Social media app Stars Arena has recovered approximately 90% of the funds it lost after being exploited, according to an October 11 announcement from the team on X (formerly Twitter). The recovery occurred after four days of on-chain negotiations, blockchain data shows. The attacker was allowed to keep slightly more than 10% of the funds
Inside Gaza’s Dar al-Shifa hospital, the main medical facility in the besieged Palestinian territory, the exhausted doctors treating victims of Israel’s bombardment struggle with crippling power shortages, ageing equipment and dwindling supplies. Not only the wounded descend on the hospital. Its corridors throng with Gazan families seeking a safe haven from Israeli air strikes that
Bitcoin (BTC) faced a 4.9% correction in the four days following the failure to break the $28,000 resistance on Oct. 8, and derivatives metrics show fear is dominating sentiment in the market, but will it be enough to shake Bitcoin price from its current range? Looking at the bigger picture, Bitcoin is holding up admirably,
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a civil rights investigation into Alabama’s Department of Environmental Management after reviewing complaints of discrimination in the distribution of federal funds. In a letter addressed to ADEM Director Lance Lefluer, the EPA said it would launch a probe into state policy concerning distributions from a federally backed sewage
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The cost of building the London-to-Birmingham stretch of the UK’s HS2 high-speed railway has jumped by a fifth in just four months, underlining the challenges the government still faces in delivering the troubled project. Last
Prospective buyers visit an open house for sale in Alexandria, Virginia. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The housing market is dealing with a number of “tricky” dynamics, according to Tracy Kasper, the president of the National Association of Realtors. “What we’ve experienced over the last probably 12 to 18 months is what I really like to
It’s a dilemma many homeowners and interior designers have faced. Whether to paint a room, install wallpaper, or both. One of the challenges of choosing both is trying to find the right wallpaper to coordinate with a specific color or vice versa. Fortunately, Farrow & Ball has found a way to solve this conundrum in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU has opened an investigation into X, formerly Twitter, over the way illegal content and disinformation of terrorist and violent content is spreading on its platform in the wake of the attacks by Hamas
Issuers focused on boosting ESG scores through mitigation efforts must face the hard fact that climate risk trumps being prepared. “There could be a point where the materiality of this risk is greater than the ability to prepare or the ability to manage it,” said Nora Wittstruck, senior director, ESG sector leader, S&P Global Ratings. “It becomes
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jes Staley, the former Barclays boss, has received the first regulatory ban for actions taken as chief executive of a major UK bank after he allegedly misled the watchdog about his past relationship with Jeffrey
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the first such call between the regional rivals’ leaders in years as concerns mounted that the war between Israel and Hamas risked
In a show of support in the wake of the deadly terror attacks, Palm Beach County, Florida, is boosting its investment in Israel. Joseph Abruzzo, county comptroller and clerk of the circuit court, on Monday directed that $25 million from the county’s investment portfolio be invested in Israeli bonds following the surprise weekend attack by
Bitcoin (BTC) failed to hit $100,000 during the 2021 bull market because defunct exchange FTX kept selling BTC, analysis claims. In an X post on Oct. 12, Joe Burnett, senior product marketing manager at Bitcoin financial services firm Unchained, joined voices arguing that FTX executives suppressed BTC price strength. FTX testimony reveals mass BTC selling
Wall Street’s profits declined 4.3% to $13 billion in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2022, according to a report issued Thursday by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. DiNapoli said the data shows the financial industry’s return to pre-pandemic levels of revenue after it had record profits in
Muni Pride, the first LGBTQ+ organization for the municipal bond industry, is hosting its first event in Chicago this month as it continues efforts to grow nationally. The organization, launched in 2019 by three San Francisco-based industry leaders as California Muni Pride, rebranded this summer to Muni Pride to match efforts to expand the group
Anonymous hackers of the now-defunct exchange FTX have been moving large amounts of assets stolen from the platform, with new transactions occurring just as the ongoing trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried gets underway. As much as 72,500 Ether (ETH) of stolen assets from FTX has awakened for the first time since the exchange was hacked
Elon Musk is a streamer? The social media website X, formerly known as Twitter, hosted its first gaming stream — a 50-minute-long Diablo 4 gameplay — on October 6. The stream, which has over 42 million views at the time of writing, involved X owner Elon Musk playing Blizzard Entertainment’s latest title and answering questions
The Financial Data Transparency Act will likely make financial reporting more difficult for issuers, as regulators and governing bodies are now tasked with the challenge of providing data standards that can apply across cities, counties, hospitals, school districts and universities, among others. That’s according to panelists at this year’s Government Finance Officers Association 5th Annual
Bitcoin (BTC) is clinging to the key $26,800 mark prior to the Oct. 12 Wall Street open as United States inflation data continued to beat expectations. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price reacts as CPI surpasses predictions Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price volatility staying muted after two-week lows seen
Over the past several years, as the fortunes of other Chicago neighborhoods waxed and waned with economic cycles and a planet-wide health crisis, Fulton Market has remained the steadiest of all Windy City nooks. Situated immediately west of the Loop central business district, the enclave’s popularity with developers, restaurateurs, office and retail tenants, home buyers
Fox Business producer Eleanor Terrett says that, as she gains more recognition in the crypto community, she is becoming a prime target for social media impersonators. “So, I find myself having to tweet more often, saying, ‘Just a reminder, guys, I don’t have a private profile; I will never reach out to you,’” Terrett tells