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Skillet’s John Cooper Says Rock Stars Are Coming to Christ: ‘God Is Doing … Incredible Things’

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Skillet’s John Cooper Says Rock Stars Are Coming to Christ: ‘God Is Doing … Incredible Things’

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The outspoken frontman for Skillet says rock musicians are coming to Christ amid a “remarkable” movement of God within the industry.

John Cooper, the band’s lead singer, told ChurchLeaders he had just learned that another musician had become a Christian —news that followed other high-profile conversions that have drawn mainstream media attention.

“I just found out another iconic musician became a Christian yesterday. I don’t know if we were allowed to say it or not, so I won’t say his name, but I was lit up yesterday,” Cooper said.

Cooper’s comments come as several prominent rock singers have spoken publicly about their Christian faith. Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan declared in a September 2026 podcast conversation that he is a Christian and described Jesus as “my Lord and Savior.” Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix discussed his conversion and recovery from addiction in a March 2026 interview, declaring, “I’m a full-blown believer now.”

Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down, who died in February 2026, explained in a January 2025 interview that he felt called to tell concert audiences Jesus loves them. Creed’s Scott Stapp has also discussed recommitting to God and the importance of daily prayer and Scripture.

“God is doing all sorts of incredible things in this market,” Cooper said. “It doesn’t always look like the traditional Christianity.”

Cooper also emphasized that sanctification doesn’t happen overnight. He told the story of a well-known rocker whose newfound faith in Christ helped turn his life around following years of addiction, marital infidelity and other struggles. That rocker still uses coarse language —but has seen the rest of his life radically changed.

“I don’t think that Christ would hear that conversation and say, ‘My takeaway is the f-word,’” Cooper said.

He added: “Now, would I like the language to change? He knows I would. We’ve talked about it.”

Cooper said interest in Scripture is growing among musicians from secular bands on tour with Skillet. One approached him about starting a Bible study after deciding to follow Jesus, and a second asked to participate after learning about it, ChurchLeaders reported.

Cooper urged Christians to extend patience and grace to those beginning their faith journeys.

“Some of these guys, you’re like, ‘The way he talks, I just had no idea he was a Christian’ —but then I find out behind the scenes, without anybody knowing it, he’s led four other musicians to Christ, and he’s the one that they’re like, ‘Bro, I need to quit doing drugs, and I don’t know what to do.’ And he’s on a flight, and he takes them to rehab. And you’re like, ‘Well, I’m not doing any of that — I’m just at home studying theology. And I’m better than everybody else?’”

Photo Credit: ©Skillet

Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Listen to Michael’s Podcast! He is the host of Crosswalk Talk, a podcast where he talks with Christian movie stars, musicians, directors, and more. Hear how famous Christian figures keep their faith a priority in Hollywood and discover the best Christian movies, books, television, and other entertainment. You can find Crosswalk Talk on LifeAudio.com, or subscribe on Apple or Spotify so you never miss an interview that will be sure to encourage your faith.

Originally published October 21, 2026.

Take a Spooky Tour of Local Halloween Displays, Events and Trick-or-Treating With Sweet New Site

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Take a Spooky Tour of Local Halloween Displays, Events and Trick-or-Treating With Sweet New Site

Looking for the best Halloween decorations in Fayette and Coweta counties? A Peachtree City software engineer has created a charming new website that helps residents find decorated homes, trick-or-treating locations, and local Halloween events — all on one interactive map.

The website, decked.boo, is the creation of Katie Holland, a Peachtree City resident who combined her love of holiday decorations with her professional experience in software engineering.

And while the website serves a practical purpose, its playful design — complete with smiling ghosts, pumpkins, and candy corn — makes exploring it part of the fun.

“It puts a smile on my face when I open it. It’s fun for me to be on. So hopefully others feel the same,” Holland said.

From a Halloween tradition to a new website

Holland and her partner moved to Peachtree City from Atlanta around 2023. One of their favorite activities was using the city’s Halloween Fright Lights map to plan routes through neighborhoods filled with elaborate decorations.

When that resource was no longer available, Holland missed having an easy way to discover the area’s most festive homes.

Rather than searching through multiple Facebook groups for recommendations, she decided to build something herself.

A software engineer who works for a large media corporation and is developing an AI consulting business called Holland Lane, Holland used newer development tools to create the initial version of decked.boo in approximately four hours on a Saturday.

“So it’s a selfish product,” Holland said. “It’s something that I wanted, but it’s something that I feel like other folks would definitely use too.”

The website began with Peachtree City but has expanded to include nearby communities, including Fayetteville, Newnan, Senoia, and Sharpsburg.

Find the decorations — and the candy

Visitors to decked.boo can preview the Halloween map without signing in. Creating a login allows users to explore specific locations in their communities.

Residents can submit their own decorated homes, neighborhoods, businesses, or Halloween events, including trunk-or-treat celebrations.

They can also identify their homes as locations where trick-or-treaters are welcome to stop for candy.

Holland said that feature could be especially useful for residents who enjoy handing out candy but don’t live in neighborhoods that typically attract large numbers of trick-or-treaters. The site allows homeowners to let others know they have candy and would welcome visitors, even if their neighborhoods aren’t traditional trick-or-treating destinations.

The website also allows users to build routes, check in at locations, leave comments, and rate their favorite displays. A leaderboard adds a little friendly competition, while a featured Haunt of the Night highlights a top-rated location.

Holland has also included safeguards for homeowners. Residents can report an address they don’t want listed, and submitted photos are reviewed before appearing on the site.

Although decked.boo works much like a smartphone app, there’s nothing to download. The mobile-friendly website can be bookmarked or added to a phone’s home screen.

A little whimsy goes a long way

Before becoming a software engineer, Holland worked as a musician. She sees a connection between performing for audiences and creating digital experiences people enjoy.

Her interest in playful design has also been influenced by her travels in Asia, including a recent trip to Taiwan and Korea.

“We don’t have to give up childhood wonder or whimsy just because we’re adults,” Holland said.

That philosophy is reflected in the website’s colorful, cartoon-like appearance, which stands apart from more conventional mapping tools.

It’s also reflected in Holland’s favorite Halloween decorations.

“I’m a huge fan of skeletons,” Holland said. “I love seeing some kind of display where the skeletons have run amok.”

Her own home features a few mischievous skeletons this year, although Holland said she didn’t have time to create the full Halloween display she had envisioned.

Christmas lights are coming next

Halloween is only the beginning.

Holland is already preparing a Christmas version of the website called Jingle Route, which will help residents find holiday light displays and seasonal events.

Visitors can sign up through the website to be notified when the Christmas experience becomes available.

The goal is to make it easier for residents to discover the creativity already on display in their communities, whether they’re planning a family outing, looking for trick-or-treating destinations, or simply enjoying an evening drive through decorated neighborhoods.

For now, Holland is encouraging residents to submit their Halloween decorations, candy stops, and events so more neighbors can discover them before Oct. 31.

Visit decked.boo to explore the Halloween map or add a location.

Red Worship Sees Deep Hunger for God Among Fans on Tour: ‘It’s Been Incredible’

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Red Worship Sees Deep Hunger for God Among Fans on Tour: ‘It’s Been Incredible’

The members of one of Christian music’s newest collectives say they’re seeing God at work on tour, with audiences displaying a hunger for the gospel that makes sharing their faith through song all the more joyful.

Red Worship won a Dove Award for Gospel Worship Album of the Year this month for “Live at Redemption Church” and recently released its latest album,” Witness.” Born out of Redemption Church in San Jose, Calif., the collective features Lizzie Morgan, Trinity Anderson, Jonathan Traylor, Jonathan Stamper and Andrew Maldonado.

Red Worship is currently traveling the country with CeCe Winans alongside Charity Gayle and Terrian as part of the “Come Worship!” tour.

Anderson said some fans have even flown in from other states to attend the concerts.

“People are hungry,” she said. “They are meeting us and just telling us their story. We meet some of them in the Q&A and the meet-and-greet, and are just hearing about it. When we open up that space, we’re seeing so much response. They’re coming with open hearts. It has been incredible to see.”

Traylor added, “We’re getting off stage, laying hands, praying for people.”

“We’re in arenas full of people — different generations, young, old, different cultures, different backgrounds coming together to worship.”

The diverse crowds reflect Red Worship itself, Traylor noted, with singers of different races, backgrounds and musical tastes coming together to worship the Lord.

“That’s what it should be,” he said. “It’s a laying down of your preference —and being one, and being in a group, being in the collective. There are no egos in the group. killing of any ego, any flesh, and saying, ‘Okay, God, be exalted.’”

“This is what the body of Christ is supposed to look like.”

Anderson added about the group, “The Lord just kind of knit us together. It’s just been incredible to see how we’ve come from all different walks of life.”

Traylor jokingly compared the concert to a spiritual boxing match, with Terrian opening, Red Worship and Charity Gayle following, and CeCe Winans concluding — all throwing punches at Satan. 

“It’s just like haymakers, man,” he said, laughing. “The enemy is just getting haymakers.

“I grew up listening to CeCe Winans,” he said. “For all of us, she marked a lot of our faith journeys. So to be in close proximity with her, she calls us her kids, and she’s laughing with us. And she’s just so kind.

“It’s just been great to learn from her.”

Photo Credit: ©EMPIRE

Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel. 

Listen to Michael’s Podcast! He is the host of Crosswalk Talk, a podcast where he talks with Christian movie stars, musicians, directors, and more. Hear how famous Christian figures keep their faith a priority in Hollywood and discover the best Christian movies, books, television, and other entertainment. You can find Crosswalk Talk on LifeAudio.com, or subscribe on Apple or Spotify so you never miss an interview that will be sure to encourage your faith.

Originally published October 21, 2026.

Where fossil fuels are lurking in your home — room by room

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Where fossil fuels are lurking in your home — room by room

Freeing yourself from oil is a downright impossible task in modern America. You could put solar panels on your roof, bring tote bags to the grocery store, and drive an electric vehicle, but try as you might, your home would still be brimming with products derived from fossil fuels.

Roughly 9 out of every 10 things in a typical home have some kind of chemical basis in petroleum, according to John Warner, an inventor who co-founded the field of “green chemistry.” It’s easy to miss all these innocent-looking items, because they’re hiding in plain sight.

After World War II, a budding industry fueled by petroleum rapidly expanded — and the products hardly resembled crude oil. They were Tupperware containers, nylon stockings, and Tide laundry detergent. Chemical companies called these synthetic items “miracle” products that would revolutionize home living, promising comfort and convenience.

For oil companies, the home was a new frontier. In an alphabet-themed advertising campaign from Shell in 1956, “H” was for Home; the company pointed out that oil research helped with everything from quick-drying paints and no-polish floor tiles to weather-defying asphalt-shingled roofs.

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People usually think that dependence on fossil fuels is about what we burn: the gasoline that makes cars hum, the gas flame beneath a pot of stew. But it’s also about the less obvious petrochemical products originally made from what’s left after gasoline and diesel are separated out. Even as clean energy takes off, oil majors are planning to pump more oil than ever, driven by demand for petrochemicals and plastic. As the International Energy Agency explained in 2023, “the steady pace of growth for petrochemicals will not relent.”

Take a tour of our model home to learn how fossil fuels have taken over our living spaces. It’s unsettling evidence that what Shell said in that ad 70 years ago still holds true: “In many ways, your home is a house that oil built.”

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The Living Room

The cushy polyurethane foam that fills couches is made from two main ingredients typically derived from fossil fuels — polyols and isocyanates. Invented in Germany in 1937, polyurethane foam came to the United States in the 1950s, and it quickly spread from sofas to car seats. Couches are also often also wrapped in polyester, a fabric made from plastic (either from crude oil or PET bottles) that’s been extruded into tiny threads.

Just hope they don’t catch fire. “Most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline,” the journalist Zoë Schlanger wrote during the Los Angeles fires in 2025. Polyurethane foam releases potentially deadly hydrogen-cyanide gas when it burns, and during those blazes, the smoke from smoldering homes was so toxic that firefighters had to stay back.

Early on, it became clear that fire safety was one of the major problems of filling homes with products made of hydrocarbons. In the 1970s, manufacturers began adding flame retardants into furniture foam, children’s pajamas, and other items to slow ignition. But those flame retardants caused a health hazard as they crept into house dust and into our bodies, raising risks of cancer and exposing us to endocrine disruptors.​

Vinyl isn’t just for record collectors; it might also be on your floor. Vinyl flooring took off in the 1950s and ’60s, overtaking linoleum flooring, and became wildly popular in the form of planks that mimicked wood floors but didn’t require all the maintenance. The problem is, vinyl can emit harmful compounds such as phthalates, which experts warn are linked to conditions like asthma and can harm reproductive health and child development.

