fly to the edge of space – nine days before ‘rival’ Jeff Bezos – on a craft built…

Boxing is no stranger to fighters named Sullivan.Indeed, John L.Sullivan was a 19th-century Heavyweight champion whose barn-storming promotional style did much to promote the sport.Today, Gary’s Spike O’Sullivan claims an direct lineage to that former champion.Yet, the most prominent Sullivan may be an entirely different “Sullivan”: Sullivan Barrera.“Well, my mom is the one who decided…

Cryptocean (CURRENCY:CRON) traded 5.5% higher against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 18:00 PM E.T.on July 8th.Cryptocean has a total market cap of $14.39 million and $116,651.00 worth of Cryptocean was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.During the last week, Cryptocean has traded 9.1% higher against the dollar.One Cryptocean coin can…

Photo by: STRF/STAR MAX/IPx 2021 2/21/21 WallStreetBets trader, Keith Gill, appears to have purchased 50,0000 more shares of GameStop.2/212/21 Keith Gill photographed on an iphone SE 2020 off his youtube channel, ‘Roaring Kitty”.“Oh people, look around you.The signs are everywhere.” —Jackson Browne It’s the silly season on Wall Street.It’s been the case for a while…

Crypto lending is booming as investors hunt for yield.It turned this company from niche startup to $1 billion unicorn in just 4 years.- Cryptocurrency lending is becoming big business as investors search for strong returns.- Amber Group has been a big winner, reaching a valuation of $1 billion in just four years.- It trades crypto…

Interest in NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, surged this year , garnering $2.5 billion in sales so far.That’s compared to just $13.7 million in the first half of 2020. During this time, many artists, like Justin Aversano, have minted, or blockchain verified, their work .NFTs are unique digital assets, like jpegs and video clips, that are…

This story is part of Down to Earth , a Vox reporting initiative on the science, politics, and economics of the biodiversity crisis.Many years ago, the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum in Florida surveyed its visitors to find out how much they knew about seashells.Ninety percent of them, as the survey revealed, didn’t know that shells…