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  • Crypto Asset Company Bitmine Makes Largest Ethereum (ETH) Purchase in Four Months! Here Are the Details

    Crypto Asset Company Bitmine Makes Largest Ethereum (ETH) Purchase in Four Months! Here Are the Details

    Bitmine, a crypto asset-focused investment company, attracted attention with its large-scale purchases in the past week.

    The company achieved its fastest accumulation pace in the last four months, purchasing 101,627 Ethereum ($ETH) in just one week. This increase stands out as the largest weekly expansion recorded since the high-volume purchases last seen in the week of December 15, 2025.

    Bitmine’s total $ETH holdings have increased to 4,976,485. This amount represents approximately 4.12% of Ethereum’s total supply. Controlling an asset of this scale makes the company one of the leading players among institutional investors.

    Bitmine’s overall financial strength has also reached remarkable levels. The total value of the company’s crypto assets, cash reserves, and other investments is estimated at approximately $12.9 billion. This portfolio includes $1.12 billion in cash assets, 199 Bitcoin (BTC), a $200 million stake in Beast Industries, and approximately $107 million in investments in Eightco Holdings.

    Experts say Bitmine’s aggressive Ethereum accumulation strategy demonstrates the company’s strong long-term value expectation for $ETH. The increasing interest from institutional investors points to continued confidence in the future of the Ethereum ecosystem.

    *This is not investment advice.

  • ‘The Pitt’ Star Shawn Hatosy to Narrate Quinn Original Audio Drama ‘Yes, Chef’ (Exclusive)

    ‘The Pitt’ Star Shawn Hatosy to Narrate Quinn Original Audio Drama ‘Yes, Chef’ (Exclusive)

    The Pitt star Shawn Hatosy is going from the ER to the kitchen.

    Hatosy will star in Yes, Chef, a two-episode immersive audio romance for audio erotica app Quinn, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce. Yes, Chef marks the latest Quinn Original series, the app’s produced romances that “complement Quinn’s thriving erotica creator community.”

    In Yes, Chef, Hatosy stars as Grant Reilly, a “seasoned executive chef of North & Vine, a restaurant fighting to maintain its Michelin star in an industry that’s rapidly evolving. After a viral negative review threatens the restaurant’s legacy, Grant’s business partner brings in rising culinary star Iris Adams to shake things up and take North & Vine from ‘classic’ to ‘relevant.’ As Grant and Iris work side by side, their differences spark undeniable chemistry.”

    Narrated directly to the listener, who will represent the role of Iris, Yes, Chef “immerses audiences in an intoxicating forbidden romance set in the high-stakes world of fine dining.”

    Securing Hatosy as a narrator is sure to make app fans happy given he’s been a top choice among listeners.

    “Shawn is one of our most requested narrators ever,” Caroline Spiegel, founder and CEO of Quinn, said in a statement. “With Yes, Chef, most of the story takes place inside the chaos of a Michelin-star kitchen. We wanted to emulate the high-pressure settings that fans love seeing Shawn in, and we couldn’t be more excited to have him step into this world with us.”

    “Grant is wrestling with his identity and what that means. That really resonated with me, because I’ve been there. Then things happened in my career — like The Pitt — that changed my trajectory,” Hatosy said in a statement. “Grant isn’t feeling like he has a lot of value outside of the kitchen, but he starts to see through Iris, through her youth and vitality and what she brings. And by listening to her, really paying attention to her, he grows.”

    When asked about why working with Quinn made sense, Hatosy said in a statement, “I did my research, and I saw what the philosophy was. That really got me to pay attention.”

    Described as being “made by women, for the world,” Quinn was designed to help listeners be a main character in their fantasy, with stories putting female pleasure at the forefront. The app has recruited Hollywood stars to narrate the steamy stories including Chris Briney, Andrew Scott, Manny Jacinto, Tom Blyth, Jamie Campbell Bower, Victoria Pedretti, Jesse Williams, Lucien Laviscount, Thomas Doherty, Katherine Moennig, Heated Rivarly stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, Costa D’Angelo and Tyriq Withers.

