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Hundreds of lawyers from around the world have called on the US to stop using unilateral economic sanctions, saying such tools amount to collective punishment of civilians and are illegal under international law. In a letter to US President Joe Biden, lawyers, legal organisations and academics criticised the US for its increasing reliance on sanctions to punish and coerce its adversaries, saying such measures could lead to economic instability, starvation and dwindling supplies of medicines and ...
Intelligence sources say Iran will soon deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia, where dozens of Russian military personnel are currently being trained to use ballistic missile systems.
According to Lookonchain monitoring, hundreds of wallets that have been dormant for 3.3 years are transferring large amounts of ETH, possibly 789,533 ETH (2 billion USD). Tracked on-chain, these funds are from the "Plus Token Ponzi 2" wallet. Plus Token Ponzi 2 distributed 789,533 ETH to thousands of wallets in 2020 and has not been moved since April 2021. About 3 hours ago, these wallets started transferring ETH. Chinese police seized ETH during the crackdown on Ponzi scheme PlusToken, when a t...
On July 31st, on July 30th, "Pinduoduo's platform Temu angered sellers" was listed on Weibo's trending topic list. A video of hundreds of Pinduoduo's cross-border e-commerce platform (Temu) merchants going to Temu's Guangzhou headquarters to protect their rights recently appeared on social media. The merchants said that they were fined and deducted "after-sales reserve fees" by the Temu platform due to after-sales problems. The amount ranged from tens of thousands to several million yuan. The me...
The Sham Shui Po District of the Hong Kong Police launched an operation code-named "Open Top" to crack down on fraud and money laundering cases, arresting 100 people, most of whom were puppet account holders. It involved laundering the proceeds of crime in 82 fraud cases, involving 180 million yuan. The largest investment in virtual currency fraud case involved more than 20 million yuan.
U.S. stocks closed on Friday, the Dow initially closed up 211 points, the S & P 500 index fell 0.88%, the Nasdaq index fell 2.05%. NVIDIA (NVDA. O) closed down 10%, the intraday market value evaporated more than 200 billion dollars, Netflix (NFLX. O) fell 9.09%, Micron Technology (MU. O) fell 4.61%, Supermicro Computer (SMCI. O) fell 23%, Apple (AAPL. O), Tesla (TSLA. O) fell more than 1%, Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed down 1.04%.
Pavel Durov, founder of encrypted instant messaging app Telegram Messenger, predicts that increased government surveillance will force the creation of secure communication devices inspired by cryptocurrency hardware wallets. However, Durov believes that increased regulation will force hardware devices dedicated to secure communication to innovate "just as we use hardware wallets to store cryptocurrencies". When it comes to company ownership, Durov said he avoids making venture capital (VC) inves...