Seattle Council Oks Drug Use, Prostitution Laws Over Experts' Objections

Pepe (PEPE) is gaining momentum in the meme coin market, with traders predicting a 30% rally in the fourth quarter of 2024. This bullish outlook is supported by strong on-chain indicators and positive price action. Currently, Pepe’s price is steadily above a critical support level, suggesting a potential upward trend. Despite the broader bearish trend in meme coins, PEPE’s strong fundamentals and potential make it a promising investment for the last quarter of 2024. Pepe (PEPE) price analysis With a market cap of around $3.4 billion, PEPE ranks 27th among over 9,800 cryptocurrencies, holding a solid position for the meme token.

The southern state of Louisiana has become the first in the United States to accept cryptocurrency as a valid form of payment for government-related services. It was on Wednesday (Sep, 17) when the Bayou State’s Treasurer John Fleming announced the news through a press release, which states that “residents will now have the option to pay for state services from their private, secure crypto wallets.” Some of the more popular types of cryptocurrencies will be accepted as a payment option, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Lightning, and USD Coin.

The United Kingdom’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) conducted a study that showed £4.3bn (around $5.72bn) staked on black market gambling. The report found that these avenues to illegally placing bets in Britain were “high awareness, easy to find, and already commonly used.” According to the publication, which considered six thousand individuals and some high-profile operators, £2.7bn ($3.59bn) is placed on black market sites in the UK, and £1.6bn ($2.13bn) is staked in illegal premises in the country. UK betting regulator shocked by black market statistics Frontier Economics delivered the review of black market staking on behalf of the BGC, and CEO Grainne Hurst was surprised by the details. She said, “This shocking report exposes the unnerving true scale of the growing, unsafe, unregulated gambling black market.

The German government has shut down 47 cryptocurrency exchanges hosted in the country, accusing them of being used for criminal purposes. The Public Prosecutor’s Office Frankfurt am Main – Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) seized the exchanges in a joint operation. According to the authorities, the operators of the now-shut-down exchange services are accused of “deliberately concealing the origin of criminally obtained funds by deficient implementation of legal requirements to combat money laundering…” In a statement published on Thursday (Sep, 19), the police office says the “services enabled barter transactions without going through a registration process and without checking proof of identity.” They believe this was aimed at “quickly, easily and anonymously exchanging cryptocurrencies into other crypto or digital currencies in order to steal their origin.” In August, Germany’s financial regulator seized almost 25 million euros ($28 million) in cash in a nationwide operation targeting cryptocurrency ATMs. German authorities aim to “weaken” infrastructure of crypto cybercriminals User and transaction data has since been extracted from the switched-down services which can be used in investigative approaches against cybercrime, but there is further suggestion that prosecution could be difficult. “In order to counter cybercrime in a sustainable manner, personnel investigations, i.e.

Google users have just had a useful update added to Google Password Manager, with the new ability to allow the syncing of passkeys across several devices. Before this new release, passkeys could only be saved on Android, with cross-device usage being extremely limited. While you could use them on other devices, you had to jump through hoops and scan a QR code using an Android device. Unlike passwords, passkeys are cryptographic key pairs specific to a website.

EA’s FC25 is with us in Early Access for those that purchased the Ultimate Edition at least, and players everywhere are returning from FC24, casting aside the fortunes they spent on their Ultimate Teams and forgetting they ever existed. Fortunately, the dopamine rush of pack opening and finding an Mbappe or Haaland is never far away, and the good news is, if you are returning to the annual football jamboree from last season, there are some loyalty rewards waiting your arrival. There are a couple of caveats around eligibility but nothing too draconian Do you qualify for FC25 Club Membership? To be showered with the loyalty gifts you will need to have played FC24 before September 27th and also played FC25 before November 1st.