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Crypto gang who held Bitcoin millionaires captive and tortured them are jailed for more than 30 years
Five members of a London gang have been jailed for a combined total of more than 30 years after kidnapping and torturing two French cryptocurrency millionaires who were visiting the capital. The victims, both in their 20s with a combined fortune of £50 million, were ambushed by masked, armed men after travelling to buy cannabis…
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Cryptocrook ringleader, 22, who met crew on Minecraft admits role in $245M heist
Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean national living in Miami, has pleaded guilty in the US to racketeering conspiracy for leading a cybercrime ring that stole and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from wealthy victims. Lam recruited some of the group’s earliest members after meeting them while playing Minecraft online, and the case…
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Liquid sidechain loses $320 million in Bitcoin to alleged researchers
Hackers have withdrawn roughly $320 million in Bitcoin from the federation wallet backing Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain developed by Blockstream, while insisting they are acting as white-hat security researchers rather than thieves. The incident matters because Liquid is used by exchanges and financial institutions, and it exposes how federated sidechains rely on trusted operators…
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Kemi Badenoch’s defence-spending plan, Wales school stabbing and Sánchez protests dominate
The Tories unveil a plan to raise defence spending to 3% by 2030 funded by welfare cuts, a Pembrokeshire teacher is stabbed by a pupil, and thousands protest against Sánchez in Spain; plus food-stockpiling warnings, Premier League’s return and Gloria Steinem’s final interview.
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Defence Spending Standoff: UK Opposition Demands 3% Military Boost as Government Cuts Troops
Kemi Badenoch has set out how a Conservative government would fund a rise in defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030, proposing to reintroduce the two-child benefit cap and cut disability benefits to pay for it. The Tory leader warned that Britain could be at war with Russia within four years and accused Prime…
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Kemi Badenoch demands 3% defence spending as BoE economist urges rate rise
Badenoch cites Russian threat while the Bank of England’s Huw Pill warns rates must rise to curb Middle East-driven inflation; Apple faces a £2bn tracking lawsuit, Ultrahuman lands $70m, Maria Bartiromo exits Fox, and Netflix unveils its FTX drama The Altruists.
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Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner Are a Crypto-Era Bonnie & Clyde in First Look at Netflix’s New True Crime Series [Exclusive]
Netflix has unveiled a first-look image from *The Altruists*, an eight-episode limited series dramatising the rise and fall of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that collapsed in 2022 amid one of the largest financial fraud cases in US history. The show, created by Oscar-winning *The Imitation Game* writer Graham Moore, stars Anthony Boyle as FTX co-founder…
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Reform UK gets another £4m from crypto billionaire pardoned by Donald Trump
Reform UK has confirmed a further £4m donation from British crypto billionaire Ben Delo, bringing his total gifts to the party to £8m and making him Reform’s second-biggest donor after Thailand-based investor Christopher Harborne. The party says it is confident the gift will not be caught by a new cap on overseas donors, despite Delo…
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Cold wallets keep cryptocurrency private keys offline for security
Cold wallets offer a more secure way to store cryptocurrency by keeping private keys completely offline, protecting them from hackers who target internet-connected devices. As trading platforms continue to suffer security breaches, more crypto holders are turning to self-custody methods, and cold wallets are considered the most secure option because they physically isolate the cryptographic…
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John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy” Welcomes a Baby Boy of His Own
Sean Ono Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, has announced the birth of his first child, a son named Aurelius, with his partner Charlotte Kemp Muhl. He shared the news on Instagram this week, marking the arrival of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s first grandchild and extending the family’s legacy into a…