Beset by an eight-figure hack, the operations of institutional crypto prime brokerage Floating Point Group (FPG) were on the brink on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. In the...
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Racist Gunman In 2019 Texas Walmart Shooting Given 90 Life Sentences—Could Still Face Death Penalty
Topline The gunman who killed 23 people in a mass shooting at a Walmart near the Texas-Mexico border in 2019—and pleaded guilty to almost 50 federal hate crimes as the attack targeted Hispanic people—...
Decentralized Twitter Rival Bluesky Announces $8M Fundraise, Paid Services
Bluesky, a decentralized alternative to Twitter, has secured $8 million in a seed round led by Neo, a community-led firm with partners including Code.org co-founder Ali Partovi and former director of ...
Trump ‘Almost Certainly’ Going To Jail If Case Goes To Trial
PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA – JULY 1: Former President Donald Trump speaks to crowd during a campaign … [+] event on July 1, 2023 in Pickens, South Carolina. The former president faces a growi...
Tron Launches HackaTron Season 5 Alongside Builder Tour
Leading public blockchain platform Tron, in collaboration with Huobi Ventures, and BitTorrent Chain , will open submissions for the fifth season of its popular HackaTron on July 6, 2023. A pool worth ...
Fourth Generation Mezcalero Honors Tradition With Newly Launched Line
Fourth generation mezcalero Ignacio Gutierrez, known to his family as Don Nacho, has been making … [+] mezcal since the age of 12. Mezcal Meztlán In Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, the Gutierrez fami...
CFTC Mulls Filing Fresh Case Against Celsius Network, Former CEO Mashinsky: Report
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has concluded that the bankrupt crypto lender and its former CEO Alex Mashinsky broke U.S. rules before the company’s collapse last year, according to a...
Lindsey Horan, New Captain Of United States Women’s National Team
AUSTIN, TX – APRIL 8: Lindsey Horan #10 of the United States celebrates her goal during a game … [+] between Ireland and USWNT at Q2 Stadium on April 8, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Br...
The Boldest Blockchain Hacks Ever
The distributed, decentralized ledgers known as blockchains have been hailed as impenetrably secure by many in the cryptocurrency community. How could a blockchain be hacked, the thinking goes, when t...
Morgan Wallen Will Likely Lose The No. 1 Spot On Both The Songs And Albums Charts Next Week
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 25: Olivia Rodrigo attends The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures … [+] Opening Gala at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on September 25, 2021 in Lo...
Aave governance will migrate 1,600 ETH to wstETH and rETH
In an effort to put idle ether to work, Aave’s community governance has voted to convert 1,600 ETH (roughly $3 million) into wsETH and rETH held in the Ethereum Collector Contract. The Aave DAO now ho...
Crypto.com petitions US court to uphold arbitration decision for mistakenly sent $50K
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has petitioned a Florida court to confirm a judgement in its favor through arbitration after the platform mistakenly deposited $50,000 into a user’s account. Accordi...
AUD/USD recovers following weak NFPs from the US
AUD/USD cleared most of the last two session’s losses and is poised for a weekly gain. NFPs from the US from June came in at 209K lower than expected, while wage growth remained healthy. Lower US yiel...
AI is Okay, But Artists Still Need to Get Paid: Musician Emily Lazar
Artist compensation is a hot-button issue given the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry, the tech a major sticking point in labor and union negotiations. While many...
DeFi ‘circuit breaker’ could slash hack losses by 70%: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. Amid the gro...
NEAR Sinks Below Neutrality, What Next?
NEAR Price is trading near the support zone and trying to recover from the lows but faces selling pressure near the 20-day EMA, which does not permit buyers to rebound from the past trading sessions. ...
JP Morgan Downplays Bitcoin ETF Impact, Despite History
A report released on Thursday by banking giant JPMorgan suggests a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) won’t be a game-changer for digital assets. However, there is reason to believe otherwise. In rece...
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports Acquires Brazilian Soccer Agency TFM, Adding Two Rising Stars
Big Score: Vinícius Júnior of Real Madrid is one of the young stars Roc Nation Sports acquired in its acquisition of TFM. Alberto Gardin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Real Madrid’s Vinicius...
Twitter Awarded Three State Money Transmitter Licenses
As Twitter’s most formidable competitor comes online, it also received regulatory approval from three U.S. states that serve a much broader vision for the social media company. New Hampshire, Mi...
Bitcoin meets AI: What this means for crypto’s future
Bitcoin to benefit from AI courtesy of Lightning Labs’ new AI tools. BTC dipped slightly after accumulation slowed down in the last few days, followed by some profit-taking. Artificial intelligence’s ...
The Rise Of The Community Economy
Stop Chasing Views and Focus on SuperFans LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 03: A general view as volunteers gathered at UCL to mark the launch of a … [+] brand new mobile phone game, Sea Hero Quest a...
This Diamond-Packed Apple Watch Cuff Is Authenticated by an NFT
Entrepreneur Nicole Steel is on a mission to fuse old-world craftsmanship with Web3 technology, in an effort to fight against counterfeiting and onboard more people to blockchain by speaking their lan...
Giant Dust Cloud From The Sahara Could Reach Southern U.S. States This Weekend
Topline A large dust cloud headed for Florida could worsen air quality and lessen rainfall across the southeastern United States this weekend, but it could also lead to more vivid sunsets and lower te...
Which bitcoin miners are growing the fastest in 2023?
Bitcoin mining giant Marathon Digital has outpaced many of its publicly traded competitors so far this year in terms of hash rate growth, a Blockworks review of production reports indicates. The Flori...
Stocks seesaw, end day and week lower after cool jobs report: Stock market news today
Stocks seesawed Friday, ending lower as investors digested the release of the monthly US jobs report to provide a steer to the Federal Reserve’s next move on interest rates. The S&P 500 (^GS...
Threads Is Live, as Meta Launches Its Twitter Rival Early
Although the countdown showed nearly 14 hours left to go, the Threads app is now available for download from the Apple App Store and Google Play store for Android. The joy of publishing to a brand new...
‘waste of this court’s time’
Lawyers representing Elon Musk and Tesla asked a United States district court judge to toss out a motion to have them sanctioned over alleged conflicts of interest in a $258 billion lawsuit alleging M...
‘Mammoth’s Crap.’ More Obsolete Russian T-54 Tanks Arrive In Ukraine.
T-54/55s en route to Ukraine. Via social media A trainload of obsolete Russian army T-54/55 tanks, spotted traveling from southern Russia toward Russian-occupied Crimea, apparently has arrived in the ...
Bitcoin Price & Other Major Cryptos Are Stalling, But Traders Remain Bullish on These Tokens
As the crypto landscape continues to change, recent days have seen Bitcoin ($BTC), along with several other cryptos, experience a notable downturn. This downturn has caused ripples of concern througho...
How Ubisoft, Roblox, and Blizzard Are Using AI to Make Next-Generation Games
This story comes from GG. Your Web3 Gaming Power-Up Discover GG Some of the most prolific video game studios are using generative AI to automate the tedious elements of game design, like NPC dialogue ...
Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman sounds the alarm on Nvidia stock
Leon Cooperman.Jeff Zelevansky/Reuters Leon Cooperman warned the enormous hype around Nvidia and other growth stocks is dangerous. The billionaire investor predicted the S&P 500 wouldn’t rea...
AI Could Unlock the Language of Proteins: Meet Ankh, the Protein Whisperer
What if AI could talk to proteins? You know, those large, complex molecules that play many critical roles in the body? Well, hold on to your lab coats, because Ankh— a new protein language model—purpo...