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IT Genetics, a Romanian technology company specializing in digital automation and operational efficiency, has successfully completed the private placement for its shares, brokered by SSIF TradeVille, and raised RON5.2 million from investors.

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years in prison, following the $40 billion collapse of UST and Luna in May 2022.

The government may consider banning social media platforms if they do not cooperate with authorities, Minister of State for Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel Malik said on Thursday. The social media platform X, which around 4.5 million people in Pakistan use, was blocked in February 2024, around 10 days after the general elections. Speaking on Dawn News programme “Doosra Rukh,” Barrister Malik, responding to a question about a possible ban on incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan’s X account, said “investigations are ongoing.” He added that while the government has contacted X, the platform has shown the least cooperation compared to other social media networks. Criticising X, the minister said the platform should not operate with double standards. “Posts related to Palestine are removed, and accounts blocked, within 24 hours. Here, we are talking about a matter of terrorism,” he said. He further noted that the government has issued reminders to social media platforms and warned that those that fail to cooperate ...

România a declarat război Statelor Unite la 12 decembrie 1941, aliniindu-se complet Axei. Decizia a dus la ruperea relațiilor diplomatice și a justificat bombardamentele americane asupra țintelor strategice din România în anii următori.

Het leven van een Nederlandse cryptomiljonair (37), die met zijn Colombiaanse vriendin een blingblingleven leidde aan de Costa del Sol, is geëindigd in een gruwelijk bloedbad. De man werd dood teruggevonden in een bos. Volgens de Spaanse politie is hij langzaam doodgebloed.

Judecătoarea Sorina Marinaș, de la Secția penală a Curții de Apel Craiova, avertizează că magistrații care au vorbit public despre problemele din sistemul judiciar se așteaptă la „repercusiuni”.

A federal judge heard statements from some of Terraform Labs’ and Do Kwon’s victims for hours before deciding on the co-founder’s sentence. Do Kwon, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud. In a Thursday hearing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Paul Engelmayer ordered that Kwon serve 15 years in prison for his role in the collapse of Terraform, which wiped out about $40 billion from the crypto market in 2022. He will receive credit for time served in the US and 17 months of pre-extradition custody. Prior to making his decision on sentencing, Engelmayer heard from some of Terraform’s victims and questioned what kind of justice Kwon might face in his native South Korea, where authorities are also building a case against him. Read more

Met een ouderwets ‘schaam je kapot’ verlieten de spelers van Feyenoord het veld in Boekarest. Wat het grijpen van de levenslijn in de Europa League had moeten zijn, werd een vernedering. De nummer tien van de Roemeense competitie werkte een 1-3 achterstand weg en vloerde Feyenoord met 4-3. Drie dagen voor de Klassieker verkeert Feyenoord weer in crisissferen en niet zo’n beetje ook.

The Terraform Labs co-founder pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud in August.

Go Ahead Eagles moet na een spannende wedstrijd in Lyon zonder punten naar huis. De ploeg kwam al snel op achterstand, maar Milan Smit maakte snel daarna gelijk. Na 11 minuten was het al 2-1. En dat bleef ondanks een spannende slotfase de stand.

Feyenoord moet vrezen voor uitschakeling in de Europa League. De ploeg van trainer Robin van Persie verspeelde donderdag een 1-3-voorsprong in de belangrijke uitwedstrijd tegen het Roemeense FCSB en verloor met 4-3.

Ukrainian forces engaged in 165 combat clashes with Russian invaders on December 11, with nearly half of them recorded in the Pokrovsk sector.

The agreement, valued at $35 billion, will enable the export of gas from Israel’s Leviathan reservoir to Egypt through 2040.

The agreement, valued at $35 billion, will enable the export of gas from Israel’s Leviathan reservoir to Egypt through 2040.

Go Ahead Eagles heeft donderdag verloren van Olympique Lyonnais in de Europa League. De ploeg van trainer Melvin Boel ging in Frankrijk na een spectaculaire openingsfase met 2-1 onderuit.

Throwaway phone numbers offer a cheap way to bypass authentication text defenses.

'They're creating an atmosphere of ouster around me,' Boaz Balat, who is being attacked by politicians and those close to the government because of his refusal to incriminate Israel's attorney general, told his colleagues ■ President Herzog is trapped between the threats of Netanyahu and Trump and those of his former confidant

The remarks signal Pakistan’s push to turn its grassroots crypto activity into a compliant, innovation-driven sector anchored by Bitcoin and digital-asset regulation. Pakistan sees Bitcoin and digital assets as the backbone of a new financial rail for its 240 million citizens, a senior official said at the Bitcoin MENA Conference, signaling a shift toward formal regulation of crypto markets. Bilal Bin Saqib said on Tuesday that Pakistan can no longer rely on traditional economic models, but needs “a new engine,” citing digital assets. The minister said during a roundtable in Abu Dhabi: Saqib, the chairman of Pakistan’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (PVARA) and former special assistant to the prime minister on blockchain and crypto, said his mandate is to transform one of the world’s largest unregulated crypto markets into a compliant, investment-ready ecosystem. Read more

Regerend wereldkampioen Luke Littler heeft donderdagavond geen steken laten vallen op de eerste dag van het WK darts in Londen. 'The Nuke' was in drie sets klaar met de Litouwer Darius Labanauskas: 3-0. Jamai van den Herik werd als eerste Nederlander uitgeschakeld.