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Pavel Durov, the Russian billionaire behind Telegram, is embroiled in controversy after being arrested in France over allegations that he failed to manage criminal content on the messaging platform.
Elon Musk has raised alarms about the direction of the U.S. economy, predicting that unchecked government spending could lead to bankruptcy.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advocated for more timely retail investor access to fund portfolio data, highlighting that current delays could disadvantage the 70 million American households that rely on this information.
Vetle Lunde, senior analyst at K33 Research, expressed concern about the authenticity of liquidation data reported by major crypto exchanges such as Binance, Bybit and OKX.
Bloomberg will add Polymarket’s election odds to its Terminal service, according to an August 29 update from Michael McDonough, Bloomberg’s chief economist.
Nvidia and Apple are rumored to be interested in joining OpenAI’s next funding round, which could potentially raise the company’s valuation to over $100 billion.
Crypto.com, a major cryptocurrency platform with over 100 million users, has unveiled a partnership with PayPal.