Federal prosecutors say a 31-year-old Jamaican citizen is now facing serious charges in Connecticut over what they describe as a yearslong sweepstakes scam that drained millions of dollars from older Americans. Court documents unsealed in New Haven lay out allegations that Richard Murray and several others operated the scheme beginning as early as 2018. Investigators say victims were contacted by phone and told they had won a Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. However, authorities allege that before collecting any supposed prize money, the winners first had to send in fees and taxes. According to prosecutors, those calls were only the beginning.…
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As a miner, you have already noticed how your profit from mining was reduced by half yesterday. Your hashpower, as well as the network’s remained the same however the reward per mined block dropped by 50%, from 12.5 to 6.25. What happened is that yesterday May 11th, the 630,000th block was mined, which led to a planned halving of reward per block. Over its 11 years of existence, Bitcoin experienced three halvings. The first one happened in November 2012 when the reward went from 50 to 25, and the second one happened in July 2016 when the reward decreased to…
Crypto has promised “mainstream adoption” for years — yet for most people, it still feels confusing, risky, or simply unnecessary. So what’s actually missing? In this episode of the Wirex Podcast, host Lianna Adams is joined by Debra Nita Ravindran, Associate Director and Head of Growth at YAP Global, to break down what needs to change for crypto to move beyond early adopters and become part of everyday life. From trust and reliability to real-world relevance, Debra shares what the industry must prioritize if it wants to reach the next wave of users. Why crypto still feels “experimental” after more than a…
by Ahsan Washington February 14, 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend is in full effect. NBA All-Star Weekend starts Friday, Feb. 13 and runs through Sunday, Feb. 15. The popular basketball event is a nexus of influence that creates resale markets, turning basketball enthusiasts into buyers and collectors. Yes, there’s a game on Feb. 15. But the off-court events are ideal for the basketball fans who value culture as much as competition. For instance, the NBA Hardwood Classics capsule from Kith demonstrates how basketball culture transforms into commercial value through nostalgia. Other activations deliver exclusive merchandise to fans and granting them special…
Darling’s last stage performance was over two years ago. By that point, he had already lost the ability to stand and play his instruments and was struggling to sing or speak. But recently, he was able to re-create his lost voice using an AI tool trained on snippets of old audio recordings. Another AI tool has enabled him to use this “voice clone” to compose new songs. Darling is able to make music again. “Sadly, I have lost the ability to sing and play my instruments,” Darling said on stage at the event, which took place in London on Wednesday,…
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On 12 February 2026, Aave Labs asked the community whether it would support redirecting all product-related revenue directly to the Aave DAO. The proposal basically directs 100% of revenue from its branded products directly to the Aave DAO treasury, potentially ending a long-standing conflict over who actually owns the profits of DeFi’s largest lending protocol. Could this move reshape the economics of the world’s largest DeFi lending protocol? Known as the bank without bankers, Aave allows users to lend and borrow cryptocurrency without a middleman. It runs on code, but it is managed by a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), which…
For many users, LinkedIn is a platform for business content and job listings. But the company also wants to be better known as an operations tool for small business owners — and today launched a new integrated service that brings sales, marketing, and hiring tools together into a single platform. The company calls the service Premium All-in-One. Rather than switching between different tools and platforms, Premium All-in-One provides a centralized dashboard to showcase activity across all three business functions while offering recommended actions on what to do next. The new consolidated subscription costs $99.99 per month. LinkedIn says it’s specifically…
The Everett, Washington-based fusion energy startup Helion announced Friday that it has hit a key milestone in its quest for fusion power. Plasmas inside the company’s Polaris prototype reactor have reached 150 million degrees Celsius, three-quarters of the way toward what the company thinks it will need to operate a commercial fusion power plant. “We’re obviously really excited to be able to get to this place,” David Kirtley, Helion’s co-founder and CEO, told TechCrunch. Polaris is also operating using deuterium-tritium fuel — a mixture of two hydrogen isotopes — which Kirtley said makes Helion the first fusion company to do…
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty decreased by 11.16% to approximately 125.86 trillion at the most recent retarget boundary around block 935,424.That marks the largest negative adjustment since the 2021 China mining ban, the sixth consecutive downward retarget, and the tenth largest negative adjustment in Bitcoin’s history.However, difficulty adjustments are lagging indicators, as they reflect what occurred over the previous 2,016 blocks rather than what’s happening now.The real question is whether the machines that went dark are coming back, or whether this retarget marks the start of a deeper miner shakeout.The most useful forward signal is the next adjustment. CoinWarz is already estimating…
