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Breakers basketball sale: Who are the Grice brothers?

1 month ago | businessdesk.co.nz | Pattrick Smellie |Scott Chipolina |Ben Moore |Gregor Thompson

Out of the blue, two Wellington-based, Christchurch-born brothers are said to have bought the Breakers basketball franchise.Leon Grice and his younger brother, Stephen, are well known in political and business circles, have deep connections to serious American money and have a track record of adventurous entrepreneurial dabbling, assisted by an unusual mix of skills and a deep fraternal bond.Leon’s affably confident strut and square-jawed crooner looks have been a fixture in the nexus between...
Potential sale of SailGP's NZ team could break records

2 months ago | businessdesk.co.nz | Scott Chipolina |Ben Moore |Simon Robertson

The ever-increasing number of eyes on SailGP’s races, a host of new global sponsors and the acquisition of the US SailGP team have raised hopes that New Zealand’s national team will one day be sold in a potentially record-breaking deal. “The [New Zealand] team is owned by us, as Sail GP, and our model is that we’re selling these franchises over time,” said SailGP managing director Andrew Thompson.
Nigeria accuses Binance of tax evasion as detained executive ‘escapes’ custody

Mar 25, 2024 | ft.com | Scott Chipolina |Aanu Adeoye

Nigeria has charged Binance and two of its executives with tax evasion, including one that escaped custody, escalating the legal...
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Mar 15, 2024 | ft.com | Scott Chipolina

Plus, an update on Binance’s troubles in Nigeria
Nigeria pushes Binance for user data in stand-off over naira speculation

Mar 12, 2024 | ft.com | Scott Chipolina |Aanu Adeoye

Nigeria is pressing Binance for information on its top 100 users in the country, as well as all transaction history for the past six...
UK regulator to allow crypto-related securities

Mar 11, 2024 | ft.com | Oliver Ralph |Philip Stafford |Scott Chipolina

The UK’s financial regulator will allow some bitcoin-linked securities to be listed on the stock market, in a softening of its tough...
Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs

Mar 6, 2024 | flipboard.com | George Hammond |Barney Jopson |Carmen Muela |Scott Chipolina

11 hours agoOpenAI publicly fired back at Elon Musk's lawsuit on Tuesday in a blog post that revealed new details about Musk's relationship with the company. "We're sad that it's come to this with someone whom we've deeply admired — someone who inspired us to aim higher, then told us we would fail, started a …
Spain blocks Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning venture Worldcoin

Mar 6, 2024 | ft.com | George Hammond |Barney Jopson |Carmen Muela |Scott Chipolina

Spain has moved to block Sam Altman’s cryptocurrency project Worldcoin, the latest blow to a venture that has raised controversy in...
Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs

Mar 6, 2024 | arstechnica.com | George Hammond |Barney Jopson |Carmen Muela |Scott Chipolina

Spain has moved to block Sam Altman’s cryptocurrency project Worldcoin, the latest blow to a venture that has raised controversy in multiple countries by collecting customers’ personal data using an eyeball-scanning “orb.”The AEPD, Spain’s data protection regulator, has demanded that Worldcoin immediately ceases collecting personal information in the country via the scans and that it stops using data it has already gathered.
Bitcoin price passes $69,000 to set brief new record

Mar 5, 2024 | ft.com | Scott Chipolina

More than $7.5bn has flowed into new spot ETFs since their approval by US regulators in January