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Luxury cruise operator Kimberley Pearl Tours entered receivership in January; its boat seized. Customers lost deposits. Mediation set for August 31.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI could be controlled by a few powerful players, cautioning against trading liberty for safety. The open-weight model debate divides Silicon Valley.
Bitcoin nears $69K, HYPE rallies on leveraged demand, and the SEC proposes a permanent crypto framework. Experts weigh in on AI governance, banking access, and housing market links.
Treasury Secretary Bessent will announce Iran sanctions Monday, calling the campaign 'coordinated economic isolation in the history of the world.'
Sandmark tests show Binance still verifies EU accounts and accepts deposits after missing the MiCA deadline. ESMA lists neither the exchange nor its affiliates as authorized.
Bitcoin surged 22% as the crypto market added $500B to hit $2.74T, the highest since May. Zcash rose 70%, XRP 51%, and HYPE hit a record $82.
Altcoin market cap surged $215B (24%) Aug 19-22, pushing Total2 above $1T. 56% of Binance altcoins reclaimed their 200-day MA after Trump's crypto-friendly announcements.
Angelo Ciaramello closes Rev One Trading citing tech stack costs; prediction-market infrastructure vendors are already expanding as 13% of prop firms enter the space.
Everything Protocol's whitepaper outlines a single liquidity reserve handling swaps, lending, and orders. The design removes external oracles and pools idle capital. Junior LPs absorb first losses.
Dukes says her 'Westies' character Birdie Polk learned everything about her target before manipulating him into working for the FBI.
World Liberty Trust Co. received OCC approval to issue and custody the Trump family's USD1 stablecoin. Sen. Elizabeth Warren flagged a conflict of interest, citing the president's family running a federal regulated entity.
2,843 ETH and 1.6M DAI drained from Term Finance vaults via governance takeover, not a code exploit. Voting rights bought with Tornado Cash seed capital. No timelock details published.
Senior staff departures could leave Trump's White House vulnerable as Democrats eye House control and investigations loom.
The Metals Company holds $23.6B NPV in seabed nodules but burns $20M/quarter with no revenue. Its NOAA permit path bypasses the ISA, drawing international opposition. Cash runway and legal risks loom.
Two Brown-Forman family members drafted a withering letter to the board, criticizing CEO Lawson Whiting for poor performance and a failed Pernod deal. Three days later, Whiting announced retirement. The brothers demanded a strategic plan and accountability.
A Fair Work Commission ruling reveals Allianz's Speed2Value initiative cut Australian IT headcount by 36% as roles moved to HCLTech in India.
The AFL freezes entry-level finals tickets at A$35 for an 11th year, leaving money on the table to build fan loyalty. The strategy contrasts with concert dynamic pricing and relies on long-term value from memberships and broadcast revenue.
Most hotel PIP budget overruns trace to outdated drawings. Scanning before design starts lets owners get accurate bids and avoid change orders, Data Capture Service says.
UBS raised its year-end S&P 500 target to 8,100, citing 35% earnings growth and broadening gains beyond megacap tech. The bank sees 5.5% upside.
Johnson & Johnson's 64-year dividend streak tops Abbott's 54, and its revenue is on track to exceed $100 billion this year. The two Dividend Kings diverge on risks and catalysts.
South Korea's five major exchanges hold 566,352 foreign crypto accounts. Only 90 recorded activity in July. Bithumb has 484,846 with zero active. The 2021 banking rules are the barrier.
Five-year AI cloud bet: Amazon's diversity and cash-flow buffer beat Oracle's debt-heavy reliance on the OpenAI deal, even at a higher P/E.
CEO Sanjay Mehrotra sold 40,000 shares at ~$906-$966 in late July. A month later he announced $22B in customer deposits with demand exceeding supply by 50%.
Trump's 'pretty much' deal falls apart at midnight. 50% tariffs on $20bn of Canadian goods go live. Carney vows dollar-for-dollar retaliation on steel, dairy, electronics Sept 8.
Druckenmiller's family office holds 16.6% of its portfolio in Natera, nearly three times its second-largest stake. He added shares last quarter even as the stock neared records.
The SEC's Reg Crypto proposal opens a 60-day comment period, seeking input from crypto platforms, investors, and the public on new disclosure and reporting rules.
Netflix dropped the final season of Outer Banks while Apple TV+ launched Ted Lasso season 4. HBO Max and Paramount+ also added new titles this weekend.
FHLC charges 0.08% expenses vs. 0.57% for PJP. One fund holds 300+ stocks across healthcare; the other concentrates on 33 pharma names. Performance divergence favors PJP recently.
Vistra shares are down 38% from highs despite locking in $5.5B in new power capacity and 20-year AI data center deals. Alpha Score 32 signals execution risk.
Only 90 of 566,352 foreign accounts on South Korean exchanges were active in March. The 2021 real-name banking rule left 99.9% of accounts dormant, with $21.9 million in assets locked.