Crypto finds gateway into Australia’s A$4.3 trillion pensions pot

Crypto finds gateway into Australia’s A.3 trillion pensions pot

[MELBOURNE] Australia’s A$4.3 trillion (S$2.8 trillion) retirement system, long regarded as one of the world’s best-regulated savings pools, is emerging as a new frontier for crypto. Coinbase Global and OKX, two of the largest digital-asset exchanges, are rolling out products aimed at steering pension money into cryptocurrencies, underscoring how digital assets are edging further into…

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Fall Into Reading With These Cozy Autumn Books

Fall Into Reading With These Cozy Autumn Books

The weather is changing and so is our TBR list. Indeed, there is a lot to love when it comes to new books hitting shelves this fall, from heart-racing thrillers, fantasy epics heart-melting romances to devour alongside your autumnal beverage of choice. But summer isn’t quite over yet. Just ask Bolu Babalola, who is turning the temperature up a few…

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Jude Law Says He Didn’t Feel Anxiety Portraying Vladimir Putin In ‘The Wizard Of The Kremlin’: “I Hope Not Naively, I Didn’t Fear Repercussions” — Venice

Jude Law Says He Didn’t Feel Anxiety Portraying Vladimir Putin In ‘The Wizard Of The Kremlin’: “I Hope Not Naively, I Didn’t Fear Repercussions” — Venice

Oliver Assayas’ topical drama The Wizard of the Kremlin, revolving around a scheming Russian spin doctor who smooths Vladimir Putin’s ascent to power in the 1990s, world premieres in Venice this evening. Paul Dano plays the titular role of Vadim Baranov, a former avant-garde artist and reality TV show producer, who becomes the unofficial advisor to ex-KGB agent Putin…

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‘Broken English’ Review: Marianne Faithfull Confronts Her Mortality And Her Myth In A Moving Tribute – Venice Film Festival

‘Broken English’ Review: Marianne Faithfull Confronts Her Mortality And Her Myth In A Moving Tribute – Venice Film Festival

Though singer-songwriter and countercultural icon Marianne Faithfull died earlier this year, at the age of 78, this witty, provocative, and playfully post-modern docu-bio is sure to keep her indomitable spirit alive. Directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard certainly have experience with rock’n’roll troublemakers — they covered the turbulent life of Nick Cave in their 2014…

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‘Rose of Nevada’ Review: Mark Jenkin Takes A Trip Through Time In This Hallucinatory Psychodrama – Venice Film Festival

‘Rose of Nevada’ Review: Mark Jenkin Takes A Trip Through Time In This Hallucinatory Psychodrama – Venice Film Festival

With his fourth film, Cornish director Mark Jenkin fuses his previous two outings into a hypnotic study of mental disintegration that, though its focus is a seemingly everyday person confronted by their demons in solitude (like his last film), makes a broader point (like the one before) about happier times in the British south-west’s economic…

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‘H Is For Hawk’ Review: Claire Foy Soars High In True Drama About A Woman And A Goshawk Who Bond Over Life And Loss – Telluride Film Festival

‘H Is For Hawk’ Review: Claire Foy Soars High In True Drama About A Woman And A Goshawk Who Bond Over Life And Loss – Telluride Film Festival

Movies about the relationship between a person and one of God’s creatures is becoming a virtual genre of its own. My Penguin Friend, Penguin Lessons, The Starling and Penguin Bloom are recent examples, the latter starring Naomi Watts who was also on hand in Telluride last year with another similar story, this time with a…

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George MacKay & Callum Turner On Joining Mark Jenkin’s Troupe Of Cornish Actors For Venice Title ‘Rose Of Nevada’

‘Rose of Nevada’ Review: Mark Jenkin Takes A Trip Through Time In This Hallucinatory Psychodrama – Venice Film Festival

With his unique brand of elusive, analog filmmaking, Cornish writer-director Mark Jenkin has cultivated a devoted band of followers, none more loyal than those who work with him.  “He’s an artist,” actor Callum Turner (The Boys in the Boat) exclaims with a defiant tone. “This film is like a painting meets a poem. Reading the…

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