(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin is sustaining a record-breaking run, lifted by the unprecedented amounts of capital flowing into crypto products as well as a looming reduction in the digital token’s supply growth. Most Read from Bloomberg The original cryptocurrency reached an all-time peak of almost $72,881 on Monday and was trading at $72,220 as of 7:15 a.m. in London on Tuesday. A record $2.7 billion flowed into crypto assets last week, according to a report from CoinShares international Ltd.,… Source link
Read More »BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Draws Record Influx as Coin Tops $69,000
(Bloomberg) — Investors dumped a record amount of cash into BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF while the cryptocurrency surged to an all-time high. Most Read from Bloomberg The iShares Bitcoin ETF (ticker IBIT) pulled $788.3 million Tuesday, its 37th consecutive inflow. The fund has now swelled to $11.5 billion in assets. Bitcoin briefly topped $69,000 on Tuesday, surpassing the all-time high it hit in late 2021. Demand from the ETFs and a optimism surrounding an upcoming reduction in the token’s… Source link
Read More »Google Search Technique Used by Police Draws New Legal Challenge
(Bloomberg) — Civil liberties advocates are mounting a new challenge to the use by police of Google search data for help solving criminal cases, as the practice draws greater scrutiny nationwide. Most Read from Bloomberg After a Pennsylvania woman was raped in 2016, police submitted a search warrant to Alphabet’s Google for information about users who had typed the victim’s name or address into the search engine in the week leading up to the attack, according to court papers. Google… Source link
Read More »Draymond Green-Jordan Poole punch draws candid Damian Lillard take
Dame has candid response to Draymond-Poole altercation originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Like the rest of the NBA world, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard has been watching the Warriors’ entire Draymond Green-Jordan Poole situation unfold from afar. And on Saturday, Lillard publicly weighed in on the altercation for the first time while speaking to reporters at practice. “It’s unfortunate,” Lillard said (h/t Sean Highkin). “When you spend as much time with your… Source link
Read More »Clayton Kershaw’s would-be perfect game draws mixed reactions
Clayton Kershaw faced a shot at baseball history on Wednesday. He came up two innings short. Not because of his performance on the mound. But because of a decision by Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. The three-time Dodgers Cy Young winner had a chance to add a coveted line to his already illustrious résumé with a perfect game through seven innings against the Minnesota Twins. But 80 pitches into his start, Roberts pulled him, opting to prioritize Kershaw’s health over a chance at… Source link
Read More »New Saudi golf league draws players’ interest
The Greg Norman-led, Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, a rival to the PGA Tour, is preparing to announce a roster of players that includes several notable names, according to a new report in the Telegraph. Norman is pressing forward with the venture despite the intense public criticism of Phil Mickelson’s connections to the endeavor, and indicated to the Telegraph that he will be formally announcing “marquee names” that will join the tour in the coming weeks. The Telegraph… Source link
Read More »Robot Delivery Upstart Nuro’s New $600 Million Round Draws An Unexpected Backer: Google
Nuro’s R2 delivery vehicles haul only groceries, packages and food, rather than people. Nuro Nuro, a developer of autonomous driving technology backed by two former Google engineers, hauled in an additional $600 million to speed up efforts to commercialize its robotic delivery services from past investors including SoftBank and Toyota’s Woven Capital and a surprising new one: Google. The Series D round was led by Tiger Global Management and includes funds from Baillie… Source link
Read More »UPDATE 4-Tokyo Olympics opening draws 16.7 mln U.S. TV viewers, a 33-year low
(Adds comment from executive) By Helen Coster July 24 (Reuters) – NBC’s broadcast of the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony drew 16.7 million viewers, the smallest U.S. television audience for the event in the past 33 years, according to preliminary data from Comcast-owned NBCUniversal on Saturday. Across all platforms, including NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app, 17 million people watched the ceremony, NBCUniversal said in an email. The streaming audience on those platforms grew 76% from… Source link
Read More »Alabama spring football game draws 47,218 fans
Best Life If You’ve Gained Weight Recently, This OTC Medication May Be to Blame If you’ve recently packed on a few pounds, you’re hardly alone. A March report published by the American Psychological Association (APA) on the stresses of the pandemic found that 42 percent of Americans have experienced undesired weight gain since COVID first hit. But before you dismiss your weight gain as the result of pandemic stress alone, you should first consider when you started gaining. If it began as… Source link
Read More »ABC’s steep price for an ‘Oscars’ ad draws fire as ‘no Zoom’, plummeting ratings prompt backlash
Media giant ABC (DIS) is seeking $2 million for 30-second ad spots during this year’s Oscars telecast on April 25, according to Variety. Last year, the network reportedly charged up to $2.8 million for a 30-second spot, whereas 2019’s show saw ads sell for an average $1.98 million — a decline of 5% from 2018, according to market research company Kantar Media. (Source: Kantar Media Division) The most recent estimate, although historically on par with year’s past, is still surprising… Source link
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