Arthur Hayes remains upbeat on Bitcoin even after the latest drawdown, and he’s putting money behind that conviction. His family office, Maelstrom, is raising a $250 million private-equity fund to acquire four to six mid-sized crypto companies, targeting trading infrastructure, analytics platforms, and other “non-token” equity plays. Planned deal sizes range from $40 million to […]
Warren McVea, the electrifying running back who became the first Black athlete to receive a football scholarship from the University of Houston and later won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs, died Oct. 19 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. His daughter, Tracy Ellis, said he died after a long […]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) is demanding the release of a 13-year-old Everett, Mass., resident held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a local arrest on Oct. 9, calling the case “alarming” and the conditions “inhumane.” In a statement on Oct. 14, Pressley said ICE “abduct[ed] a 13-year-old child” and transported him more than 500 […]
Tyler Perry has issued a forceful legal response to a $260 million lawsuit brought by actor Derek Dixon, calling the claims “false” and asserting that Dixon “needs help,” according to an Oct. 1 filing in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. In the brief, Perry’s team argues that Dixon has distorted […]
Four decades into a career built on candor and confrontation, Ice Cube arrived at State Farm Arena on Oct. 14 with a one-man show that felt bigger than most arena packages. The “Truth To Power: Four Decades of Attitude” tour is part memoir, part block party, and in Atlanta it played like a masterclass in […]