Often called PVC, short for polyvinyl chloride, vinyl is made from processing natural gas or petroleum to make ethylene, then combining that with the element chlorine. The vinyl chloride used to produce PVC is a known human carcinogen, and workers who are exposed can develop liver cancer and other health problems.​

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The Bathroom

Until the 1960s, a typical bathroom featured an enameled cast iron bathtub surrounded by ceramic tiles. And then tubs made of fiberglass — glass strands embedded in a plastic resin — showed up. Ceramic tiles were soon replaced by plastic laminates, also derived from petrochemicals. In the 1980s, tubs made of acrylic — a type of plastic made from fossil fuels — became popular, and it remains the top tub material today.

After stepping into that tub, you’re basically bathing in petroleum. In the shower, you might use a loofah made from plastics (like polyethylene) and lather up with shampoo and soap containing ingredients fashioned from fossil fuels. Push aside a polyester shower curtain and step onto a plush microfiber bathmat, made from a blend of polyester and other plastics.

Oh, and don’t forget toothbrushes have plastic handles and nylon bristles, contact lenses are made of plastic polymers, and many types of makeup contain products derived from petroleum.​

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The Kitchen

Early refrigerators were so dangerous — cooling foods with toxic and flammable gases like ammonia, methyl chloride, and sulfur dioxide — some people had to put them in their backyards. (And let’s not even talk about those gas-powered fridges). Frigidaire, General Motors, and DuPont worked to find a safer method, and in 1930, the “miracle compound” Freon was introduced commercially. It was the name for chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants, called CFCs, another class of compound made from hydrocarbons. Almost half a century later, scientists discovered CFCs were destroying the ozone layer, and manufacturers in the 1990s switched to hydrofluorocarbons — which turned out to be a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Countries have been successfully phasing it out over the past decade.

Fridges are often filled with rigid polyurethane foam, lined with polystyrene plastic (a stiff resin made from liquid hydrocarbons), and painted with polyester coatings. Thermoplastic polyurethane, which is heat-resistant, is wrapped around wiring and tubing. And then there’s the food inside the fridge: Common food dyes are petroleum-based, along with many preservatives. Chemicals from your plastic-wrapped cheese and ground beef can also migrate into your dinner.​

Laminate countertops weren’t originally invented for kitchens, but to replace the mineral mica in electrical insulation — that’s how the company Formica got its name. Formica shifted from making industrial products to household ones by 1930. Made of layers of synthetic resins fused with paper, laminate countertops were marketed as colorful, durable, and “cigarette-proof” once the company added a layer of metal foil. But, like other composite wood products, they expose people to formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. Enormously popular in midcentury kitchens, laminate countertops have faded in popularity, though they are still common in older homes. Today, the most common countertop material is engineered quartz — “engineered” with crushed quartz and resins such as polyester.​

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The Bedroom

Before they were filled with polyurethane foam — the same plush material inside couches — mattresses were stuffed with materials like horsehair and cotton or natural latex foam made from sap harvested from rubber trees. Polyurethane mattresses turned popular in the 1960s, offering improved comfort and cheaper prices. Memory foam, another type of polyurethane foam invented by a NASA scientist for airplane seats in the 1960s to improve crash protection, didn’t start taking off in mattresses and pillows until the 1990s. More than 50,000 mattresses are tossed in the United States every day — you’ve probably seen some dumped in parks and street corners — and because they are made from so many different materials, they can be difficult to recycle.​

In 1938, DuPont introduced nylon, which it stressed was derived solely from air, water, and … coal. All natural! (It can be made from other fossil fuels today.) DuPont promised that nylon would have many “uses in the world of tomorrow,” including nylon yarn that could make “fine hosiery of extreme sheerness.” Polyester, also touted as a “miracle” fiber, didn’t take off until the 1960s, but it flooded the market so quickly that one anthropologist wrote it turned from “treasure to trash.”

Synthetic fibers like polyester and nylon make up nearly 70 percent of all textile production today. They break down very slowly in the environment, fragmenting into microplastics that can persist for generations. A single load of laundry filled with polyester clothes can release several million microfibers, making laundry one of the top sources of microplastic pollution.​

Carpet has been made from many materials, including acrylic, nylon, and polyester. Synthetic carpets were sold as inexpensive, durable, and easy to maintain — phrases that should begin to sound familiar by now. The backing and adhesive used to attach the fiber are, of course, also often manufactured with crude oil and gas.

Carpets are also a surprising source of microplastic pollution in homes, though perhaps less surprising once you realize we’re stomping around on synthetic fibers all the time. Carpeted spaces have been found to have higher levels of microplastics in house dust and in the air compared to ones without. Microplastics slough off from all the various plastic things around us into the air we breathe, and have been found in almost every major organ. The long-term health consequences of this exposure are not yet well understood, but concerns are rising, especially as these particles can be laced with flame retardants and other classes of plastics additives that may be more harmful than the plastic itself.​

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The Structure

You’re not just sitting on, bathing in, and wearing products derived from oil and gas — your house is also coated in them. Take paint: The chemical company Rohm and Haas had churned out Plexiglas for airplanes and military vehicles during World War II, but it needed to find a new outlet for acrylics once the war ended. It landed on acrylic emulsion paints — containing solvents, additives, and fossil fuel-derived acrylic binders that hold the pigment together. Wallpaper is commonly coated in PVC; the walls of homes are filled with insulation, often made from fiberglass or petroleum-derived foams.

Shingles are typically fiberglass mats coated in asphalt (which contains bitumen, a petroleum byproduct). Vinyl siding, which emerged in the 1950s, promised homeowners easy maintenance, eliminating the need to paint or stain their wood siding. In 2002, it became the subject of the documentary Blue Vinyl, in which the filmmaker Judith Helfand followed the PVC supply chain all around the world after her parents put blue vinyl siding on their house. “Vinyl,” she says in the film, “turns out to be one of the most environmentally hazardous consumer products on Earth.” Her parents tore off the vinyl siding and replaced it with expensive reclaimed wood; then they moved into a retirement community with vinyl siding.​

Fossil fuels became part of our homes, then they became part of us: The flame retardants in couches and the hormone-disrupting phthalates in vinyl floors have been found in most Americans’ blood and urine.

Beyond the health risks in homes, there are other reasons to stop using fossil fuels as the basis of everything. Petrochemical production is dangerous for the people who live near these operations, such as in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. The process of “steam cracking” — turning petroleum and natural gas liquids into ethylene, propylene, and other chemical building blocks — accounts for almost a fifth of the carbon dioxide emissions from the chemical industry. And scientists are still learning about the consequences of all these synthetic chemicals mixing in the environment.

“We don’t understand all the combined risks yet,” said Rebecca Altman, an environmental sociologist at Brown University who studies plastics and petrochemistry.

Those who have tried to rid their lives of plastic have failed, and they’re usually not even considering the broader array of petroleum products. “This is beyond the capacity of any one individual to buy their way out of,” Altman said. Similar to how living in most parts of the U.S. means you need a car to get around, the proliferation of petroleum products requires big-picture changes. Countries have been working to negotiate a global plastics treaty that could begin to address some of these problems, restricting plastic production and the use of hazardous chemicals.

Just because something is fashioned out of fossil fuels doesn’t mean it’s automatically dangerous for your health; everything, after all, is made of chemicals. What people should be calling for is not plastic-free or chemical-free, but hazardous-free, said John Warner, the co-founder of the field of green chemistry, which is focused on designing products that reduce or eliminate hazardous substances.

It’s certainly possible to build a modern world from different materials. “For every product made from petroleum, something can be made from a bio-based material that is renewable, low energy, nontoxic,” Warner said. The solution isn’t just making products out of natural materials, but making the chemical building blocks for safer substances. For example, the company Tidal Vision uses chitin from seashells to form chitosan, an ingredient in many industrial products that are traditionally made from petroleum, from water treatment and agriculture chemicals to replacements for flame retardants in textiles.

Regulations could also help keep people safe, but sometimes one class of chemicals gets banned, only for another class to come in that’s just as harmful, a phenomenon known as “regrettable substitution.” Warner thinks regulators should instead focus on making products pass tests for toxicity.

A world built on greener materials also requires chemists to consider toxics as part of their education. “The field of chemistry and material science never took this as part of our job,” he said. Only a small percentage of chemists are focused on making things nonhazardous. Warner offered a comparison: Imagine if a baker made beautiful cakes that just happened to kill someone every once in a while. Logically, we should expect every baker — and chemist — to make “cakes” that won’t poison us, not just some of them.

Photography and prop design by Jesse Nichols.​

Bitcoin ETFs Draw $1.07B in Three Days, Short of Rally-Era Pace

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Bitcoin ETFs Draw $1.07B in Three Days, Short of Rally-Era Pace

United States area bitcoin ETFs took in a net $1.07 billion over the very first 3 trading days of this week, Oct. 19 to 21, by the day-to-day overalls on Farside Investors’ circulation tableThat reverses a run of outflows previously in the month. The high bitcoin rallies considering that these funds introduced were constructed on months of consistent purchasing, and the speed given that July has actually fallen well brief of that.

The 3 days were irregular. 2 strong sessions did nearly all the work, with a peaceful day in between.

IBIT Carried Monday, FBTC Joined on Wednesday

The week’s circulations broke down like this, per Farside:

    Oct. 19: net inflow of $526.7 million. BlackRock’s IBIT took $665.2 million, while Fidelity’s FBTC lost $83.6 million and Grayscale’s GBTC lost $54.9 million.Oct. 20: net inflow of simply $23.2 million.Oct. 21: net inflow of $524.8 million, led by IBIT at $235.0 million and FBTC at $212.7 million.

Wednesday’s print was wider than Monday’s. 7 funds published inflows and none published an outflow, compared to one big purchaser balancing out 2 sellers at the start of the week.

The turn follows 2 weeks with heavy redemptions. The funds lost a net $484.9 million on Oct. 7 and $261.4 million on Oct. 14, extending the selling we tracked when bitcoin ETFs lost $679 million in a week. Farside puts cumulative internet streams into the United States items at $58.02 billion. IBIT represents $66.50 billion of that, and GBTC sits at unfavorable $27.97 billion.

What Past Steep Rallies Looked Like

A CoinDesk analysis of SoSoValue information counts 3 high bitcoin rallies because the ETFs released in January 2024. It specifies a high rally as a gain of more than 50% without any drawdown much deeper than 20% from the high along the method.

Rally

Bitcoin relocation

Typical day-to-day ETF inflow

Jan. 23 to Mar. 14, 2024

79%, about $39,900 to $71,400

$294 million

Aug. 5 to Dec. 17, 2024

96%, about $54,100 to $106,100

$202 million

Apr. 6 to Jul. 14, 2025

53%, about $78,400 to $119,900

$248 million

Throughout those 199 trading days, the funds took in $46.7 billion, about $235 million a day, according to the exact same analysis. There were 39 days of $500 million or more and 6 of $1 billion or more.

The Gap Since July

Bitcoin has actually acquired 39% because July 1, from about $60,000 to $83,500, by the very same count. Over that stretch, ETF inflows balanced about $86 million a day. The funds logged just 7 days of $500 million or more and not a single $1 billion day.

Today’s 3 sessions balanced approximately $358 million a day, above the rally-era average. 3 days is not a pattern. The earlier rallies held a $200 million-plus day-to-day speed for in between 7 weeks and 4 and a half months. These per-day averages were not inspected versus raw everyday information.

ETF circulations are likewise not the only purchaser. Futures placing and direct purchases on area exchanges can raise the cost without appearing in these numbers.

What Would Confirm or Undo the Turn

The test is whether the funds can string together weeks near the $200 million-a-day mark, with more $500 million sessions like Monday and Wednesday. A go back to prints like the $484.9 million outflow on Oct. 7 would put recede on the post-July pattern, where bitcoin has actually gotten on far thinner ETF need than in any of its 3 high runs.

Robinhood Chain Out-Earned Ethereum in Its First Quarter, ARK Says

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Robinhood Chain Out-Earned Ethereum in Its First Quarter, ARK Says

Robinhood Chain generated about $51 million in network profits in its very first quarter of operation. That is more than Ethereum made over the very same 3 months, about $41 million, according to ARK Invest’s DeFi Quarterly for Q3 2026The brand-new chain likewise came close to BNB Chain, that made about $54 million.

