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Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Flywheel Has a Preferred Stock Problem — bloomberg.com
A plunge in the securities has effectively shut down a key leg of Strategy’s financing mechanism.
Bitcoin Falls Back Toward $60,000 on Strategy Shares, Rate Fears — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin extended its slide back toward the $60,000 level. The decline is driven by mounting concerns over the unraveling of Strategy Inc.’s funding mechanism, alongside rate-hike fears that are dampening demand for riskier assets.
Exclusive: Son of pro-crypto New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand raises $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange — fortune.com
The 22-year-old son of a crypto-friendly senator plans to launch his own exchange for a type of derivative popularized by digital asset traders. Theodore Gillibrand, whose mother is Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), has drummed up $30 million in a
Singapore Adds Crypto Firm Bybit To Its Investor Alert List — bloomberg.com
The Monetary Authority of Singapore added Bybit Fintech Ltd. to its investor alert list on Wednesday, as the city-state steps up scrutiny of unlicensed cryptocurrency exchanges.
‘Magic Pill’ or Placebo?: Black Politicians and the Crypto Lobby — prospect.org
Last month, Rep. Al Green and fellow Rep. Christian Menefee faced off in a highly contested runoff to fill Texas’s 18th Congressional District seat. When Texas Republicans gerrymandered the state’s congressional maps last summer, Green saw the Houston-area
Notorious, China-Based American Mogul Is Running Shadowy Influence Campaign to Undermine U.S. AI Efforts, Give Communist China an Edge in Technology Arms Race — freebeacon.com
A Shanghai-based American expatriate who works hand in glove with the Chinese Communist Party is using a network of American nonprofits to foment and amplify American opposition to artificial intelligence and the data centers that power it in a bid to
DOJ charges San Diego resident with funneling 'charitable donations' to Hamas terrorists — jpost.com
The accused has been a long-time public supporter of the terrorist organization, and is alleged to have funneled $600,00 through Hamas charities and cryptocurrency transfers directly to its members.
The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers: ‘It’s exploiting. It’s grooming. It’s predatory’ — theguardian.com
As the pornography platform has exploded in popularity, a side industry has emerged: middlemen who encourage young women into the industry, then take a large cut of their earnings Markuss Hussle wants his online students to understand one thing: he knows
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