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Jarett Dunn pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position and transfer of criminal property for an attack on his former employer, Pump.fun.

Citi is exploring cryptocurrency custody and payment services, with an initial focus on stablecoin-backed assets. Wall Street giant Citigroup is weighing plans to offer cryptocurrency custody and payment services, aiming to capitalize on a market bolstered by Trump-era regulatory approvals and pro-industry legislation. Biswarup Chatterjee, a Citigroup executive, told Reuters that the bank’s initial focus would likely be custody services for “high-quality assets backing stablecoins.” Chatterjee works within Citigroup’s services division, which manages treasury, payments, cash management and other enterprise solutions for large corporations. Read more

Search.com promises ad-free browsing, cashback for users, and revenue-sharing with publishers.

Acum 109 ani avea loc o adevărată catastrofă națională pentru români. Este vorba despre înfrângerea rușinoasă de la Turtucaia în fața armatelor germano-bulgare. Pe lângă evenimentul militar în sine, dezastrul a avut implicații majore pentru români.

The European Union is mobilizing EUR 500 million to finance emergency gas purchases for Ukraine.

UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that 420 children were for malnutrition every day in the beleaguered enclave last month; World Food Program: The trucks were looted mainly by starving, unarmed civilians

На территории Национального заповедника "Хортица" в Запорожской области появится современное специальное укрытие с защитой против радиации. Оно будет служить хранилищем как для людей, так и для музейных экспонатов.

Keyrock–Bitso research has projected a trillion in stablecoins volume by 2030, with stablecoins set to handle 12% of cross-border flows and possibly 10% of U.S. money supply. Onchain settlement has cut costs and time, while issuers’ T-bill holdings have affected yields and market structure.   The post Stablecoins Set to Capture $1 Trillion Payment Volume by 2028, Could Reshape US Monetary Policy: Report appeared first on Cryptonews.

The bureau warned that anyone offering recommendations on a “crypto recovery law firm” or claiming to be a lawyer could be targeting the victims of crypto scams. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a public service announcement for victims of crypto scams looking for legal advice to recover their funds. In a Wednesday notice, the FBI said that fictitious law firms were targeting individuals who had previously been scammed out of some or all of their crypto holdings, putting them at additional risk. According to the bureau, the scammers’ actions left victims at risk of compromising their personal data and other funds. The announcement, based on an update for similar warnings from the FBI in August 2023 and June 2024, cautioned people against accepting assistance from anyone recommending a “crypto recovery law firm” or any law firm “requesting payment in cryptocurrency or prepaid gift cards.”  Read more

Ziua de 15 august marchează de-a lungul istoriei o serrie de evenimente importante, de la execuţia domnitorului român Constantin Brâncoveanu şi a fiilor săi, până la naşterea celui mai cunoscut autor de culegeri de matematică, Grigore Gheba.

De Amerikaanse influencer Ethan Guo, die eind juni met zijn vliegtuig strandde op een eiland in Antarctica, ontkent dat hij daar illegaal is geland. Hoewel de aanklacht inmiddels is ingetrokken en hij van Chili van het eiland mag vertrekken, kan hij geen kant op.

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FC Utrecht beleefde een heerlijke avond door zich minimaal tot de winter te verzekeren van Europees voetbal. Het Zwitserse Servette FC werd in De Galgenwaard met 2-1 verslagen. Beide goals kwamen op naam van Victor Jensen. En dus niet van de voet van spits Noah Ohio, die met zijn matige spel een beetje een dissonant was bij de uitstekend draaiende thuisploeg.

Scott Bessent has said the U.S. will not buy Bitcoin for a Bitcoin reserve, using confiscated coins and stopping sales. He has put holdings at $15–$20B. Bitcoin has eased from $124,000 to $117,000. January and March orders have set funding via forfeitures. The post Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Says U.S. Will Not Buy Bitcoin For Strategic Reserve: Fox News appeared first on Cryptonews.

Fostul europarlamentar Vlad Gheorghe susține că procedura prin care ANAF l-a somat pe Klaus Iohannis să plătească aproape un milion de euro, reprezentând chirii încasate nelegal, a fost declanșată ca urmare a unei plângeri depuse chiar de el.

This is the first public footage of Barghouti, a senior Fatah official who was sentenced to five life sentences plus 40 years for his role in the Second Intifada, to be circulated in years

'We took to the streets because we cannot remain silent in the face of what is happening in Gaza,' one of the organizers in Haifa told Haaretz. 'The world must know that this is not just a war – this is the deliberate starvation of civilians'

The company has experienced rapid growth in less than two years, reaching an annual recurring revenue of $80 million and a valuation of $18 billion. Perplexity AI, developer of an AI-powered search engine, is reportedly preparing for another funding round at a $20 billion valuation. The capital could fund the company’s recent $34.5 billion bid to acquire the Google Chrome browser. The target valuation is $2 billion higher than Perplexity’s previous $18 billion mark from its July 2025 fundraise, according to Business Insider. The company’s worth has surged 3,746% since January 2024, when it was valued at $520 million. On Tuesday, Perplexity made an unsolicited $34.5 billion offer to purchase the Google Chrome browser, a product that has been the subject of an ongoing Google antitrust case. In a ruling expected to the coming days, a US district court judge could force Google to sell the browser to reduce the company’s dominance in web searching. Read more

According to Secretary General Antonio Guterres' report, Israel's refusal to allow access to UN observers makes it difficult to verify patterns of sexual violence. Israel was also urged to conduct exhaustive and independent investigations into claims of sexual crimes committed by its forces - especially in detention facilities - and to prosecute those responsible