UFC president Dana White said he helped set up a deal for Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski to join the Las Vegas Raiders during the 2020 free agency period, but then-Raiders head coach Jon Gruden “blew the deal up.” White told the story during the “UFC with the Gronks” broadcast for UFC 278 on Saturday night. He said he never planned to tell the story, until Gronkowski asked him about it on the broadcast. “I worked to put that deal together for Brady and Gronk to come to the Raiders,” White said…. Source link
Read More »Who is the Network Access Broker ‘Wazawaka?’ – Krebs on Security
In a great many ransomware attacks, the criminals who pillage the victim’s network are not the same crooks who gained the initial access to the victim organization. More commonly, the infected PC or stolen VPN credentials the gang used to break in were purchased from a cybercriminal middleman known as an initial access broker. This post examines some of the clues left behind by “Wazawaka,” the hacker handle chosen by a major access broker in the Russian-speaking cybercrime… Source link
Read More »Toomey vows fix to ‘badly flawed’ cryptocurrency broker plan in infrastructure bill
Senator Pat Toomey, ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, says he’s prepared to fix the broad definition of a cryptocurrency broker that’s contained within the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill bogged down in Congress. The comments come as the House is pushing for an imminent vote on a $550 billion so-called “hard” infrastructure bill, which would invest in bridges to roads and the nation’s broadband, water and energy systems. The legislative language includes a… Source link
Read More »Gensler Targets Broker ‘Gamification’ After Trading Tumult
(Bloomberg) — Gary Gensler pledged to scrutinize trading apps that have exploded in popularity, signaling the Biden administration’s pick to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to confront issues central to wild stock swings that have shocked Wall Street and Capitol Hill. Gensler, testifying during a Tuesday confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, said a top concern is that upstart technologies are prompting less sophisticated investors to take risks… Source link
Read More »'Roaring Kitty' no longer has financial broker license: filing – Yahoo Finance
TipRanks Goldman Sachs Predicts Over 50% Rally for These 2 Stocks Stocks started this year with heft gains, edged back last week, and now are rising again. The big tech giants led the moves, with volatility in Apple and Amazon leading the NASDAQ on its gyrations. The strategy team at investment bank Goldman Sachs have taken notice of the market shakeups, and are working out what it means for investors. According to macro strategist Gurpreet Gill, watching bond yields and stock values closely,… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Japan to Rename Broker YJFX as PayPay FX
Yahoo Japan Corporation, a Japanese internet company, will be unifying the names and services of six of its financial operating companies, including YJFX, a foreign exchange (forex) trading provider owned by Yahoo, under the “PayPay” brand. In particular, Z Holdings Co., Ltd. (ZHD), Z Financial Co., Ltd. (ZF) and SoftBank Corp., the holding companies of Yahoo Japan, said in a statement this Friday that the name change will occur in autumn of this year. The Most Diverse Audience to Date at… Source link
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