Jun 09 2024
Keith Gill, known online as “Roaring Kitty,” posted on Reddit that he is holding $181.4 million worth of GameStop (GME) stock and call options. Following his Reddit post, GME, ROAR, and KITTY meme coins gained 315%, 660%, and 477%, respectively. Gill’s combined holdings effectively equate to owning 17 million GameStop shares. At the last trading …
Jun 09 2024
Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas aka El Nini was the leader of the so-called “Ninis,” a group of notoriously violent enforcers for the Chapitos faction of the cartel. The Sinaloa Cartel is widely regarded as one of the world’s most perilous drug trafficking syndicates, notorious for its involvement in the sale of the lethal opioid, fentanyl. …
Jun 09 2024
Mastercard has launched its Mastercard Crypto Credential, facilitating the first peer-to-peer (p2p) pilot transactions. The latest offering will enable users on the Bit2Me, Lirium, and Mercado Bitcoin exchanges to send and receive cryptocurrency. Users across Peru, Chile, Portugal, Argentina, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Uruguay will be able to conduct both …
Jun 09 2024
Malicious 911 S5 botnet, which infected over 19 million IP addresses worldwide, enabled billions of dollars in pandemic and unemployment fraud. U.S Department of Justice estimates that over US$5.9 billion was siphoned off through fraudulent unemployment insurance claims and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications. Chinese national YunHe Wang, a 35-year-old St. Kitts and Nevis …
Jun 08 2024
Cardano (ADA), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and JasmyCoin (JASMY) are experiencing notable price surges, each seemingly driven by increased whale activity. This week, transactions exceeding $100k on these networks have more than doubled compared to their average figures for 2024. According to Santiment’s latest, the surge in large transactions indicates heightened interest from large-scale investors, contributing …
Jun 08 2024
British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK) accused of mistreatment, torture, unlawful detention, and killings. Three days of hearings to be held by the Kenyan government until Thursday to “investigate the allegations of human rights violations’ by the BATUK. After years of grievances, the Committee on Defense, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations was fina fina after …
May 14 2024
The four faced the judge on Friday. Secretary-General and Director Serdal Gündüz, Vice-Dean and lecturer Serdal Işiktaş, and the head of the international office, Amir Shakira, are charged with larceny, forgery of documents, and circulation of forged documents. Police officer Ortunç Özbaylı told the court that Ilık has fake graduate and post-graduate diplomas from the …
May 10 2024
Bitcoin has had a phenomenal year, as well as an extraordinary run in the last quarter of 2023. The price is currently trading above $52K, increasing by a whopping 17% in the past week alone. In the past 30 days, BTC is up by more than 22%, while its yearly gains stand at a massive …
Apr 09 2024
Vitalik Buterin has taken to social media to express his anticipation for the imminent integration of “Verkle trees” onto the Ethereum blockchain. He emphasized that this advancement will enhance the functionality of staking nodes, decrease disk space requirements, and elevate the overall user experience. Describing them as a crucial step forward for the blockchain, he …
Apr 04 2024
Authorities intercepted a flight loaded with five bags of methamphetamine in rural Queensland. The flight was traveling from the Bulolo district of Papua New Guinea and was bound for New South Wales, Australia. The woman allegedly facilitated the importation of this drug, the storage of the methamphetamine prior to importation, the purchase of bags for …