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On May 30, 2025, Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) concluded its call for applications for new remote gaming licenses, signaling a pivotal moment for the country’s online gambling sector. The move has sparked a mixture of concern and anticipation from industry stakeholders. In an exclusive interview with SiGMA News, Moreno Marasco, President of LOGiCO, an association representing both Italian and international licensed operators, shared his insights on the impact these changes will have on the market.Steep License Fees and Market AccessOne of the most contentious aspects of the new licensing framework is the substantial increase in entry fees. Marasco explained,…

CNN  —  A sweeping new travel ban on citizens from a dozen nations was announced by the White House on Wednesday, reviving a defining effort from the first Trump administration to crack down on entries from specific countries. Trump said in a video posted Wednesday that new countries could be added to the travel ban as “threats emerge around the world.” The 12 countries targeted – plus seven more, which face partial restrictions – are mostly nations with frosty, adversarial or outwardly antagonistic relations with Washington. Many are either failed states or in the throes of repressive rule, and some…

CANNES, FRANCE – May 2025 — Bitcoin mining made its mark at the world’s most prestigious film gathering this year as Puerto Rican director and producer Alana Mediavilla introduced her feature documentary Dirty Coin: The Bitcoin Mining Documentary at the Marché du Film during the Cannes Film Festival. The film puts bitcoin mining at the center of a rising global conversation about energy, technology, and economic freedom. Dirty Coin is the first feature-length documentary to explore bitcoin mining through immersive, on-the-ground case studies. From rural towns in the United States to hydro-powered sites in Latin America and the Congo, the…

President Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), is doubling down on its Bitcoin bet, partnering with Crypto.com and Yorkville America Digital to launch its own bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), called the Truth Social Bitcoin ETF. On June 3, a division of the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca, filed a 19b-4 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is the final regulatory hurdle before an ETF can be launched. If approved, this new fund will allow everyday investors to buy shares tied to the price of bitcoin, without having to hold the asset themselves.…

Summary Muscle Augmentation turns Muscular into a killing machine with enhanced power. Stress reacts to emotional distress, transforming Re-Destro into a beastial fighter. Brainwash gives Shinso maximum control over others’ minds, making him a dangerous hero. While most Quirks in the world of My Hero Academia are designed to help and assist others in need, not every unique ability follows this trend. Now and again, there will be Quirks that appear, which are inherently a little more selfish in how they work. Needless to say, this can be less than ideal for up-and-coming heroes, considering their role as the protectors…

US authorities seized 145 domains and an undisclosed amount of cryptocurrency tied to BidenCash, a dark web marketplace accused of trafficking millions of stolen credit cards and personal data.The action, announced on June 5 by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, followed a court-authorized operation targeting the platform’s infrastructure and financial flows. The seized domains are now redirected to a law enforcement-controlled server.BidenCash, launched in March 2022, had grown to over 117,000 users and facilitated the sale of more than 15 million stolen payment card numbers and other personally identifiable information. The platform generated over $17…

European stock markets close higher after ECB decisionEuropean stock markets closed higher after the ECB’s decision to cut rates by 25 basis points.The Stoxx Europe 600 index closed up 0.9%, the U.K.’s FTSE 100 rose by 0.1% and Germany’s DAX was higher by 0.2%. Meanwhile, France’s CAC 40 was the only major benchmark to fall 0.2%.— Ganesh RaoEuropean government bonds rallyEuro zone government bonds rallied on Thursday as regional investors monitored the European Central Bank’s decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points.The move had been largely priced into markets, with LSEG data showing traders had given the quarter-point…

In a Bloomberg interview Wednesday night in downtown San Francisco, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back against concerns that AI could eventually make half the company’s 180,000-person workforce redundant. Instead, Pichai stressed the company’s commitment to growth through at least next year. “I expect we will grow from our current engineering phase even into next year, because it allows us to do more,” Pichai said, adding that AI is making engineers more productive by eliminating tedious tasks and enabling them to focus on more impactful work. Rather than replacing workers, he referred to AI as “an accelerator” that will drive…

Despite what some experts have characterized as an environment increasingly hostile to AI R&D, North America continues to receive the bulk of AI venture dollars, according to data from investment tracker PitchBook. Between February and May of this year, VCs poured $69.7 billion into North America-based AI and machine learning startups across 1,528 deals. That’s compared with $6.4 billion that VC firms invested in European AI ventures across 742 deals across the same period. Asia-based startups have fared a bit worse than their European counterparts, according to PitchBook. Between February and May, VCs invested just $3 billion in Asia-based AI…

Elden Ring Nightreign is a very unusual game, even by FromSoftware’s standards, taking traits from a number of clear, and less obvious, sources. It’s a playground of ideas, melding a highly streamlined vision of Elden Ring’s gameplay with the loop and structure of a roguelite. Each run is different from the last, and lessons learned are carried forward to the next run, ensuring that even failure can be capitalized on, albeit in a way that is atypical of a usual Soulslike experience. But the game is also different in some more subtle ways, ones which veterans of MMOs may be…