Anna's Daybreak News

TGIF news friends! Saddle up, fellow explorers, as we venture into the wild terrain of breaking news, untangle the web of headlines, and bring you the most intriguing stories from the uncharted territories of current events 📰🌟

• The DEA seized $500,000 in the dollar-linked cryptocurrency Tether from two Binance accounts, sending a test amount of $45.36 in Tether to the United States Marshals Service.


• A scammer had been watching the blockchain and noticed the test payment, quickly setting up an address matching the first five and last four characters of the Marshals account.


• The swindler then “airdropped” the fake address into the DEA’s account, duping the agency into sending just over $55,000 to the scammer in a single transaction.


• Who walked away with the crypto fortune? We may never know - but all evidence points to some lucky hacker who could now be rolling in Ether.
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• A report from the Commerce Department shows that prices rose just 0.2% from June to July, the third straight modest increase.


• US consumer spending increases 0.8% in July.


• Personal income gains 0.2%, but savings rate falls to 3.5%.


• Consumer spending is unlikely sustainable as Americans draw down excess savings accumulated during the pandemic.


• The number of advertised job openings tumbled in July and fewer Americans are quitting their jobs to seek better opportunities.


• The Fed’s policymakers closely monitor core prices as a telltale signal of where inflation might be headed.


• Fed Chair Jerome Powell reinforced that the Fed will ‘proceed carefully’ as it considers its next moves, as it strives to keep the economy growing but not too fast.


• If you’re still confused... join the club. The Fed certainly is!
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• JPMorgan reported the transactions to the U.S. Treasury Department after Epstein's death in 2019


• Epstein was a JPMorgan client from 1998 to 2013, when the bank fired him


• The U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein held two private islands, are suing JPMorgan for at least $190 million


• The US Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan Chase & Co. for allegedly enabling human trafficking through Jeffrey Epstein.


• JPMorgan has denied knowing that Epstein was running a sex trafficking operation, but recent testimony from the hearing suggests otherwise


• Jeffrey Epstein's case is the horrible gift that keeps on giving.
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• Russian President Vladimir Putin is strengthening his control of Wagner Mercenary Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's operations in Africa and the Middle East.


• A Defense Ministry-affiliated armed contractor is poised to assume charge of Wagner's operations in the Central African Republic.


• Prigozhin, Putin's ex-protege, died in a mysterious plane crash days before the power play.


• A death, a power vacuum, and a takeover: all in a day's work for Putin.
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Baked with love,

Anna Eisenberg ❤️