‘Filmmaker’ Who Sued PTP, BTN, and Four Other Private Torrent Trackers May Be an Impostor
Last September, we reported that a filmmaker named Matthew Schneider obtained a DMCA subpoena through a California federal court, seeking information from Cloudflare on several prominent private trackers. These trackers, including PassThePopcorn, BroadcasTheNet, KaraGarga, HDBits, and Beyond-HD, allegedly shared several of his works without permission. At the time, multiple sources informed TorrentFreak that several of the “infringing...
Metaplanet Puts 2,100 BTC Into Super League for US Expansion
Metaplanet will contribute 2,100 BTC and $2.5 million in cash to Nasdaq-listed Super League, creating a U.S. bitcoin treasury platform called Superplanet. The transaction will give the Japanese company control of the business while linking capital markets in Tokyo and New York under one treasury strategy. Metaplanet Extends Bitcoin Strategy to Nasdaq With $134.6M Deal […] Powered by...
New Jersey Player Turns $2 Spin Into Record $2.95M Online Jackpot
A $2 spin in Linden, New Jersey, produced a $2,949,857.40 progressive payout: the fourth seven-figure Mega Jackpot on Hard Rock Bet’s four-month-old network and the largest in the operator’s online casino history. Four Seven-Figure Wins Since April A player identified as Rose M. of Linden triggered Hard Rock Bet’s New Jersey Mega Jackpot on Aug. […] Powered by...
You Found $500,000 Hidden in Your Own Walls. A Court Says It’s Not Yours
A $500,000 cache of cash stuffed into ammunition cans inside the walls of a Paradise Valley, Arizona home sparked a court fight between the new owners and the prior owner’s heirs. In Grande v. Jennings, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled on May 31, 2012, that the money belonged to the estate of Robert A. […] Powered by...
Binance Helps Stop $1.2M Governance Attack in Under 48 Hours
Binance said its monitoring team detected a malicious DAO proposal, warned the unnamed project and coordinated deposit closures with exchanges before a vote blocked access to roughly $1.2 million in treasury tokens. Binance Flags Proposal Before Vote Crypto exchange Binance shared on Aug. 18 that its security team detected a malicious governance proposal targeting an […] Powered by...