Author: CryptooTimes

The likelihood of former U.S. President Donald Trump winning the upcoming U.S. presidential election has surged to a record high following a thwarted assassination attempt, according to bettors on the decentralized prediction market platform Polymarket. Trump, who was wounded during a rally shooting in Pennsylvania, saw his odds of winning the upcoming presidential election surge by approximately 10 points to 70% on Polymarket, a website that allows users to place bets on various events with cryptocurrency. Betting on Donal Trump winning the U.S. presidential election | Source: Polymarket A spokesperson for the Secret Service confirmed the safety of the Republican…

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Among this past week’s top stories: The cryptocurrency market reacted after a gunman opened fire at a political rally, injuring former President Donald Trump; regulators dropped an investigation into Paxos; Germany emptied its Bitcoin (BTC) stash; and spot BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded a recovery in net inflows. Trump meme coins boast double-digit growth The MAGA (TRUMP) coin’s market cap surged more than 14.7% over 24 hours. At the time of writing, it’s up over 30% and trading at $8.32 per unit. Other meme coins inspired by Ex-President Donald Trump surged after the presumptive GOP nominee was wounded by a…

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Photo: HBOOf all the deaths in the Game of Thrones pantheon—the beheadings, stabbings, poisonings, drownings, suffocations, flayings, suicides, burnings, beatings, explosions, and zombie attacks—very little beats the intensely traumatic, harrowing childbirth of Aemma Arryn, wife of King Viserys, in the series premiere of HoD. It is the most realistic of any Game of Thrones death, an unforgettable depiction of the brutalities of childbirth. Aemma’s labor becomes complicated, and it quickly becomes evident that both her life and that of the unborn child are in grave danger. King Viserys, desperate for a male heir to secure the Targaryen succession, faces an…

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Image: Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros. GamesRoughly six months after it launched, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League can be yours for free under two conditions: you have an Amazon Prime subscription, and a gaming PC that can handle it. Rocksteady’s infamously maligned loot masher is one of three surprise games the company is giving away for Prime Day 2024. The Week In Games: Reignited Rivalries And More New ReleasesBetween July 16 and 18, Prime members can go to the Amazon Prime gaming page and claim Suicide Squad, Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, and Chivalry 2 to…

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Tether has reportedly frozen a Tron (TRX) wallet containing more than 28 million USDT tokens suspected to be proceeds of criminal activities, including money laundering and fraud. An account dedicated to the real-time observation of Tron and Ethereum (ETH) stablecoins, USDT/USDC Ban List, reported on July 13 that an address, identified as TNVaKW, had been blacklisted by Tether with $28.25 million in USDT. TNVaKWQzau7xL9bcnvLmF9KSEQkWEs4Ug8Timestamp: 12.07.2024, 23:21:36 UTCEvent: AddedBlackListBalance: 28,257,162.94 USDT (TRC20)https://t.co/Whl97I1K7m— USDT/USDC Ban List (@USDTBanList) July 12, 2024 The wallet is suspected of being tied to the Cambodian company Huione Group. Blockchain security firm Bitrace revealed in a July 14…

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For those of you who’ve felt like any sense of real meaning was gone from the Star Wars franchise since it was acquired by Disney, you’re in for a real treat. The Acolyte episode 7 offers a kind of emotional intelligence and narrative pacing that I would normally associate more with that other decades-spanning sci-fi franchise, Star Trek. That’s a very good thing, as it yields a sense of realism and intimacy that raises the bar for this series.10 Creatures We Wanna Ride In Star Wars Jedi: SurvivorEpisode 7, “Choice,” is the flashback episode we’ve been awaiting since the series…

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