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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud in the late hours of Nov. 2. The jury delivered its verdict in less than 10 minutes after nearly four hours of deliberation, leaving his parents to fall silent in the crowded courtroom at the Southern District Court of New York. 

The United States Federal Reserve has sent a cease-and-desist letter to crypto media publication Bitcoin Magazine, accusing it of trademark violations, according to a Nov. 3 post from the publication. Bitcoin Magazine claims it is being targeted because of its use of the word “FedNow” on “t-shirts, hats, and other wearables.” FedNow is the trademarked name of the Federal Reserve’s instant payment system.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. regulators on Friday cleared the way to increase oversight of asset managers, hedge funds, and other non-banks that they believe pose risks to the broader financial system, reviving a tough new regime that had been sidelined under former President Donald Trump.

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«Echo», which will premier on January 10, is the first Marvel production to launch simultaneously on Disney+ and Hulu, the first which will be available for binge-watching and the first to carry a TV-MA rating. Director and executive producer Sydney Freeland emphasizes the significance of representation as the series revolves around Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox), Marvel's first superhero series featuring a deaf and Native American character. “Representation was extremely important to myself and to everyone on the crew,” Freeland said at a press event for the series in October, where she was joined by executive producer Brad Winderbaum (who’s also head of streaming, television and animation at Marvel).

SlateStone Wealth Chief Market Strategist Kenny Polcari discusses how the robust September jobs report could impact the Fed's inflation battle on 'Varney & Co.'

Marvel Studios project “Echo” is scheduled to debut on Hulu and Disney+ on January 10, 2024. The adventure of Maya Lopez, played by Alaqua Cox, as she is hunted by Wilson Fisk, played by Vincent D'Onofrio, and his criminal empire will be the main subject of this five-episode series. On both platforms, all five episodes will be available for streaming on January 10. Hulu will be the only place to get them until April 9. With this distribution approach, Marvel Studios will release all of its episodes at once for the first time, giving audiences a binge-worthy experience. Marvel said in September 2023 that, as a result of the AMPTP's inability to obtain a reasonable and non-exploitative deal with the WGA or SAG-AFTRA, they were rearranging the release schedule for a large portion of their end of 2023 slate. The SAG-AFTRA strike is still running strong, despite the writers' strike ending on September 27, 2023. However, it seems that the powers that be are hoping for a quick conclusion because Marvel and Disney+ have just released a trailer for their next show, "Echo."

The total supply of stablecoins has surged in recent weeks, coinciding with a significant rally in the price of Bitcoin (BTC), on-chain data shows.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is under scrutiny after Democratic lawmaker Rep. Wiley Nickel from North Carolina criticized the agency’s management of a controversial bulletin concerning the accounting of companies’ crypto holdings.

Economic data released earlier on Friday revealed a larger-than-expected slowdown in the US jobs market in October, triggering downside in US bond yields and a pump in the US stock market and price of Bitcoin (BTC), which was last around $34,600.

Major US-based Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) provider Proshares has just launched a new short Ether (ETH) product.

Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services in the past one year. “Dollex returns clearly show that the weaker rupee has played spoilsport," Sharma said. “While India is in a relatively sweet spot than other emerging markets, the fact also is that many large-caps have hardly moved over the past two years, and while the mid-caps and small-caps have outperformed this year, their volatile nature leaves little room for FPIs to manoeuvre in." “The rupee can continue to remain under pressure if the Fed hikes the FFR (Fed Funds Rate) to rein in inflation in December or if crude tests the $100/bbl mark on worsening hostilities in West Asia," he added.

Schengen Visas and cited that countries most likely to issue visa according to one's citizenship. And, here is a list of countries that have a considerably low rejection rate for visa applications from India: Out of 1,861 visa applicants from India, Iceland has rejected only 5.48% of them, translating into 102 denied applications. However, a reason for the low rejection rate from Iceland can be the relatively low number of applicants, but that is not the case for Germany, which is one of the top destinations for Indian applicants, the report said.

New Delhi: Intel on Friday announced it will be collaborating with eight electronics manufacturing services companies and original design manufacturers (ODMs) in India to accelerate laptop manufacturing in the country. The eight companies are Bhagwati Products Ltd, Dixon Technologies India Ltd, Kaynes Technology India Ltd, Optiemus Electronics Ltd, Panache Digilife Ltd, Smile Electronics Ltd, Syrma SGS Technology Ltd and VVDN Technologies Pvt.

₹1.97 trillion. Similarly, the ministry of new and renewable energy has come up with Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (Sight) programme for incentivizing the production of green hydrogen and electrolyzers with an outlay of over ₹17,000 crore. The second person said that before announcing the scheme, the government would look at having an India-made prototype ready.

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday appreciated the State Bank of India (SBI) for becoming the first foreign bank in Sri Lanka to successfully launch a pathbreaking direct Sri Lankan Rupee-Indian Rupee trade. Sitharaman, who is on a three-day official visit to the crisis-hit island nation, along with P.S.M. Charles, the Governor of Northern Province, inaugurated the second SBI branch in Jaffna.

Israel did not stop its assault on Gaza then the conflict could widen into a regional war. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in his first speech since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7, also threatened the U.S., Israel's main ally, hinting his Iran-backed paramilitary group was ready to confront U.S.