When Chris Gray sold his Shark Tank-backed scholarship search startup Scholly to Sallie Mae in 2023, he thought he had it all. Now he’s suing the student loan giant for wrongful termination and alleging that it’s selling the data his app collected, which includes personal info on minors, without properly informing users. Gray co-founded the company a decade prior with the hope of helping students more easily find college scholarships that were going untapped. Within two years, he nabbed Sharks Daymond John and Lori Greiner as investors after an appearance on the show. With the acquisition, Gray became one of…
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The Korean National Tax Service (NTS) revealed that it has successfully recovered $23 million (33.9 billion won) in overdue taxes from wealthy individuals hiding money overseas. The announcement was also framed as a demonstration of the extent of its reach, which leveraged its international ties and cooperation. The agency has also unveiled a plan to go after cryptocurrency investors using artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a new data-sharing agreement that provides the NTS with information from hundreds of jurisdictions worldwide. South Korea goes after $23 million in evaded taxes The Korean National Tax Service (NTS) announced that since July…
TL;DR Crypto scams are difficult to recover from: Once funds are transferred to an external wallet, recovery is rarely possible — reputable industry estimates put crypto scam losses at $17 billion last year alone, with AI making these schemes increasingly difficult to detect. Most crypto investment scams follow the same playbook: Scammers build trust through friendly or romantic contact, introduce a fake “investment platform,” and pressure victims to transfer crypto from a legitimate exchange — only to demand additional fees when withdrawals are attempted. Protect yourself by pausing, verifying, and never paying to withdraw your own funds: Red flags include…
The market for buying and selling small businesses appears to be settling into a new rhythm in 2026, but stability has not made the process easier. If anything, competition for quality businesses has intensified, financing has grown more complicated, and buyers are becoming far more selective. That is one of the clearest takeaways from BizBuySell’s latest Insight Report, which paints a picture of a business acquisition market where quality matters more than quantity. For small business owners thinking about eventually selling, acquiring a competitor, or simply understanding how their company may be valued in today’s environment, the report offers signals…
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Make CryptoSlate preferred on AAVE, the native token of the Aave DeFi platform, is now available on the Solana blockchain network.The move will give Solana users access to one of the largest lending protocols in decentralized finance without leaving the network.This came less than two days after the Solana Foundation revealed that it would deploy part of its treasury into Aave.Through this action, the non-profit joined a broader industry effort to contain the fallout from the KelpDAO rsETH $292 million exploit and restore confidence in decentralized lending markets. Related ReadingDeFi lost $13B this month as the KelpDAO rescue shows both…
Attackers drained roughly $292 million from KelpDAO’s bridge this month, then used the released tokens as collateral on lending protocols that were never originally hacked. The result is a textbook example of how one failure can spread through DeFi — and why that matters as more tokenised assets move into wider markets. On April 18, 2026 attackers exploited KelpDAO’s cross-chain bridge and drained roughly $292 million in rsETH, a liquid restaking token. The attack is being described as the largest DeFi exploit of the year to date — just the latest in a series of incidents to have earned April…
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman April 26, 2026 A special edition Blackout report suggests Black businesses could lose access to federal contracts over anti-DEI policy. A new report says President Trump’s latest DEI order could significantly derail Black businesses’ ability to gain federal contracts. The Blackout Report, published April 23 by Onyx Impact, suggests that Black businesses are at risk of being left out of federal contracting opportunities due to this anti-DEI legislation. The Blackout Report details the “concrete harms” to Black communities prompted by the Trump administration and its policies. This year’s special edition report argues that this federal contracting shift…
As a gamer, I’m enjoying the current renaissance of video game adaptations. Whether it’s the new 3D-animated Super Mario Galaxy Movie or Sonic movies or award-winning TV series like The Last of Us, Fallout and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Hollywood is now filled with creators who are actually fans of the games they’re adapting, a shift from the 1990s when licenses were often purchased just to cash in on younger audiences. On Monday, A24 revealed the cast of the live-action adaptation of the Elden Ring movie, which will be directed by Alex Garland (Civil War, Annihilation) and released on March 3, 2028. While this looks…
Bitcoin has spent April staging a recovery from its March lows, briefly climbing back above $79,000. However, not everyone is convinced of the rebound, and some analysts believe the move is only a mid-bear-market rally before a deeper correction. One such analyst is one that previously predicted a coming peak in July 2025. Now, the same analyst is predicting how far the Bitcoin price still has to fall before it puts in a true bottom. Related Reading Analyst Uses Previous Top Model To Predict Bitcoin Bottom Crypto analyst Killa made a cycle-top prediction of $121,362 back in June 2025. This…
