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@CorkGourmetGuy @BiffBangBosh @Munsterrugby De Lutiis injury profile already a concern so early in his career

@BiffBangBosh @Munsterrugby If he wasn't permanently injured, so he's only managed 30 odd appearances since he signed, he might have developed into a decent prop.

If Massimo De Lutiis does decide to declare for Ireland it will be nothing short of a crime if he's sent to any other province that @Munsterrugby There is no province in greater need of a quality TH prop than Munster. He'll get game time instead of warming a bench at Leinster.

@ballsdotie Queensland

According to reports in Oz, the IRFU have offered a 'life-changing' contract to Irish-qualified prop Massimo De Lutiis. De Lutiis plays for the Melbourne Reds. Here's de Lutiis bench-pressing 202.5 kg back in 2024 (video via Melbourne Reds tiktok)

@bluewolfpack1 This following his walk onto the pitch last week - either he’s got very poor advisers or he’s a very poor decision maker Likely both !

Albo and Burke attended prayers in a Mosque yesterday for end of Ramadan . Super Aussie shit that . Sorry am not cool with that .

@joe1985clarke @btcjvs @paoloardoino That would be for the new Genius compliant token - not USDT

@btcjvs @paoloardoino I thought I read part of the governments deal of embracing it was that they had to buy their treasuries with the reserves. Was a while ago so I may have either completely misremembered or got some details wrong though.

What if Tether started buying STRC instead of U.S. Treasuries? Or even a small allocation from their U.S. Treasury holdings? @paoloardoino

@Rugby_Scoop Doesn’t make sense in a tournament that doesn’t play home and away Also how would you manage a 3 way tie ?

I think Scotland should be number 1 on this table, based on the fact that they beat France.

@SnowCastle100 @Rugby_Scoop Rumour he was a very naughty boy

@robbie_baylor @Rugby_Scoop Suspect it probably has more to with Carlos perhaps coming home to coach the Blues or be an assistant for the All Blacks.

All Blacks Legend Carlos Spencer has departed his role as head coach at Terenure RFC, leaving six months into his first season in charge.The former All Black, who joined on a three-year contract, is returning to New Zealand for personal reasons. “I’ve found this decision very difficult given how much I’ve enjoyed the role at the club, but the pull from my family at home has been too strong,” Spencer said. “I have coached in clubs in Japan, South Africa and New Zealand and this is the first time without my family alongside me. I thought I was strong enough to do it alone with commuting at the right times, I wasn’t. “I’ve really enjoyed my time with the club, particularly working and developing the players and coaches over the season. I will continue to be involved in the direction of the team for the rest of this season and look forward to our continued success. “I would like to thank the management, coaches, players and supporters for welcoming me into their club and I look forward to coming back to Lakelands in the years ahead.” #BilasoJonathan I #rugby I #nzrugby

@Rugby_Scoop DM

@Rugby_Scoop Nothing to do with onfield

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@aakashgupta The biggest crime here is the SEC getting over $4bn before anyone who experienced financial hardship as a result of the collapse

Everyone’s missing the real story here. ZeroHedge is framing this as Jane Street single-handedly causing the 2022 crypto winter. The lawsuit is more surgical than that, and what it actually describes is worse. A former Terraform intern named Bryce Pratt, working at Jane Street, created a private group chat called “Bryces Secret” with Terraform’s software engineer and head of business development. That chat became a pipeline for material nonpublic information about Terraform’s liquidity positions. The May 7, 2022 sequence took 10 minutes. At 5:44 PM EST, Terraform quietly pulled 150 million UST from Curve’s 3pool. No announcement. No disclosure. Within 10 minutes, a Jane Street wallet pulled 85 million UST from the same pool. Largest single transaction in the pool’s history. Combined: 235 million UST drained before anyone outside those two firms knew anything had changed. The peg cracked that night. Six days later, $40 billion was gone. Then on May 9, while retail investors were watching their portfolios disintegrate in real time, Pratt messaged Do Kwon offering to buy Luna or Bitcoin at “steeply discounted prices.” Kwon told him Jump Trading’s co-founder Bill DiSomma should have already reached out about a fundraise. So Jane Street was front-running the collapse with one hand and offering to buy the wreckage with the other, fully aware of the financial condition it helped create. This tells you everything about what “providing liquidity” actually meant in crypto. The firm that allegedly used a private chat room to drain $235 million from a stablecoin pool before retail could react now generates $24 billion in trading revenue through three quarters of 2025. $10.1 billion in a single quarter. More than Goldman. More than JPMorgan’s entire trading operation. Over 10% of North American equity volume. Lead authorized participant for the biggest Bitcoin ETFs. And this is the second lawsuit from Terraform’s administrator. He already sued Jump Trading for $4 billion in December, alleging Jump inflated UST through a backdoor deal before the implosion. The Jane Street complaint alleges insider information flowed between the two firms. The picture forming is two of Wall Street’s most sophisticated trading operations allegedly coordinating around inside information while retail absorbed the full $40 billion hit. Do Kwon got 15 years. Terraform paid $4.47 billion in SEC penalties. The institutions that allegedly turned a private group chat into a front-running operation are posting record profits. The question a Manhattan federal judge now gets to answer: when does “market making” become market taking?

