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View More Newsfrom the celebrate-with-some-lemon-pound-cake dept As we wrote just yesterday, the defamation trial brought by seven Adams County, Ohio deputies against rapper Afroman was going about as well for the officers as their original botched raid on his home. Today we can report the inevitable conclusion: the jury sided entirely with Afroman, clearing him of all liability after just hours of deliberation. To recap briefly: deputies raided Afroman’s home in 2022 with guns drawn, found essentially nothing, filed no charges, broke his door (and his gate!), and got caught on his security cameras doing embarrassing things — including one deputy who…
Ether (ETH) traded lower on Thursday after a fresh knee-jerk reaction to yesterday’s US interest rate decision and a higher inflation outlook.Key takeaways:ETH dropped 7% to $2,100 on Thursday, liquidating $144 million in longs.A break below $2,000 could trigger over $2.5 billion in additional long liquidations across exchanges.The 50-day moving average around $2,100 is a key level to watch.Ether risks $2.5 billion long liquidationsData from TradingView showed 7% daily ETH price losses, with ETH/USD dropping as low as $2,140 on Thursday.ETH/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewEther’s correction is accompanied by significant long liquidations across the crypto market totaling $492.8 million over…
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In 2022, James Cameron brought audiences the sequel to his 2009 sci-fi epic Avatar. In Avatar: The Way of Water, Cameron continues the story of protagonist Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). In the first film, Sully is a crippled marine living on a dying future Earth. He travels to the alien world of Pandora to help the militaristic Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) and corporate overseer Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi) move the natives, the Na’vi, off their land so the humans can mine it. But then he falls in love with a native woman, her people, and their world, helps them…
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U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, a lawmaker at the center of talks on the crypto industry’s top policy goal to pass a market structure bill,…
Crypto traders have become hopeful for a market rally after the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, according to crypto sentiment…
In brief The plan covers Russell 1000 stocks and some index ETFs at launch, with the same rights, symbols, and priority. Tokenized trades would…
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Wednesday that it is bringing the S&P 500 to the blockchain via the Hyperliquid platform, making it easier for…
In brief The U.S. Secret Service is working with authorities in the United Kingdom and Canada to stop crypto fraud. Dubbed “Operation Atlantic,” the…
Brendan Carr’s authoritarian warning — that networks risk their broadcasting licenses for Iran war reporting that the government doesn’t like — is outrageous. When…
from the merit-based-hiring? dept Much of last week I had been working on a different article than the one this became. The American Historical…
President Donald Trump believes that journalists “should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information.” In a social media…
Istanbul, March 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists urged the Turkish authorities on Monday not to fight the appeals of veteran journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak.…
The Ethereum Foundation’s new mandate — a sweeping document released Friday to clarify the organization’s role and principles — sparked a torrent of reactions,…
Digital asset wealth management platform Abra is going public through a reverse merger with special purpose acquisition company New Providence Acquisition Corp. III, marking…
In brief Abra will list on Nasdaq as ABRX via a $750 million SPAC deal with New Providence Acquisition Corp. III. The firm targets…