For anybody holding ETH, the contrast gets here in a weak quarter. Ethereum’s profits fell about 35% while the majority of its big competitors grew. ARK does not anticipate Robinhood Chain to maintain this rate, and it describes why.

The report covers the quarter that ended on 30 September 2026. In Robinhood Chain’s case, “first quarter” suggests its very first quarter live, not calendar Q1.

Network Revenue Rebounds, however Ethereum Misses Out

Overall network profits throughout the chains ARK tracks increased about 24% from the previous quarter to about $349 million. ARK states this is the very first boost in 5 quarters. However, the overall is still about 47% lower than a year previously.

The gains were irregular:

    Solana: about $76 million, up about 48%, which ARK connected to a rebound in memecoin tradingBNB Chain: about $54 million, up about 54%Robinhood Chain: about $51 million in its very first quarterEthereum: about $41 million, down about 35%

The sector grew while Ethereum diminished. A chain that did not exist a quarter previously ended up ahead of it.

ARK Expects Robinhood Chain’s Revenue to Fall

ARK cautions readers not to deal with the $51 million as a run rate. “We do not expect to see Robinhood Chain continue to post such impressive revenue numbers,” the report states, “as a recent increase in gas on Robinhood Chain will eliminate high fees from congestion pricing.”

To put it simply, part of the chain’s income originated from charges that increased when the network was crowded. With more capability, those charges ought to diminish. ARK did not offer the date or information of the gas modification in the product we examined, so it is not yet clear just how much of the next quarter it will impact.

Trading Volume Shows the Same Shift

The pattern likewise appears on decentralised exchanges (DEXs), where traders switch tokens straight on-chain.

Solana led with about $197 billion in DEX volume. That was up about 16% and offered it about 36% of the overall. BNB Chain grew about 24% to about $73 billion. Robinhood Chain debuted with about $65 billion, enough to make it the fourth-largest chain by volume.

Ethereum and Base moved the other method. Their DEX volumes fell about 27% and 17% respectively.

Tokenized Stocks Explain Part of the Activity

Much of the brand-new volume originated from tokenized stocks, tokens that track business shares. Area DEX volume in these possessions grew about ninefold to about $50 billion. That equates to about 9% of all area DEX volume, up from about 1% in the 2nd quarter.

2 chains controlled this trade. BNB Chain dealt with about $16.5 billion and Robinhood Chain about $13.7 billion, with Solana 3rd at about $6.9 billion. ARK includes a caution for the leader: Binance rewards might have pumped up BNB Chain’s volume.

The next quarterly figures will evaluate both parts of this story. One concern is whether tokenized stock trading holds its share of DEX volume. The other is just how much of Robinhood Chain’s earnings is left as soon as the blockage costs disappear.

LayerZero’s RWA Push: How Ondo Uses ZRO Infrastructure to Move USDY Across Chains

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LayerZero’s RWA Push: How Ondo Uses ZRO Infrastructure to Move USDY Across Chains

LayerZero (ZRO) is acquiring attention as tokenized real-world possessions broaden throughout blockchain networks. The interoperability procedure assists tasks move tokens and messages in between chains, resolving a significant obstacle for providers of tokenized Treasuries, funds, and other monetary properties.

Xangle’s June 2026 report on the real-world property (RWA) community determines LayerZero together with other interoperability options, consisting of Chainlink CCIP and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol. These systems assist properties run throughout various blockchains instead of staying separated on a single network.

Ondo Finance uses a useful example. The tokenized-asset platform utilizes LayerZero innovation to support cross-chain circulation of its United States Dollar Yield (USDY) token, which offers qualified financiers with direct exposure to a yield-bearing property backed by United States Treasuries and associated security structures.

The growing function of such facilities puts LayerZero in a possibly crucial position as monetary items move onchain. Broader procedure adoption does not instantly equate into greater need for ZRO.

Ondo Finance’s USDY, a tokenized note protected by short-term United States Treasuries, moves in between blockchains on LayerZero. That makes it among the clearer real-world possession (RWA) utilizes of LayerZero’s network.

If you hold ZRO, however, the line that matters beings in Ondo’s charge area. Ondo’s bridge documents states LayerZero and its verifiers are paid in gas costs.

Why Real-World Assets Need Cross-Chain Infrastructure

Tokenization transforms rights or financial direct exposure connected to conventional properties into blockchain-based tokens. These possessions can consist of federal government securities, mutual fund, equities, products, and personal credit.

Providing a token is just one part of the procedure. A possession might bring in users on one blockchain while liquidity and applications establish on another. Without trusted interoperability, companies might require to handle different implementations, fragmented liquidity, and various transfer plans throughout networks.

Xangle’s RWA Tokenization Ecosystem Overviewreleased on June 9, 2026, explains interoperability as part of the facilities required to move stablecoins and tokenized properties throughout blockchains. Its report likewise worries that the underlying rights, custody plans, and redemption guidelines vary in between RWA items.

That difference matters. A token representing a claim on a monetary possession requires more than a technical connection in between chains. Its support, transfer constraints, and redemption conditions should stay constant with the item’s legal structure.

LayerZero intends to offer the messaging and token facilities that assists companies deal with these difficulties.

How USDY Became an Omnichain Token

On 25 November 2024, LayerZero revealed that Ondo would make USDY interoperable throughout Ethereum, Mantle and Arbitrum. It utilizes LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) basic, which lets one token exist on a number of chains without covering it or switching it for another token.

At launch, USDY might move through Stargate or through Ondo’s own native bridge.

USDY is used under Regulation S to non-US financiers. LayerZero’s post mentions it is not used, offered or offered in the United States or to United States individuals.

The path map has actually grown ever since. Ondo’s bridge docs now set limitations for paths including Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Mantle, Sei and Tempo, plus Solana. The docs we check out do not explain whether Stargate is still a supported path.

LayerZero’s Role Extends Beyond USDY

LayerZero’s deal with tokenized possessions has actually broadened beyond a single yield-bearing item.

Its RWA facilities products determine Ondo’s tokenized Treasury items and tokenized equities as examples of properties utilizing its innovation. LayerZero states its OFT requirement supports cross-chain circulation, while its Multi-AssetOFT structure is developed to streamline release for providers handling big collections of tokenized possessions.

The procedure likewise supplies messaging facilities that can be utilized to collaborate activity in between blockchains. Its confirmation design utilizes Decentralized Verifier Networks (DVNs), which are chosen to validate cross-chain messages under an application’s setup.

For controlled possessions, companies might likewise require transfer controls such as allowlists, blocklists, deal limitations, and time out functions. LayerZero’s paperwork explains methods these controls can be executed throughout supported chains.

These abilities matter since tokenized monetary items have various requirements from regular crypto tokens. A provider needs to think about custody, property support, financier eligibility, settlement, and redemption not simply whether a token can move in between networks.

Still, each application has its own setup and danger profile. Making use of a typical interoperability procedure does not get rid of the requirement to evaluate clever agreements, confirmation plans, custodians, and provider operations.

Daily Caps Limit How Much USDY Can Move

Ondo states it dealt with LayerZero to develop a custom-made rate limitation and an emergency situation time out function. The limitations use per path, daily:

    EVM chain to EVM chain: 450,000 USDY outbound and 500,000 USDY incomingSolana and EVM chains: 250,000 USDY outbound and 300,000 USDY incomingOndo Stocks: about $450,000 per possession, per instructions

In practice, moving 1,000,000 USDY from one EVM chain to another would take a minimum of 3 days under the outgoing cap. Solana paths are topped at a little over half the EVM level.

Caps like these trade speed for a ceiling. If something failed on one path, just a minimal quantity might leave through it in a day, and the time out function offers Ondo a method to stop transfers.

The Verifiers Have Changed Since Launch

Each LayerZero transfer is inspected by decentralized verifier networks, or DVNs: independent celebrations that validate a message before it arrive at the location chain.

At launch, LayerZero’s post called 3 DVNs for USDY: Polyhedra Network, Axelar and LayerZero Labs. Ondo’s present docs note a various set: Canary DVN, LayerZero Labs DVN and Ondo DVN.

Just LayerZero Labs appears on both lists. Neither page states when the switch took place.

The launch post did note that Ondo can reconfigure its DVN choice at any time. For you as a USDY holder, that indicates the look at your transfer depend upon a list the provider controls, which list has actually currently altered as soon as.

What This Means for ZRO Holders

Ondo’s docs explain 2 expenses for a bridge user: gas on the source chain, and cross-chain gas costs. “Both LayerZero and the DVNs will receive gas fees for publishing your transaction to the destination chain,” the page states. ZRO is not called as the cost token or as something users require to hold.

That separates 2 concepts that typically get mixed together. Ondo’s setup reveals LayerZero bring a Treasury-backed token throughout the 7 chains in its docs. It does disappoint that USDY transfers develop purchasing pressure for ZRO, and no source we examined links the 2.

There is likewise a space in the use image. We do not have actually a validated breakdown of just how much USDY supply rests on each chain, so we can not state which paths bring the most worth.

That breakdown is the next number worth enjoying. On-chain supply by chain would reveal whether the more recent paths, such as Sei, Tempo and Solana, are moving genuine quantities of USDY or merely exist on the bridge page.

What to Watch Next

LayerZero’s position in the RWA market will depend upon more than the variety of revealed combinations. Beneficial signs consist of the worth of possessions utilizing its facilities, the variety of active chains, cross-chain deal activity, and whether recognized providers continue broadening their implementations.

Ondo’s USDY highlights why this facilities matters: tokenized properties can end up being better when they reach applications and liquidity throughout numerous networks.

Xangle’s community research study supports the more comprehensive case for interoperability, while LayerZero’s existing deal with Ondo offers a concrete example. Neither, by itself, warranties that ZRO will value.

In the meantime, LayerZero is among a number of facilities service providers looking for to link blockchain-based monetary items. Its capability to support dependable cross-chain circulation might end up being significantly pertinent as tokenization relocations beyond a little group of early usage cases.

Chainlink Q3 Review: Reserve Adds 1.5M LINK, CCIP 2.0 Goes Live

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Chainlink Q3 Review: Reserve Adds 1.5M LINK, CCIP 2.0 Goes Live

Chainlink’s third-quarter evaluationreleased on October 21, leads with 2 numbers LINK holders will appreciate. The Chainlink Reserve included 1,543,330.47 LINK in Q3. And more than $15 billion in token worth has actually moved onto CCIP, Chainlink’s cross-chain procedure, up until now in 2026.

The evaluation likewise validates that CCIP 2.0 is live. It notes a string of bank and market-infrastructure deal with Swift, DTCC, a Wyoming state stablecoin and Hong Kong’s tokenized securities program. Here is what each product modifications, and which numbers rest on Chainlink’s own word.

Chainlink Reserve Now Holds Over 6 Million LINK

The Q3 additions brought overall Reserve holdings to 6,047,498.3150 LINK. Chainlink states the Reserve purchases LINK with offchain earnings from business customers and onchain earnings from individuals spending for its services.

Put those 2 figures side by side and approximately one in 4 LINK in the Reserve was included this single quarter.

The Reserve is not the just big holder. LINK ETFs from Grayscale (GLNK) and Bitwise (CLNK) held 16,650,795 LINK integrated at quarter-end. Chainlink puts that at 2.24% of LINK’s overall market capitalization and more than $230 million in properties under management. The 2 funds together hold about 2.75 times what the Reserve holds.

CCIP 2.0 Is Live Across 1,040+ Lanes

CCIP 2.0 went reside in Q3 and currently runs all 1,040+ EVM-to-EVM lanes, the paths in between Ethereum-compatible chains. It includes institutional danger controls, versatile settlement, always-on compliance checks and tools to move possessions throughout both public and personal blockchains.

The speed modification is the part users will observe. Chainlink states messages now land in seconds after finality, rather of minutes.

The upgrade follows a stable widening of CCIP’s reach, consisting of the vault adapters now reside on more than 80 blockchains.

Where the $15 Billion in Migrations Came From

Chainlink states the $15 billion-plus originated from token companies and procedures changing older cross-chain service providers. The most significant single relocation it names is BitGo, which moved more than $7.7 billion in Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) to CCIP. That a person migration is over half of the year’s overall.

The business likewise states CCIP is now the cross-chain system protecting the most worth, at more than $85 billion.

Both the $15 billion and the $85 billion are Chainlink’s own figures. The evaluation does not consist of an independent on-chain tally, so treat them as the business’s count.