    Quinn founder Spiegel — sister of Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel — launched the app in 2021 and began enlisting Hollywood talent last year to help share audio erotica that “felt approachable and not intimidating.”

    “At first, we weren’t even sure if people would do it or people would like it,” Spiegel told THR. But in an AI-driven age, stars are able to take control of their erotic output. “It’s actually kind of nice to be like, ‘OK, I’ll do this. I’ll do it my way with my creative vision for how I want this to be,’ ” Spiegel said. 

    “There’s a huge catalogue of intimate scenes I’ve done over 25 or 30 years, and audiences have been taking that material and creating content. I don’t have any control over that,” Hatosy said. “With Quinn, it gave me an opportunity to step into this space with intention, and help shape this kind of new media in a way where I can participate and feel like we’re building something meaningful together.”

    On The Pitt, Hatosy plays night shift attending physician Dr. Jack Abbot. In addition to serving as a sounding board for Noah Wyle’s Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, as the close friends have talked about their respective mental health struggles in key scenes over the past two seasons, Abbot has become a fan favorite for his memorable friendly interactions with Supriya Ganesh’s Dr. Samira Mohan, who, it was recently announced, will be leaving the hit HBO Max series after season two. Speaking to THR ahead of The Pitt season two finale, Hatosy said Abbot “definitely has feelings” for Dr. Mohan and that he’ll “miss her,” but hopefully the two will stay in touch.

    Hatosy also previously talked to THR about the fan interest in his character, including his shirtless scene in season two.

    “I try to never take any of it seriously,” he said. “Yes, that episode really blew up and it’s weird. Certainly, it creates these lines where things can get a little complicated, like if I’m out in public with my family. I don’t want to be the guy who isn’t taking the picture with the fans because I know that it means something to them. Especially when I’ve talked to fans who are really moved by the show, I’ve had people say they were struggling and then watched Abbot not jump [off the roof]. But then when it comes to me and my pasty, flabby back out in the world, yeah, it can get a little weird. I just try and enjoy it.”

    Hatosy is repped by Trademark Talent and Paradigm. 

    Episode one of Yes, Chef releases on the Quinn app on April 21 with episode two premiering April 24.

    Shawn Hatosy in Yes, Chef

    Quinn

    Hilary Lewis contributed to this report.

  • Playoff Power Rankings: Where all 16 teams stand at top of first round

    Playoff Power Rankings: Where all 16 teams stand at top of first round

    Regular season record: 56-26

    OffRtg: 120.0 (2) DefRtg: 111.7 (4) NetRtg: +8.3 (4) Pace: 95.6 (30)

    First round series: Up 1-0 vs. Philadelphia

    There was no let-up for the Celtics, who never trailed in Game 1 and beat the Sixers by 32 points. They’re in the playoffs for the 12th straight year and they now have 20 playoff wins by at least 20 points over that stretch.

    The case for the Celtics: They were the only Eastern Conference team in the top five on both ends of the floor, and they were close (just a hair out of the top five on defense) before adding Jayson Tatum with 20 games to go. For the season as a whole, they had the point differential of a team that was 62-20.

    The Celtics have playoff-tested formulas for winning possessions on both ends of the floor, and with Tatum back, they’re better equipped to execute them. They can have him or Jaylen Brown on the floor for all 48 minutes, and their bench ranked in the top two in the league for the fourth straight year. Even before Tatum made his season debut, they had outscored their opponents by 13.2 points per 100 possessions in Brown’s 1,102 minutes off the floor.

    Defensively, the Celtics protect the rim nearly as well as the Thunder, having ranked third in opponent field goal percentage in the restricted area (64.0%) and first in the (lowest) percentage of their opponents’ shots (24.1%) that have come there.

