Virginia county Fairfax commits M to Van Eck crypto lending fund

Virginia county Fairfax commits $35M to Van Eck crypto lending fund

Virginia county Fairfax has begun investing a portion of a $35 million allotment into a cryptocurrency lending fund managed by global asset managers VanEck. The firm announced that it had received an initial tranche of the investment commitment from Fairfax County, which is allocating funds from two retirement systems into…

Stranger Things 4 Becomes Second Netflix Series After Squid Game to Cross a Billion Hours of Viewing Time

Stranger Things 4 Becomes Second Netflix Series After Squid Game to Cross a Billion Hours of Viewing Time

Stranger Things 4 has become only the second Netflix series after 2021’s Korean survival-thriller Squid Game, which clocked in 1.65 billion hours in its first 28 days, to hit a billion hours of viewing time. The nine-episode fourth season of the sci-fi horror series Stranger Things has been viewed for…

Voyager Digital files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, proposes recovery plan

Voyager Digital files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, proposes recovery plan

Days after pausing trading, withdrawals and deposits, crypto exchange Voyager Digital is filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 in the Southern District Court of New York. Voyager’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing indicated that it is on the hook for anywhere from $1 billion to $10 billion in assets to more…

Xbox Series X Price in India Is Now Rs. 52,990, as Indian Rupee Falls Against US Dollar

Xbox Series X Price in India Is Now Rs. 52,990, as Indian Rupee Falls Against US Dollar

Xbox Series X now costs more in India — as expected. Online retailers have revealed that the new (higher) India price for Microsoft’s flagship gaming console is Rs. 52,990. That’s a 6 percent jump from what the Series X cost at launch in India: Rs. 49,990. This is due to…

As Russia Moves on Another Province, Ukrainians Leave Ghost Towns Behind
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As Russia Moves on Another Province, Ukrainians Leave Ghost Towns Behind

BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Nina Zakharenko cried when she boarded a minibus evacuating civilians as the Russian Army advanced toward the town where she went to college, met her husband and raised two daughters. Ms. Zakharenko is 72 now, and may be leaving the town forever. “I can hold on, I…