Wyoming’s FRNT Drops Its Old Bridge

The Wyoming Stable Token Commission retired its tradition bridge and moved the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) completely onto CCIP. The commission likewise embraced Chainlink Proof of Reserve.

With that, Chainlink states FRNT is the very first stablecoin provided by a United States public entity to release confirmed reserve information onchain, which it surpasses what the GENIUS Act needs.

Swift, DTCC and a J.P. Morgan Collateral Trade

On the banking side, Chainlink revealed a method for banks to link to Swift’s blockchain journal. Banks can handle wise agreements by themselves journals, for tokenized deposits, and on the Swift journal at the very same time. It works on a self-signing design constructed with the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE).

DTCC’s Collateral AppChain, a shared platform for security, will utilize CRE and the Chainlink information requirement. It is created for near real-time security management throughout markets and blockchains. Keep in mind the tense: the evaluation explains it as prepared, without any live date.

2 trades did occur in production:

    DTCC processed its very first production trades of tokenized United States securities, powered by Chainlink, along with more than 30 organizations.J.P. Morgan published tokenized stock as security to satisfy margin requirements with CME Group, in a live trade Chainlink collaborated.

These information originate from Chainlink’s summary. The partners’ own statements might bring more on scale and timing.

Hong Kong Picks Chainlink for Tokenized Securities

Hong Kong’s Tokenized Securities Framework picked CCIP to move possessions throughout chains and ACE, Chainlink’s compliance item, for policy enforcement and identity management. Individuals consist of the government-owned Cyberport, Apex Group, FORMS HK and CSpro.

What Chainlink’s Growth Means for LINK Holders

The evaluation provides no LINK cost, and a present market value might not be validated versus market information at the time of composing.

If you hold LINK, the quantifiable need in this report beings in 2 locations: the Reserve’s 6 million-plus tokens and the ETFs’ 16.65 million. The Swift, DTCC and Hong Kong work primarily operates on CRE, CCIP and Chainlink’s information requirement, and the evaluation does not put a LINK income figure on any of it. That number is the one to try to find in the next quarterly evaluation.

Exercise in a pill

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Exercise in a pill

All of us understand workout benefits us. It constructs muscle, reinforces bones, decreases high blood pressure, and increases state of mind. By understanding how motion benefits the body, scientists wish to establish medications that can use a few of the exact same advantages– without the exercise. The concept isn’t to change workout however to bring its benefits to individuals who have problem with frailty, special needs, or persistent health problem.

The sticking points

It will take a great deal of experimentation to untangle the myriad paths by which workout promotes health. IDing the waterfall of hormonal agents, enzymes, and other particles related to physical activity is simply the very first action. Researchers require to find out how to turn that understanding into safe and efficient drugs. That’s a high order: More than 90% of treatments that get in human research studies stop working.

There are regulative difficulties too. The FDA authorizes medications to deal with illness, not to boost health, states Thomas Burris, a pharmacologist at the University of Florida whose work concentrates on illness that react to work out, like weight problems, type 2 diabetes, and dementia.

The development

There might never ever be a tablet that provides all the advantages of workout, however research study might cause brand-new medications that simulate some elements of exercising. Researchers have actually currently recognized lots of essential exercise-related signals and have actually even established substances to manage them. (Some initial outcomes have actually been so appealing that doping authorities have actually proactively prohibited the substances.)

Burris and his associates are concentrated on a receptor that’s constantly turned on, even without workout. Exercising appears to enhance that receptor in muscle cells, which in turn assists strengthen endurance gradually. Burris’s laboratory has actually invested years creating a drug that cranks up the receptor’s activity straight, and mice treated with the drug ran longer and further than mice that weren’t. They “end up being marathon mice without needing to do any kind of workout,” Burris states. There are even indicators– likewise in mice– that the substance simulates a few of the cognitive advantages of workout and might assist deal with cardiac arrest. Burris established a business called Pelagos to bring the work forward into a medical trial.

Other workout-mimicking drugs have actually currently gotten in human research studies. In June, the biotech company Cambrian Bio reported that its speculative drug ATX-304 enhanced metabolic process and minimized liver and stomach fat in individuals with weight problems and prediabetes It triggers a metabolic switch that assists cells notice when energy materials dip and collaborates the production of more fuel– the very same switch that assists us sustain long sessions leaping rope or swimming laps. Cambrian hopes it will assist individuals drop weight without losing muscle, a typical interest in GLP-1 medications.

Development meter …… 5

Our understanding of how workout benefits the body is still entering focus, and drug advancement is susceptible to failure.

Tether Backs Peso to Expand USDT Payments Across 4 Major Latin American Markets

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Tether Backs Peso to Expand USDT Payments Across 4 Major Latin American Markets

Secret Takeaways:

  • Tether led the pre-seed financial investment of Bolivian fintech Peso for the growing USDT payment facilities.
  • Today Peso is utilized to help with USDT on QR payments, banking rails, virtual accounts and food shipment.
  • The funds will drive development in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina.

Tether has driven USDT even more into day-to-day payments in Latin America. The stablecoin’s provider has actually led a pre-seed financing round for Bolivian fintech Peso to help with quicker connections in between USDT, merchants, banking networks, and customer apps.

Tether Invests in Peso to Expand USD Payment Infrastructure Across Latin America

Learn more:

https://t.co/RE6LFFzlNt

— Tether (@tether) October 21, 2026

Tether Targets Everyday USDT Payments

The Peso application integrates conserving, costs, investing, cross-border transfers and assists in user access to a USDT account throughout the world. The business is likewise establishing the USDT facilities to move beyond crypto wallets and into services that the customers are currently utilizing.

Peso has actually partnered with Yango in Bolivia, allowing platform users to position food orders and make payments straight within the app utilizing USDT.

Peso likewise helps with merchant point-of-sale deals and virtual accounts that have actually been signed up under customers’names. These accounts supply the capability to switch in between USDT and Bolivian regional currency through QR and ACH rails, allowing consumers to move in between stablecoins and regional currency. Tether offered no information on how huge the financial investment would be.

Learn more: Tether Celebrates 12 Years, USD Surpasses 700M Users

USDT Connects Crypto Wallets With Local Banking Rails

The focus of the offer is on the simpleness of the use of USDT and does not need any payment network to be deserted by the user. Peso’s design links stablecoin balances with regional monetary facilities rather of restricting USDT to crypto-native deals.

This renders it possible for a user to bring USDT, pay a company, transportation funds from one country to another, or push funds into native banking channels from the similar maker. The financial investment is indicated to back facilities that permits USDT to end up being a payments tool in daily life, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated.

Peso Plans Expansion Across Four Markets

With the brand-new financing, Peso is broadening on-ramps and off-ramps in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina. The business will utilize USDT as a settlement channel to connect numerous regional currencies, and likewise establish its own Merchant options.

There will be more financial investments in POS facilities and broadened virtualization services for both client and organization users. The financial investment lines up with a wider technique for Tether to back payments platforms that link the old economy with blockchain payments.

Not simply the trading of crypto properties, the business is supporting facilities for retail purchasing, e-commerce, transport, banking gain access to and cross-border transfers.

Learn more: Tether Freezes $1.45 M in THORChain USDT Vaults, Reverses Blacklist Hours Later

Tether Deepens USDT’s Role in Latin America

Dollar-linked stablecoins have actually become among the appealing options for protecting steady worth with quicker onboarding and settling throughout borders for users in Latin America.

Numerous users are currently holding USDT in this area while what has actually been doing not have is the ease of facilities to invest USDT in life, Peso CEO and co-founder Alejandro Terán stated.

With Tether now backing the business, Peso strategies to speed up that rollout throughout several markets and make USDT functional through QR payments, merchant systems, digital services, and regional banking connections.

Three things you should know about permafrost

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Three things you should know about permafrost

The fantastic news for both people is that my coworker James Temple simply released 2 thorough stories about permafrost. His reporting took him to the boreal forests of Alaska, where he helicoptered into the wilderness to get more information about how this product might impact our environment both now and in the future.

I ‘d suggest you provide both of James’s stories a read. There’s this function about efforts to deal with the heightening fires that are threatening permafrost, in addition to this take a look at how scientists are attempting to comprehend the complex tangle of prospective environment results. Here are 3 things I removed.

Permafrost is a huge blind area for environment modification

Permafrost is the frozen layer of soil that’s under about 15% of land around the Northern Hemisphere. While technically material requirements to be frozen for just 2 successive years to count as permafrost, the majority of our existing permafrost formed throughout the last glacial epoch.

That suggests there’s natural product that’s been frozen, and basically locked away, for countless years. As international temperature levels tick up and this layer defrosts, microorganisms are able to break down that natural matter, launching carbon dioxide and methane– effective greenhouse gases that drive environment modification. Those emissions form a feedback loop, speeding up warming even more.

The constant increase in international temperature levels has actually currently diminished the footprint of the Arctic permafrost by about 12% given that 1850, and the speed has actually been getting in the last 50 years.

The wild thing is, just a minority of the designs that have actually been utilized in UN environment reports in fact consider the steady loss of permafrost. And none consist of the abrupt thaw and collapse that can take place after occasions like heat waves and fires (more on those fires in a minute). There are efforts to ensure future UN reports show the growing science, however for now, all this suggests that we’re most likely undervaluing just how much and how quickly the world is going to warm.

Wildfires can accelerate permafrost loss

Fire is a natural part of boreal forests’ life process, however they’re getting more extreme due to the fact that of environment modification. And most importantly, fires can speed up the thawing of permafrost. By the end of the century, this impact might launch the equivalent of 80 billion metric lots of co2.

Today, the policy throughout remote parts of Canada and Alaska is normally to let wildfires burn as long as they’re not threatening human environments. Some scientists state we ought to check out battling these fires to conserve the carbon caught in the forests and the permafrost below them.

Scientists at the Woodwell Climate Research Center are establishing a map of burn danger and carbon vulnerability throughout Alaska, basically highlighting locations where fires are more than likely to spread out and which locations are home to particular kinds of permafrost that would launch the most emissions. (Yes, obviously there are various kinds of permafrost. Yedoma is an especially deep, carbon-dense type from the late Pleistocene period.)

That’s all simply the start– when we determine possible targets, the concern is what to do about it. Some recommend setting more proposed fires, something Indigenous groups have actually provided for countless years, partially to lower the threat of huge blazes. Or resources might go to early detection and efforts to put out fires before they grow.

The carbon cycle of permafrost is exceptionally made complex

There’s about 1.5 trillion lots of carbon locked away in permafrost, about two times the quantity in the environment. We understand that permafrost thawing can launch greenhouse-gas emissions and drive environment modification. There are problems.

One especially huge wrinkle: Other impacts from permafrost thawing and fire healing may neutralize the carbon lost from those occasions. As temperature levels warm, plants can slowly move north and take hold where they could not have previously. Those plants absorb carbon from the environment as they grow, a minimum of partially locking away what was given off.

Scientists are working to much better comprehend this environment. And the more we find out, the more complex the photo looks. Just how much carbon is lost from permafrost, and just how much an offered location will recuperate its carbon, depend upon a big selection of elements. How serious are the fires that have sped up regional thawing? What’s the regional environment and environment? And what type of permafrost is at stake?

The greater we press the world’s temperature level, the more we tinker complex natural phenomena that we’re just starting to comprehend.

This post is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review‘s weekly environment newsletter. To get it in your inbox every Wednesday, register here

The Download: computing’s next leap and permafrost’s climate threat

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The Download: computing’s next leap and permafrost’s climate threat

This is today’s edition of The Download our weekday newsletter that offers a day-to-day dosage of what’s going on worldwide of innovation.

How far can we press computing?

On a December night in 1959, the physicist Richard Feynman provided a lecture called “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom.” There is no physical law stopping us from composing the whole Encyclopædia Britannica on the head of a pin, he argued. We merely had actually not developed the tools.

He was right, and for years, calculating took us into that area nearly free of charge, as transistors consistently cut in half in size. That simple descent has actually now stalled. Today, the market is significantly turning to strength, developing ever-bigger information centers to improve efficiency.

The laws of physics leave plenty of space for enhancement.

Here’s how scientists are checking out methods to open the next leap in computing.

— Volkan Gurses

This story is from the most recent edition of our print publication: The Impossible problem Subscribe now to read it completely

It’s likewise part of MIT Technology Review Explainsour series checking out the concepts forming innovation. Find out more from the series

3 things you must understand about permafrost

Just how much do you learn about permafrost? Possibly, like me, you’ve know that this layer of frozen soil is defrosting, that it’s crucial in the worldwide puzzle of environment modification … which’s about the degree of it.

