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View More NewsThe Committee to Protect Journalists joined 14 other press freedom and human rights organizations on Monday, expressing concern over Egypt’s failure to show meaningful progress on human rights, democracy, or the rule of law, despite the European Union presenting such progress as a key condition of the €5 billion (US$5.75 billion) macro-financial assistance (MFA) package provided to the North African country. Published ahead of the EU-Egypt Association Council meeting on June 15, the statement raises concerns over the state of human rights and press freedom in Egypt. Among the issues raised was Egypt’s continued imprisonment of journalists. At least 18…
Maelstrom co-founder Arthur Hayes said he sold his Worldcoin (WLD) holdings just days after his venture capital firm described it as one of the cleanest proxies for the AI investment play. “This chart is going in the wrong direction,” said Hayes on X on Saturday, showing a chart for the SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures contract, which had fallen sharply. “Dumped WLD. I’m out. See y’all at the clerb,” he added.It was only on Wednesday that Maelstrom researcher Lukas Ruppert described Worldcoin as an “overlooked” bet on “AI mega IPOs,” predicting WLD would hit $5 by August.The investor note led to a…
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