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In a press release that was probably not what Nevin Shetty hoped to hear, the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington confirmed that the ex-CFO was convicted for wire fraud after taking a hefty sum from his employer. The man, who hailed from the well-to-do Mercer Island, Washington, was working as the CFO of a private software company in March 2021 when he took the company’s cash and decided to try his luck in the world of cryptocurrencies.

Ah, the notorious pig-butchering scam-once the realm of simple swindles, now it’s a matter of national security! Yes, you read that right. The criminals are no longer hiding behind their greasy pig-sty deals; they’re coming for the country’s security! What a time to be alive.

The whispers of doubt have grown to a cacophony, dear reader, as investors once enamored of AI’s promises now clutch their pearls at the prospect of overvaluation. The very mention of “AI” sends tremors through the market, causing Bitcoin to plummet faster than a poorly worded marriage proposal. 🚨 Even the resolution of the U.S. government shutdown, that most thrilling of political dramas, fails to soothe nerves. All eyes are fixed eastward, where China’s Deepseek has outshone Silicon Valley’s glittering but hollow promises. One might say the Emperor has no ROI.

But fear not, because Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest is here to prove that while most people run for cover, they decide to buy everything sinfully possible. Think of it as the “buy-the-dip” version of bank robbing, but with more spreadsheets and fewer masks. 🦸‍♀️🧾

The spectral whispers of digital correspondence, freshly exhumed from Epstein’s digital crypt, reveal a sordid ballet of cash and code. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Digital Currency Initiative-ostensibly a temple of innovation-was, in fact, a gilded puppet show funded by Epstein’s illicit alchemy. One might call it the Laureate of Lunacy.

Why the sudden nosedive? Investors are losing faith faster than a politician at a fact-checking convention that the Federal Reserve will slash interest rates at their next meeting. And this is sending both stocks and crypto markets into a tailspin. Talk about a mood killer. 😩📉

Swell – the blockbuster bash for crypto nuts, banking buffs, and blockchain buddies – was supposed to be about innovating the financial landscape, not becoming the setting for a cosmic con-artist convention. And my, oh my, did they converge in NYC, Nov. 4 to 5, with a live stream that’s now as legendary as the internet itself. Or at least its second cousin.

In what can only be described as mega-drama meets industrial futuristic spectacle (cue breaking news theme), Tether is eyeing a handsome investment in Neura Robotics, a German startup that’s all about building humanoid bean counters-or robots, you know, the ones that might just take your job… if you haven’t upgraded to driving a dodgy cyber-debt Tesla already. 😜

Analyst DefiZeus, with the zeal of a youthful Petchorin, proclaimed on that digital agora X-a primary hub for the contemporary dialogue-that since the thaw of February, BNB has soared among large-cap cryptocurrencies, leaving others akin to a Golovlia, trailing behind.

Open Interest is holding its own at $2.95 billion, and Funding Rates have gone all positive, like a chap who’s just found a fiver in his trousers. 🕺