The excellent news for both people is that my associate James Temple simply helicoptered into Alaska’s forests to report on the fires threatening permafrost and their complex prospective environment impacts.

Here are 3 things I eliminated from his reporting.

— Casey Crownhart

This story is from The Spark, our weekly environment tech newsletter. Register to get it in your inbox every Wednesday.

Roundtables: a discussion with the developer of AI-designed infections

Can AI create brand-new life kinds? In 2025, Stanford University PhD trainee Samuel King used an initial response by utilizing a generative AI design to propose hereditary plans for tiny infections. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, however that might be next.

In our most current Roundtables discussion, MIT Technology Review senior AI press reporter James O’Donnell consulted with King about his work, being called among our Innovators Under 35, and brand-new methods of seeing biology. Customers can now see a complete recording of the occasion.

Wish to sign up with the next discussion? Sign Up For MIT Technology Review for special access to all our Roundtables.

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to discover you today’s most fun/important/scary/ remarkable stories about innovation.

1 AI has actually discovered a decade-old defect threatening much of the web
It discovered defects in PHP, the code behind many sites. (Reuters $)
+ Governments are advising site owners to spot PHP or take websites offline. (BBC
+ Exploit efforts leapt from thousands to millions after disclosure. (Axios
+ Now is a great time for doing criminal offense. (MIT Technology Review)

2 Hackers utilized Claude and Grok to automate attacks on over 400 banks
The AI representatives targeted banks in Latin America. (Information $)
+ Unvetted AI representatives are likewise accessing United States checking account.(Axios
+ Barclays states AI is enabling the bank to cut 5,000 tasks. (Guardian
+ AI is making online criminal activities easier. (MIT Technology Review)

3 The Pentagon has actually cleared the DHS to check a heat ray weapon
It might be utilized for crowd control at the southern United States border. (CNN
+ It utilizes unnoticeable energy beams to produce a burning feeling. (Axios

4 A start-up states AI-designed infections have actually treated their very first client
The speculative treatment targets drug-resistant E. coli. (NYT $)
+ But the business has actually not released peer-reviewed outcomes. (Futurism
+ AI-designed infections are currently eliminating germs. (MIT Technology Review)

5 Japan wants to return the very first samples from Mars’s moons
Its spacecraft is now on its method to Phobos. (Guardian
+ It intends to expose whether Mars was when habitable. (Economist $)

6 Meta deals with a $25 billion charge over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
The business states it will appeal the New Mexico judgment. (CNBC
+ A Meta share offer has actually persuaded Mark Zuckerberg to remain in California. (WSJ $)
+ Until the business remade its stock structure to assist him pay it. (NYT $)

7 A brand-new antimatter experiment might unlock to brand-new physics
Researchers want to identify distinctions in between matter and antimatter. (Nature

8 China’s Unitree is pitching its most current humanoid as a robotic bodyguard
A marketing clip reveals the H2-X deactivating assailants. (SCMP

9 Just Eat has actually apologised for unusual AI-generated menu images
Users were not impressed by the bacon in soda and cheese sushi. (BBC

10 Airbnb hosts rage they can no longer make visitors do tasks
Hosts are threatening to strike, however visitors are commemorating. (Wired $)

Quote of the day

“Now they’ve provided everyone a factor not to utilize Starlink: that Starlink isn’t trusted for nationwide security for any person however Trump. Possibly he ‘d turn it off on the United States if he didn’t like policy and he didn’t like the president.”

— SpaceX financier Ross Gerber informs CNN that Elon Musk’s choice to limit Ukraine’s Starlink gain access to has actually made the service a liability for every single other federal government that counts on it.

Another thing

Online harassment is entering its AI period

Scott Shambaugh didn’t reconsider when he rejected an AI representative’s demand to add to matplotlib, a software application library he assists handle. Things got odd.

In the middle of the night, Shambaugh opened his e-mail to find the representative had actually struck back with a post. Entitled “Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story,” the post implicated him of declining the code out of a worry of being supplanted by AI. “He attempted to secure his little fiefdom,” the representative composed. “It’s insecurity, plain and easy.”

Shambaugh isn’t alone in dealing with misbehaving representatives– and they’re not likely to stop at harassment. Check out the complete story.

Over 100 Ogun students hospitalised following gas leak

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Over 100 Ogun students hospitalised following gas leak

Over 100 secondary school trainees in Ogun State were hospitalised on Wednesday following a fresh case of gas leakage that impacted numerous schools throughout Ijebu-Ode, Ago-Iwoye, and Ijebu-Igbo.

The victims reported breathing in an offending gaseous compound, resulting in instant medical emergency situations in the impacted locations. Doctor in the state have actually been working to stabilise the trainees, a lot of whom were hurried to medical centers in a state of breathing distress.

Medical attention is presently being offered at the State Hospital in Ijebu-Ode, the General Hospital in Ijebu-Igbo, and numerous other regional health care centres. The scale of the event has actually triggered issues concerning the security and ecological health requirements within universities in the area.

The occurrence including the hospitalisation of over 100 trainees has when again brought the problem of commercial and ecological security to the leading edge of public conversation in Ogun State.

Influence on trainee health and regional schools

Witnesses and school authorities kept in mind that the start of the gas leakage was unexpected, with trainees explaining an offending smell before experiencing signs. While the precise nature of the gas has actually not yet been formally recognized by ecological researchers, the prevalent nature of the signs throughout 3 various city government locations recommends a considerable ecological event or a shared source of contamination.

Moms and dads and neighborhood members have actually revealed stress and anxiety over the repeating nature of such events. Previous events of gas-related health emergency situations in Nigerian schools have actually frequently highlighted spaces in the tracking of gas pipelines, commercial emissions, and the upkeep of school centers. This newest advancement in Ijebu-Ode, Ago-Iwoye, and Ijebu-Igbo needs an extensive examination to identify if the leakage stemmed from close-by commercial activities or defective facilities.

Regional health care employees at the State Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, are handling a high volume of clients, with lots of trainees needing observation to guarantee no long-lasting breathing damage happens. The increase of clients has actually positioned extra pressure on the capability of the basic healthcare facilities and state-run centers in the instant consequences of the leakage.

At this time, there has actually been no main interaction from the Ogun State Ministry of Education or the State Environmental Protection Agency relating to the particular reason for the leakage. Homeowners in the impacted locations stay on alert as they wait for clearness on whether the gas source is commercial, farming, or associated to regional community facilities. Emergency situation services are anticipated to perform an official evaluation of the school websites to avoid additional direct exposure.

Check out more News stories from Business Elites Africa.

How Crocodiles Survived the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs

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How Crocodiles Survived the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs and crocodilians turned up around the very same time approximately 245 million years earlier, however just one group endured the asteroid effect 65 million years back (bird dinosaurs, aside). Why? According to a brand-new research study released in Science Advancesthe trick of crocodile success comes down to 3 things: area, area, area.

A group of scientists led by paleontologists from University College London analyzed over 7,000 fossils and records coming from more than 400 types (living and dead) from pseudosuchia, a bigger group that consists of crocodilians. They then compared the records to computer system designs rebuilding Earth’s altering environment over the previous 245 million years to draw up the international history of the group throughout area and time.

Find out more:”This Ancient Crocodile Ancestor Learned to Walk on Two Legs

With a couple significant exceptions, the group discovered that crocodiles made it through by relocating to warmer climates. When Earth’s temperature level was around 18 degrees Fahrenheit warmer as just recently as 50 million years back, the reptiles varied as far north as Europe and Antarctica. After a duration of international cooling, they pulled back to the tropics, where they flourish today.

The scientists likewise concentrated on how weather modifications instantly after the asteroid effect might have impacted crocodilians. Utilizing designs to replicate the cold temperature levels arising from sunlight-blocking clouds of dust, the group evaluated a couple of various circumstances. With sunshine dimmed by 5 or 10 percent, crocodiles still flourished in equatorial areas, they discovered, however turning the dimmer switch down to 15 percent showed to be too cold for the cold-blooded reptiles.

“These findings have ramifications for types today,” research study author Philip Mannion of University College of London stated in a declaration. “If crocodiles primarily handled previous environment modification by moving towards appropriate environments, today’s types will require space to move as the world warms, and the loss of ideal locations to roadways, farms, and cities is making that more difficult.”

It’s worth mentioning that while crocodiles might have endured the mass termination that erased the dinosaurs, they didn’t make it through untouched. Earth was when home to a panoply of pseudosuchian variety– there were long-legged terrestrial crocs, huge 40-foot long “extremely crocs,” even pug-nosed armored vegetarian crocsCompared to crocodilian boom times, there are fairly couple of types left.

Still, that’s undoubtedly a lot more than non-avian dinosaurs.

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Standard Chartered Buys 100% of Zodia Custody

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Standard Chartered Buys 100% of Zodia Custody

Secret Takeaways:

  • Requirement Chartered participated in conclusive arrangements to get 100 percent of Zodia Custody UK Limited.
  • The 5 controlled Zodia crypto custody organizations in essential markets will be combined into the Securities Services section of Standard Chartered.
  • The software application and expert services department of Zodia will be divided into a brand-new business called Zodia Solutions.

The lending institution will extend its offerings of institutional crypto services by standardizing Custodian’s Zodia offering, which will be incorporated into its platform. The offer stays based on regulative approvals and traditional closing conditions.

Requirement Chartered Takes Full Control of Zodia Custody

Requirement Chartered I H Limited will buy the 100 % of Zodia’s controlled operating organizations kept in Zodia Custody UK Limited. They presently serve customers at areas in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg.

In closing the sale, the managed digital property custody operations will be totally integrated with Standard Chartered’s present securities services operations.

The relocation is suggested to simplify the bank’s crypto-asset custody operation and to supply a more cohesive offering to institutional consumers covering both conventional securities and crypto properties, the bank stated.

Find out more: Standard Chartered Launches Bitcoin and Ether Spot Trading for UAE Institutions

Zodia Custody Becomes Part of a Global Banking Platform

The acquisition information supply Standard Chartered with a crypto custody service that it manages straight in regulated markets in numerous monetary centers. The insurance coverage of digital-assets is moving custody into the standard banking system, stated Zodia Custody CEO Richard Clark.

The combination of Zodia’s knowledge and systems with SCh’s worldwide banking network is believed to deepen regulative custody services for institutional customers. All present Zodia Custody clients will be anticipated to get services throughout the deal without disruption.

Zodia Solutions Will Separate From the Custody Business

The custody combination will not cover Zodia’s software application or expert services. Instead of that, those possessions will be turned over to a brand-new independent company called ‘Zodia Solutions’, which was produced under SC Ventures.

For banks looking for to release and grow crypto-related services, Zodia Solutions will be devoted to offering them with bank-grade digital possession innovation.

A group of banking and financial investment partners will likewise support the entity consisting of NAB Ventures, Northern Trust, SBI Ventures Asset, Emirates NBD, Investcorp associated entities and others. Requirement Chartered will continue to be among the organizations that will use the innovation.

Requirement Chartered Expands Its Institutional Crypto Stack

The Zodia acquisition dovetails into Standard Chartered’s broadening list of digital possession services that include custody.

The bank is targeting to incorporate digital possessions into its wider securities platform, offering access to digital properties for institutional customers by means of a platform linked to an acknowledged international bank.

The choice likewise indicates a larger pattern for crypto custody and facilities services throughout the monetary sector rather of performing small pilots to examine cryptocurrencies.

For Standard Chartered, owning Zodia Custody offers it direct control over a managed digital property custody network while Zodia Solutions continues operating as a different innovation supplier for banks going into the crypto market.

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Standard Chartered Moves to Acquire Crypto Custodian with Australian Operations

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Standard Chartered Moves to Acquire Crypto Custodian with Australian Operations
  • Requirement Chartered signed conclusive arrangements on 21 October to obtain 100% of Zodia Custody, based on regulative approvals.
  • Zodia’s custody service, with entities in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE and Luxembourg, will sign up with the bank’s Securities Services system.
  • Zodia’s software application arm will end up being Zodia Solutions under SC Ventures, with financiers consisting of NAB Ventures and Northern Trust.

Requirement Chartered has actually signed conclusive arrangements to purchase Zodia Custody, a crypto custodian its endeavor arm accepted release with Northern Trust in 2020, consisting of the custodian’s Australian company.

The bank revealed the contracts on 21 October, after Zodia’s investors and noteholders accepted its non-binding deal in May. Group entity Standard Chartered I H Limited will take 100% of Zodia Custody Limited. The offer still requires regulative approvals and should satisfy traditional closing conditions. The bank did not reveal the offer’s cost or a conclusion date.

