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In brief Grayscale’s Zcash ETF (ZCSH) will do a 3-for-1 forward share split, with new shares paid out Sept. 29 and split-adjusted trading starting Sept. 30, 2026. Investors have poured more than $233 million into ZCSH since its Aug. 25 launch, pushing net assets to roughly $890 million. Zcash (ZEC) hit an intraday high of $1,521 on Friday, a level The Block called a new “effective” all-time high for the privacy coin. Grayscale’s Zcash ETF is so hot right now, they are making shares 300% more accessible to retailers.The fund, ticker ZCSH, filed to carry out a 3-for-1 forward share…

On a recent canoe trip to the remote upper reaches of the Narraguagus River, Ellie Mason saw prime Atlantic salmon habitat everywhere. Though small, the river and its tributaries are some of the wildest in Maine, largely undeveloped and surrounded by forest. There are shady refuges for fish on hot summer days, and the rocky river bottom offers plenty of nesting spots for eggs. But the salmon are missing. The Gulf of Maine’s Atlantic salmon are listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. In recent decades, only about 25 wild adult salmon have returned to the Narraguagus each…

The US and Denmark have announced a deal on Greenland’s security, resolving a diplomatic dispute sparked by President Donald Trump’s threats to seize it by force.Nato said the deal would help stabilise the region, as Trump said Denmark would grant the US “permanent control over security, and all other needs” in the semi-autonomous Danish territory.The leaders of Denmark and Greenland welcomed the deal to “strengthen security”, which they said was expected to be signed next week, but did not outline its contents.The deal comes after months of threats by Trump to “take” Greenland over national security concerns, citing its strategic…

Sir Ed Davey said the Liberal Democrats are “a firewall against Nigel Farage and Reform” as the party’s conference began in Brighton.The Lib Dem leader sought to strike a more combative stance as he faced down criticism from his own MPs that the party was struggling for relevance and being too polite about problems.On the first day of the autumn conference, Sir Ed warned an “unholy alliance” between Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Farage could turn the UK into a “Trump satellite state”.Addressing speculation about a possible snap election, he said the party was ready to fight and would build…

Asylum seekers who arrive on small boats across the Channel are “wealthy men” who do not deserve the help of the British state, according to the Reform UK MP Danny Kruger.The former Conservative, who defected last year, said the fact that some migrants were paying criminal people smugglers thousands of pounds – often their life savings or money which is borrowed – made them well off. The claim was immediately dismissed by charities who support refugees.Speaking at the Big Brue festival in Bruton, Somerset, Kruger said: “By the way, most of them comparatively wealthy and fit young men who’ve crossed…

This past summer, Samsung launched the Galaxy Watch9 alongside the Galaxy Watch Ultra2, its more rugged, shock-resistant smartwatch for outdoor adventures.The Watch9 is the everyday option, and it’s a solid smartwatch and fitness tracker with a plethora of health features. It’s available in a 40-mm size in cream and graphite, and a 44-mm size in graphite and silver, starting at $80. Compared with last year’s Galaxy Watch8, it’s a modest update, though. There’s a faster processor, a slightly larger battery capacity, and an expanded suite of wellness metrics.After two weeks of testing the 40-mm model, I wouldn’t necessarily upgrade to…

Cybersecurity firm TigerByte Cyber has emerged from stealth mode with $3 million raised in a seed funding round led by Hale Capital Partners, with additional support from Tenon VC. Hanover, NH-based TigerByte Cyber provides cyber hardening for AI and edge devices to protect systems where they operate. The company has built a solution that provides modern cybersecurity protections to legacy systems, including mission-critical edge devices. Named Cyber Protection Suite (CPS), it is an ultra-compact plug-and-play solution that delivers hardware-enforced cybersecurity capabilities, including data validation, deep packet inspection, network segmentation, and post-quantum encryption. The company’s solutions appear to be using the…

In brief Solana’s target slot time—the window a validator gets to produce a block—dropped from 300 milliseconds to 250 on Friday, the network’s third speed cut since August. The change makes blocks arrive nearly 17% faster but doesn’t raise how many transactions the network can process, since each shorter slot now carries proportionally less computation. A further cut to 200 milliseconds has no mainnet date and will only proceed if block-skip rates—how often a validator misses its turn—stay in check. Solana’s internal clock just ticked faster. Earlier Friday, the network’s target slot time dropped from 300 milliseconds to 250, a…

Arctic sea ice does not always move the way wind alone would predict. New research led by UC Riverside suggests that a simple but overlooked process may help explain the difference: individual pieces of ice repeatedly collide with one another. The findings could eventually help scientists improve forecasts of how sea ice moves across the Arctic as the region continues to warm. The study, published in Physical Review Letters, was led by Bryan Shaddy, formerly a UC Riverside undergraduate and now at the University of Southern California, along with UCR materials scientist Alex Greaney and Bhargav Rallabandi, associate professor of…

The countries most vulnerable to climate change are spending nearly 25 times more on repaying debt than on climate action, according to a new ActionAid report released Wednesday.  The report, “Debt Fuels the Climate Crisis: How the Finance Flows,” is “really unpacking the narrative about how the climate and debt crises are supercharging each other,” said Teresa Anderson, one of the authors and global lead on climate justice for ActionAid International, a nonprofit global federation focused on poverty eradication and social justice. Across 65 highly climate-vulnerable countries analyzed, debt servicing is expected to consume 65 percent of government revenue in…