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View More NewsAn effort by Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of now-defunct cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius, to convince a federal court to vacate his 12-year sentence for fraud and market manipulation faces pushback from US prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY).In a Friday filing, SDNY Attorney James McDonald and Assistant US Attorney Allison Nichols said that the court should deny Mashinsky’s petition to vacate his conviction and sentence, saying that many of his legal arguments were “without merit” and pushing back against claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. The former Celsius CEO informed the court in May that he would…
No true culture warrior worth his salt admits to reading The New York Times. Very Online conservatives refuse to read it because they think it hates Jews. Very Online progressives refuse to read it because they think it hates trans people. So intense is their loathing, it seems, that some of these hashtaggers cannot even tolerate the company of those who do read the Times. This includes one @claireyfaerie, who recently told Bluesky followers: “My parents have a [New York Times] subscription. Whenever I go to visit them and see the paper sitting on their coffee table, I remember the…
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Of all countries reeling from the United States’ return to realpolitik, none has more history with that American strategy—and none is more vulnerable to it—than Canada. US president Donald Trump’s disparaging social-media posts depicting Canada as the 51st state, his references to former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau as the “governor” of that state, and his haphazard imposition of crushing tariffs on a hitherto free-trading Canada-US partnership, doesn’t differ appreciably from his treatment of other allies. But as the United States’ closest neighbours, Canadians are especially sensitive to it. When White House advisor Stephen Miller declared in January 2026 that…
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Bitcoin rose above $64,000 on Tuesday, up over 1% on the day and marginally higher on the week, the only major with a meaningful…
Ripple is bringing its cross-border payments platform to Jeonbuk Bank, but key details including its launch status and settlement asset remain undisclosed. Read the…
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In brief Bitdefender found fake pirated copies of “The Odyssey” circulating within days of its release, disguised as HD movie rips but actually Windows…
The head of digital assets and tokenization at one of Germany’s largest asset managers said that USDT and USDC are not stablecoins, from his…
Polymarket has launched a new category of prediction markets tied to private companies, allowing users to trade on questions related to pre-IPO companies —…
In brief Two American men were arrested for their alleged role in entering the zoo enclosure of the viral monkey, Punch. One man reportedly…
from the oh-so-now-you’re-concerned? dept A couple weeks back, Supreme Court watcher Steve Vladeck pointed out a fascinating “tell” by Justice Samuel Alito in dealing…
A Pennsylvania family is suing the federal government, Drug Enforcement Administration officers, and their local police department, claiming the parties violated their Fourth Amendment…
The crypto asset manager argued the market is mispricing Hyperliquid as a niche derivatives exchange instead of a fast-growing “super-app” for global trading markets.…
XRP (XRP) has fallen 12% over the last five days, and the confirmation of a bearish pattern now points to the risk of more…
In brief Power availability is the central bottleneck in AI infrastructure buildout, says Bernstein, following a reported Google/Blackstone AI cloud alliance. Bitcoin miners collectively…