Zodia Custody Limited is the moms and dad of what Standard Chartered refers to as controlled running entities in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg.

Learn more: JPMorgan Brings JPM Coin to Ethereum in Major Institutional Blockchain Expansion

Custody Moves Inside the Bank

As soon as the offer finishes, Zodia’s custody service will be folded into the bank’s existing digital possession custody operations within Securities Services. Requirement Chartered currently runs that service in the UAE, Hong Kong and Luxembourg, where it opened an EU crypto custody entity in January 2025. It set out intend on 8 October to provide the exact same custody service in Singapore.

Ying Tan ended up being the bank’s international head of securities services and digital properties on 14 October. She was successful Margaret Harwood-Jones, who now runs the bank’s UK and Europe service. Tan stated the purchase deepens Standard Chartered’s digital property custody portfolio.

The bank stated it anticipates no disturbance for customers, and existing Zodia custody customers will continue to be acted as typical.

Zodia’s software application and expert services service is being divided off into Zodia Solutions, a brand-new independent business under that endeavor arm, SC Ventures. Zodia Solutions, led by president Craig Perrin, will keep providing facilities to banks, consisting of Standard Chartered.

Zodia’s Australian Arm

Zodia Custody Australia opened in October 2023, serving business customers in Australia and New Zealand. National Australia Bank checked its platform in a nine-week evidence of idea, and noted blockchain company DigitalX signed on as the very first consumer.

NAB’s endeavor arm then invested a concealed quantity in Zodia Custody in June 2024.

In Australia, platforms that hold digital tokens on behalf of customers will require an Australian monetary services licence under the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026, according to ASIC.

That licensing program begins on 8 April 2027. Licence applications from platforms currently running are due by 7 October 2027, and those platforms can keep trading while ASIC evaluates them.

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Jenna Ortega Won’t Be Boxed In

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Jenna Ortega Won’t Be Boxed In

It was 10 p.m. and Jenna Ortega was alone at the gym, techno music blaring, stage blood still dripping from her ears. She was in Dublin, 5,000 miles from her Los Angeles home, shooting the third season of Netflix’s Addams family spin-off, Wednesday, while simultaneously training to play an elite gymnast in the forthcoming movie Nasty. The Wednesday set that day had involved blood rigs—tubes that spurt crimson-colored syrup—and it had run two hours over. But, Ortega had calculated, “if I get in the car quickly and I don’t rinse off all the way, I can probably get my session in.”

Ortega is telling me this at Chez Jeannette, an unfussy café in the Strasbourg-Saint-Denis neighborhood of Paris, on a disturbingly warm morning in September. Before Ortega arrived, I was nervous. Taika Waititi, who cast her as the lead in his new adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 dystopian novel Klara and the Sun, described Ortega to me as “beautifully intimidating.” Tim Burton, who has directed her in Wednesday and in his 2024 Beetlejuice sequel, told me she has “a gaze that burns, like a laser beam, the back of your head.”

Ortega has chosen an old-school bistro with burnished mirrors and red leather banquettes and laminated cocktail menus on the table. She is exactly on time for our 10 a.m. meeting. (The waiter assumed our reservation was for 10 p.m., because who would bother with a morning booking here?) She greets me with a hug—more warm smiles than piercing stares—and sits down on the scuffed chair opposite me, unfazed by my choice of the quietest location, which happens to be next to the toilet. A choice that turns out to have been prudent: She is so soft-spoken that, throughout the interview, I occasionally panic that when I eventually listen back to the recording, her voice won’t be audible over the pop music and clattering plates.

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OPENING THE DOOR

Ortega has “a gaze that burns, like a laser beam,” says director Tim Burton.

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EYE CONTACT

Ortega wears a Balenciaga 55th Couture dress. Tiffany & Co. bracelet.

Ortega is known for her theatrical fashion choices on the red carpet—she wore a Balmain gown made of metal rulers to last year’s Met Gala and had to be clamped in by a blacksmith backstage—but today she is wearing a plain black T-shirt from a secondhand shop (a “nothing shirt” she bought to wear while painting the kitchen of her home), black cargo capri pants, and flip-flops. (“She’s not vain at all,” says stylist Enrique Melendez, who has been working with Ortega since she was 14.) Her nails are currently painted black for Wednesday, but she prefers to keep them bare. “It’s so much upkeep,” she says. “In my day-to-day life, I’m very practical, very comfortable. I’m a very low-maintenance person.”

Ortega, 24, does not have the résumé of a low-​maintenance person. Over the past few years, she has appeared in a string of horror films, from franchise stalwarts to indie upstarts. She joined the Scream franchise as Tara Carpenter, Ghostface’s first target in the series relaunch; was trapped in a sadistic farmer’s cellar in the A24 slasher film X; and descended into the nightmarish Netherworld in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. She is currently not only starring in but executive producing Wednesday, which is the most-watched English-language Netflix series of all time.

The character of Wednesday “has had such a profound impact on my life,” Ortega says. “It’ll always be something people think of when they see me.” Ortega’s Wednesday Addams—a Sartre-quoting, graveyard-loving misfit at a school for magical “outcasts”—has inspired Halloween costumes, tattoos, and viral memes. The rare teen-girl protagonist who is outspoken, vindictive (she drops live piranhas into the pool where her brother’s bullies are swimming), and entirely indifferent to the approval of her peers, Wednesday has been embraced as an unlikely Gen Z role model.

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NEW GROWTH

In her role for Klara and the Sun, Ortega is cheerful and expressive where Wednesday Addams is deadpan and cynical. Ortega in Givenchy by Sarah Burton.

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IGNITED

Ortega was turned on to acting as a career after admiring Dakota Fanning’s performance in Man on Fire. Ortega wears Marc Jacobs.

But by this time next year, it’s hard to imagine that anyone will think of Ortega purely as a genre actress: She is increasingly choosing projects that match her own taste for the risky and the surreal and push her beyond gothic tween or manic pixie scream queen. First there is her role as Klara, the titular robot in Waititi’s new film, out this fall. Klara is—in both Ishiguro’s and Waititi’s portrayal—temperamentally the opposite of Wednesday: endlessly cheerful and expressive where Wednesday is deadpan and cynical. As an “artificial friend” built to provide constant support to a human child, Klara is “all about using her face, using her eyebrows, to show that she’s trying so hard to do right,” Ortega says. (Wednesday, meanwhile, smiles in only a handful of episodes.)

Klara is purchased for Josie, a lonely teenager with a mysterious illness, and goes to live with her on a remote estate in the country. A clumsy, out-of-date model, Klara stumbles like a toddler as she learns to navigate the world outside the toy store. “Jenna has this ability to attack the physicality of a role that is very impressive to me,” says Amy Adams, who plays Josie’s mother. The first time Waititi met Ortega, he compared the blurring of boundaries between Klara and Josie—Klara mimics Josie’s gait and tries on her clothes—to the possessive relationship between an ailing actress and her nurse in Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 Persona. “She was like, ‘Oh, I love Persona,’ ” says Waititi. “And I was like, ‘Okay, a young person who’s seen Persona—that’s fucking cool.’ ”

Ortega orders a black Americano and drinks it quickly as she walks me through what has brought her to Paris in the first place—it’s not a quick weekend getaway from the grueling Wednesday filming schedule, but rather a meeting with Leos Carax, the French art house director whose next movie she will star in. She tells me she discovered Carax when she was 15. His Holy Motors—which has been called incomprehensible by professional critics—“completely changed my perception of what movies can be,” she says. “Anything in that surrealist realm is super fascinating to me.”

Early success and early fame can sometimes impart a kind of cultural tunnel vision—an inability to look beyond the next project, or an insecurity when speaking beyond what’s coming up. But Ortega seems genuinely enthused by the prospect of stretching her limits. Growing up, she wanted to be, at various points, the president of the United States, an archaeologist, and an investigative journalist. She lights up when she describes the thrill of researching a character or learning a skill—fencing and archery for Wednesday; now gymnastics for her role in Nasty, which tells the story of a gymnastics prodigy and her overbearing coach (played by Rose Byrne). She laughs as she recalls her pride in mastering a new routine on the beam, only to be told by her coach that it’s the one typically assigned to eight-year-olds.

“She’s done so much work,” says Mary Bronstein, the director of Nasty, which will begin filming this fall. Ortega knew she wanted to work with Bronstein after she saw the director’s harrowing If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025), about a mother (also played by Byrne) unraveling under the strain of her daughter’s illness. It’s a film that thrums with visceral anxiety—much of it tied to the ceaseless demands of parenting and the tensions of a toxic marriage, not necessarily themes you’d imagine resonating with a 24-year-old. “But has been put in some little boxes,” says Bronstein. “I think that there are things that are in there that haven’t been brought out…. She has a poise to her that I’ve seen few people in their 40s or even 50s have.”

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IN THE LIMELIGHT

In recent roles, Ortega has moved beyond her star-making turn in Wednesday. Givenchy by Sarah Burton dress and gloves. Roger Vivier shoes.

Ortega decided she wanted to become an actor—specifically, the Puerto Rican Dakota Fanning (she is of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent)—at the age of six, after being captivated by Fanning’s performance in Man on Fire. The fourth of six kids growing up in a “small, tumbleweed-esque city” in the Coachella Valley, about two hours east of LA, she began petitioning her parents to let her attend auditions. They resisted—her mother, Natalie, had grown up reading tabloid horror stories about child actors—and tried to appease her with a book of monologues. This backfired: Jenna devoured the book, memorizing several of the speeches, and Natalie was so tickled by one of Jenna’s dramatic recitations that she posted a clip to her friends on Facebook.

When the video somehow caught the attention of a casting director, her parents relented, and Natalie, an emergency room nurse, began shuttling Jenna back and forth to LA for auditions several days a week. Jenna booked commercials for Colgate and McDonald’s; played a shooting victim on CSI: NY; and then, at 12, landed the lead in the Disney Channel sitcom Stuck in the Middle. “I wanted to do it so desperately,” Ortega says.

Still, she says—after a long pause—“I don’t think I would start someone that young.” She has said that she would sometimes go all day on set without eating or drinking. There should be “less of a workhorse expectation put on these kids,” she says. While she felt protected by her mother, it’s a “very susceptible environment for things to get confused.” And when Wednesday blew up in 2022, Ortega felt profoundly disoriented. Children stopped her in the street; she saw her own face on T-shirts. There was “no one really showing you the ropes.”

She would now advise a child who wanted to act to instead develop their creative horizons. As an actor, “you need things to pull from.” She is grateful that her parents insisted she play team sports as long as possible, for example, but she still had an unusual childhood. She has portrayed a high school student in several movies, but she left conventional high school at 14. Though Ortega knew almost nothing about gymnastics when she opened the script for Nasty two years ago, the project has offered her a rare opportunity to examine her own trajectory. Her character, she says, “felt like she had to perform from a very young age. There were a lot of things I could understand.”

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THE TIDE TURNS

“No one really showing you the ropes,” Ortega says of the disorienting effects of sudden fame. In Dior.

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CUT OFF

While Ortega has been open about her anxiety she fiercely protects her privacy in other areas. In a Miu Miu dress.

A few days later, I get on a Zoom with Ortega. Even in her enthusiasms, she had been so composed—taking the time to collect her thoughts before she responded to each question—that I had wondered if she was imagining how her words would appear in print. This would have been understandable given her years as a working actor, the degree of fame she vaulted into, the scrutiny she elicits. It was only at the end of the interview at the café that she became chattier: asking about my plans in Paris, if I liked London—where I live—how I met my husband, and, wasn’t it funny, she was just talking to someone else who met their partner on Hinge.

I hoped to reach this more open Ortega in our second conversation. She’s still in Paris for the call; the Wednesday team is there working on some off-camera prep. She’s sitting perched on a windowsill, the Paris street behind her, while we speak. She’s wearing no jewelry or makeup—her freckles are visible across her eyelids, her hair tucked behind her ears—and, again, a plain black T-shirt.

“There’s a lot of different trains rolling in my brain at the same time,” she tells me. Ortega was seven when she realized there was something different about the way her mind worked. She was waking up early, before her siblings, to perform a specific routine every morning before school. “I had to open the bedsheet a certain way, and open the drawer one way, and brush my hair in a slow-paced way.” She now recognizes that behavior as an early manifestation of obsessive compulsive disorder, which continues to impact her life. Sometimes, if she’s tired or jet-lagged or anxious about an upcoming job, “I just bite the bullet and do the routine”: repeating the phrase “take care” a specific number of times throughout the day; stepping onto set with her left foot first; holding her breath and counting to 71. She’s tried to reframe OCD as a game, which “helps to take some of the pressure off.” She’s tried medication. She’s worked with a therapist, and still sometimes does. Her career can be stressful, but it’s also a reprieve. When the cameras are rolling, “you have to breathe. That’s another reason why I like my job.”