    The case against the Celtics: We only have to go back to Games 1 and 2 of their last playoff series, when they blew two 20-point, second-half leads, to remember that this team can lose the plot. The Celtics were consistently purposeful with their possessions when they won the championship two years ago, but less so in other postseasons.

    The Celtics had the worst record (9-14) in games played between the top 10 teams in the league, having scored just 114.1 points per 100 possessions over those 23 games. They ranked last both in free-throw rate (20.7 attempts per 100 shots from the field) and the percentage of their shots (41%) that have come in the paint, so no other team is as dependent on jump shots.

    Something to watch in Game 2: 3-point defense. Among playoff teams, the Celtics had the highest opponent 3-point rate, with 45.1% of their opponents’ shots having come from beyond the arc. The Sixers had only 23 3-point attempts in Game 1, they connected on only four of the 23, and we can expect them to shoot more and more accurately on Tuesday.

    Next game: Tue. vs. PHI, 7 p.m. ET, Peacock

  • Kelp DAO Exploit Sparks Aave Liquidity Crunch, $6.2 Billion Withdrawal Panic

    Kelp DAO Exploit Sparks Aave Liquidity Crunch, $6.2 Billion Withdrawal Panic

    In brief

    • Aave users struggled to withdraw funds from Aave after attackers borrowed with stolen rsETH on the platform, spiking a core market’s so-called utilization rate.
    • The funds were plundered from a LayerZero-powered bridge, in what onlookers described as DeFi’s biggest exploit so far this year.
    • Early Sunday, DefiLlama’s 0xngmi said Aave had faced $6.2 billion in net withdrawals, while Spark’s monetsupply.eth pointed to “negative secondary effects.”

    Less than a day after attackers drained $291 million in crypto from infrastructure linked to decentralized finance project Kelp DAO, users on Aave, one of DeFi’s most battle-tested protocols, struggled to withdraw funds amid a liquidity crunch.

    A bridge that typically allows users to move an asset called rsETH from one network to another was exploited on Saturday, prompting Aave to freeze markets tied to the token, which attackers had used to borrow funds from the platform, the lending protocol said in an X post.

    Meanwhile, Kelp DAO said in an X post that it had “paused rsETH contracts” across Ethereum’s mainnet and several layer-2 scaling networks as it investigates suspicious activity.

    The attackers’ activity on Aave caused the so-called utilization rate of a core lending pool to spike to 100%, signaling that users who previously deposited Ethereum and wrapped Ethereum have been left with little to no liquidity to withdraw, Aavescan data showed.

    An hour before Aave locked down the markets, blockchain security firm PeckShield flagged a transaction showing 116,500 rsETH, worth $291 million at the time, flowing to a fresh wallet.

    The attackers didn’t abscond with rsETH that had been maliciously released from the bridge. Rather, they used Aave to borrow regular funds, creating “massive bad debt,” Francesco Andreoli, head of developer relations at Consensys and MetaMask, said in an X post. (Disclaimer: Consensys is one of many investors in an editorially independent Decrypt.)

    Aave’s governance token plunged to $90.13 on Sunday, a 16% decrease over the past day, according to CoinGecko. Ethereum fell 2% to $2,300 over the same period.

    As users struggled to withdraw from Aave, they began borrowing against their deposits in stablecoins, straining the liquidity further as a sign of “negative secondary effects,” said monetsupply.eth, the pseudonymous head of strategy at DeFi project Spark, in an X post.

    The Kelp DAO exploit and ensuing fallout on Aave prompted a massive wave of withdrawals from several DeFi protocols, even those that were unaffected, according to 0xngmi, the pseudonymous co-founder of data provider DefiLlama. On a net basis, users had yanked $6.2 billion from Aave alone by early Sunday, they said in an X post.

    With contagion appearing to spread, DeFi’s latest exploit provides “a lot of ammo” for critics skeptical of systems that seek to replace traditional financial intermediaries with code, Salman Banei, general counsel at Plume, a network focused on tokenization, said in an X post.

