"Reddit, known for its message boards that became the go-to destination for day traders during this year's meme stock frenzy, was looking at a valuation of more than $15 billion."
"The current populist moment in financial markets will only serve to amplify that redistribution toward the rich & informed, all the while suggesting that it is doing the opposite."
Reddit & Robinhood gamified the stock market, and it’s going to end badly qz.com/1966818/with-g…
Stock market pump and dumps.
"In particular, Reddit's online trading community r/WallStreetBets helped pump share prices for GameStop and other companies in a bid to punish short sellers."
"For 6 years, a mysterious group used forged documents and a network of burner accounts to spread misinformation promoting Russian national interests..."
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"...after judges overturned an oil executive’s conviction as part of a sprawling bribery suit that it dedicated years to investigating."
U.K. judges overturn an oil exec’s bribery conviction in an embarrassing blow to the country’s top fraud prosecutor bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"Akle had been one of four businessmen convicted for his role in a corrupt scheme run by a consultancy, Unaoil, that paid huge bribes around the world for years."
"Assange’s fiancée told the Mail on Sunday Assange was suffering like an animal trapped in a cage in a zoo. He had a 'mini-stroke' in Belmarsh Prison in October, she said."
"Emtman and his crypto peers are taking a page out of hedge funds’ books and seeking residence on the island to reap huge tax savings."
"It’s kind of like a mini Miami": After a meteoric year, crypto folks are moving to Puerto Rico to save on taxes bloomberg.com/news/features/…
"Facebook product manager-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen recently told the NY Times she's living in Puerto Rico in part to be with her crypto friends."
"New York City’s mayor-elect, Eric Adams, even flew there in November with crypto-billionaire Brock Pierce for dinner with Puerto Rico’s Governor Pedro Pierluisi."
"Of course, (almost) everyone is just having a bit of fun with the joke that the CIA created Bitcoin. But the CIA itself seems pretty serious about its current activities in the crypto space..."
"...the detainee was on Interpol’s most-wanted list for belonging to a European criminal organisation that operated to capture victims who they then sexually exploited."
"Spanish authorities accuse Leudis Isaac Corro Camacho, who is transgendered, of human trafficking, money-laundering and forming a criminal organization."