CryptocurrenciesCryptocurrency like Beanie Babies, says Coinbase in US regulator’s lawsuit The Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged the crypto exchange is flouting rules and selling unregistered securities A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday grilled Coinbase and the US securities regulator about their divergent views on whether and when digital assets are securities, in a case closely watched by the cryptocurrency industry. Coinbase argued against classifying cryptocurrencies as securities by saying that the digital coins are like Beanie Babies, more akin to collectibles than stakes in a company.

World newsDa Vinci Code benefits Opus DeiThe head of Opus Dei claimed yesterday that Dan Brown's portrayal of his fellowship as a murderous global conspiracy had done it more good than harm. In a pre-emptive strike at the film of Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code, to be premiered next week at Cannes, Monsignor Javier Echevarría told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera that since the publication of the novel interest in Opus Dei had soared.

TV reviewTelevisionReviewThere are far too many chefs in the kitchen for this new cooking show – if you can call it that – following drag queens. I couldn’t stomach more than a couple of episodes “Oh, this is stressful,” says Drag Me to Dinner host Murray Hill. For a show that is so over the top, this is quite the understatement. The high-stress kitchen chaos of The Bear has nothing on this hybrid reality show, which appeared in the US earlier this year.

GardensFerns aren't just for dank shadeWe usually plant ferns in those dark, forgotten pockets of the garden, where they sit with a kind of gothic stature. These are plants that traditionally carpet woodland and brim from the shady mouths of grottoes. But, as one new garden shows, they also have a brighter side. In the new fern dell at Brodsworth Hall gardens, in South Yorkshire, 150 species of fern blaze green in the sun.

Health & wellbeingLockdowns and video calls have boosted demand for ‘invisible’ teeth aligners. But what do you get for your £1,500 to £4,000? And are some health experts right to be concerned? When Dabi Adesoye was growing up in Ibadan, a city of 6 million people in Nigeria, everyone called her “Eji”. In Yoruba, Adesoye’s first language, this translates roughly as “gap teeth”. It might have been a compliment – in Nigeria, a space between the top front incisors is seen as a mark of beauty, Adesoye says – but she hated hers.