[Cointelegraph] Bitcoin price dropped from $10,000 to $8,100, liquidating $200 million worth of longs. Here are three factors that triggered the fall. Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from $10,000 to $8,100 within just over a day, as it plunged by 9% in a single hour. It liquidated $200 million worth of […]
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[ESPN] ESPN’s 10-part documentary series “The Last Dance,” which chronicles Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, continued Sunday with Episodes 7 and 8. Jordan and the Bulls allowed NBA Entertainment to follow them throughout the season and document their final championship. The series features never-before-seen footage, as well as interviews with more than 100 people […]
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[CNN] It’s been more than two months since Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in a south Georgia neighborhood, but in recent days the case has taken on new urgency as outrage over the killing has grown.Along with the new attention is a dizzying number of people involved with the […]
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[The Score, JOHN SWART / Associated Press] In 1994, Frank Thomas entered spring training for the Chicago White Sox fresh off earning the first MVP Award of his Hall of Fame career after hitting 41 home runs the season prior. Normally, the media attention and spotlight would be on him. Instead, it […]
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[USA TODAY] The U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April and the unemployment rate soared to 14.7% — both record highs — laying bare the starkest picture yet of the crippling gut-punch delivered by the coronavirus pandemic. In just a month, the historically dismal performance abruptly wiped away nearly all the nation’s […]
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[NBC NEWS, GETTY IMAGES] Shopping for face masks? We consulted medical experts on how to shop for face masks and rounded up those adhering to the CDC’s guidelines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Americans last month to wear face masks while in public to minimize the spread of COVID-19 — guidance which seems […]
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BY SAMUEL HAIG (Cointelegraph) With the Bitcoin halving set to transpire in just a few days, analysts are predicting significant disruptions to mining operations. With Bitcoin (BTC) block rewards expected to halve during the early hours of May 12, many analysts are starting to weigh in on what the event […]
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[BBC] Microsoft has revealed some of the first third-party games that will be optimised for its next-generation console, the Xbox Series X. The Xbox livestream featured previously unseen footage of the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. But many viewers complained too little gameplay was displayed. Both Microsoft and PlayStation-maker Sony […]
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[CNBC, GETTY IMAGES] KEY POINTS The first two episodes of ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” chronicling Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls, drew an average of 6.1 million people on ESPN and ESPN2. The series was ESPN’s most watched documentary ever and most watched program since college football’s national […]
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[POLITICO] Congress is poised to add $300 billion to the loan program, but banks are handing out $50 billion per day. Lawmakers are nearing a deal to restart an emergency small-business loan program that exhausted its funding last week — but it may buy only a few days before the […]
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