In May 2013, the Winklevoss invested $ 1.5 million in BitInstant , a Brooklyn-based exchange that exchanged dollars for bitcoins in minutes for a fee. In addition, the Winklevoss twins have their own digital currency , the Gemini Dollar , which is pegged to the value of the US dollar and is therefore considered stable. Thanks to the fever for these digital assets, last February Nifty Gateway contributed 75 of the 91 million dollars in NFT art sales, according to data from CryptoArt. io . By the end of March, the platform had sold 132 million dollars , that is, 70.2% of the 188 million dollars that the NFT collector's market has generated.

She’s become the owner and CEO of a company called State of Menopause, which creates products aimed at, in its words, “alleviating external symptoms [of menopause], and removing the shame that surrounds them.”I've always been one to be like, “Nope, that doesn't look any good on you.” So why not take this on and speak truth about what menopause feels like and what it means, not just to middle-aged women, but to any person experiencing menopausal symptoms?And I think that once we take biology out of it, then we really need to look at what we are associating with menopause and reframe the idea of menopause. If there's a company that makes a great menopausal product that we don't make yet, I want to be able to recommend it — not necessarily for a rev share, although in some cases we are planning collaborations and partnerships like that, but because it's the right thing to do for this community.

Now, with the new technologies that have been developed and with the new findings in the digital field, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , with the collaboration of Sony , have managed to produce holograms almost instantly using a methodology based on the deep learning . The development of this new method is called tensor holography , which allows the creation of holograms for virtual reality , 3D printing , medical imaging and more . To create the holograms in the new database, the researchers used new scenes that had complex and variable shapes and colors, with the pixel depth evenly distributed from the background to the foreground, and with a new set of calculations based on the physics to manage occlusion. This study demonstrated that, in just milliseconds, tensor holography has the potential to create holograms from images with depth information, which are provided by typical computer-generated images and can be calculated from a multi-camera setup.

The gym chains Grupo Sports World and Smart Fit announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for a possible merger in Mexico, resulting in more than 230 gyms in various areas of the country , as reported in a joint statement on Tuesday. Regarding the Sports World Group, it is a club operating company sports of Mexico. Greater diversification , since Sports World would enter a broader segment of the market thanks to Smart Fit, which focuses on competing with neighborhood gyms. It would be the merger between the undisputed leaders of full-service clubs (GSW, with 58 clubs) and low-cost (Smart Fit, with 172 clubs) in the country, “ which would result in one of the Top 10 companies of Wellness worldwide ”, states Actinver in the analysis.

While Martha Stewart’s five month jail stint is often top of mind for famous faces who spent time in the slammer, Steve Madden, Mark Wahlberg, 50 Cent and Japanese top ramen tycoon Momofuku Ando are other famous names who have paid their dues. Ando spent the early part of his career running a textile business, but in 1948, the Japanese businessman had to spend two years in prison for tax evasion, which ultimately cost him his company. While out on bail for his Fyre Festival charges, McFarland faced additional felony charges for fraud, money laundering, identity theft and witness intimidation after it was discovered that he was selling non-existent tickets worth more than $100,000 to various false events, and running additional schemes including a fake rental company, Out East NY, that offered Hamptons home rentals that he had no access to. Being charged with attempted murder and pleading guilty to assault, Wahlberg was sentenced to two years in prison but only ended up serving 45 days.

Grupo Televisa, the largest television network in Latin America, announced that it will combine most of its content with the US company Univision, creating the "largest Spanish-language media company in the world."The new company, which will be called Televisa-Univision, will broadcast content from both television stations such as series, movies, sports, soap operas and archive content. This transaction, according to Reuters, was partially financed by an investment of 1,000 million dollars from SoftBank Latin America Fund, ForgeLight, Google and The Raine Group."This strategic combination generates significant value for the shareholders of both companies and will allow us to more efficiently reach all Spanish-speaking audiences with more of our programming," said Emilio Azcárraga, executive president of the board of directors of Televisa.

Born in New York City in 1938, Madoff founded a stock brokerage in 1960 that eventually became Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. The scheme granted major profits to those who joined the firm early, and eventually drove billions of dollars in losses for the majority of clients who worked with Madoff's business later on. Madoff's sons reported their father to federal authorities, and the disgraced financier was arrested and charged with securities fraud on December 11, 2008. Madoff's lawyers asked the judge to shorten the sentence to 7, and later 12, years due to his limited life expectancy, but Chin ruled the sentence was appropriate, calling Madoff's crimes "extraordinarily evil."

If you’re not familiar with tax law, it’s important to know that it is written as a series of incentives for business owners and investors because those specific activities spur economic growth. As a result, the top 1% use the opportunities presented in the tax laws to legally reduce their taxes. So it's not exactly cheating; these individuals hire tax strategists to help them work within the bounds of the law to reduce their taxes to zero. If lawmakers would like them to pay more in taxes, they will need to change the law to eliminate the many existing incentives.

A recent study by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) found that 85,000 people per year between 2013 and 2015 died in the American continent due to excess consumption of alcoholic beverages . According to the international organization, 64.9% of deaths corresponded to people under 60 years of age due to liver disease (63.9%) and neuropsychiatric disorders (27.4%), such as alcohol dependence. The study in 30 countries of the region revealed that 80% of deaths from alcohol consumption were concentrated in three countries: the United States with 36.9%; Brazil with 24.8%, and Mexico, with 18.4 percent . Dr. Anselm Hennis, director of PAHO's Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, called for better data on mortality and morbidity caused by alcohol consumption.