    Kelp DAO issues rsETH, a liquid staking token that allows users to earn Ethereum staking and EigenLayer restaking rewards. It acts as a tradeable “receipt” for Kelp DAO depositors. The Kelp DAO bridge was built on top of infrastructure designed by LayerZero, a protocol that allows DeFi applications to send messages and transfer assets across blockchains.

    Stacy Muur, a noted blockchain researcher, said in an X post that the exploit appeared to rely on a single point of failure. She wrote that a “phantom” message used by attackers essentially tricked Kelp DAO’s bridge into releasing rsETH on Ethereum without removing a corresponding amount of tokens from circulation on Ethereum layer-2 Unichain.

    Nonetheless, some onlookers were eager to find a path forward, including crypto entrepreneur and Tron founder Justin Sun. He attempted to negotiate, arguing that the attackers would ultimately struggle to spend the stolen funds.

    “How much [do] you want?” he asked them in an X post. “It’s simply not worth it to sacrifice both Aave and Kelp DAO and let them go down over this hack.”

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  • ‘Memory of Princess Mumbi,’ Set in a Retro-Futuristic Africa Recreated With AI, Scores Istanbul Film Festival Top Prize

    ‘Memory of Princess Mumbi,’ Set in a Retro-Futuristic Africa Recreated With AI, Scores Istanbul Film Festival Top Prize

    Swiss-Kenyan director Damien Hauser’s dystopian fable “Memory of Princess Mumbi,” set during 2093 in an imaginary Africa created with the use of artificial intelligence, scooped the Golden Tulip Award at the Istanbul Film Festival on Sunday.

    Set in the futuristic African country of Umata, “Memory of Princess Mumbi” is a playful meta-fiction that is part romance, part mockumentary and revolves around a love triangle between a film director named Kuve, an aspiring actress and a prince.

    The film’s Istanbul Film Festival victory marks the first time a feature made with AI has won the top award at a prominent film festival.

    In an interview with Variety, Hauser readily admitted he could have never made the film without using AI, even as he, paradoxically, set out to “make a movie that AI could never make.” “Memory of Princess Mumbi” launched last September from Venice’s independently-run Venice Days section before traveling widely, including to Toronto and Zurich.

    The Istanbul festival jury, headed by Scottish director David Mackenzie (“Fuze”), awarded the event’s special jury prize to Chinese arthouse darling Bi Gan’s six-part epic “Resurrection,” in which a movie monster drifts through China’s 100-year history. “Resurrection” previously won the 2025 Cannes Jury Special Prize.

    Istanbul’s best director honors went to French duo Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka’s coming-of-age drama “Summer Beats,” while the screenplay prize went to Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer and his co-writer Alexander Brom for Sandra Hüller-starrer “Rose.” In this historical tragedy, Hüller plays a 17th-century woman living as a man.

    Turkish films took the acting honors. The best actress prize went to İnci Sefa Cingöz for her role as a tormented young woman in first-time director Pinar Yorgancioglu’s drama “Those Who Whistle After Dark” Kemal Burak Alper took actor honors for Nuri Cihan Özdoğan’s “Dead Dogs Don’t Bite,” which mixes social drama and gangland war film tropes. 

    The 45th Istanbul Film Festival, which ran April 9-19, marked a revamped edition of Turkey’s top film event and market. Artistic director Kerem Ayan has made the festival more global under a new format that mixes Turkish and international works in the main competition, while also driving local cinema by still having other sections dedicated solely to Turkish works.

    The festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), also had a vibrant edition of its Meetings on the Bridge market component being relaunched under the new leadership of former Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival chief Başak Emre and Pınar Evrenosoğlu.

