Bitcoin Miner Riot Scoops Small Kentucky Rival for $92 Million as Sector Sags – Decrypt
Riot Platforms announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Kentucky-based Block Mining Corp. for $92.5 million as headwinds faced by small-scale bitcoin miners continue to pose challenges for the industry. Terms of the agreement include $18.5 million in cash and $74 million in Riot common stock, with the possibility of additional payments based on performance […]
Mets’ Kodai Senga set for return Friday vs. rival Braves
Senga Kodai spent most of last season thriving on a struggling team that will now find itself in postseason contention. The Mets right-hander threw bullpen sessions at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday and then said he’ll be ready for his first start of the season Friday against the Braves at Citi Field. “The team is doing […]
Vance fires up voters in major battleground state, slams VP rival Harris
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Former President Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance are reaching out to voters on Saturday in their first joint campaign rally as vice presidential candidates, and their first since a failed assassination attempt on Trump’s life last week. Thousands of spectators packed Van Andel Arena, home of the Grand […]
TikTokker Sydney Nicole Gifford slaps rival Alyssa Sheil with lawsuit that could ‘change the influencer game’
Legal experts told The Washington Post that the legal battle between the two rival social media companies “could change the influencer industry as we know it.” A Texas woman with more than 500,000 followers has filed what may be the first lawsuit against another content creator, alleging that she copied her TikTok, Instagram, and Amazon […]
Former Trump primary rival Haley in Republican convention spotlight on day after JD Vance named running mate
MILWAUKEE — A day after Donald Trump was formally nominated as the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential candidate and Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio was named his running mate, Trump’s final rival in the presidential primary is taking center stage at the Republican National Convention. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, John F. Kennedy, who served […]