24 Exchange announced the launch of the 24X National Exchange in the second half of 2025, pending regulatory approvals, offering nearly round-the-clock trading on business days from 4:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET, with potential for extended hours. The exchange aims to address the demand for U.S. equities trading in the Asia Pacific region, providing broker-dealers and customers with access to overnight liquidity in response to the growing trend of extended trading hours and the constant trading of cryptocurrencies. CEO Dmitri Galinov emphasized the importance of facilitating around-the-clock trading to mitigate risks associated with market closures.
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Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran on death row for nearly 50 years
A Mississippi man, Richard Gerald Jordan, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 1976 murder of Edwina Marter, the wife of a bank loan officer, in a ransom scheme. At 79, Jordan, a Vietnam veteran with PTSD, had spent nearly five decades on death row, with the U.S. Supreme Court denying his final appeals and Mississippi's governor denying clemency. Explain It To Me Like I'm 5: A 79-year-old man named Richard Jordan was...
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