    And the winners are…

    GOLDEN TULIP COMPETITION

    Golden Tulip Best Film – “Memory of Princess Mumbi,” directed by Damien Hauser

    Special Jury Prize – “Resurrection,” directed by Bi Gan

    Best Director – Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret, “Ma frère” (“Summer Beats”)

    Best Screenplay – Markus Schleinzer and Alexander Brom, “Rose”

    Best Actress – İnci Sefa Cingöz, “Those Who Whistle After Dark”

    Best Actor – Kemal Burak Alper, “Dead Dogs Don’t Bite”

    Special Mention (to all animals in films) – “Hen,” directed by György Pálfi

    SHORT FILM COMPETITION

    Best Short Film – “Gravity,” directed by Dalya Keleş

    Special Mention – “Love and the Others,” directed by Sitera Değirmen

    NEW VISIONS

    Seyfi Teoman Best Film Prize – “32 Meters,” directed by Morteza Atabaki

    Best Cinematography – Ziya Demirel and Yusuf Tan Demirel for “The Greatest Funeral Hits”

    Best Editing – Morteza Atabaki for “32 Meters”

    Best Actress – Esra Dermancıoğlu for “The Greatest Funeral Hits”

    Best Actor – Burak Dakak for “About My Mom”

    Best Supporting Actress – Çağdaş Ekin Şişman for “The Greatest Funeral Hits”

    Best Supporting Actor – Özer Keçeci for “The Greatest Funeral Hits”

    Best Art Direction – Elif Öner for “Dump of Untitled Pieces”

    Best Music – Efe Demiral for “Dump of Untitled Pieces“

    INDEPENDENT AWARDS

    International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

    Golden Tulip Competition – Best Film – “Rose of Nevada,” directed by Mark Jenkin

    Directors Association of Türkiye (FİLM-YÖN)

    Best Director (in memory of Osman Sınav) – Sunay Terzioğlu “Bonds, Roots and Passions”

    Association of Documentary Filmmakers in Türkiye (BSB)

    Documentary films from Türkiye – Best Documentary – “2m2,” directed by Volkan Üce

    Turkish Association of Film Critics (SİYAD)

    “Dump of Untitled Pieces,” directed by Melik Kuru

  • One of TV News’ Most Respected Consultants Says Format Is Breaking, Needs to Change Quickly

    One of TV News’ Most Respected Consultants Says Format Is Breaking, Needs to Change Quickly

     
    When it comes to TV news, winning viewers’ trust is out, and making them passionate about what they watch is in.

    A media consultancy that had a hand in creating the format that ultimately became “Good Morning America” is warning TV-news organizations that they need to blow up their old models as soon as possible, or risk saying “good night” to audiences and ratings.

    Magid, a media consultant that has worked for decades with TV networks and stations, believes local and national TV-news organizations need to start giving viewers more context, depth and emotional reassurance, rather than relying on breaking news and dozens of star anchors and correspondents.

    “We’ve fully arrived in the ‘context’ era, and we are completely out of the ‘breaking news’ era,” says Jaime Spencer, Magid’s chief operating officer, during a recent interiview. “It doesn’t mean that breaking news isn’t important. It’s an expectation. It’s just become a completely functional attribute that doesn’t drive brand loyalty or consumption.”

    Instead, the executive says, news broadcasters need to think about what will keep viewers they’ve already acquired watching for longer periods of time, rather than trying to get as many people to watch as possible. That means focusing more intently on new kinds of attributes.

    “The brands that are succeeding and the brands that will succeed are aligning around these sort of attributes of ‘insightful,’ ‘thoughtful,’ ‘reassuring,’ ‘timely,’ ‘calming,’ ‘innovative,’” he says. Words that have less relevance to viewers include “’balanced,’ ‘explanatory,’ ‘trustworthy,’ ‘essential,’ ‘substantive,’ ‘reliable,’ ‘confident,’ ‘accurate,’ ‘clear.’ I mean, some real tenets of journalism,” says Spencer.  “It’s not that they’re not important as fundamentals, but brands built around those things are going to be really unlikely to break through” in the future.

    Magid delivers its recommendations as TV-news grapples with some severe challenges. Advertisers remain wary of the format, worried that appearing alongside a vociferous anchor or a scene tied to news about war or climate change will turn off potential customers. Younger viewers, meanwhile, are turning more readily to digital venues like TikTok or YouTube and spending more time with influencers who don’t always have a formal journalism background or understand the ethics of newsgathering or reporting.

