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Peter Serafinowicz Guest Stars as Nigel Farage in ‘SNL U.K.’ Cold Open

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Peter Serafinowicz, who has starred in “Guardians of the Galaxy” and Star Wars prequel “The Phantom Menace,” opened “Saturday Night Live U.K.” with a guest appearance as right-wing politician Nigel Farage.

The cold open began with a voice-over explaining that the year is 1946 as it zoomed into the British Prime Minister’s residence of Downing Street in London.

A grey-haired man is seated at his desk with his back to the audience, leading the audience to assumes it’s probably “SNL U.K.” castmember George Fouracres playing Keir Starmer again. But as the man spins round in his chair, he’s revealed to be Serafinowicz as Farage, whose Reform party made huge gains across local elections in the U.K. this week in real life. The parody Farage, meanwhile, is on his cell phone (emblazoned with an English flag) wishing Sir David Attenborough a happy 120th birthday.

As he hangs up, he says “I love being Prime Minister” before “SNL U.K.” cast member Ayoade Bamgboye enters the room as Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, with Farage welcoming her as his deputy. “Big news day, Prime Minister,” she tells him. “Thanks to our deportations, the population of London is finally down to single fingers.”

Farage replies: “Excellent, excellent.”

Badenoch adds: “And one last thing; King Trump assures us he’s almost negotiated a ceasefire over the Strait of Hormuz.”

The duo then bond over what a great team they make since merging their respective parties, before Farage announces they’re late for the “straight pride parade” and they head off.

At which point Fouracres enters — dressed as beleaguered Starmer — alongside Celeste Dring as former deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, who resigned last year after it emerged she had underpaid tax on her second home. It’s revealed they have traveled to the future by time machine to show Starmer what might happen if he doesn’t resign following disastrous results for Labour in this week’s council elections.

Fouracres looks at the paper where he sees Farage has been Prime Minister the entire time – and notes that “SNL U.K.” has been renewed for another season (as Variety exclusively revealed last week) – before Rayner urges him to stand aside so she can lead the party.

At which point Al Nash walks in through the time machine closet as Winston Churchill before the trio reel off the classic “Live from London, it’s Saturday Night!” intro.

These banks just raised their CD rates. Where to find the highest yields

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Bitcoin Price Prediction: The Hidden Timing of Daily Pump-and-Dump Cycles

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Bitcoin just broke $82,000, but the real edge isn't the prediction of where the price is going. It's in knowing when it moves.


Bitcoin just broke $82,000, but the real edge isn’t the prediction of where the price is going. It’s in knowing when it moves. Three months of session data reveal a surprisingly consistent internal rhythm to BTC’s recovery that most traders are simply sleeping through.

Bitcoin just broke $82,000, but the real edge isn't the prediction of where the price is going. It's in knowing when it moves.
Trading Gains Timing

The data from Velo shows Bitcoin’s 31% rally since February 6 has been anything but evenly distributed across the clock. APAC hours (00:00–08:00 UTC) have contributed 13% of that move. The U.S. session (16:00–00:00 UTC) added 11.5%. Europe? A comparatively muted 6.5%. And within APAC, the single best-performing hour is the midnight UTC candle, averaging 0.10% per hourly close over the full period. Small number. Consistent edge.

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Bitcoin Price Prediction: Break $89,000 This Week??

Bitcoin’s current technical setup is constructive. Price held above $80,000 support before it rallied toward $82,000 hours ago. The 24-hour range shows compression with 12 buy signals versus 7 sell signals across 23 oscillators and moving averages according to aggregated technical models.

The high of $89,000 is the resistance ceiling; a confirmed close above it would validate a renewed uptrend. If ETF inflows accelerate and the APAC session can maintain its momentum, BTC could test $89,500 in the mid-term. However, a daily close below $75,000 reopens the February lows near $63,000.

Bitcoin just broke $82,000, but the real edge isn't the prediction of where the price is going. It's in knowing when it moves.
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U.S. hours were flat-to-negative through most of February and March, then flipped decisively positive in early April. That pivot likely shows that institutional positioning is rotating into the New York session, which could compress the APAC edge over the coming weeks.

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Bitcoin Hyper Targets Early-Mover Upside as BTC Rallies

Bitcoin at $82,000 with $89,000 still uncaptured raises a fair question: how much asymmetric upside remains for spot BTC at this price? Institutional desks are already positioned. Retail is watching.

The magnitude of the next leg may disappoint latecomers relative to the risk being taken at current prices. That dynamic is exactly why some capital is rotating toward earlier-stage Bitcoin infrastructure plays.

Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is positioning itself at that intersection, billing itself as the first-ever Bitcoin Layer 2 with Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) integration, targeting faster-than-Solana transaction finality while preserving Bitcoin’s security layer.

The presale has raised $32.5 million at a current price of $0.0136, with staking available for early participants. Bitcoin’s programmability problems, like slow transactions, high fees, and no smart contracts, are solved at the infrastructure level rather than patched at the application layer.

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Japanese council votes to remove unconscious mayor

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Kikuo Hatakeyama, 72, has served as the mayor of Hachirogata in north-east Japan since 2008, but fell ill in February.

Greetings, London! Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce do Date Night in Tailoring

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Taylor Swift may have sung “So Long, London,” in The Tortured Poets Department, but last night, she said greetings to the city once more.

Sadie Sink, who previously starred in Swift’s “All Too Well” music video, is currently on stage in a West End production of Romeo & Juliet. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce made their visit to support Sink into a bit of a date night—first heading to the two Michelin star Indian restaurant Gymkhana for a pre-theater dinner, then to Romeo & Juliet, and onward to Poppy Delevingne’s star-studded 40th birthday party. The couple continued their coordinating style streak and wore complementary tailored looks.

Swift sported a breezy black floral corset dress from one of her favorite brands, Zimmermann, and paired it with a sleek longline tuxedo jacket. Embracing designers from across the pond, she toted a minty handbag from Jonathan Anderson’s namesake label and London-established brand JW Anderson—the Loafer woven leather top-handle bag, to be exact. The pastel-colored bag made the florals of her Zimmerman dress pop, and added a bit of romance to the otherwise low-key and slick look.

For jewels, she opted for Larkspur & Hawk posy earrings, and of course, her Kindred Lubeck of Artifex old mine cut diamond engagement ring. (Her ring only just made its own red carpet debut last month.) On her feet, the pop star’s go-to Jimmy Choo Azie leather sandals.

Her fiancé Kelce, meanwhile, kept things cool and casual in a gray Louis Vuitton suit that featured a subtle all-over logo and plaid prints. A simple piece of bling around his neck was the athlete’s only accessory.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been more low-key as of late, keeping date nights to Kelce’s Kansas City backyard. (It’s rumored, though, that their wedding is happening this June—we’re in countdown!) The last time they stepped out publicly together was for the iHeartRadio Awards, where Swift picked up a suite of gongs that made her the award show’s most decorated artist ever.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the iHeartRadio awards

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New York City NY Taylor Swift is spotted leaving the Jane Hotel restaurant after enjoying dinner with her father Scott...

Taylor Swift heading for dinner in New York, April 2026

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Late last month, Swift took a break from wedding planning and was spotted out for dinner with her father, Scott Swift, and friend Ashley Avignone, choosing a “something blue” ’fit—and one that recalled her frenzy-causing engagement photo look—in the form of a pale blue, pinstriped Staud dress. On another occasion out for a meal with friends in NYC, Swift embraced her most bridal look yet, wearing a black spaghetti strap tank top from the The Row paired with an ivory silk maxi skirt from Meshki—well, very bridal, but also very Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. We know what Swift and Kelce have been watching.

XRP Price Prediction: Bull Flag Forming as Bull Run Style Rally Coils

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XRP price is coiling, and its prediction is getting more bullish than ever. A bull flag is forming with a golden cross.


XRP price is coiling, and its prediction is getting more bullish than ever. The token has reclaimed $1.45 with a weekly gain of 4%, and the chart pattern appeared to like what happened when it surged 66% in under two weeks. A bull flag is forming.

The coin’s recent price action mirrors the bull flag structure during 2025, which was followed by controlled consolidation and another leg up. XRP climbed from $1.40 to $1.45 in days, as higher highs and higher lows remain intact above $1.40.

There is also a potential golden cross between the 20-day and 50-day moving averages, adding a second layer of bull confirmation.

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XRP Price Prediction: $1.73 Target

XRP is holding a bullish structure that has surprised traders who expected a sharper pullback this cycle. The 20 and 50-day moving average break is confirmed, and repeated tests of the $1.45 resistance zone suggest selling pressure is gradually thinning.

Longer-term analyst targets are considerably more aggressive. Raoul Pal has cited a weekly bull flag structure with a breakout target of $5.50, representing a 138% move from recent consolidation levels. EGRAG CRYPTO on TradingView pegged a 67–70% probability of a breakout from the weekly flag, with an extended target of $18.

XRP price is coiling, and its prediction is getting more bullish than ever. A bull flag is forming with a golden cross.
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For XRP to run, it needs to hold its consolidation level above $1.42. As volume returns, and price advances toward $1.47–$1.50, a clean break above $1.50 opens a run toward the 200-day moving average at $1.73.

