In recent developments, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has been reevaluating its choice of law firm to oversee the cryptocurrency exchange Binance as an independent monitor. The decision concerns the firm’s previous work for the now-bankrupt FTX exchange. The monitorships were part of the $4.3 billion deal in which …
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For Late Night with the Devil star David Dastmalchian, all roads lead to and from Christopher Nolan. In 2007, Dastmalchian was a struggling local theater actor in Chicago, and when Nolan’s The Dark Knight set up shop in the Windy City, he went through a circuitous casting process before eventually …
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In a detailed thread on social media platform X, on-chain forensic analyst TruthLabs, known as @BoringSleuth, and supported by former Ethereum advisor Steven Nerayoff, has levied substantial allegations against the Ethereum Foundation. According to TruthLabs, there is transactional evidence linking the Ethereum Foundation to the substantial Gatecoin hack of 2016, …
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Guangzhou-based director Choy Ji has filmed Hong Kong from a perspective we’ve rarely seen before in his debut feature Borrowed Time, which played at Pingyao film festival this week after screening in Busan’s New Currents competition. Produced by Mo Jinjin and executive produced by Stanley Kwan, the Cantonese-language drama follows …
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Prince William with his son Prince George. PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images) Prince William and Prince George traveled to France to support Wales in the Rugby World Cup on Saturday, October 14. The Prince of Wales, 41, and his eldest son, 10, were twinning in their navy suits with red …
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In the ongoing legal battle between Ripple and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), John Deaton, a prominent lawyer supporting XRP, has recently shed light on potential conflicts of interest and regulatory capture that may have influenced the SEC’s decision to take legal action against Ripple. Ethereum is at …
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A group of Canadian filmmakers have joined forces with Hollywood A-listers in asking the Toronto International Film Festival to end sponsorship ties with the Royal Bank of Canada because of the financial institution’s funding of the oil and gas industry. Organizers of the campaign, called RBC Off Screen, say the …
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According to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, cryptocurrency giant Binance has ceased offering its clients the option to conduct peer-to-peer transactions through sanctioned Russian banks. This decision comes just days after a Wall Street Journal exposé shed light on how the exchange allegedly facilitated the movement of …
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Singers Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato have parted ways with high-profile music manager Scooter Braun, according to numerous reports. Billboard reported that both Lovato, 31, and Grande, 30, have severed ties with the music mogul, though the reasoning for the split remains unclear. Entertainment Weekly also confirmed reports of the …
Read More »Less than a week after it was reported Justin Bieber dropped Scooter Braun as his manager, and a day after Demi Lovato did the same, sources are saying Ariana Grande has also chosen to cut ties with the music mogul. Of course, this all comes a few years after the …
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Hardly 24 hours after Father’s Day ended, Aoki Lee Simmons emotionally revealed strained ties with her dad Russell Simmons. Both Aoki and her mother, Kimora Lee Simmons, accused the hip-hop mogul of harassment, intimidation, and financial abuse in multiple posts shared on Instagram. Ming Lee Simmons, on the other hand, …
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Spoilers for “The Bad Batch” Season 2 Episode 14 – “Tipping Point” follow. As the Bad Batch (Dee Bradley Baker) continues to hide out on Pabu — both from the Empire and from Cid (Rhea Perlman) — the rest of the galaxy moves on. This episode begins with a number …
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