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Former Deutsche Bank employee and FINRA registered broker, Rashawn Russell, aged 28, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for wire fraud and crypto fraud scheme that saw investors lose $1.5 million.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, and Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, have demanded the Biden Administration to update on the measures taken to combat illicit use of cryptos in fentanyl drug trafficking.

battery materials producer Altmin is in talks with the Australian government to secure lithium supplies, the company's managing director said, as part of its expansion plans to meet rising demand for the critical mineral. «We are talking to the Australian High Commission and the critical minerals office,» Anjani Sri Mourya Sunkavalli told Reuters. Altmin, India's only cathode active materials producer, currently sources lithium carbonate from Brazil and Bolivia.

crypto market saw a trading session mainly in the red on Friday, although Bitcoin (BTC) traded in the green ahead of forthcoming key inflation data, which could clarify the Federal Reserve’s interest rate plan. At 12:04 pm, BTC was trading 0.8% higher at $68,337, while Ethereum experienced a marginal decline of over 0.1% to $3,738. Meanwhile, the global cryptocurrency market cap rose by 0.3% to around $2.54 trillion in the last 24 hours.

Independent candidate for U.S. president, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke on stage at Consensus 2024 in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, discussing crypto regulation.

US Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce is pushing for a collaborative digital securities sandbox between the US and the Bank of England. This initiative would allow businesses to test innovative financial tools in a controlled environment.

Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to attract significant investor interest as they record thirteen consecutive days of net inflows.

Ticketmaster customers — more than half a billion people — and is offering the pilfered data on the dark web for US$500,000.The data includes customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers and partial credit card details, including the last four digits of credit and debit cards and card expiration dates, according to HackRead, which first reported on the data breach.Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation have yet to confirm that the data breach took place and they have not made a public statement about the hacker’s claims. Ticketmaster did not respond to a Global News request for comment.The group that says it carried out the hack is called ShinyHunters, which has been behind a number of high-profile data breaches targeting Microsoft, AT&T and Mashable.

rupee appreciated 5 paise to 83.24 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday boosted by robust sentiment in domestic equity markets and a downward trend in the crude oil prices overseas. Forex traders said, however, strong American currency and unabated outflow of foreign capital weighed on the local unit. Also, they said market participants are expected to take cues from domestic macroeconomic data to be released later in the day.

US personal consumption expenditure data, gold August futures on MCX opened flat at Rs 72,100, down by 0.16% or Rs 116 while silver July contracts opened lower by Rs 1,077 or 1.14% at Rs 93,046. Gold and silver showed mixed trends in the international markets after the U.S. GDP data came as per market expectations. The second estimate of first-quarter GDP came up at 1.3% year on year against an expected reading of 1.2%.

President Joe Biden likes to call the United States “the indispensable nation.” By that he means that America is the only power simultaneously mighty and benevolent enough to preserve whatever is left of a liberal order — one in which rules and multilateral institutions govern, among other things, a system of relatively free international finance and trade. But what if the US itself, even under Biden, turns against the system it’s supposed to guard, becoming an agent of economic nationalism, international fragmentation and hostile bloc-building? Doubts to that effect have popped up throughout the Pax Americana, the long period of US leadership that followed World War II. What most frightened America’s friends abroad, though, was Donald Trump in the White House. His “America First” worldview was a throwback to a much earlier US stance of isolationism and nationalism.

convicted of a felony — let alone 34 of them – is the kind of blow that would normally tank any politician’s ambitions. Donald Trump will instead try to turn what might otherwise be a career-ending judgment into campaign fuel.

Elon Musk has denied that he discussed crypto policy with presidential candidate Donald Trump. His comment comes after Bloomberg reported Thursday that the two have had crypto-related talks as Trump highlights Bitcoin and other digital assets on his campaign trail to appeal to a broader voter base.

technology have witnessed such a tremendous shift that it's possible for you to charge your dead laptop or mobile phone in a minute and an electronic car in 10 minutes. Yes, new technology is here! An Indian-origin researcher has revealed a novel technology that can do the same in just a few moments. Ankur Gupta, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at the US-based University of Colorado Boulder, and his team of researchers discovered the technology, which has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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₹3050.15 crore on May 30, while domestic institutional investors provided support as they bought equities worth ₹3,432.92 crore on the same day.The rupee recovered 11 paise to settle at 83.29 against the US dollar on Thursday on softening American currency and crude oil prices in the overseas market. Foreign fund outflows, sharp losses in domestic equities and increased month-end dollar demand from oil marketing companies weighed on the Indian currency.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries: The pharmaceutical company has agreed to a preferential offer to acquire a 14.28% stake in the Indian Foundation for Quality Management for ₹12.5 crore. Meanwhile, the US FDA announced that a US-based unit of Sun Pharma is recalling 35,069 bottles of medication used to treat high pressure inside the eye due to glaucoma or other eye diseases.Apollo Hospitals Enterprises: The company reported a consolidated net profit of ₹253.8 crore for the quarter ended March, a 76% increase from the same period a year ago, driven by reduced losses in its pharmacy, health, and lifestyle segments.

Sensex plunged 617.30 points to close at 73,885.60, while the Nifty 50 settled 216.05 points, or 0.95%, lower at 22,488.65.Nifty 50 formed a bearish candlestick pattern with upper and lower shadows on the daily timeframe.Also Read: Indian stock market: 9 key things that changed for market overnight - Gift Nifty, US GDP, jobless claims to China PMI“On the daily chart, the uptrend has weakened. Thursday’s negative closing has led to the Nifty closing below the previous swing high of 22,795.

Also Read: Buy or sell: Vaishali Parekh recommends three stocks to buy today — May 31On Thursday, the Indian stock market benchmark indices suffered heavy selloff amid the monthly F&O expiry and ended nearly a percent lower each, extending losses for the fifth session in a row.The Sensex plunged 617.30 points, or 0.83%, to close at 73,885.60, while the Nifty 50 settled 216.05 points, or 0.95%, lower at 22,488.65.“Nervousness ahead of the exit poll and weak global cues continue to dent sentiments. Global markets remained under pressure due to rising bond yields and denting hopes of rate cut.

Donald Trump's hush money case trial.In a post on X, Ramaswamy wrote, “The prosecutor is a politician who promised to nail Trump. The judge’s daughter is a Democrat operative who literally *raised $$ from the trial* while her father presided over it.

Also Read: Donald Trump convicted. Here's what happens next."In New York today, we saw that no one is above the law," Biden-Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement.“But today's verdict does not change the fact that the American people face a simple reality.