The 200-day moving average at $1.73 remains the line that separates a technical bounce from a genuine trend reversal.

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LiquidChain Targets Early-Mover Upside as XRP Coils

XRP’s setup illustrates the central tension of this market moment: technically promising, structurally constrained, with the biggest gains gated behind levels that have historically required sustained institutional volume to clear.

Those watching XRP above $1.45 are long a token with genuine momentum, but also one still trading beneath its 200-day MA and facing Bitcoin dominance of 60%. That’s a real ceiling, even if the bull flag eventually wins.

Early-stage infrastructure plays offer a different risk profile entirely. LiquidChain is a Layer 3 infrastructure project building what it describes as a unified cross-chain liquidity layer, fusing Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana liquidity into a single execution environment.

The architecture is built around four pillars: a Unified Liquidity Layer, Single-Step Execution, Verifiable Settlement, and a Deploy-Once Architecture that lets developers access all three ecosystems without redeployment.

The presale for its native token is currently priced at $0.01456, with more than $700K raised to date, and an extra 1500% APY bonus for presale buyers.

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A defense stock has fallen so far it’s attractive for a short-term bounce, Jay Woods says

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The Pentagon Releases New Trove of Declassified UFO Files

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The Pentagon released a batch of much-anticipated files about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) on Friday, including newly declassified documents that have never been seen by the public before.

The release of roughly 160 documents was rolled out on a new website. Among the trove is video footage and images of tantalizing UAP sightings captured around the world. The files also contain scanned historical material about government UAP and unidentified flying object (UFO) programs dating back to the 1940s and the Apollo program.

While it will take days to comb through the finer details, initial highlights include sightings of “orbs launching orbs” by federal employees in the western US in 2023, a “misshapen and uneven ball of white light” reported by the US military in Syria in 2024, and a compendium of UAP reports from the public during the late 1940s, handwritten or produced by typewriter. The files contain accounts of UAP from the Apollo crews, including a light flash on the lunar surface during Apollo 17.

Some of the visuals include an amoeba-like shape captured by the US Indo-Pacific Command in 2024, a bright round shape filmed by the US Central Command in 2024, and unidentified lights in a picture taken by the Apollo 17 crew from the surface of the Moon.

Courtesy of the US Department of Defense

The mysterious nature of UAP has fueled the popular belief that these sightings could be aliens visiting Earth. The US government has never claimed that it has detected or encountered extraterrestrial life in any of these disclosures, including in the newly released files.

In a statement, the Pentagon said that President Donald Trump “is focused on providing maximum transparency to the public, who can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files.”

“These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation—and it’s time the American people see it for themselves,” said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the same statement.

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Courtesy of the US Department of Defense

Janet Jackson Calls for Peace at Grammy Hall of Fame Gala

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Janet Jackson shared a message of peace and unity as her fourth album “Rhythm Nation 1814” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame during the organization’s gala last night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

The iconic singer took to the podium during the event to reflect on the impact of the project, which was released in 1989. Following an introduction by longtime collaborator Jimmy Jam, Jackson addressed the ballroom by expressing gratitude for the honor and highlighting how the message of “Rhythm Nation 1814” still resonates today.

“Though I don’t see ‘Rhythm Nation’ as a phenomenon that lives in the past, I believe it’s alive and well in 2026,” she said. “‘Rhythm Nation’ still resonates on a deep and profound level. It’s an ongoing force that fights bigotry and promotes understanding. It cannot be stopped. It’s simply too strong and too positive. ‘Rhythm Nation’ is a movement of people of all ages and backgrounds seeking to give and receive love, free of judgment.”

Jackson explained that the album “transcends all borders, nationalities and faiths,” and that “more than ever, my hope is that we might live in a world free of fear and despair.” “The prayer driving this ‘Rhythm Nation’ remains the same, exactly the same, that peace prevails,” she continued. “Peace the world over, peace among nations, peace in our neighborhoods, peace in our homes. May the music of ‘Rhythm Nation’ continue to bring us together in peace and may that peace allow us to celebrate this precious gift of life that God has given us.”

“Rhythm Nation 1814” was one of 14 albums and songs celebrated at the Grammy Hall of Fame Gala, a two-and-a-half-hour event that featured performances by Heart and Norah Jones, as well as acceptance speeches by artists and their families. The robust evening began with a performance by Take 6 in tribute to the Soul Stirrers’ “Jesus Gave Me Water,” followed by Taylor Hanson covering Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon” and an acceptance speech by Cally Callamon, who manages the late singer’s estate.

Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson gave an impassioned performance of “Magic Man,” “Dreamboat Annie” and “Crazy on You” as their album “Dreamboat Annie” was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Eric B. and Rakim gave a short speech to honor “Paid in Full,” while Lucinda Williams performed “Can’t Let Go” and “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.”

