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Retail broker Robinhood said it is in talks with the US Department of Justice to buy the $575mn worth of its shares that have become a hotly-contested asset in the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried bought 55mn shares, worth 7.6 per cent of the broker, in 2022 through his Emergent Fidelity Technologies vehicle. However the shares’ ownership has been disputed since his crypto empire filed for bankruptcy in November.Robinhood is looking to buy the stake at market price from the justice department, which seized the shares in January as potential proceeds of criminal activity.The timing of…

Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes. David Fisher/Shutterstock; Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes are keeping Us on our toes as their flirty connection keeps heating up. The Grammy Award nominee, 29, posted a TikTok video of herself sipping coffee on Wednesday, February 8 — and she was seemingly not alone. In the clip, Ballerini sat on a bed wearing a gray, oversized hoodie and under–eye patches while sipping a drink from a large mug, replying to a TikTok user’s note telling Stokes, 30, to “come get your girl.” The Tennessee native then panned her camera to reveal the arm…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Vladimir Putin should “be held to account” for the MH17 travesty in 2014, following recent evidence suggesting the Russian President was involved in the supply of the missile which downed the plane.“This is a guy who runs an authoritarian regime that doesn’t care about human rights,” Mr Albanese said at a media conference on Thursday.“That doesn’t care about devastation of communities, whether it be Ukraine, whether it be the oppression of his own citizens, or whether it be acts outside of Russia of which we have seen a number.” Source: Sky News

It really is all about who you know in New York. One of the leaders of a Queens high school student protest had a powerful friend on speed dial when she needed support during a walkout Wednesday —  the city’s mayor. Halima Ait Elhoussine, 17, personally texted Eric Adams about the demonstration at Long Island City High School as it was going on, telling him about what her classmates were doing and saying, “The people need you here.” Hizzoner, who was in Washington, DC, quickly responded — by urging her to get back to class. “Children should be in school,” Adams…

Disclaimer: The Industry Talk section features insights by crypto industry players and is not a part of the editorial content of Cryptonews.com.Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 8th February, 2023, Chainwireswappin.gifts integration launched in Coin98 Super App to provide the most elegant off-ramp solution for Web3 retail consumers globally. Coin98 Super App and swappin.gifts have launched their latest plug-in integration and collaboration: the swappin.gifts DApp is now available straight from the Coin98’s DApp Browser under the Utilities section.Coin98 Super App, a non-custodial, multi-chain wallet and DeFi gateway, is currently one of the most popular digital wallets trusted by over 6 million of users globally.swappin.gifts is…

Mattel’s shares tumbled more than 11% in after-hours trading on Wednesday © REUTERS Mattel’s sales dropped by a fifth over the toy industry’s critical holiday season last year, falling short of its expectations as consumers delayed their purchases and retailers ordered less new inventory.“We entered the quarter expecting consumer demand to accelerate, which did happen, including double-digit growth in December, but it came later than expected and was not enough to offset lower than expected demand in October and November,” Ynon Kreiz, Mattel’s chief executive, said in an interview.This slower start to the traditional peak shopping season prompted retailers to rein…

CNN Business  —  Twitter users on Wednesday briefly encountered various issues with the platform, including the inability to tweet, send direct messages or follow new accounts. Some users trying to send new tweets received a pop-up saying they had reached the “daily limit” for sending tweets; for others, it simply said, “we’re sorry, we weren’t able to send your Tweet.” Likewise, follow attempts were met with a message saying, “Limit reached. You are unable to follow more people at this time.” And direct messages also failed to send. Some users said they were only able to send tweets by using…

The Florida Panthers have launched an investigation after an altercation between the team’s mascot and a Tampa Bay Lightning fan.The Lightning fan and mascot were entangled during Florida’s 7-1 victory over Tampa Bay on Monday. The fan pulled the mascot’s shirt over his head after the mascot threw a Lightning jersey into the crowd.After the mascot was hanging over the rail, the fan put the defenseless mascot in a headlock and yelled “Go Bolts” at the jeering crowd, despite being down six goals.NHL DITCHES PLAN TO USE LIVE ALLIGATORS AT ALL-STAR FESTIVITIES AFTER BACKLASH FROM PETASecurity and the mascot’s handler…

Exclusive: As police continue an investigation into the harrowing brawl outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey, a relative of one of the victims is demanding the school take the strongest actionVideo LoadingVideo UnavailableThe video will auto-play soon8CancelPlay now A relative of one of the victims of a ‘racist attack’ outside a school has demanded the teachers who ‘allowed’ the horrific altercation to unfold are fired. Police are investigating after shocking footage of a schoolgirl appearing to be viciously assaulted on a road caused outrage online. The force today revealed two people were hurt in the brutal incident on Monday…

The search for Ghanaian soccer star Christian Atsu is still underway on Wednesday despite earlier reports that Atsu had been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following a devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this week. The director of Atsu’s current club in Turkey, Hatayspor, told Reuters on Wednesday that the 31-year-old former English Premier League player has not been located in spite of statements from the Ghana Football Association and Confederation of African Football that he had been found and transported to a hospital.  “There is no information on his whereabouts yet, we don’t know where…