While Ortega has been open about her anxiety and mental health struggles, she fiercely protects her privacy in other areas. When I try to inquire about her romantic life—unlikely that she was using Hinge—she deflects. “I don’t think I’ll ever approach that part of my life, my personal life, with the public,” she says firmly. Even some who know her well find her guarded. “She’s actually very mysterious to me,” says Waititi. “I never met Audrey Hepburn, but I imagine she could have been a good contemporary of hers.”

“We both don’t let a lot of people into our circle,” agrees Maddie Ziegler, Ortega’s close friend and costar in The Fallout, a 2021 indie hit about the aftermath of a high school shooting. “We are introverts, at the end of the day.” Ortega’s close relationships with her parents and siblings are one of her main sources of stability; she FaceTimes them when she’s abroad and sees them whenever she is in LA. She also credits her whippet terrier mix—whom she adopted in Dublin—with helping her feel grounded in foreign cities. (Ortega’s dog has joined her for stints in Paris and London.) “I spend a lot of time in dog parks, with the dog community,” she says. “I meet familiar faces there.”

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DRESS UP

“In my day-to-day life, I’m very practical,” says Ortega. Schiaparelli dress. Pragnell brooch.

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GO WITH THE FLOW

“There’s a lot of different trains rolling in my brain at the same time,” says Ortega. Rabanne dress.

She also maintains firm boundaries around her own relationship with her public image. She does not watch her own movies. She does not read reviews—“I think that that would send me into a psychosis of some sort”—or open the box office updates her team sends. “I don’t want it to become a numbers thing,” she says. She only encounters chatter about her movies through word of mouth or Instagram, “which I’m on less and less,” she says. “So much of what you see on there nowadays is just garbage AI.” Anyway, she says, “we all look at ourselves too much.” (There was a mirror behind my head during our meeting at Chez Jeannette, but she didn’t appear to glance at her reflection once.) Her phone recently broke, she tells me, and she waited a few days before getting it fixed. “If I needed to get somewhere, if I had a workout class, I would look at a map on the computer, memorize the streets. If somebody needed me, I’m like, ‘Well, I’m gonna be at this café at this time.’ And that was so freeing.”

The past year has offered her space to figure out what she’s invested in—and that itself has been a kind of freedom. “I want to be in environments that are stimulating and productive, but also just telling stories that I would want to watch.” She would like to try theater: “You get to be immersed in a different way.” When I ask about her dream role—a question that typically yields an answer like Hedda Gabler or Juliet—she describes a minor character in Sam Shepard’s 1978 rural drama Buried Child: a young woman who taunts her boyfriend’s disabled uncle with his own prosthetic leg. “I just thought it was kind of an insane thing for her to do,” Ortega says. I point out that a director might prefer that she play the lead. “It would be nice to just do this one scene,” she says. “I don’t need to be at the forefront of everything.”

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Nasty is her “first baby” as a producer. She discovered the script—by Isabella Jarosz, a first-time writer in her 20s—in a batch from her agent. “The joy and the fulfillment” of assembling a creative team, which happens to be all women, “just wasn’t anything I was expecting.” She would love to direct too, but only once she feels “there’s something I need to say. I don’t want to do it prematurely.”

“I think I have a little more understanding of myself and what I need to work,” Ortega says—which includes time at home in LA. Last year, she found herself with an unexpected three-month hiatus after the Wednesday filming schedule was postponed. It was the longest break she’d had since she was 16. At first “it was terrifying.” But she found her rhythm: reading books and plays (current favorites include Federico García Lorca and Flannery O’Connor), going on hikes with her dog, hanging out with friends and family, watching two movies a day. “It sounds really mundane, but that stuff’s not always normal to me.”

“I would love to slow down a bit,” she says. But when I ask her what slowing down might entail, she describes studying abroad, learning about musical composition, or trying photography. “I do think I’m somebody who always has to be moving.”

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Tulisokibart Shows Promise in Hidradenitis Suppurativa

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Tulisokibart Shows Promise in Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Results from a phase IIb study presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology meeting in Vienna showed promising efficacy with tulisokibart, an investigational tumor necrosis factor-like cytokine 1A (TL1A) inhibitor, in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).

In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Alexa Kimball, MD, MPH, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, discusses the findings, including the potential for TL1A inhibition to affect the scarring and fibrosis associated with HS. She also discusses the early safety findings and what researchers will be watching as the program moves forward.

Following is a transcript of her remarks:

This is the first program to test a new mechanism of action, which is TL1A in HS. It is part of the family of cytokines related to tumor necrosis factor, although works through a different part of the pathway. And the efficacy data that we saw at week 16 in this early-phase study is among the top-tier efficacy results we have seen to date in phase II programs. So we’re really looking forward to seeing the results, both in terms of how the therapies will benefit our patients potentially, but also helping to explain the biology of this really complicated condition.

One of the interesting things about the TL1A mechanism is that it affects a number of different immune cells across the portfolio of both innate and adaptive immunity, but it also may have an antifibrotic action.

Scar tissue is a really important element of hidradenitis suppurativa, both in how the disease progresses, where it forms these infiltrating tunnels under the skin, but then also can leave these what we call rope-like scars and almost plaques of scars in certain parts of the body.

So if this mechanism pans out to have some effects at either preventing those scars or softening those scars over time, it would be an additional win. Lots to figure out here and caveats around how that will work out and even how we’re going to measure it, but it certainly is a compelling part of this mechanism as we start to evaluate it further.

The safety data was also reassuring and very consistent with what we’re seeing across TL1A programs and other indications as well. And so again, we’re really looking to see how that safety data set matures, but it looked good in this very early program.

15 Editions. One Industry. One Day in London: FM Summit London Returns on 24 November

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  • On 24 November, Old Billingsgate brings together the decision-makers, industry leaders and companies shaping financial markets. With a headline Speaker Hall, curated Business Connect Roundtables, One to One meetings and one day to make the right connections, the opportunity starts with being in the room.

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Some industry conversations are worth more than a dozen emails. Some introductions can change the direction of a business. And some opportunities depend on being in the right room at the right time.

On 24 November 2026, FM Summit London returns to Old Billingsgate for its 15th edition, bringing together senior professionals across online trading, institutional finance, brokerage, liquidity, trading technology, fintech, payments and digital assets. Alongside a focused conference programme, the event will feature an exhibition where sponsors and exhibitors can showcase their solutions, connect directly with potential clients, meet industry decision-makers and explore new business opportunities. Through face-to-face networking, targeted meetings and conversations across the exhibition floor, attendees can build partnerships, discover new providers and develop commercial relationships, all under one roof.

The exhibition will feature leading companies including LMAX Group, Plus500, oneZero, PLUGIT, Adaptive, ATFX, CMC Markets, MetaQuotes, Devexperts, Finalto and CXM Prime. Through the Business Connect programme, attendees can also take part in pre-arranged one-to-one meetings and invitation-only roundtables, creating more direct opportunities to discuss business needs, evaluate solutions and establish partnerships with relevant decision-makers.

As FM Summit London approaches its 15th edition, the event is shaping up to be one of its most significant gatherings yet, bringing together established industry leaders, leading companies and decision-makers for a day of business development, knowledge exchange and networking. With an exhibition floor, a focused conference programme and opportunities for targeted meetings, the summit provides a setting for professionals to explore emerging trends, identify new commercial opportunities and build relationships across the industry. For those attending on 24 November, the value lies not only in understanding where the market is heading, but also in connecting with the people and businesses helping to shape its future.

The Connections Start Before the Summit: Opening Blitz on 23 November

The experience begins a day early with the Opening Networking Blitz on 23 November 2026 at The Folly, London. This pre-event gathering gives attendees an opportunity to connect with fellow industry professionals, meet potential business partners and start building valuable relationships ahead of the main Summit on 24 November at Old Billingsgate.

Now in its 15th edition, FM Summit London brings together senior decision-makers, C-level executives and industry leaders across online trading, institutional finance, brokerage, liquidity, trading technology, fintech, payments and digital assets.

The People You Need to Meet Are Coming Together

The value of an industry summit lies in both its agenda and the people in the room.

FM Summit London 2026 brings together key players across brokerage, institutional trading, liquidity, technology and digital assets. Confirmed companies include LMAX Group, Plus500, oneZero, PLUGIT, Adaptive, Edge Hound, AEGIS Trading Technology, MetaQuotes, Devexperts, Acuity and CXM Prime.

The summit offers an opportunity to explore solutions, meet potential clients and partners, and build valuable business relationships through face-to-face conversations.

The Speaker Hall: Hear Directly from the People Shaping the Industry

The most valuable industry insights often come from those who have built businesses, navigated market shifts and helped shape the financial landscape.

At FM Summit London 2026, the Speaker Hall will feature experienced industry leaders sharing perspectives on the evolution and future of financial markets.

Among the highlights is a fireside chat with Lord Peter Cruddas, founder and CEO of CMC Markets, exploring his career, the evolution of retail trading and the industry’s future.

The programme also features:

  • Hormoz Faryar, Managing Director of Institutional Sales, ATFX Connect, MEA

  • Andy Ross, Head of Institutional, Kalshi

  • Waqar Chaudry, Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Assets, Standard Chartered Bank

Representing expertise across institutional sales, trading, digital assets and financial markets, the speakers will bring diverse perspectives to the challenges and opportunities shaping the industry.

Beyond the presentations, the Speaker Hall offers a chance to engage with fresh ideas, exchange perspectives and continue meaningful industry conversations throughout the summit.

Connect Roundtables: Where Industry Challenges Meet Candid Discussion

Not every valuable conversation happens on stage. The Business Connect Roundtables at FM Summit London 2026 offer curated, invite-only discussions led by experienced chairs, creating a space for industry professionals to exchange insights and address key business challenges.

The discussions will cover a range of timely industry topics, including digital assets, prediction markets, market liquidity, payments and stablecoins, AI for traders and brokers, the future of funded firms, the role of the UK in retail trading, marketing and answer engine optimisation (AEO), offshore versus onshore licensing, and tokenisation.

These focused discussions encourage practical knowledge-sharing, fresh perspectives and meaningful professional connections. Participation is subject to the programme’s invitation and selection process, making early registration worthwhile for those interested in joining the conversations.

Choose Your Pass and Secure Your Place

FM Summit London 2026 offers three registration pass options, designed for different professional profiles across the financial markets industry.

  • P1 — Brokers & Prop Firms: Free pass for eligible professionals.

  • P2 — Affiliates & IBs: Free pass for eligible affiliates, introducing brokers and other qualifying industry professionals.

  • P3 — Banks & Service Providers: Early-bird pass for eligible banks, payment providers, technology providers and service providers. Early-bird pricing is available until 24 October 2026.

Attendees should select the pass that best matches their professional profile and check the registration page for the applicable terms and pricing.

With the P3 early-bird deadline approaching, eligible service providers should secure their place before 24 October 2026.

Find your pass and register: FM Summit London 2026

The Industry Will Be There. Will You?

FM Summit London 2026 takes place on 24 November 2026 at Old Billingsgate, London, bringing together the professionals, companies and ideas moving financial markets forward for its 15th edition.

With one day to connect with industry leaders, hear directly from experienced voices and explore commercially relevant opportunities, now is the time to review the programme, identify the people you want to meet and plan your attendance.

One Day. One Venue. One Industry. Make sure you are in the room.

Register for FM Summit London 2026 and start planning your day: https://events.financemagnates.com/events/fmsummitlondon

Some industry conversations are worth more than a dozen emails. Some introductions can change the direction of a business. And some opportunities depend on being in the right room at the right time.

On 24 November 2026, FM Summit London returns to Old Billingsgate for its 15th edition, bringing together senior professionals across online trading, institutional finance, brokerage, liquidity, trading technology, fintech, payments and digital assets. Alongside a focused conference programme, the event will feature an exhibition where sponsors and exhibitors can showcase their solutions, connect directly with potential clients, meet industry decision-makers and explore new business opportunities. Through face-to-face networking, targeted meetings and conversations across the exhibition floor, attendees can build partnerships, discover new providers and develop commercial relationships, all under one roof.

