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☆ 'Joker 2' is a musical starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga — here's everything we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A "Joker" sequel titled "Joker: Folie à Deux" is set for release on October 4. "Joker: Folie à Deux" stars Phoenix as the titular DC Comics villain and Lady Gaga as the iconic character Harley Quinn. AdvertisementThe sequel is a musical and will reportedly include at least 15 covers of popular songsJoaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux." The 'Joker 2' plot will focus on the Joker's romance with Harley QuinnLady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in "Joker: Folie à Deux." AdvertisementThe 'Joker: Folie à Deux' release date is Friday, October 4Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker in "Joker: Folie à Deux."

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☆ Joker: Folie à Deux trailer: Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn makes Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker feel less ‘alone’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Talk about a “bad romance.”Lady Gaga is making her long-awaited debut as Harley Quinn alongside Joaquin Phoenix’s reprisal of his Oscar-winning Joker in the first trailer for “Joker: Folie à Deux” released on Tuesday. The teaser trailer begins with Phoenix’s cuffed and plain-faced Joker – whose name is Arthur Fleck – being escorted through a facility he’s being held in. “I’m nobody,” Gaga’s Quinn later says, as she is seen miming a gun to her head and pulling the trigger. “I’m not alone anymore.”In DC comic book lore, the Joker and Harley Quinn have often been each other’s love interests, with Quinn introduced as the villain’s therapist in Arkham Asylum. “Joker: Folie à Deux” will premiere in theaters on October 4.

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☆ Robinhood owns $3 billion in bitcoin, making it the 3rd-biggest holder of the token
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Robinhood has over $3 billion in bitcoin in a single wallet, a Coindesk report said. Citing data from Arkham Intelligence, the report said Robinhood is the third-largest bitcoin holder, behind Binance and Bitfinex. The trading platform's bitcoin stash is held in a single wallet. Robinhood sits just behind Binance and Bitfinex, which have $6.4 billion and $4.3 billion stored on single wallets, respectively, according to the report. Over a three-month period, per CoinDesk, Robinhood transferred around 118,000 bitcoins to the primary wallet from other smaller wallets.

Persons: Robinhood, CoinDesk, Bitcoin, bitcoin, Joe Kelly Organizations: Arkham Intelligence, Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Locations: bitcoin, Wall, Silicon

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, will suspend U.S. dollar deposits and withdrawals, the company said Monday, without providing a reason for the decision. "We are temporarily suspending USD bank transfers as of February 8th," a Binance spokesperson told CNBC. The company said "0.01% of our monthly active users leverage USD bank transfers," and added that "we are working hard to restart service as soon as possible." Binance's net U.S. dollar outflow was over $172 million for the day, based on data from DefiLlama. That represents a tiny amount of money for a company that has $42.2 billion worth of crypto assets, according to Arkham.

On a larger exchange like Binance or Coinbase , for example, many customers opt to let the platform custody their crypto tokens. In the four years that Bitzlato operated, only $52 million moved directly from the exchange to Binance, the same dataset shows. CNBC reviewed transaction data for the ten largest recipients of Bitzlato outflows, which collected over $45 million in Bitzlato-originated funds. Those wallets also received millions more in funds from other exchanges, including Huobi, FTX, Poloniex, Nexo, and WhiteBIT, a Ukrainian exchange. We also asked whether Binance was aware that Bitzlato was allegedly used to launder money and, if so, why funds from Bitzlato were custodied on its platform.

☆ Alameda liquidators just lost $72,000 on a DeFi lending platform while trying to recover funds for creditors, analytics firm says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Alameda liquidators lost $72,000 worth of crypto while trying to recover funds, per a report from Arkham Intelligence. Essentially, liquidators have been trying to consolidate assets from Alameda into a single wallet to simplify managing its holdings. As the team was trying to move funds and exit positions, they accidentally liquidated themselves on Aave, a DeFi lending protocol. Around $1.4 million worth of tokens have been returned to the central wallet from various Alameda wallets over the past two weeks. The wallet holds around $19.6 million worth of ether and $140 million of various other cryptocurrencies, The Block reported Thursday.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried denies moving funds out of crypto wallets following reports Alameda transferred tokens
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Bankman-Fried denied moving funds out of wallets associated with Alameda Research. Cointelegraph said wallets associated with Alameda transferred funds just days after he was released on a $250 million bond, raising suspicions in the crypto community. The report also said several dormant Alameda wallets swapped ether for the stablecoin Tether before moving tokens into mixers. Several Twitter commentators cited public blockchain data that showed the Alameda wallets ultimately swapped the tokens for bitcoin. Alameda Research currently holds $112 million worth of cryptocurrencies, a decline from $140 million in holdings in November.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research sells $1.7 million in crypto amid bankruptcy and still holds over $112 million in tokens
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Alameda Research liquidated $1.7 million worth of cryptocurrencies over the past 24 hours. Data showed that wallets associated with Alameda unloaded Ethereum-based tokens, which were later swapped for bitcoin. The sales come amid bankruptcy proceedings for Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire. Arkham said in a Twitter thread that wallets linked to Alameda Research were dormant up until Wednesday, with the last prior transaction occurring on December 1. Alameda Research currently holds $112 million worth of cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk says, a decline from $140 million in holdings in November.

Institutional crypto lending involves lending cryptocurrencies as well as cash in return for a yield. Unsecured lending has become common across the crypto industry, according to the review of filings and the interviews. Crypto research firm Arkham Intelligence put the figure in the region of $10 billion, for instance, while crypto lender TrueFi said at least $25 billion. BULLISH ON BORROWINGWhile Blockchain.com has largely pulled back from unsecured lending, many crypto lenders remain confident about the practice. Sid Powell, co-founder and CEO of unsecured crypto lending platform Maple, said institutional crypto lenders were more cautious after Three Arrows' insolvency, but conditions have since normalized and lenders are now again comfortable lending unsecured.

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