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Royal Bank of Canada Partners with Ripple Ventures to Support Underrepresented Students Looking to Become Founders and Funders
RBCx and RippleX launch a joint program to provide education, mentorship, and career paths to young entrepreneurs Ripple Ventures today announces its partnership with The Royal Bank of Canada’s RBCx as a program sponsor of the RippleX Fellowship. The program democratizes access to venture capital and startup building to underrepresented students across North America and has…
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Origins of Ripple: From a Canadian Vision in 2004 to Global Banking Partnerships
Ripple and its native cryptocurrency XRP are among the most discussed names in blockchain and cross-border payments today. While many associate the project with founders like Jed McCaleb, Chris Larsen, and David Schwartz, the story actually begins much earlier—with a Vancouver-based developer named Ryan Fugger. The Birth of RipplePay (2004) In 2004—years before Bitcoin’s whitepaper…
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Canada’s Crypto Maturity Moment: Scotiabank’s DXMC ETF and the Rise of Institutional XRP Adoption
On March 4, 2026, Scotiabank’s Dynamic Funds made a decisive move that signals just how far Canada has come in integrating digital assets into mainstream finance. The launch of the Dynamic Active Multi‑Crypto ETF (DXMC)—trading on Cboe Canada and built in partnership with digital‑asset pioneer 3iQ—marks another milestone in a country that has consistently led…
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The First Casualties of Operation Epic Fury
3 SOLDIERS DIED TODAY. NOT FOR OIL. NOT FOR LAND. FOR THE CHILDREN March 1, 2026. 11:47 AM. The Pentagon confirmed: 3 American service members killed in action. 5 more wounded. The first casualties of Operation Epic Fury. The media will use their deaths to question the war. We will use their sacrifice to tell…
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Canada Launders $1 Trillion – with Sam Cooper
TPL Media’s Mike Wixson and Brian Isted as they sit down with Sam Cooper to discuss the current state of Canada. Sam Cooper is a prominent Canadian investigative journalist, formerly with Global News and Postmedia, renowned for his exposés on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence operations in Canada, particularly through alliances with triad-organized crime…
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The Saint Who Sold Children – Mother Teresa
For 45 years, the world called her a living saint. Mother Teresa. Nobel Peace Prize. Blessed by 3 Popes. Worshipped by billions. **She was running the largest child trafficking pipeline in history.** And the Vatican knew. **THE CALCUTTA OPERATION** Between 1962 and 1997, Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity processed over **3 million orphans** through 517 homes…
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Swiss Banks are Dumping Gold for the First Time in 50 Years
They survived empires collapsing, world wars, hyperinflation, and monetary resets. And now they’re shifting billions OUT of gold. Not into bonds. Not into stocks. Not into crypto. Swiss banks are among the most conservative institutions on Earth. They don’t chase trends. They don’t speculate. They don’t make impulsive reallocations. Yet in Q4 filings, they executed…
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The Lord’s Prayer (also called the “Our Father”) in the King James Version
The Lord’s Prayer (also called the “Our Father”) in the King James Version appears in Matthew 6:9–13 as a model prayer Jesus taught His disciples. It is not merely a script to recite mechanically but a profound template that reveals the priorities of Christian prayer, the nature of God, and the shape of life in…
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Canadians Identified Within Released Epstein-Related Court Documents
In the unsealed court records connected to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, thousands of pages were made public. Those materials include deposition transcripts, flight manifests, contact book entries, email exhibits, and references made during legal proceedings. Within those released document sets, the following Canadian public figures have been identified in document searches and public reporting…
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Howard Lutnick Has Run Out of Luck on 9/11 Foreknowledge
1) When legendary stock trader Max Keiser interviewed investment banker Jim Rickards in 2014, Keiser said Howard Lutnick’s firm Cantor Fitzgerald was placing big put options on the 9/11 airlines days before the attack. 2) Alex Brown, an investment firm previously run by CIA head Buzzy Krongard, purchased most of these put options. (This is…
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