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View More NewsIn brief The UK’s National Crime Agency has frozen $13.6 million (£10,024,041.33) held in a Premier League bank account under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The money was the opening instalment of a four-year sponsorship deal with Sorare, the crypto fantasy soccer card game. Sorare separately faces a Gambling Commission prosecution over allegedly running gambling without a licence, with trial due next June. Britain’s National Crime Agency has frozen more than $13.6 million (£10,024,041.33) sitting in a bank account belonging to the Premier League, England’s top soccer division and the most-watched league in the world, as it investigates the crypto…
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From Tyson-Phipps v. Rubio, decided yesterday by Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein (S.D.N.Y.): [The Complaint] alleges that defendant’s decision to discipline plaintiff {a Diplomatic Security Special Agent employed by the United States Department of State} “for carrying a licensed personal handgun…
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Beijing’s Cold War with the West entered a new phase this month. The chastened creators of AI agent Manus are preparing a return to Singapore, after witnessing the forced collapse of their US$2 billion sale to Meta. Manus was originally developed in China, before its parent company relocated to the city-state. But three months after the big sale to Meta was announced, the founders were summoned back to Beijing and prevented from leaving until the deal was scrapped.In the midst of the Manus fallout, China’s State Council issued revised exit and entry regulations. Citizens can be prohibited from travelling outside…
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In brief Sberbank’s Anatoly Popov told TASS that Russian crypto trading could reach about 4 trillion rubles (~$46.43 billion) in the first year under…
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In April 2026, a federal grand jury returned indictments charging the Southern…
Michael Saylor’s Strategy acquired 4,603 Bitcoin for $370 million, marking the first acquisition from the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in two months.Strategy acquired 4,603…
In brief Abbott ordered Texas agencies to halt state funding for Flock cameras, his office confirmed to the Texas Tribune. The Tribune found the…
This afternoon, Justice Alito extended the administrative stays pausing the order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit halting the prescription…
When Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded company holding bitcoin, first floated the idea of selling its bitcoin stash to fund its dividend obligations…
Digital asset company Galaxy and Ethereum treasury platform Sharplink will launch a private fund that will invest Ether in decentralized finance (DeFi) strategies, signaling…
In brief Google’s Threat Intelligence Group confirmed that cybercriminals used AI to develop a zero-day exploit targeting a popular open-source web administration tool. Google…
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From today’s decision by Judge Jeannette Vargas (S.D.N.Y.) in Goldstein v. CUNY: On January 9, 2026, Plaintiff Avraham Goldstein (“Plaintiff”) filed his Third Amended…
Payward, the parent company of crypto platform Kraken, is raising new capital at a $20 billion valuation, according to two people with knowledge of…
Bitcoin (BTC) could be set for an extended uptrend, with a pending bullish signal from a key valuation metric suggesting that BTC prices might…