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On Sunday, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele tweeted out his new profile picture. It featured the popular, young upstart standing at a podium with a bitcoiner’s blood red laser eyes (instead of the usual statesman’s stare). In the background stand a few national guardsmen.  The day before, in a pre-recorded video screened to the 12,000 attendees of Bitcoin Miami, the 39-year-old president announced he had drafted a bill to present to the nation’s legislature to make bitcoin an official… Source link

After four years as a standout at the U.S. Naval Academy, Cameron Kinley signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in May as an undrafted rookie free agent. But when the Bucs start mandatory minicamp Tuesday, Kinley won’t be there. He will instead be required to immediately commission for the rank of ensign. Cadets who attend the Naval Academy commit to active-duty military service after graduation. A 2019 policy directive allows for graduates pursuing a career in professional sports to delay… Source link

Crypto investing pioneer and former hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz has stacked up billions of dollars by making bold bets on digital assets. He’s built up his crypto ecosystem company Galaxy Digital (BRPHF) into something akin to a crypto Berkshire Hathaway (if there were such an equivalent in crypto) through investments in promising blockchain projects and his recent record setting $1.2 billion acquisition of custody giant BitGo. And similar to the way equity investors turn to… Source link

Stock futures opened near the flat line Monday evening after a meandering session during the regular trading day. Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked up. Earlier, the index ended just a tick below the flatline and was less than half a percent below its all-time high. The Dow also ended lower, while the Nasdaq pushed into positive territory. Investors this week have been digesting signals from officials over the path forward for monetary and fiscal policies, and what these might suggest for… Source link

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft turned 80 over the weekend, and received a great birthday gift from some of his high-profile friends. Kraft received a special drop top blue Bentley from rappers Meek Mill, Jay-Z, and Philadelphia 76ers owner Michael Rubin and others. Meek Mill shared the video of their surprise on his Instagram Monday morning, which showed Rubin walking Kraft out of his home to find the car waiting for him. The car is apparently one that Kraft has wanted for quite some… Source link

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced Monday that it had recovered $2.3 million in cryptocurrency from criminal hackers who compromised a major U.S. pipeline in mid-May that resulted in fuel outages and hoarding across the East Coast for six days. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a seizure warrant on Monday, allowing the DOJ to take action to confiscate a large chunk of the $4.4 million paid by Colonial Pipeline to the DarkSide ransomware… Source link

– Selects Indiana as Location for New Tempur Plant – Fourth Manufacturing Facility Added in North America in the Last Twelve Months LEXINGTON, Ky., June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE: TPX, “Tempur Sealy” or the “Company”) today announced that it has selected Crawfordsville, Indiana as the site for its previously-announced third domestic foam-pouring plant. The new state-of-the-art plant is expected to be the largest Tempur Sealy manufacturing facility in the… Source link

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss    NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) – Bitcoin funds and products posted record outflows last week as investors continued to cast a cautious eye on the world’s largest cryptocurrency, which has seen its upward momentum stall in the last few months, according to digital currency manager CoinShares data released on Monday.    Bitcoin outflows hit $141 million in the week ending June 4, representing 8.3% of the net inflows seen this year. For the year so far, bitcoin… Source link

Yahoo Sports recaps the longest home runs from the Week of June 1st utilizing statcast data Video Transcript LIZ LOZA: DJ Moore and Robby Anderson, which of these Carolina Panther receivers am I prioritizing in fantasy? Well, spoiler alert, I tend to prioritize value, so my answer is gonna be Robby Anderson. But let’s talk about why. Because DJ Moore is absolutely an athletic marvel. I mean, this guy is entering his fourth season in the league, and we are still talking about his SPARQ score…. Source link

Apple (AAPL) is bringing updates to the software that powers the Apple Watch. Announced at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2021, watchOS 8 brings a number of changes to the world’s best-selling wearable, including the ability to track your respiratory rate and new workouts. Apple previously announced sleep tracking capabilities for the Apple Watch, but this year, it’s adding the ability to track your respiratory rate while sleeping as well. This is something that a number… Source link