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Month: December 2020

SEC sues Ripple and two executives for selling XRP crypto: A $1.3 billion securities fraud

The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency platform Ripple, its CEO, and its chairman, for orchestrating securities fraud worth $1.3 billion, the agency said Tuesday. The SEC said Ripple illegally marketed XRP, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency, to retail customers. According to the complaint, Ripple’s chairman, co-founder and former CEO Christian Larsen,

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Expertos del Reino Unido están «muy seguros» de que la nueva variante del coronavirus es más contagiosa, ¿qué significa eso?

Londres (CNN) — El Reino Unido ha identificado una nueva variante de coronavirus potencialmente más contagiosa vinculada a un reciente aumento de casos en Inglaterra. La nueva mutación se llama VUI-202012/01, la primera «variante en investigación» en el Reino Unido en diciembre de 2020. Si bien los científicos buscan más información sobre la variante, su

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Tokyo Olympic Games: Opening and closing ceremonies to be pared back

The opening and closing ceremonies of Tokyo’s Olympic Games will be carried out with a “simpler, more restrained approach,” the Organizing Committee announced on Wednesday. The ceremonies will be designed to “reflect the overall simplification of the Games” with Covid-19 countermeasures in place. Tokyo’s Organizing Committee made no announcements about how the opening and closing

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How to help teens cope in a global pandemic

Teens are struggling during the pandemic, with social isolation, loss and financial woes on top of what’s already a tumultuous time in their young lives. Parents worry it will only get worse as holiday celebrations are muted or even canceled in light of the mounting Covid-19 death toll and hospitalizations. CNN talked to pediatrician and

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