BTC Direct said it plans to use the funds to expand its workforce and develop new products, among other things. Source link
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Draper Associates is backing the round for the Bangalore-based cryptocurrency exchange, with $3.5 million raised so far. Source link
A Washington Post editor provoked an onslaught of online ridicule after he opted to compare and contrast the real-life 2020 presidential race with TV series ‘The West Wing’, beloved by US liberals for its ideological outlook. Glenn Kessler, chief writer of Washington Post’s Fact Checker section, which rates the supposed veracity of political statements by assigning them a ‘Pinocchios’ score, pondered on Monday the meaning behind […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080630474_0:0:3123:1756_1200x675_80_0_0_bfd6434cd7a1aa3c2b69ed325526f48a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080659659-series-of-blasts-rocks-nagorno-karabakh-capital-of-stepanakert-reports-say/ STEPANAKERT (Sputnik) – Powerful blasts were heard in the centre of Stepanakert, the capital of unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, on Saturday morning, a Sputnik correspondent reported. After each explosion, the distinctive sound of shrapnel peppering the area was heard. It is unclear what targets were hit. The blasts came after air raid sirens went off in the city. The Armenian […]
Ifeanyi Nsofor reviews the documentary series, Journey Of An African Colony, which confronts a painful past — including involvement in the slave trade — and celebrates the nation’s independence. (Image credit: Quramo Productions) Source link
European crypto brokerage Bitpanda, based in Vienna and founded in 2014, is announcing the completion of a $52 million Series A led by PayPal legend Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. This fundraising round, plus a seed round in 2016 and an initial exchange offering in 2019, means the 240-employee company raised roughly $100 million to date, according to the team. Source link
Starship SN8 has arrived at the launch site for a test campaign full of firsts for SpaceX’s prototype vehicle. Complete with aero surfaces, SN8 will be tested and launched with three Raptor engines on a refined test flight to 50,000 feet (15 km). This vehicle is the first in a family of Starships that will incrementally test the launch, return, and landing capability ahead of the […]
Slightly less than a month after the United Arab Emirates announced that they would normalise ties with Israel, there was another dramatic announcement, this time coming out of neighbouring Bahrain. On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced that Bahrain had followed in the footsteps of the UAE and given a green light for the establishment of full diplomatic relations with Israel, with reports suggesting that Bahraini […]
Undefeated Russian prospect Aliaskhab Khizriev delivered the goods as he impressed UFC president Dana White and earned a UFC contract after a 50-second win at the Contender Series on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The series, which features the world’s top fighting prospects, offers unsigned fighters the chance to compete in front of UFC president White at the promotion’s multi-million-dollar Apex facility, with the night’s most […]
Residents of Medway, Kent, endured scenes straight out of an apocalyptic nightmare on Friday after a series of large explosions at an industrial building sent mushroom clouds towering above their homes. An enormous blaze broke out at the building in the early hours of Friday morning and locals reported being woken by a series of bangs. The fire strengthened over the course of several hours and […]
Russian drift series star Ekaterina Naboychenko has admitted that she struggled with “anger” and “rejection” as she got used to being the lone female racer in the championship, adding that she faces a tougher challenge than men. Naboychenko indulged her childhood passion for adrenaline when she joined a drifter in their car around the streets as a 16-year-old, buying a Nissan Skyline of her own when she […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian diamond dealer Mehul Choksi is accused of defrauding the government-run Punjab National Bank to the tune of over $2 billion with the help of his nephew Nirav Modi. In 2018, Choksi surrendered his Indian passport and obtained Antiguan citizenship. Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi on Wednesday approached an Indian court in response to the upcoming Netflix documentary ‘Bad Boy Billionaires: India’, requesting that […]
Prosecutors in Berlin have confirmed that a man detained following a series of road traffic incidents is being held on suspicion of Islamist terrorism. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is blocking its Black Hawk helicopter fleet from all non-operational flights as the military looks into a recent pattern of “technical malfunctions” – one of which involved the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief. “The commander of the Air Force, Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, decided to ground the fleet of Yanshuf [Black Hawk] helicopters from training and transport activities following a number […]