“I want to thank the Grammy Hall of Fame organization and the people who supported me all those years when they said my music fell in the cracks between country and rock, which later became known as Americana,” said Williams, whose album “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” was inducted. “It feels really good to be recognized for what you do and not how many records you sell.”

Norah Jones was on hand to perform “Seven Spanish Angels” and “Hallelujah. I Love Him So” in tribute to Ray Charles. One of the standout performances from the evening came from George Clinton, whose 1971 album “Maggot Brain” was among the inductees. Clinton performed “Maggot Brain” and subsequently enlisted Erykah Badu and Blackbyrd McKnight for “Can You Get to That.”

The night came to an end in tribute to Warner Records, with Teddy Swims performing “Mister Know It All” and “Lose Control” along with Josh Groban singing “Bruscia La Terra” and “Stand By Me.” Additional recordings inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame included 2Pac’s “All Eyez on Me,” Selena’s “Amor Prohibido,” Alice Coltrane’s “Journey in Satchidananda,” Radiohead’s “OK Computer,” the Rouse Brothers’ “Orange Blossom Special,” Bertha “Chippie” Hill’s “Trouble in Mind” and Ella Jenkins’ “You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song.”

Cardano News: Preview Network Milestone Tracking the 80% SPO Threshold for Mainnet

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Cardano News: Preview Network Milestone Tracking the 80% SPO Threshold for Mainnet


Cardano van Rossem hard fork news landed on the preview test network on May 5, with Intersect, the member-based organization coordinating Cardano’s technical roadmap, confirming both the governance action submission and the release of Cardano Node version 11.0.1 Pre-Release simultaneously.

The upgrade moves Protocol Version 11 one step closer to mainnet, with the critical variable now shifting entirely to SPO (Stake Pool Operator) readiness: at least 85% of stake pools by active stake must upgrade before ratification can proceed.

For ADA holders watching the Voltaire era governance machinery run in real time, this is the preview phase working exactly as designed.

Source: Intersect

Node 11.0.1 is the first release to formally support Cardano’s intra-era hard fork mechanism – meaning the chain upgrades protocol version without triggering an era transition out of Conway.

Transaction shape doesn’t change. Ecosystem disruption is structurally minimized. The release also bumps cardano-api and cardano-cli to their 11.0 series and advances the experimental hard fork target to protocol version 12, signaling the development pipeline is already looking beyond the current upgrade.

The upgrade bundles five new Plutus primitive sets, defined in CIP-0109, CIP-0132, CIP-0133, CIP-0138, and CIP-0153, and unifies built-in functions across Plutus V1, V2, and V3. That last point matters: existing V1 and V2 scripts gain access to the full expanded built-in set after the fork, which expands DApp capabilities without requiring contract rewrites.

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What are the 85% SPO Threshold News Triggers for Cardano

The 85% active-stake threshold is not a soft target; it is a constitutional requirement embedded in Cardano’s governance framework.

Under the rules established through the Voltaire era’s on-chain governance model, the hard fork governance action cannot be ratified until SPOs representing at least 85% of active stake have upgraded to a node version supporting Protocol Version 11.

DReps (Delegate Representatives) and the Constitutional Committee must also vote before the action is enacted on-chain.

The threshold logic exists to prevent a chain split. If a critical mass of block-producing nodes hasn’t upgraded, the network risks producing incompatible blocks at the fork boundary, the same failure mode that caused a mainnet chain partition in late 2025 when a malformed delegation transaction forced emergency SPO upgrades to node 10.5.3.

That incident made clear that SPO coordination isn’t procedural theater; it’s the actual security layer.

The current SPO upgrade percentage on preview is not yet publicly confirmed at a precise figure, but the historical pattern from prior Cardano hard forks, including the Chang upgrade cycle, suggests the initial wave of large, professionally run pools upgrades within the first 72 to 96 hours of a preview release.

Smaller home-hosted pools typically lag by one to two weeks. Community tracking tools, including Cardano Scan and PoolTool, are the live data sources to watch as the count climbs toward the 85% mark.

Intersect’s announcement was direct:

“ATTENTION 📣 The van Rossem Hard Fork GA has been submitted to the Preview test network today. Cardano Node version 11.0.1 Pre-Release is also now available. This version is an essential requirement to safely cross the hard fork. SPOs, DApps, and developers are urged to upgrade immediately.”

The Chang hard fork experience – where exchange and dApp lags delayed mainnet activation even after SPOs crossed the initial threshold – means the pressure is now on the full ecosystem stack, not just pool operators.

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