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FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Agrees to Settlement, Aids Legal Action Against Celebrities
21.4.2024
In a significant turn of events, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has agreed to a settlement with investors, providing crucial cooperation in ongoing lawsuits against high-profile celebrities. The settlement, pending court approval, could mark a pivotal moment in the extensive legal battles...
Kotaku Readers React To The GTA 6 Trailer
6.12.2023
On December 5, Rockstar Games dropped the official Grand Theft Auto VI trailer following a leak. On that same day, we asked you, Kotaku readers, to share your opinions on what you saw of the upcoming crime sim. The responses were…chaotic, but there was one major theme throughout: the trailer looks...
FTX Looking to Recover Millions Paid to Athletes and Sports Clubs
10.9.2023
Advisers working for FTX have analyzed if some payments made by the failed crypto exchange to sports stars and organizations can be returned. The money went to celebrity athletes, including basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, and sports teams like the NBA’s Miami Heat and Formula 1’s Mercedes under...
FTX Advisors Investigate Recovery of Pre-Collapse Payments to Shaq, Naomi Osaka, and More
9.9.2023
FTX Group advisers are investigating the possibility of reclaiming millions of dollars paid to celebrities, including Shaquille O'Neal and Naomi Osaka, for their endorsements of Sam Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency platform before its collapse....
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The Password Game Is A Perfect Recreation Of An Online Disaster
29.6.2023
Indie developer Neal Agarwal, better known as Neal.fun, makes video games that are very small but also very good. His latest, The Password Game, is the perfect example: it takes the hell of coming up with a password for an app or site’s account and somehow turns it into something as far from hell...
Basketball's Shaquille O'Neal Sued Over FTX and NFT
25.5.2023
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has been served legal papers related to the FTX bankruptcy and his NFT project after eluding process servers for months.
On Tuesday, the basketball icon was served during an NBA playoff game at the Miami sports stadium formerly known as FTX Arena, according to a report...
Shaquille O'Neal hit with FTX and Astral NFT suits during NBA game
25.5.2023
Process servers claim they were able to reach and serve the former basketball star during an NBA game at the home arena for the Miami Heat, formerly known as FTX Arena
Former FTX Executive Is Cooperating in a Lawsuit Against Shaquille O’Neal, Tom Brady and Other Celebrities
12.5.2023
A class action lawsuit against big-name celebrities who promoted bankrupt FTX including Shaquille O’Neal, Tom Brady and Naomi Osaka has garnered cooperation from a former executive, according to a recent court filing.
Former FTX Chief Compliance Officer Daniel Friedberg provided evidence tying...
FTX Lawsuit Against Shaq Takes a Wild Turn: Court Documents Allegedly Thrown at NBA Star’s Car
10.5.2023
In a recent court submission, legal representatives for basketball icon Shaquille O’Neal, commonly referred to as Shaq, claim he was not duly served in the FTX class-action lawsuit. As per the document, servers allegedly hurled the court documents at Shaq’s car, ultimately landing...
NBA Hall of Famer Shaq Served in FTX Investor Suit
18.4.2023
A law firm representing FTX investors has served former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal in a class-action case against celebrities who endorsed the failed crypto exchange. The lawsuit accuses Shaq, along with other public figures and the platform’s founder, of defrauding people who put money into FTX....
Shaquille O'Neal Finally Served FTX Lawsuit: Lawyers
17.4.2023
Legendary Basketballer Shaquille O'Neal has finally been served a class-action lawsuit against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, lawyers of the plaintiffs tweeted on Sunday
FTX victims' lawyers struggle to serve Shaq
16.4.2023
The Moskowitz law firm has been standing outside NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal's studio all week to "hand deliver" their legal complaint with no success, according to a recent statement
‘AI Tools Will Provide Very Interesting Enhancements for the Metaverse’ — Upland Co-Founder
1.4.2023
According to Dirk Lueth, co-founder of the Upland Metaverse, the colonization of the metaverse by tech giants and the building of so-called “walled garden systems” is not sustainable. Lueth argues that instead of “locking users in,” the metaverse should usher in “a...
Neal Stephenson on the metaverse: ‘It's happening in a different way’
21.3.2023
Author Neal Stephenson said that many Web3 problems come from projects wanting to financialize everything very quickly
Neal Stephenson Says AI-Generated ChatGPT Is ‘Simply Not Interesting’
3.3.2023
Author of science-fiction novel “Snow Crash” says the algorithm-based tool falls short of connecting with artists
‘Metaverse’ Term Creator Neal Stephenson Not Bullish About Massive Adoption of Virtual Worlds
28.2.2023
Neal Stephenson, ostensibly the first to coin the term “metaverse,” issued his opinion about the future of the adoption of virtual worlds. The sci-fi writer and co-founder of Lamina1, a blockchain metaverse company, believes that building experiences that millions of people consider...
Sotheby’s to Auction Neal Stepheson’s ‘Snow Crash’ Manuscript And Digital Collectibles
24.2.2023
The auction house is offering up the original 1991 manuscript of the sci-fi novel that coined the term "metaverse," alongside a series of physical and digital collectibles
YouTube appoints Web3-friendly exec as new CEO
18.2.2023
YouTube’s new CEO Neal Mohan previously emphasized that NFTs could be an important tool for the platform’s content creators to develop additional revenue streams
Celebs who got burned endorsing crypto and those that got away with it
4.1.2023
Screen actors and sports stars copped most of the backlash for 2022’s crypto endorsements, while soccer legends appear to have gotten away with it
7 class action lawsuits have been filed against SBF so far, records show
9.12.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried has been the subject of many lawsuits and investigations since the collapse of FTX, with more likely to follow