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Elon Musk-backed pro-Trump PAC fumbles outreach, faces allegations
The America PAC, heavily funded by Elon Musk to back Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, is struggling to meet voter outreach goals. The PAC is tasked with securing critical votes in swing states, and now faces allegations that canvassers have been lying about voter contacts, according to insiders. Key battleground states like Wisconsin and Nevada, where […]Cryptopolitan
Oct 19, 2024
Pokemon GO player catches a nearly perfect Pokemon
A Pokemon Go player caught an extremely rare Pokemon, Giratina. The legendary and powerful Pokemon contained maximum Defense and HP. However, it falls short in Attack, nearly reaching perfection. A user on Reddit skyejedi27 shared the screenshot of his catch on Pokemon’s official subreddit. The player caught the Pokenmon on October 16 around San Fransisco, […]Cryptopolitan
Oct 19, 2024
U.S. banks’ unrealized losses soar to 7 times 2008 crisis levels
U.S. banks are taking massive hits, with unrealized losses on their securities skyrocketing to $750 billion by Q3 of 2024. That’s seven times higher than the unrealized losses reported during the 2008 financial crisis, where banks faced $100 billion in losses. These losses are tied directly to securities that banks had previously acquired, particularly their […]Cryptopolitan
Oct 19, 2024
US legal officials push for hostage label for Binance executive held in Nigeria
A coalition of U.S. attorneys general, spearheaded by Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, has sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. They are urging the administration to classify Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, currently detained in Nigeria, as a hostage. In the letter, the attorneys general raised concerns about Gambaryan’s […]Cryptopolitan
Oct 19, 2024
Crypto industry backs Utah’s John Curtis in senate race to replace Mitt Romney
John Curtis, Utah’s Republican congressman, has become a favorite among crypto supporters in his bid to replace retiring Mitt Romney in the Senate. During a Salt Lake City event, Curtis talked to a group of crypto enthusiasts about his experience with fellow lawmakers regarding internet speeds. Lawmakers discussed 50 and 100 megabits as if those […]Cryptopolitan
Oct 19, 2024
U.S. inflation might be down – but it is far from out
Inflation in the U.S. may seem to be cooling but don’t start celebrating yet. Sure, annual price increases have dropped closer to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, but inflation has a nasty habit of staging a comeback when you least expect it. Remember the 1970s? Policymakers thought they had inflation beat, but it came back, […]Cryptopolitan
Oct 19, 2024
Ethereum could struggle to reach $10,000 by 2030 if L2s dominance continues
VanEck’s head of research, Matthew Sigel, predicted that ETH might continue struggling if Ethereum layer-2 networks continue to take value from it. Sigel expressed this view on X, noting that unbalanced conditions between the network and its L2s could prevent ETH from reaching $22,000 by 2030, as earlier predicted. According to Sigel, VanEck predicted that […]Cryptopolitan
Oct 19, 2024
