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Billionaire Mark Cuban says that he has sold most of his bitcoin, and he doesn’t mince words as to why. In a recent interview with Front Office Sports, the billionaire investor and partial owner of the Dallas Mavericks said the crypto asset has “lost the plot” and singled out bitcoin’s failure to keep pace with gold during bouts of geopolitical stress over the past year,
Ana Margarita Martinez, the ex-wife of Juan Pablo Roque, described a mix of relief and lingering disbelief tied to one of the most painful chapters of her life.
A HISTORIC INDICTMENT: It took 30 years, and comes as the Trump administration is ratcheting up the pressure on Cuba’s leadership to self-deport as the island nation’s economy is crashing and its people are facing a humanitarian crisis.
May 20, 1902, is recognized as the official birth of the Republic of Cuba after centuries of Spanish rule (1511–1898) and a U.S. military occupation (1899–1902) that paved the way for its transition to a sovereign state.
Cuban had previously argued that Bitcoin could rival gold as a store of value under the right macroeconomic conditions, and as recently as 2024, suggested the stars were aligning
U.S. prosecutors announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the island’s socialist government.