the DOJ alleges, Capuci diverted the funds to his own cryptocurrency wallets. MCC netted at least $8.1 million from the sale of the mining packages and $3.2 million in initiation fees, which funded a lavish lifestyle, including Lamborghinis, a yacht and real estate, according to the SEC complaint…. Source: Mining Capital Coin CEO Indicted for Allegedly Running a Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme – Slashdot

About a third of that drop happened this week, as “Bitcoin, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies have fallen sharply,” Forbes reports, “wiping around $200 billion from the crypto market in just a matter of days (though some fear the bitcoin price could fall far further).” Bitcoin is now at its lowest prince since last July, “in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve’s biggest interest rate hike in years”. Source: Cryptocurrency Markets Drop $200B, Bitcoin Down 50% Since November – Slashdot

Source: The Roles of Central Banks — Evolution, or Demand and Supply?

While Russia prepares a grandiose display of military firepower in Moscow for the 77th anniversary of Victory Day, its soldiers are aiming their firepower against Ukrainian World War II veterans, Holocaust survivors and other civilians.  97-year-old Ivan Lysun from Zolochiv, in the Kharkiv oblast, has been left with his jacket and the many medals he received for courage and his military service when he fought, together with Russians, against the Nazi invaders, and very little else.

In the early hours of 4 May, Russian shelling almost totally destroyed the house which, as a small lad, Ivan Lysun tried to help his father build.  Most of it has been turned into rubble, and it is a miracle that he survived.

Source: Russian invaders destroy 97-year-old Ukrainian WWII veteran’s home