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By Lucia Mutikani

The lawyers of disgraced FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, have decided to not file any post-trial motions following his fraud conviction on November 2nd, according to a letter filed by his attorneys on December 1st.

Today, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced plans to host a forum focused on blockchain technology and digital assets, bringing together candidates for the 2024 US presidential election. The event will take place in New Hampshire on December 11 as part of Coinbase’s “Stand With Crypto” campaign.

snowfall to cities across the Midwest and Ohio Valley, including Chicago, Indianapolis, and Columbus, Ohio. This may result in challenging conditions for the Tuesday morning commute. This weather development follows a winter storm that affected parts of northern New England at the beginning of the workweek, depositing heavy, wet snow and causing disruptions to the Monday morning commute, along with numerous power outages. In the Pacific Northwest, concerns about flooding are increasing as rivers and streams in Washington and Oregon are on the rise due to a series of atmospheric river storms delivering substantial rain to the region. This precipitation is causing the melting of mountain snow, contributing to water accumulation in low-lying areas. According to the FOX Forecast Center, warm air surging from the Pacific will elevate snow levels above 9,000 feet, surpassing weekend levels. Due to the potential flooding risk, Flood Watches have been issued in the Pacific Northwest, covering areas from western Washington through western Oregon, including major cities like Seattle, Olympia, Portland, Salem, Eugene, and Medford.

By Jeff Mason and Patricia Zengerle

(Corrects paragraph 13 to reflect consequences for executives trading during blackout periods, not insider trading)

Shares of public crypto companies listed in the US experienced a surge on Monday as Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $42,000, reaching a new high for the year.

Digital asset investment products recorded $176 million in inflows last week extending the positive run to 10 consecutive weeks hitting huge numbers not recorded in years.

“The natural trend of whichever country has the reserve currency is to inflate the money supply and increase deficit spending until it loses that advantage,” Armstrong posted, pointing out that “the U.S. is somewhere on this journey.”

The Bitcoin (BTC) price, which briefly surpassed $42,000 on Monday for the first time since April 2022, has risen back above El Salvador’s average purchase price, putting the emerging Central American nation’s crypto bet back in the green.

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By Ernest Scheyder

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The nine candidates were named on NBC's «Today Show», highlighting individuals, concepts or groups that «had the most influence on the world throughout the previous 12 months.» Here the top nine nominees for the award: Hollywood strikers As reported by Time, the strike staged by Hollywood actors and writers this year showcased «a rare show of the power of both labor and the entertainment industry.» The 118-day strike concluded in November with the negotiation of a tentative agreement between SAG-AFTRA, the union representing 160,000 actors and media professionals, and Hollywood studios and streaming services. Xi Jinping The Chinese President has figured in the Time100 list for over 10 times.

Nikhil Gupta, who was named by the United States in an indictment before a US court, alleging a plot to assassinate a US citizen involving Indian officials. The registry, however, threw up five other persons with the same name who are under trial in different states, but not in Gujarat, said officials. The national database on arrested narcotics offenders was launched in 2022 and contains names of those arrested by police across states in the country and by central agencies, Earlier, the National Crime Records Bureau recorded the cases registered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act but information about individuals stayed with the state police.

Modi government from Sunday’s electoral triumph has been more strategic than political. It put to rest the notion in some international circles that India could enter some sort of a lame-duck phase after this round of assembly polls.

Bitcoin topped US$42,000 as frenzied speculation in cryptocurrencies gathers pace, extending the largest digital token’s rally to more than 150 per cent this year.

Stocks slipped on Wall Street Monday ahead of some key reports this week on the United States job market that might provide more insight into the Federal Reserve’s thinking about interest rates.

₹96 crore and loss of around ₹64 crore in FY21. It has not yet filed its FY22 financial statements.

Daryl Hall & John Oates threatens to bring over five decades of musical collaboration to a halt. Filings in a Nashville court and a hearing last week reveal that the «You Make My Dreams» hitmaker are involved in a fight over sale of their joint business venture in which Hall, 77, has accused Oates, 75, of committing the “ultimate partnership betrayal”. “Your average fans feel like it’s a divorce — they’re upset and sad,” Lori Allred, who founded the first Hall & Oates fan club in the US officially recognized by the multiplatinum-selling duo, said. “You’re seeing these two people, and you grow up with their music, following them and going to shows, and now it’s like, wow.

Marjorie Bloom wired hundreds of thousands of dollars into cryptocurrency on the advice of someone she believed to be a trusted confidant, little did she know that she was being trapped in a tech scam. The man claimed to be a 'fraud investigator' at PNC Bank and he persuaded Bloom that criminals, using stolen personal data, were in the process of pilfering her life savings. He convinced her to protect her money and to move it quickly and covertly. Later, she was shocked to know that the 'investigator' was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Bloom was ensnared in a 'tech support' scam. Bloom lost $661,000.