Ethereum news: Tom Lee touts ETH as ‘wartime store of value’ as Bitmine (BMNR) buys more
Ethereum (ETH) funding firm Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), led by chairman Thomas “Tom” Lee, purchased 101,901 ETH as of last week, bringing its total holdings to more than 5 million of the second-largest cryptocurrency token. According to an update on Monday, the purchase increases the company’s ETH vault count to 5,078,386 tokens, which represents approximately…
Thrilling Kvaratskhelia hoping to drive PSG to another Champions League final
Hviča Kvarachelja cutting inside and dribbling towards the opposition goal is one of the most thrilling sights in football and the Georgian superstar hopes his magic from the wing can inspire Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League semi-final clash with Bayern Munich. “I play football because I love it and I’m always happy to be…
Senate Democrats say Pentagon wasn’t ready for Iranian retaliation on US troops
A group of Senate Democrats are pressuring the Pentagon over its failure to protect U.S. troops from retaliatory attacks by Iran. Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegers that the Pentagon…
What next as Bitcoin (BTC) whales go long despite bearish bets piling up
The largest trader on Hyperliquid has been long Bitcoin Bitcoin$77,681.00 For two months, the price chart started breaking out. Glassnode data shows that whale positions on the on-chain perpetual futures exchange Hyperliquid shifted from net short to net long in early March and have remained long since then, with the scale of long preference increasing…
Full injury report for Monday’s Thunder vs. Suns Game 4 matchup
The Oklahoma City Thunder will face the Phoenix Suns on the road on Monday. This will be Game 4 of a first-round series in the 2026 NBA playoffs. The Thunder lead the series 3-0. The Thunder defeated the Suns 121-109 in Game 3 on Saturday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 42 points and eight assists….
Man, 67, jailed for raping 72-year-old woman
A man in his 60s who raped a 72-year-old woman has been jailed for seven years. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said Vijay Chawla, of Rectory Lane, Bury, subjected his victim to a “horrendous ordeal” in Manchester in March 2023. Chawla, 67, was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting the same victim at Manchester Crown…
Why DeFi is not dead after the KelpDAO exploit
After a $290 million vulnerability was exploited and the total value locked in DeFi fell by approximately $13 billion, the simplest view is that decentralized finance is broken again. It’s also probably the laziest. The KelpDAO vulnerability over the weekend was serious. It appears to have started with a targeted attack on the infrastructure used…
Arkham says Aave raised $160 million of the $200 million it needs to cover exploit damage
Lending platform Aave has raised approximately $160 million to cover the $200 million in bad debt left by this year’s largest decentralized finance (DeFi) breach, Arkham posted on X on Saturday. “AAVE has raised $160 million to date to cover bad debt from the Kelp DAO vulnerability on defiunited.eth,” the blockchain analytics platform wrote. “The…
Man breaks knitting record while running London Marathon
The last thing anyone running the London Marathon wants is to get stitches as soon as they start running. But for Simon Fannon, from Ashford, the aim is to get as many stitches as possible when he competes in the iconic event on Sunday. advertise The 43-year-old achieved this goal, successfully breaking the current world…
‘Our drinks were spiked when we were 15 years old’
When Isabelle went to a party on the Isle of Man with friends two years ago, it never occurred to her that she would be unsafe. The then 15-year-old recalled how her drink was spiked after being given to someone there. “When I got it back, obviously something had been put in it,” she explained….