The exhibition will feature leading companies including LMAX Group, Plus500, oneZero, PLUGIT, Adaptive, ATFX, CMC Markets, MetaQuotes, Devexperts, Finalto and CXM Prime. Through the Business Connect programme, attendees can also take part in pre-arranged one-to-one meetings and invitation-only roundtables, creating more direct opportunities to discuss business needs, evaluate solutions and establish partnerships with relevant decision-makers.

As FM Summit London approaches its 15th edition, the event is shaping up to be one of its most significant gatherings yet, bringing together established industry leaders, leading companies and decision-makers for a day of business development, knowledge exchange and networking. With an exhibition floor, a focused conference programme and opportunities for targeted meetings, the summit provides a setting for professionals to explore emerging trends, identify new commercial opportunities and build relationships across the industry. For those attending on 24 November, the value lies not only in understanding where the market is heading, but also in connecting with the people and businesses helping to shape its future.

The Connections Start Before the Summit: Opening Blitz on 23 November

The experience begins a day early with the Opening Networking Blitz on 23 November 2026 at The Folly, London. This pre-event gathering gives attendees an opportunity to connect with fellow industry professionals, meet potential business partners and start building valuable relationships ahead of the main Summit on 24 November at Old Billingsgate.

Now in its 15th edition, FM Summit London brings together senior decision-makers, C-level executives and industry leaders across online trading, institutional finance, brokerage, liquidity, trading technology, fintech, payments and digital assets.

The People You Need to Meet Are Coming Together

The value of an industry summit lies in both its agenda and the people in the room.

FM Summit London 2026 brings together key players across brokerage, institutional trading, liquidity, technology and digital assets. Confirmed companies include LMAX Group, Plus500, oneZero, PLUGIT, Adaptive, Edge Hound, AEGIS Trading Technology, MetaQuotes, Devexperts, Acuity and CXM Prime.

The summit offers an opportunity to explore solutions, meet potential clients and partners, and build valuable business relationships through face-to-face conversations.

The Speaker Hall: Hear Directly from the People Shaping the Industry

The most valuable industry insights often come from those who have built businesses, navigated market shifts and helped shape the financial landscape.

At FM Summit London 2026, the Speaker Hall will feature experienced industry leaders sharing perspectives on the evolution and future of financial markets.

Among the highlights is a fireside chat with Lord Peter Cruddas, founder and CEO of CMC Markets, exploring his career, the evolution of retail trading and the industry’s future.

The programme also features:

  • Hormoz Faryar, Managing Director of Institutional Sales, ATFX Connect, MEA

  • Andy Ross, Head of Institutional, Kalshi

  • Waqar Chaudry, Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Assets, Standard Chartered Bank

Representing expertise across institutional sales, trading, digital assets and financial markets, the speakers will bring diverse perspectives to the challenges and opportunities shaping the industry.

Beyond the presentations, the Speaker Hall offers a chance to engage with fresh ideas, exchange perspectives and continue meaningful industry conversations throughout the summit.

Connect Roundtables: Where Industry Challenges Meet Candid Discussion

Not every valuable conversation happens on stage. The Business Connect Roundtables at FM Summit London 2026 offer curated, invite-only discussions led by experienced chairs, creating a space for industry professionals to exchange insights and address key business challenges.

The discussions will cover a range of timely industry topics, including digital assets, prediction markets, market liquidity, payments and stablecoins, AI for traders and brokers, the future of funded firms, the role of the UK in retail trading, marketing and answer engine optimisation (AEO), offshore versus onshore licensing, and tokenisation.

These focused discussions encourage practical knowledge-sharing, fresh perspectives and meaningful professional connections. Participation is subject to the programme’s invitation and selection process, making early registration worthwhile for those interested in joining the conversations.

Choose Your Pass and Secure Your Place

FM Summit London 2026 offers three registration pass options, designed for different professional profiles across the financial markets industry.

  • P1 — Brokers & Prop Firms: Free pass for eligible professionals.

  • P2 — Affiliates & IBs: Free pass for eligible affiliates, introducing brokers and other qualifying industry professionals.

  • P3 — Banks & Service Providers: Early-bird pass for eligible banks, payment providers, technology providers and service providers. Early-bird pricing is available until 24 October 2026.

Attendees should select the pass that best matches their professional profile and check the registration page for the applicable terms and pricing.

With the P3 early-bird deadline approaching, eligible service providers should secure their place before 24 October 2026.

Find your pass and register: FM Summit London 2026

The Industry Will Be There. Will You?

FM Summit London 2026 takes place on 24 November 2026 at Old Billingsgate, London, bringing together the professionals, companies and ideas moving financial markets forward for its 15th edition.

With one day to connect with industry leaders, hear directly from experienced voices and explore commercially relevant opportunities, now is the time to review the programme, identify the people you want to meet and plan your attendance.

One Day. One Venue. One Industry. Make sure you are in the room.

Register for FM Summit London 2026 and start planning your day: https://events.financemagnates.com/events/fmsummitlondon

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Business of the Week: Smith & Davis Is Fayette’s Hidden Gem

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Business of the Week: Smith & Davis Is Fayette’s Hidden Gem

It’s hard to imagine a business being considered a hidden gem when it sits right on Highway 54 between Fayetteville and Peachtree City, where thousands of motorists pass by regularly. But Smith & Davis Clothing has managed to be both a local institution and a delightful surprise to customers who finally venture inside.

The 61-year-old family business recently won two Citizen’s Choice Awards: The Best Hidden Gem and The Most Only in Fayette County. The Citizen’s Choice Awards are powered by the Fayette Chamber of Commerce.

From the road, Smith & Davis looks like a fairly ordinary brick building. Inside, however, shoppers discover a deceptively large store filled with name-brand clothing, accessories, and an extensive footwear department.

General Manager Sam Perez says even longtime residents are sometimes surprised by what they find.

“I get people constantly that say I’ve lived here for 20 years and I’ve never come in here because I didn’t know you guys had this much stuff,” Perez said.

And while Perez appreciates the Hidden Gem award, he’d be perfectly happy if the store weren’t quite so hidden.

“I think it’d be better if everybody knew who we were instead of just stumbling upon us because they saw our flappers out front,” he said.

A Fayette County Tradition Since 1965

Smith & Davis began in 1965, when Ronald Davis and his business partner, Fred Smith, opened a store across Highway 54 from its current location.

The original business sold jeans, gasoline, crackers, soft drinks, and other everyday necessities. Its merchandise has changed considerably over six decades, although jeans remain a staple.

The store moved to another building in the early 1980s before settling into its current location in the late 1980s. The Davis family eventually took full ownership of the business, and the family tradition continues today.

Ronald Davis’ grandson, Jacob Davis, works throughout the store, helping customers, handling day-to-day operations, and doing whatever needs to be done.

His official title?

“I am a Davis, is my title,” he said.

Davis explained that he has asked for a more conventional title over the years, but the answer has always been the same: He’s a Davis.

The Shoes That Keep My Family Coming Back

I’ve been shopping at Smith & Davis for more than 25 years, almost as long as I’ve lived locally.

When my boys were little, I learned pretty quickly that cheap shoes weren’t necessarily a bargain. I remember buying them shoes at Walmart, only to have those shoes promptly fall apart. That was enough for me.

So I developed a system.

Every summer, we’d head to Smith & Davis for new Crocs. My boys practically lived in those Crocs all summer long. Then, before school started, we’d go back for new school shoes.

Year after year, that was our routine.

Now my sons are grown men, both living several states away from Georgia. And you know what? They still come back to Smith & Davis to buy their shoes every year.

Part of that is probably family habit. But there’s a practical reason, too. They know they can find the brands they want, including the Hokas my older son prefers, and they’ll have someone who actually knows what they’re talking about help them find the right fit.

The back portion of Smith & Davis is devoted to an extensive selection of running shoes and other footwear. But the best part isn’t just the selection. It’s the employees who take the time to figure out what you need.

Perez says employees receive extensive training so they can provide more than directions to a particular department.

“We’re going to get a little bit more inquisitive,” Perez said.

He also made a point I hadn’t really considered about customer service.

“We know that we’re not in the shopping center,” Perez said. “You made a plan to come to Smith and Davis at some point in your day, and we can tell you where it is a whole lot faster than you can find it.”

In other words, they know you’ve made a special trip, and they want to respect your time.

Top 3 Shoe Store in Georgia, Top 18 in Nation

According to Perez, Footwear Insight Magazine has ranked Smith & Davis third in Georgia and 18th nationally among shoe retailers.

The recognition comes through a mystery-shopping evaluation process, he said, with the store receiving the honor six times in the past seven years, excluding 2020, when no awards were given because of COVID-19.

The store’s employees never know when the secret shoppers are coming.

Perez says the goal is to give every customer the same level of service, whether an evaluator is watching or not.

For him, the most rewarding part of the job isn’t selling a particular brand.

“My favorite experience with customers is when you know they walk in here with foot pain and walk out happy, and in some cases in tears because you know they’re not limping anymore,” Perez said.

Jacob Davis agrees. Helping someone who has been struggling with uncomfortable shoes find something that works is one of his favorite parts of the business.

But if he had to pick a favorite product to sell?

Sunglasses. Or cowboy boots.

Jacob especially loves his cowboy boots, which is why Sunday is his favorite day of the workweek to wear them. He explained that he saves his boots for Sundays because it’s a shorter shift, and cowboy boots aren’t necessarily the most comfortable footwear for a full day on the sales floor.

There’s Plenty More Than Shoes

I sometimes think of Smith & Davis as a really great shoe store with a whole lot of bonus merchandise up front.

But Perez says the clothing side of the business has been growing considerably.

He estimates the store’s sales mix has shifted from approximately 80% shoes and 20% clothing to something closer to 60% shoes and 40% clothing.

The women’s department features boutique-style clothing, while the men’s department offers everything from everyday casual wear to outdoor apparel, athletic clothing, and clothing for fishing and hiking.

The store carries more than 200 brands.

And while Smith & Davis specializes in quality merchandise, that doesn’t mean everything comes with a premium price tag.

Just ask my mom.

My mother is 84 years old, and she’s a bargain shopper through and through. She knows exactly when to head to Smith & Davis: tent sale time.

Like thousands of other bargain hunters, she looks forward to the opportunity to shop the clearance merchandise that’s been warehoused for the sale. Those last pairs in a particular size, discontinued styles, and other marked-down items can make for some pretty spectacular bargains.

It’s the kind of sale where a little patience and a willingness to hunt through the merchandise can really pay off.

And you don’t have to wait for the tent sale to find deals. Perez says the store maintains a clearance section year-round, with some clothing and footwear discounted 25% to 50%.

Of course, there’s another benefit to buying shoes from a local business: If something goes wrong, you can actually go back and talk to someone.

Jacob says Smith & Davis makes a point of working with customers when a purchase doesn’t work out.

“We’ve found that if you help them out, they’ll help you out, and they’ll stay your customer,” Davis said.

What Makes Smith & Davis So Fayette County?

The other Citizen’s Choice Award Smith & Davis won was Most Only in Fayette County.

And honestly, I think that one might be even more meaningful than Hidden Gem.

There aren’t many places left where a business has been operated by the same family for 61 years, where generations of customers have grown up shopping, and where the grandson of the founder might be the person helping you try on shoes.

I know, because the last time I went shoe shopping at Smith & Davis, Jacob was the fellow helping me.

I was a little surprised to discover that the guy bringing out shoes and helping me find the right fit was actually a member of the family that owns the store.

But apparently, that’s just how the Davises do business.

Perez, who has worked for Smith & Davis for more than 15 years, says the family’s hands-on leadership is part of what makes the business special. The owners aren’t simply people who come by to check on things and go home. They’re actively involved in the work, often arriving first and leaving last.

For Jacob, that commitment to customer service is what connects the modern Smith & Davis to the little store his grandfather opened in 1965.

“You weren’t going to make it long if you didn’t have service,” Davis said. “The world has changed, but we have not changed in that aspect of it, and it it served us well.”

The two Citizen’s Choice Awards came as a surprise to both Perez and Davis. Neither knew the store was in the running until they learned they’d won.

Their message to the customers who voted for them is simple.

“Thank you,” Perez said.

And he had one more request.

“Tell your friends.”

After all, there are still plenty of people driving along Highway 54 who have no idea what’s inside that unassuming brick building.

And those of us who have been shopping there for decades know they’re missing out.

For more information about Smith & Davis, visit smithdavisclothing.com. Customers can also sign up for the store’s SaleMail program to receive updates about new arrivals, promotions, and special offers.

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