The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s $32bn cryptocurrency exchange captivated and stunned crypto markets this week, but at the centre of the crisis was a far lesser known, but risky entity: Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried’s digital asset trading shop opened in 2017, but within two years of its founding was dealing about $600mn-$1bn a day. Much of … Read more
CNN — A man who fooled dozens of women into sending him photos of their genitalia by posing as a female gynecologist on Facebook has been sentenced to jail in Singapore. The state courts on Wednesday found Ooi Chuen Wei, 37, from Malaysia, guilty of “cheating by personation” and sentenced him to three years and … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: Matt Baron/BEImages/Shutterstock When it comes to watching the sunset, Lili Reinhart, 25, proved that tops are optional! The Riverdale actress shared the shirt-free photo of herself on Instagram over the Labor Day weekend. Lili soaked up the sunset in Venice, Italy, while she visited for the Venice Film Festival which began … Read more
Faculty at the school, where Mastriano worked at the time, were given the choice to dress as historical figures, people familiar with the photo told Reuters. While a few others appear dressed up, Mastriano is the only one in the photo dressed in a Confederate uniform, which many associate with hate and the legacy of … Read more
Freya the walrus is pictured sitting on a boat in Frognerkilen in Oslo, Norway, on July 18. Authorities in Norway said on Sunday that they have euthanized the walrus that had drawn crowds of spectators in the Oslo Fjord after concluding it posed a risk to humans. Tor Erik Schrøder/NTB Scanpix via AP hide caption … Read more
The main reason that Donald Trump is forever turning Republican campaign events and conservative conferences into fascistic rallies featuring two-hour stemwinders is that he’s a champion narcissist with a vampiric need to feed off the adulation of blockheads. But a major secondary reason is what happened on Thursday, when a deranged Trump supporter named Ricky … Read more