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Wealthy Investors and Family Offices Embrace BTC Following Bank Failures, Says Swan Bitcoin Executive
2.6.2023
According to Steven Lubka, the head of private clients and family offices, as well as the managing director at Swan Bitcoin, wealthy investors and private offices have been gravitating towards bitcoin since the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Lubka stated that his firm has also observed...
Interview: New Texas Chain Saw Massacre Game Could Redefine Asymmetrical Horror
11.5.2023
Tobe Hooper’s 1974 stomach-roiling film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a slasher masterpiece with unparalleled garish beauty. None of its prosaic sequels have quite managed to replicate its magnetic horror: Scorching viewers with an orange sun and tossing them into the orange smoker, where...
Goldman Sachs: Crypto Investments in Family Offices Rise Despite 2023 Market Slump
10.5.2023
In spite of the ongoing cryptocurrency market downturn, family offices are ramping up their investments in crypto assets, according to a recent report released by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs. ...
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Friends and FOMO pushed newbie investors to buy crypto in 2022 — Survey
1.5.2023
A survey from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) suggests that new crypto investors tended to be swayed by suggestions from friends, compared to equities or bond investors
FTX’s Bankman-Fried Is Allegedly Using Alameda Funds to Pay for Legal Defense
30.3.2023
According to two sources close to FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder, gave his father, Stanford Law professor Joseph Bankman, millions of dollars. The funds are reportedly being used to pay for legal costs. The sources said that Bankman-Fried allegedly gave “at least...
Blockchain.com Shutters Asset Management Subsidiary Amid Crypto Winter and Industry Turmoil
11.3.2023
According to reports and a filing that shows its name struck off the U.K. companies’ register list, Blockchain.com is sunsetting its Blockchain.com Asset Management subsidiary. A company spokesperson cited deteriorating “macroeconomic conditions” and the “crypto winter”...
DOJ-Appointed US Trustee Objects to Subpoena Request in FTX Bankruptcy Case
3.2.2023
Following a request from FTX lawyers to subpoena FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and members of his family, the U.S. Trustee appointed by the Department of Justice has filed an opposition to the request. The U.S. Trustee explained that the motion would duplicate the efforts of the federally...
Hashkey Capital Raises $500 Million for Its Third Fund, Despite Crypto Market Downturn
18.1.2023
On Tuesday, global asset manager Hashkey, which focuses on crypto and blockchain investments, announced that it has closed its third fund at $500 million. The company’s “HashKey Fintech Investment III” is dedicated to developing crypto solutions, blockchain technology, and Web3...
New FTX CEO Told Members of Congress SBF’s Family ‘Certainly Received Payments’ From the Business
19.12.2022
According to multiple reports, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents face scrutiny over their reported involvement with their son’s business operations. The two Stanford professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried have not been charged with any wrongdoing, but the current FTX CEO, John J....
FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Faces US Extradition, Bankruptcy Court Says Top Execs Won’t Be Compensated
22.11.2022
According to a report citing three people familiar with the matter, the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) may be extradited to the United States for questioning. After it was alleged that SBF transferred $10 billion in customer funds to Alameda Research, the company’s financials show between...
Former Morgan Stanley CEO: Crypto Could Become ‘a Huge Way’ That Monetary Transactions Take Place
16.10.2022
Former Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack has confirmed that he still owns bitcoin. While admitting that it is hard for him to understand why crypto has value, the former executive believes that 50 years from now, crypto could be “a huge way that monetary transactions take place.” Former...
Vince McMahon Reportedly Paid Four Women $12 Million To Keep Quiet About Alleged Affairs
8.7.2022
A new report from The Wall Street Journal found that former WWE CEO and chairperson Vince McMahon paid four women $12 million over the past 16 years. That includes the reported $3 million payout to a former WWE employee he had an alleged affair with previously unearthed by The Wall Street Journal....
Vince McMahon 1986 Rape Allegation Resurfaces As Former Wrestler Corroborates Story
28.6.2022
Amid news of misconduct and hush money payouts at the WWE, Rita Chatterton, the first female referee for the then-World Wrestling Federation, revisited her rape accusation against WWE CEO and chairperson Vince McMahon in an interview with New York Magazine. Read more
Read This Before You Break Up Over Video Games
22.6.2022
Video games provide an opportunity for team building, relaxation, and vicarious experiences you couldn’t have anywhere else, but for couples where one person is more interested in them than the other, video games might only produce the inconvenient question: should we break up? In a relationship...
Everything We Know About WWE's Probe Of Vince McMahon
17.6.2022
WWE CEO and chairperson Vince McMahon “voluntarily stepped back” from his roles within the company amid an investigation of an alleged affair and payout with a WWE employee, according to the Wall Street Journal. Here’s everything we know about McMahon’s ongoing investigation so far. Read more
Vince McMahon Steps Back As WWE CEO Amid Investigation Of Alleged Employee Affair
17.6.2022
Today, WWE CEO Vince McMahon “voluntarily stepped back” from his roles within the company amid an ongoing investigation of an alleged affair and payout with a WWE employee, according to the Wall Street Journal. His daughter, Stephanie McMahon, will serve as the wrestling promotion’s interim CEO...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Just Crossed Over With Jedi Fallen Order
2.6.2022
The third and most recent episode of the newest Disney Star Wars show, Obi-Wan Kenobi, featured a pretty big and wild appearance by a classic character. That moment probably distracted a lot of folks from a less big, but also cool reference to the Respawn-developed video game, Star Wars Jedi:...
Celebrate Attack On Titan Maker Wit Studio’s 10th Anniversary With These 10 Anime
1.6.2022
Today marks the tenth anniversary of Wit Studio, the anime production company who, with Attack on Titan, quickly established itself as a powerhouse in the anime industry. However, Wit’s great body of work extends beyond the walls of its anime adaptation of AoT. Wit’s also the driving force behind...
Elon Musk Gets Into Embarrassing Fight With Video Game Site, Loses
31.5.2022
When I was six, I peed my pants in class because I was too proud to use my public school bathroom. Similarly, suave billionaire and alleged sexual harasser Elon Musk peed his proverbial pants after a Twitter scuffle with the satirical video game site Hard Drive. Neither Musk nor Hard Drive returned...
Cursed Mario Kart Clone Starring Peter Griffin Is Actually Pretty Good
27.5.2022
I was horrified by the trailer for Warped Kart Racers, a new kart-racing game that blends together several popular animated shows. But like a terrible car wreck, I couldn’t look away from the waking nightmare of Peter Griffin and Hank Hill racing each other in a Mario Kart clone. It was cursed....