In an order that begins by quoting the famous opening line of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984a federal judge on Thursday blocked key provisions of a Florida censorship law that aimed to restrict how state university professors teach race, gender, and U.S. history. “‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking … Read more
Burning flames from the FTX collapse continue as damages spread throughout the crypto market and industry. FTX is left to themselves as other firms cannot assist due to the magnitude of debts incurred by the exchange. Binance initially intended to help but later acknowledged that the situation was beyond its power. Meanwhile, the latest reports … Read more
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation acting chair Martin Gruenberg said the agency does not back any crypto firms in the United States, nor does its insurance cover losses from tokens. In a Nov. 15 hearing of the Senate Banking Committee on the oversight of financial regulators, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez said lawmakers needed to “take … Read more
Pakistan captain Babar Azam will end his lean run of form and produce “something very special” in Wednesday’s T20 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in Sydney. That’s the view of Pakistan team mentor Matthew Hayden, with Babar having averaged just 7.80 in the Super 12 stage, scoring only 39 runs in total and falling … Read more
Anime-inspired nonfungible token (NFT) project Azuki has released a Physical Backed Token (PBT) — an open-source token standard that ties a physical item to a digital token on the Ethereum blockchain. Azuki shared on its Twitter account that the first implementation of the PBT will use the BEAN Chip; a physical cryptographic chip that … Read more
Our tipster Jones Knows is backing Bournemouth centre-forward Dominic Solanke to add his name to the long list of strikers to have scored vs Fulham this season. How did we get on last time out? Betting on outcomes in football matches is difficult for many reasons. We are investing into a game of a low-scoring … Read more
Investor Chris Olsen knows the West Coast VC scene. He spent six years with Sequoia Capital in California before co-founding Drive Capital in Columbus, Ohio, in 2013 based on the theory that the “most compelling emerging market is America, just outside of Silicon Valley,” as he told us early last year. Institutional investors have bought … Read more
According to a new lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. On Thursday, six users of the Ethereum blockchain and cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash sued the U.S. Department of Treasury, alleging that its recent designation of 44 Tornado Cash smart contract addresses to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list of the … Read more
British YouTube star Joe Sugg is launching a production company backed by BBC Studios to develop entertainment and factual entertainment formats. Final Straw Productions will make shows for people of all ages and has already struck a develop, production and distribution deal with the BBC’s commercial arm, which has worked with Sugg in the past. … Read more
The activist hedge fund Elliott Management sold its entire equity stake in Twitter in the second quarter, a period during which the social media company’s shares rallied dramatically after agreeing a $44bn takeover by Elon Musk in April. A securities filing on Monday showed that Elliott had no common stock in Twitter as of June … Read more