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Games & Commerce

Study finds League of Legends may boost some cognitive skills more than turn-based card game

A study found the real-time competitive game League of Legends may have a greater effect on improving some cognitive abilities than a turn-based strategy card game. Researchers compared League of Legends with Sanguosha in a five-month trial in which 68 university students played for an hour a day, five days a week. Both groups improved across cognitive tasks, but the League of Legends group performed better on tasks requiring rapid judgment and tracking multiple targets, with differences persisting 10 weeks after play ended.

Crypto

U.S. Treasury adds PayPal, Venmo to national debt donations as bitcoin reserve bill stalls

The U.S. Treasury has added PayPal and Venmo payments to its Pay.gov form that allows the public to make voluntary donations to reduce the national debt. The program has operated since 1961, with about $67 million received since 1996 and around $30,000 in February 2026. Donations remain small compared with total U.S. debt of $39 trillion and monthly interest costs of about $88 billion. A proposed bitcoin reserve bill remains stuck in committee.

Finance

NH NongHyup Financial Q1 net profit up 21.7 percent to 868.8 billion won

NH NongHyup Financial Group said on Thursday its first-quarter net profit rose 21.7 percent from a year earlier to 868.8 billion won. By affiliate, NH NongHyup Bank posted 557.7 billion won, NH Investment & Securities 475.7 billion won, and NongHyup Life and General Insurance 67.1 billion won. Net interest income rose 7.3 percent to 2.11 trillion won and non-interest income climbed 51.3 percent to 903.6 billion won.