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Did crypto gambler Posh George give his mother £2million for Reform?
The Daily Mail has published a report questioning whether a crypto gambler known as “Posh George” gave his mother £2million, with a suggested link to Reform UK. The headline raises the prospect of a substantial personal payment potentially connected to the party’s finances, though the underlying details of the transaction and its context were not…
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Rhoden defeats crypto-backed rival to secure South Dakota governor nomination
South Dakota’s Republican Governor Larry Rhoden has won the state’s first-ever gubernatorial primary runoff, defeating businessman and cryptocurrency advocate Toby Doeden to secure the party’s nomination. The runoff was triggered because neither candidate cleared the 35% threshold required to win the primary outright, a historic first for South Dakota’s electoral process. Rhoden’s win settles the…
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GOP governor survives challenge from Bitcoin evangelist in gubernatorial runoff
South Dakota's first gubernatorial primary runoff pitted incumbent Larry Rhoden against outsider Toby Doeden after neither cleared the 35% threshold to win outright.
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Burma approves death penalty for scammers months after FBI’s $8 billion crypto crackdown
Burma’s military-run government has approved the death penalty for people convicted of running online scam operations, under a new Anti-Online Scam Law passed by parliament. The move comes just months after the FBI announced an $8 billion crackdown on scam networks operating out of the country, and reflects growing international pressure on Burma to tackle…
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Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M
Apple is facing a lawsuit alleging negligence in its App Store security after three users lost a combined $1.8 million (approximately £1.4 million) to a fraudulent cryptocurrency wallet app. Filed on Friday in the US District Court of Northern California, the complaint argues that Apple’s marketing of the App Store as a safe, tightly controlled…
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Watch live: Senate Democrats hold forum on Trump crypto investments
I wasn’t able to retrieve the actual article content — the page returned is an access-denied/bot-block message (not the real article), and I don’t currently have web search permission to find the story elsewhere. The only real information available is the title: “Watch live: Senate Democrats hold forum on Trump crypto investments” from The Hill’s…
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Crypto bill faces Democratic backlash over new ethics rules
The supplied article could not be summarised because its text only contains an access-denied notice. Its headline indicates that a crypto bill is facing Democratic opposition related to proposed ethics rules, but no further claims can be verified from the material provided. No details are available about the bill’s provisions, the politicians involved, the nature…
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John Oliver Returns to Expose Trump Family’s Shady Crypto Dealings: ‘We Badly Need Proper Guardrails’
John Oliver used the return of “Last Week Tonight” from its summer break to scrutinise the Trump family’s expanding cryptocurrency ventures, arguing that the president has personally profited enormously from an industry he once dismissed as fake. The segment carries added weight given Oliver’s own position: his contract runs out at the end of 2026,…
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ClickLock Mac malware locks apps until you give in
A new Mac malware campaign called ClickLock tricks users into infecting their own computers by disguising itself as a routine “verify you are human” check, then asking them to copy and paste a command into the Terminal app. Once run, the command quietly downloads malicious software while displaying a fake progress bar, and a subsequent…
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US Voting Row, Trump Crypto Ethics Push and GitHub Outage
A CNN host retracts a claim on non-citizen voting as Senate Republicans target senior officials’ crypto ties. GitHub recovers from an outage, while gaming and television unveil fresh developments.