    Others say TV news retains its power. A new report from VAB, a trade organization that represents TV networks in discussions with Madison Avenue, says more people from key consumer niches — people between 35 and 54, people who make over $100,000 a year and adults who are employed full-time — are watching more TV news than they did last year. The report is based on the findings from a December 2025 survey of 2,319 U.S. adults. The report suggested these niches are more likely to go to TV news first over social media for breaking news coverage.

    Indeed, TV news is poised for a pick up. Consequential elections like the 2026 midterms are typically catalysts for broader viewing of news programs.

    Over the longer run, however, news organizations need to promote themselves as places to get more understanding and reassurance, says Spencer, not as backers of trustworthy, reliable information. “If you’re just looking to monetize and grow an audience, trustworthiness isn’t really a part of that anymore. In fact, those that are more confirming of my personal beliefs are more likely to get attention to get consumption, to have brand connection.”

    More major news outlets are working to create communities out of current viewers. Fox Nation, the streaming service backed by Fox News, spotlights lifestyle programming, documentaries, even stand-up comedy, along with the news programs from its flagship cable outlet. Versant’s MS NOW has unveiled plans to launch a new streaming service that aims to play to fans of its personalities and programming.

    In such a moment, Spencer says, viewers put more faith in individual anchors, influencers and creators than in news brands, and polarizing perspectives drive more passion from audiences. He points to examples such as Brian Tyler Cohen, a progressive political host, and MS NOW’s Rachel Maddow, as well as conservative host Dan Bongino and Fox News’ Sean Hannity.

    Just as digital influencers can gain massive audiences without well-appointed studios and dazzling visuals, so too can news outlets, Magid suggests. “There is no correlation between overhead costs and perceived quality,” he says, and traditional broadcasters can gain by emulating that model. Magid has begun recommending that local news organizations try to bet on one main “quarterback” rather than developing dozens of different news stars.

    And news outlets need to think about bringing in a devoted audience, rather than the largest. “The goal is to get one more of something, right? One more commercial break, one more minute of consumption, one more page view, one more episode of this seres.” says Spencer. “Creating that emotional connection and trying to hold you longer through that one thing is  likely a better path to monetization than to try to get more.” In a dikfferrt era, the idea was that :”if we have something for everyone, then surely everyone will come, right?” he asks. Today, he says. “It just doesn’t stand up.”

  • Hidden Side Effects of GLP-1 Drugs: Ozempic Chills, Hot Flashes, and More

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    A new study identified several overlooked side effects of GLP-1 drugs through self-reporting among Reddit users. Image Credit: Fiordaliso/Getty Images
    • A recent study found various “hidden” side effects of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, including chills, hot flashes, and irregular periods.
    • The researchers used self-reported Reddit data to examine the real-world effects of these medications.
    • An expert weighs in on why hidden side effects, such as Ozempic chills, may occur.

    GLP-1 medications, like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, have various known side effects, including nausea, fatigue, constipation, and diarrhea.

    However, a recent study published in Nature Health found that GLP-1 drugs may also come with certain “hidden” side effects.

    The researchers analyzed 410,198 Reddit posts that mentioned either semaglutide or tirzepatide. They found a total of 67,008 users who self-reported using these medications. Of those, 43.5% posted about at least one side effect.

    Reproductive issues, such as menstrual irregularities and temperature-related complaints, like chills and hot flashes, were the most notable unrecognized side effects of GLP-1s.

    Jeffrey Lee, MD, a double board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of JL Plastic Surgery in Boston, MA, who was not involved in the study, spoke to Healthline about these “hidden” side effects, why they may occur, and what people may misunderstand about GLP-1s from social media posts.

    This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity and length.

    Lee: The most common side effects I see in practice are gastrointestinal, things like nausea, bloating, or constipation.