Mike Harris is the Veteran’s Today Financial Editor and podcast radio show host of Short End of the Stick. Mr. Harris has enjoyed 30+ yrs in the manufacturing, financial, and technology sectors. He’s been core to numerous domestic and international start-ups, acquisitions and mergers, skyrocketing profit margins through a highly co-operative/collaborative team approach. His sharp intellect and a fluid intuition were a significant boon during his […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/11/1079910349_0:312:3001:2000_1200x675_80_0_0_2b0a8a906b407570965077d30ef07f8f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202007171079912896-microsoft-halts-production-of-xbox-one-x-one-s-digital-edition-prior-to-series-x-launch/ As Microsoft is planning to launch its Series X console later this year, speculations are circulating that the company will unveil a cheaper and less powerful version of its new-gen console in the nearest future. Microsoft has officially halted production of its Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles ahead of the launch of its Series X […]
Remember those chilling yet hilarious images of mannequins being used in restaurants to fill space? Television just kicked the craziness up a notch: As various productions resume, mannequins are now being used for crowd shots and even, in at least one case, sex scenes. The CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful was one of the first TV productions to resume filming amid the pandemic—and […]
Watch a special episode of the documentary series ‘Dagestan: Land of Warriors’, which serves as a tribute to the life of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and coach of UFC champion Khabib and Russia’s leading MMA trainer. Footage used in this film was shot in October 2019 for the fifth installment of the documentary series ‘Dagestan: Land of Warriors’. Due to the tragic death of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, […]
Epic Games, the developer of the massively popular Fortnite, has announced that it will air a series of conversations about race, featuring “prominent” black voices from various sectors. The hit game, estimated to be played by a staggering 350 million people worldwide, will host the conversation series titled ‘We The People’ on Saturday. The program will be aired in the game’s Battle Royale game mode. Viewers […]
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are conducting the first in a series of four spacewalks to begin the process of replacing the final set of the station’s batteries – an effort which first began over three years ago. EV-1 Chris Cassidy and EV-2 Bob Behnken kicked off EVA-65 on Friday. EVA background: The ISS features expansive solar arrays that use sunlight to power the […]
A new series about blockchain project Dragonchain is premiering on Discovery, and it’s been fully financed with $1 million in crypto. Production house Vision Tree Media said Friday its new “Open Source Money” documentary series, which will track crypto project Dragonchain, would debut on Discovery Science, a U.S. TV channel run by Discovery Inc., which also owns the Discovery Channel. While the five-part series, scheduled to […]
The Stellar Development Fund (SDF) has loaned micropayments firm SatoshiPay $550,000 in XLM tokens after the coronavirus pandemic put the kibosh on its Series A funding round. Under lockdown in his Berlin flat, SatoshiPay CEO Meinhard Benn told CoinDesk via Google hangout the Series A, which was to have been finalized by the start of Q2, “fell apart” at the last minute because of the coronavirus […]
There’s a very annoying thing in the age of streaming. It’s the “just wait until episode five… it gets real good” thing. The “I know there are close to 1,000 TV series to watch but spend several hours not enjoying yourself so you can appreciate when this arbitrary show finds its way” thing. The very annoying thing that—groan of all groans—can be true if you have […]
Considering the cheesy and unsubtle melodrama peddled by White Lines, it’s amazing that it takes until midway through its fourth episode before someone explains its metaphorical title (hint: it doesn’t just refer to cocaine!). Nonetheless, one doesn’t need to wait that long for wholesale absurdity to rear its head in this latest series from Money Heist mastermind Álex Pina, as the craziness begins early and then […]
In early March, when it became clear that the wrath of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States was going to be widespread and unforgiving, a disturbing, if unsurprising report came out: Wealthy Americans were apparently contacting their doctors and asking if they could pay for an early vaccine. Cost was no object. Of course, there was—and is—no vaccine, leaving the rich at no advantage on […]