US loans Ukraine $20B from seized Russian assets
The Treasury Department on Tuesday extended a $20 billion loan to Ukraine funded by seized Russian assets as part of a broader Group of Seven (G7) effort to strengthen Ukraine's defense. The money will be transferred to Ukraine on Tuesday morning through the World Bank, which received a loan from the United States. The loan […]
Rep. Donalds says using military assets in deportation efforts is ‘extreme last resort'
Rep. Byron Donald (R-Florida) said Sunday that President-elect Trump would use military assets to carry out a mass deportation plan only as an “extreme last resort.” In an interview on ABC News' “This Week,” host Martha Raddatz asked Donald Trump to explain in more detail how he plans to carry out his mass deportation plan. […]
Shell and Equinor to merge UK North Sea oil and gas assets | Shell
Shell and Equinor will combine their offshore oil and gas assets in the UK North Sea to form a new company with 1,300 employees. The Aberdeen-based company will become the North Sea's largest independent producer and is expected to produce more than 140,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day next year. Shell said there […]
Forget Bitcoin, MicroStrategy is up 500% this year, and Michael Saylor explains how the stock has outperformed its underlying assets – Fortune
As crypto bulls continue to wait for Bitcoin to reach the $100,000 milestone, they may want to consider companies that own around 400,000 tokens. MicroStrategy has been on a Bitcoin ride, for better or for worse, since co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor poured the software company's fortune into the cryptocurrency in 2020. Recently, his […]
X Objects To Bankruptcy Sale Of Alex Jones, Infowars Assets
Elon Musk's Company X on Monday filed a limited objection to the sale or transfer of the X account handled by Alex Jones and his media platform Infowars in an effort to block the acquisition by The Onion. . Company X's legal filing Summary of objections to the transfer of the Infowars X Account, Banned.Video […]
US Bitcoin ETF assets break $100 billion – Cointelegraph
US Bitcoin (BTCExchange-traded funds (ETFs) topped $100 billion in net assets for the first time on Nov. 21, according to data from Bloomberg Intelligence. Bitcoin has dominated the ETF world ever since the Spot BTC ETF was launched in January. Investor interest in cryptocurrencies accelerated after President-elect Donald Trump, who favored cryptocurrencies, won the November […]
Comcast to spin off cable assets: report
Comcast, one of the nation's largest media conglomerates, plans to spin off its cable assets as part of a major restructuring of its business, according to multiple reports. The plan, expected to take up to a year, would split the company's NBC Universal network, which includes MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, SyFy and E!. Golf Channel […]
Trump Confirms He Will Declare National Emergency, Use Military Assets For Mass Deportation
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday declared a national emergency and authorized the use of military assets to carry out a mass deportation plan. “Truth!!!” President-elect posts on Truth Social early monday morning This was in response to a post from Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, this morning. Fitton had posted about reports indicating the […]
Trump declares 'true' reports of national emergency, military assets to achieve mass deportation plan
President-elect Trump on Monday recirculated social media posts suggesting the incoming administration would declare a national emergency on immigration and use military assets to support mass deportation pledges, calling the claims “true.” !” At 4:03 a.m. on his Truth Social site, President Trump reposted a statement by Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, a conservative […]
An Ohio man guilty of Bitcoin laundering must forfeit over $400 million in assets – The Verge
An Ohio man named Larry Dean Harmon will be sentenced to three years in prison and have $400 million worth of cryptocurrencies and other assets forfeited, the Justice Department announced. announced on Friday. Harmon was indicted in 2020 on charges of money laundering conspiracy related to Helix, a dark web cryptocurrency “mixer” service he operated. […]