@mongank @RuaidhriOC @CianTracey1 Didn’t McNamara just sign an extension at Bordeaux ?

@RuaidhriOC @CianTracey1 Munster's attack hasn't exactly flowed over the last few seasons..... A new voice might be good. Noel McNamara would be an amazing addition but hard to leave Bordeaux at the moment I'd imagine!

Big changes afoot at Munster as Johann van Graan and Bath target senior coach Mike Prendergast as attack coach for next season Story with @CianTracey1 🔽 independent.ie/sport/rugby/mu…

@CryptoButcher1 @terra_money Wouldn’t expect anything leftover after paying the ~$4bn SEC fine

@terra_money Does this have any bearing on the Kroll repayment that has been going on for a year now?

The Office of the Terraform Labs Plan Administrator has filed a lawsuit against Jane Street, alleging insider trading, market manipulation, and deceptive trading practices that contributed to the May 2022 collapse of Terraform Labs. The complaint details how Jane Street allegedly traded on material non-public information, executed a concentrated $85M UST sale minutes after a confidential liquidity withdrawal, and avoided substantial losses while investors suffered billions in damages. This action seeks to recover value for creditors and hold Jane Street accountable for exploiting the ecosystem during one of the most consequential events in crypto history. Read more here: wsj.com/finance/curren…

@scrumming_ten Both rarely play for their clubs and have been poor when selected

Andy Farrell probably regrets not selecting Jean Kleyn and Antoine Frisch when he had the chance

@TheKouk Another thing you can add to the list of things you don’t understand

I never like seeing people lose money - good luck to everyone in whatever it is you invest in. I want everyone to be wealthy But Bitcoin? Why? A devise with no use, no value and no substance.

@hicksimon Was no surprise we employed the box kick as our primary tactic - the French were well prepared for it

@hicksimon JGP did not kick well - the opposite. First half he kicked too short - chasers arrived too early and had a standing jump. Second half he kicked too long and chasers couldn’t compete

@star_okx No way Binance did this not only being aware of the risks but assuming worst case played out

No complexity. No accident. 10/10 was caused by irresponsible marketing campaigns by certain companies. On October 10, tens of billions of dollars were liquidated. As CEO of OKX, we observed clearly that the crypto market’s microstructure fundamentally changed after that day. Many industry participants believe the damage was more severe than the FTX collapse. Since then, there has been extensive discussion about why it happened and how to prevent a recurrence. The root causes are not difficult to identify. ⸻ What actually happened 1.Binance launched a temporary user-acquisition campaign offering 12% APY on USDe, while allowing USDe to be used as collateral with the same treatment as USDT and USDC, and without effective limits. 2.USDe is a tokenized hedge fund product. Ethena raises capital via a so-called “stablecoin,” deploys it into index arbitrage and algorithmic trading strategies, and tokenizes the resulting fund. The token can then be deposited on exchanges to earn yield. 3.USDe is fundamentally different from products such as BlackRock BUIDL and Franklin Templeton BENJI, which are tokenized money market funds with low-risk profiles. USDe, by contrast, embeds hedge-fund-level risk. This difference is structural, not cosmetic. 4.Binance users were encouraged to convert USDT and USDC into USDe to earn attractive yields, without sufficient emphasis on the underlying risks. From a user’s perspective, trading with USDe appeared no different from trading with traditional stablecoins—while the actual risk profile was materially higher. 5.Risk escalated further as users: •converted USDT/USDC into USDe, •used USDe as collateral to borrow USDT, •converted the borrowed USDT back into USDe, •and repeated the cycle. This leverage loop produced artificial APYs of 24%, 36%, and even 70%+, widely perceived as “low risk” simply because they were offered by a major platform. Systemic risk accumulated rapidly across the global crypto market. 6.At that point, even a small market shock was sufficient to trigger a collapse. When volatility hit, USDe depegged quickly. Cascading liquidations followed, and weaknesses in risk management around assets such as WETH and BNSOL further amplified the crash. Some tokens briefly traded near zero. The damage to global users and companies—including OKX customers—was severe, and recovery will take time. ⸻ Why this matters I am discussing the root cause, not assigning blame or launching an attack on Binance. Speaking openly about systemic risks is sometimes uncomfortable, but it is necessary if the industry is to mature responsibly. I expect there may be significant misinformation and coordinated FUD directed at OKX in the near future. Even so, speaking honestly about systemic risk is the right thing to do—and we will continue to do so. As the largest global platform, Binance has outsized influence—and corresponding responsibility—as an industry leader. Long-term trust in crypto cannot be built on short-term yield games, excessive leverage, or marketing practices that obscure risk. The industry needs leaders who prioritize market stability, transparency, and responsible innovation—not a winner-take-all mentality where criticism is treated as hostility. Crypto is still early. What we choose to normalize today will determine whether this industry earns lasting trust—or repeats the same mistakes again.

@bensmithrugby Like Julian Savea at Toulon?

Signing big name Springbok stars is possibly the dumbest deal any overseas club can make. All they do is take the money & sandbag themselves, they aren’t going to play much. But all of a sudden they are available internationals. Smells dishonest with zero honour.

@bluewolfpack1 Brave taking either direction on it on a weekend

Sold some Magic Coin 87400+ in case we have a risk event next week . The red flags are waving . Don’t want to wake up and feel sick .