Disgraced entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried agreed to help FTX investors in their legal spat with the company’s celebrity endorsers, including Tom Brady, Shaquille O’Neal, Stephen Curry, and Shohei Ohtani, as well as supermodel Gisele Bundchen and actor Larry David. Bankman-Fried, who founded FTX in 2019 and caused its bankruptcy in 2022, has agreed to cooperate in the class action...
Ahead of the Bitcoin (BTC) halving, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest engaged in a series of transactions reflecting the hedge fund’s bullish stance on the cryptocurrency’s trajectory. Among the notable moves was ARK’s addition of 139,152 units of its in-house spot Bitcoin ETF — the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF — valued at $8.96 million. The purchase followed another substantial buy...
KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has no moral standing to make statements regarding current affairs in the country, including political issues, said PKR Information chief Fahmi Fadzil. Fahmi, who is also the Communications Minister, said this was due to Muhyiddin’s failure to cooperate with the authorities in urging his son-in-law, Datuk Seri...
PETALING JAYA: The man suspected of attempting to kill his wife at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) says he still loves her. “I still love my wife, Farah Md Isa, thank you," Hafizul Harawi told the media as he arrived at a Magistrate's Court in Kota Baru on Monday (April 22) morning for a remand...
KOTA BHARU: The remand period for the suspect in the shooting case at the Arrivals Hall, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in the early morning of April 14, has been extended by five days. The order to extend the remand, which is effective on Tuesday (April 23) until April 27, was made by Magistrate Ahmad Syafiq...
PETALING JAYA: Nasi lemak, one of Malaysia's favourite dishes, has been featured in the United States Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) World Factbook. In a Facebook post on Saturday (April 20), the CIA said that nasi lemak is considered the "national dish of Malaysia" and a popular "breakfast food". "Its name in Malay literally means 'fat rice' because...
PETALING JAYA: Former national shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei and his family are stuck in Paris as recent floods in Dubai are causing delays in flights from Europe. Lee, his wife Wong Mew Choo and their two sons, Terence and Kingston, travelled to Paris last weekend to participate in the Paris 100 Sino-French Badminton Charity Gala,...
KOTA BHARU: The Defence Ministry (Mindef) is prepared to deploy the Armed Forces personnel to the Middle East to provide support in handling the safety of Malaysian students following the Iran-Israel conflict. Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari said Mindef would discuss with the Foreign Affairs Ministry and obtain information on the latest developments of the situation...
According to Malaysian netizens, there were public restrooms she could’ve used in the area. How urgent must one be to choose to relieve themselves in public? A woman in Johor has recently gone viral after she was caught peeing in an open-air public carpark. She was seen opening both doors on the driver’s side of her car, forming...
PETALING JAYA: Fierce competition from larger and financially stronger players are hitting smaller and traditional pawnbroking business, prompting industry players to ask the government to intervene to ensure healthy competition. Malaysia Pawnbrokers Association said it was time for the government to introduce regulatory reforms to ensure pawnshops’ sustainability and equitable competition in the evolving financial market. ALSO...