    These are typically temporary and often dose-dependent, meaning they can improve over time or with a dosage adjustment.

    Of the lesser-known side effects mentioned in the study, I have occasionally had patients report fatigue, but it’s not something I see frequently.

    I have not personally seen most of the other symptoms highlighted in the study in a consistent or clinically significant way.

    Lee: GLP-1 agonists primarily affect the gastrointestinal system, but they also act on the brain, particularly the hypothalamus, which regulates many core functions, including hormones, temperature, and appetite.

    Because of this, it’s plausible that some patients could experience broader systemic effects, including hormonal or temperature-related symptoms.

    That said, these effects are not yet well established clinically, and more research is needed to determine whether they are directly caused by the medication or influenced by factors such as weight loss, metabolic changes, or individual physiology.

    Clinically, we are seeing that some patients report a reduced sense of reward from certain behaviors.

    For example, there have been reports of individuals with alcohol use issues experiencing a decreased urge to drink. This suggests that GLP-1s may blunt the reward response, which could be beneficial in some contexts.

    However, that same mechanism may also translate into a dampening of emotional highs and lows, which some patients may interpret as apathy or decreased libido. This is still an emerging area of research, but it’s one of the more interesting potential effects of these medications.

    Lee: Patient behavior can absolutely play a role.

    If someone is actively restricting intake beyond what the medication is already doing, they may experience symptoms like irritability or mood swings.

    On the other hand, if a patient is fully reliant on the medication and experiences little to no hunger, those fluctuations may be less noticeable.

    So there’s often an interplay between the medication’s effects and the patient’s behavioral response.

    Lee: One of the biggest challenges with social media is that it captures anecdotal, self-reported experiences without context.

    It can be difficult to determine whether a symptom is directly caused by the medication, related to rapid weight loss, influenced by other medications, or tied to underlying health conditions.

    Without that clinical context, it’s easy for associations to be made that aren’t necessarily causal. That’s why it’s important to interpret these reports carefully and in conjunction with clinical data.

    Lee: These limitations are significant. For findings to be broadly applicable, the study population needs to reflect real-world patients in terms of age, gender, medical history, and dosing.

    Self-reported data, especially from platforms like Reddit, can introduce bias, as it often captures a narrower or more vocal subset of users.

    That said, studies like this can still be valuable as an early signal. They can help generate hypotheses and guide more rigorous, controlled research that allows us to draw more definitive conclusions.

  • Blockchain sleuth accuses RaveDAO of knowing who manipulated the price of its token

    Blockchain sleuth accuses RaveDAO of knowing who manipulated the price of its token

    Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT wrote on Sunday that the team behind RaveDAO is at least aware of who manipulated the price of its token, which saw an impossible 11,000% surge in price followed by a near immediate collapse.

    “I found suspicious CEX (centralized crypto exchanges) activity on April 26 tied to RaveDAO team addresses onchain, which potentially contradicts their recent statements,” the blockchain investigator said.

    In a separate post, ZachXBT flagged a transfer from a $RAVE address used for “initial distribution” by RaveDAO from which roughly $23 million worth of tokens were transferred to two Bitget deposit addresses causing the price to drop 40% from $1 to $0.6.

    RaveDAO posted a six-part X thread on Saturday, previously reported by CoinDesk, stating “we are aware of the rumors and accusations circulating regarding $RAVE and the RaveDAO team. We want to be clear: RaveDAO team is not engaged in, nor responsible for, recent price action.”

    However, ZachXBT said, “given the supply concentration, the team at minimum knows who is responsible for this price action.”

    In a separate X post, the investigator said, “you expect the community to believe $RAVE went $60M -> $6B mkt cap organically in nine days with little to no utility? Considering your team handled the initial distribution with a low float it’s unlikely you do not know the party responsible for it.”

    The RaveDAO token, which increased by nearly 11,000% in nine days from about $0.25 to $27.33, then plunged by over 90%, losing roughly $5.7 billion in market capitalization in just 48 hours. Its price currently hovers around $0.67.

