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Last week, Binance lost over 2 million BNB tokens to a bridge hack. On 14th October, Binance burned over 2 million BNB tokens to compensate for the losses from last week’s hack, and it was its 21st quarterly burn. BNB, formerly known as Binance Smart Chain, is the native cryptocurrency of the BNB Chain and is a strong competitor to Ethereum. In cryptocurrency, a burn is used as a measure against inflation, in which the tokens are permanently removed from a cryptocurrency’s supply. In 14th October’s burn, Binance took 2,065,152.42 BNB tokens, whose worth at that time was $549 million,…

James Bond, the martini-drinking, tuxedo-wearing British secret agent, celebrates 60 years on the silver screen on Wednesday — but who will be the next actor to take on the iconic role? According to sibling Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the search for a new actor has not even begun following Daniel Craig’s final outing as the suave superspy in 2021 film “No Time to Die.” “We won’t actually be really looking for an actor for some time,” Broccoli said in an interview ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Oct. 5, 1962, world premiere of “Dr. No,”…

Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence plays a soldier struggling with PTSD and past trauma in “Causeway”, an indie drama which also marks the Hollywood star’s debut as a producer. The film sees Lawrence’s character, Lynsey, returning from Afghanistan with a debilitating brain injury sustained in an attack. Reluctantly returning to her hometown and her mother’s house to recover, she befriends a local car mechanic (played by Brian Tyree Henry) and finds comfort and cure in the unlikely friendship. Directed by Lila Neugebauer, the movie was shot before the COVID-19 pandemic and put an end to Lawrence’s brief break from acting. “I love…

The true story of a male nurse who murdered up to hundreds of patients in U.S. hospitals by secretly administering drug overdoses is brought to the screen by an all-star team of filmmakers in “The Good Nurse”. Based on a book of the same name, “The Good Nurse” centres around ICU nurse Amy Loughren who in 2003 helped uncover the murders committed by her colleague and friend Charles Cullen. Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain plays Loughren, a single mother and cardiomyopathy sufferer who pulls long night shifts in a New Jersey hospital in order to qualify for health insurance. Struggling with the…

Cryptoasset companies should set aside capital like banks when undertaking similar activities, regulators proposed on Tuesday in their first global rules as a “crypto winter” wiped $2 trillion off the sector, leaving investors nursing losses. The Financial Stability Board (FSB), which coordinates financial rulemaking among Group of 20 Economies (G20), made nine recommendations for members to apply. Currently, the sector is largely unregulated in most countries, having to only comply with rules for safeguarding against money laundering and terrorist financing as regulators warn investors they risk losing every penny. Klaas Knot, the Dutch central bank president who chairs the FSB,…

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) fired up the holiday shopping season with its second major sales event of the year as rivals from Walmart to Best Buy joined in with discounts to woo customers grappling with inflation-squeezed Christmas budgets. The two-day “Prime Early Access Sale” shopping event for Amazon members, which starts Tuesday, is much like the Prime Day summer marketing blitz and will compete with early discounts from rival retailers. “Retailers will likely fight harder and earlier for potentially fewer dollars this year. The thinking is that the early bird catches the dollars,” said Carol Spieckerman, president at consultancy Spieckerman Retail. Walmart Inc (WMT.N) is…

Russia’s financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has added U.S. tech giant Meta Platforms Inc. (META.O) to its list of “terrorists and extremists”, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. A Moscow court in June rejected an appeal by Meta – owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – after it was found guilty of “extremist activity” in Russia in March. In court, Meta’s lawyer at the time said Meta was not carrying out extremist activity and was against Russophobia. Meta did not reply to an emailed request for comment on Tuesday. Rosfinmonitoring’s list concerns “organisations and individuals with regard to which there is information about their involvement…

Meta Platforms (META.O) unveiled its Quest Pro virtual and mixed reality headset on Tuesday, marking a milestone for Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s break into the higher-end market for extended reality computing devices. The new headset, unveiled at Meta’s annual Connect conference, will hit shelves on Oct 25 at a price of $1,500, and will offer consumers a way to interact with virtual creations overlaid onto a full-color view of the physical world around them. The launch is an important step for Zuckerberg, who last year announced plans for the device – then called Project Cambria – at the same time that he…

Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc (RIVN.O) closed 7.3% lower on Monday after the electric-vehicle maker recalled nearly all its vehicles, heightening investor concerns that the company may not be able to meet its 2023 production target. Rivian’s market capitalization dropped more than $2 billion to $31.1 billion in a single day, compared with automakers such as Ford Motor Co (F.N) and General Motors Co (GM.N), which are valued at $45.67 billion and $47.08 billion, respectively. Amazon-backed Rivian on Friday recalled about 13,000 vehicles due to a possible loose fastener that could cause the driver to lose steering control. The company started selling electric vehicles in…

Iranian security forces intensified a crackdown on anti-government protests in several Kurdish cities on Monday, as demonstrations elsewhere in Iran spread into the country’s vital energy sector. Protests have swept Iran since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iran’s Kurdish region, died on Sept. 16 while being held for “inappropriate attire”, marking one of the boldest challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution. While university students have played a pivotal role in the protests with dozens of universities on strike, unconfirmed reports on social media showed workers at Abadan and Kangan oil refineries and the Bushehr Petrochemical Project had joined…