Musk secretly funded Bitcoin rival – WSJ

The billionaire reportedly financed the development of Dogecoin and mulled creating a new blockchain-based social media platform Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter), has been financing the development of meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal on Friday based on excerpts from a biography of…

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January 6 rioter gets three-year jail term

A Pennsylvania woman who was among a crowd of protesters that breached the US Capitol building during the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington DC was sentenced on Thursday to 36 months in prison. Riley Williams, who was convicted last November, gained notoriety over her alleged role in the theft of Nancy Pelosi’s laptop.

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Sanctions force South Asian nation to ditch dollar payments to Russia – Nikkei Asia

Bangladesh will repay a loan for the construction of its first nuclear power plant in Chinese yuan Bangladesh is set to make loan repayments in Chinese yuan for its nuclear power plant being built by Russia, as a way to sidestep Western sanctions, Nikkei Asia reported on Monday.

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