US Treasury Department Levies Sanctions Against Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash for Being Used to Launder Money

US Treasury Department Levies Sanctions Against Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash for Being Used to Launder Money

The US Treasury has sanctioned zero-knowledge proof-based private transaction protocol Tornado Cash for its complicity in a crypto laundering case. The digital currency mixing service has allegedly been used to launder more than $7 billion (roughly Rs. 55,672 crore) worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019, the Treasury…

Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO — Global Issues

Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO — Global Issues

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), temperatures were close to 0.4℃ above the 1991-2020 average across much of Europe, with southwestern and western Europe being the most above-average regions, because of an intense heatwave around mid-July. “This is despite the La Niña event that’s meant to have a cooling…

Bitcoin dominance hits 6-month lows as metric proclaims new ‘alt season’

Bitcoin dominance hits 6-month lows as metric proclaims new ‘alt season’

Bitcoin (BTC) is facing fresh competition from altcoins this month as data shows that — technically — it is already “alt season.” Figures from CoinMarketCap and TradingView show that BTC currently makes up around 41% of the overall crypto market capitalization — its lowest since the start of 2022. Bitcoin…

Vivo X80 Lite 5G, iQoo Z6x Surface on Google Play Supported Devices Website, Likely to Launch Soon: Report

Vivo X80 Lite 5G, iQoo Z6x Surface on Google Play Supported Devices Website, Likely to Launch Soon: Report

Vivo launched the regular Vivo X80 and the Vivo X80 Pro earlier this year in April. The company is reportedly also working on the Vivo X80 Pro+ 5G, which might arrive in October. A new report suggests that the Chinese smartphone brand could also be gearing up to introduce the…

Grease’s Didi Conn Recalls Final Talk With Olivia Newton-John

Grease’s Didi Conn Recalls Final Talk With Olivia Newton-John

The Grease family is remembering Olivia Newton-John.  On Aug. 9, Edith “Didi” Conn, who famously played Frenchy in the 1978 film, shared that she spoke to her co-star a few weeks before she died and said that Olivia’s husband, John Easterling, and daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, had been taking good care of her…