Alleged White-Hat Hackers Withdraw 4,000 Bitcoin From Blockstream’s Liquid Network Federation Reserves Authored by Juan Galt via BitcoinMagazine.com, The Liquid Network said Sunday that purported white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 bitcoin, worth about $320 million, from the federation wallet that backs L-BTC. Bridge nodes were disabled, and the sidechain was paused. Other issued assets, including…

Attorneys asked the Supreme Court Monday to stay the execution of a Florida death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday for the 1996 kidnapping and strangulation of a man who was found nude and emasculated.

Russia on Monday ordered the closure of Germany’s consulate in St. Petersburg in response to what it said were the “unfriendly actions of the German authorities” who shuttered Moscow’s consulate in Bonn, along with the Russia House cultural center in Berlin.

Iron Ore Bottom In? Prices Reclaim $100 On “Improving Downstream Conditions” Iron ore futures in Singapore surged above $100 a ton, the highest level since mid-July, as tightening Chinese coking coal supplies lifted steelmaking costs and early signs of improving seasonal demand supported prices across the steel supply chain. Rafael Barcellos, head of Latin American…

Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall – to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for…