    The sleuth also said $RAVE is not the only token with manipulation “we have seen on major centralized exchanges. It’s just the most blatant.” He also said it was highly unlikely the CEXs did not spot the massive $RAVE token price movements.

  • UK gas-investment firm weighs bitcoin mining, draws criticism

    UK gas-investment firm weighs bitcoin mining, draws criticism

    Reabold Resources, an investment company focused on developing European gas projects, said it is considering establishing a gas-powered bitcoin mining station in northern England.

    The London-based company is exploring the potential to deploy a small power plant as a pilot for future target=”_blank”>it said in a statement on Monday.

    Bitcoin production from the company’s West Newton A well site will be used to demonstrate the ability to use the gas to fuel target=”_blank”>Telegraph article criticizing the plan at a time when the country could face gas shortages because of the war between Iran and the U.S. and Israel.

    Concerns of potential gas shortage are unfounded according to a U.K. government statement in late March, which said gas supply will not be affected.

    “Only about 1% of the U.K.’s gas supply in 2025 came from Qatar. We have no reason to expect it would be significantly different in 2026,” it said.

    The Telegraph’s article said Reabold’s West Newton gas field is so large it could theoretically power the creation of 50,000 bitcoin tokens.

    “A private gas supply means we can run a data centre to mine bitcoin relatively cheaply,” said Sachin Oza, the co-CEO of Reabold Resources, which has a drilling license by the Environment Agency.

    “Initially, this would help fund the further development of the gas field and prove the concept – meaning it could become the precursor to a far larger data center.”

    But, the firm said, “the significant onshore natural gas resource at the West Newton site in Yorkshire has and will continue to be progressed for the benefit of U.K. energy security, which is particularly important at this time of significant geopolitical uncertainty.”

    Reabold’s plan for a bitcoin mining operation to broaden into a data center comes bitcoin mining is undergoing a transformation, with many companies diverting into high-performance computing and support for the AI industry.

  • ESPN Pulls Boston Marathon Doc ‘Rachel, Breathe’; Director Frank Marshall Cites Rights Disagreement and Says Lawyers Told Him ‘Sign It Now or We Are Pulling the Show’

    ESPN Pulls Boston Marathon Doc ‘Rachel, Breathe’; Director Frank Marshall Cites Rights Disagreement and Says Lawyers Told Him ‘Sign It Now or We Are Pulling the Show’

    According to prolific director and producer Frank Marshall, ESPN pulled his new documentary “Rachel, Breathe” an hour before it was set to premiere due to a rights disagreement.

    “I’m sad to report that RACHEL, BREATHE, will not premiere on ESPN2 today,” he wrote on X on Sunday night. “After several days of negotiations that should have been very simple and were not about money, but rights, the ESPN lawyers stopped talking to us an hour before broadcast and said, ‘sign it now or we are pulling the show’. I’m extremely disappointed for Rachel and John and entire team that spent 2 years making this film about hope, love and friendship. We remain genuinely excited for the day this documentary reaches the world, it is simply not tonight. And just like Rachel, we remain resilient and the moment I know where and when the premiere is, you will hear from me. And thanks to Dick’s Sporting Goods for fighting the fight.”

    “Rachel, Breathe” tells the story of marathon runner Rachel Foster, who made headlines in 2023 for her athletic chievements after a major medical hardship. The official logline reads, “Five months after waking up from a coma no one expected her to emerge from, Rachel accomplished the unthinkable and completed the 2023 Boston Marathon. Despite the victory of that moment and feeling like she was on the path to a full recovery of her life as it was, new challenges arise. The film follows Rachel, now preparing to run the 2025 Boston Marathon as a reclamation of self, to prove that though her reality has changed, her essence remains the same. Interweaving Rachel’s journey to run Boston past and present, the film explores themes of loss, love, grit, friendship, redemption and transcendence.”

    ESPN did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment.