# NuseReal
Miscellaneous news
Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch crowned Miss Universe after run-in with pageant executive (LINK) — ground.news: 131 media reports (LINK) 21 November 2025
Bitcoin's $83,000 price drop caused by ‘software glitch’ and ‘manipulation,' says Bitmine chairman Tom Lee (LINK) 21 November 2025
— Speaking on CNBC's Power Lunch on Thursday, Lee linked the downturn to a technical failure in an exchange's stablecoin pricing feed during the Oct. 10 crash, which triggered a wave of automatic liquidations.
Eurovision in Basel generated CHF248 million in sales (LINK) 21 November 2025
— The event generated added value of CHF53 million in the Basel region and had 500,000 visitors. The canton's budget of CHF33.3 million fell short by CHF1.7 million. According to a survey, 95% of visitors were satisfied. The sustainability measures were also well received and 78% of visitors used public transport to get to the event, 91% within the city.
Russian spy ring funded through crypto laundering network that moved billions globally, UK police reveal (LINK) 21 November 2025
— Operation run by businesswoman Ekaterina Zhdanova attempted to bankroll former Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek's spy ring Wirecard. Zhdanova's "Smart" network was used by individuals working with Russian intelligence services to fund six Bulgarian nationals now serving up to 10 years for espionage. Wirecard operations included spying on journalists and politicians while plotting assassinations.
Swiss travel to US predicted to halve in 2026, already likely to have fallen by 15% (LINK) 21 November 2025
UBS boss dismisses Swiss exodus rumours as 'absurd' (LINK) 20 November 2025
Fugees rapper Pras Michel, 52, receives 14-year sentence for illegal contributions tied to 2012 Obama campaign (LINK) 20 November 2025
— In April 2023, a federal jury convicted Michel of 10 counts, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. His lawyer had recommended a three-year prison sentence. A life sentence would be an "absurdly high" punishment for Michel, given that it is typically reserved for deadly terrorists and drug cartel leaders, Michel's attorneys said in a court filing. Michel obtained more than $120 million from Malaysian billionaire Low Taek Jho — also known as Jho Low — and steered some of that money through straw donors to Obama's campaign. The Justice Department also charged Michel with serving as an unregistered foreign agent for China. He said under oath at the time that no one told him such payments toward political donations could have been unlawful or violations of campaign finance laws. Low, who has lived in China, was one of the primary financiers of "The Wolf of Wall Street". Low is a fugitive but has maintained his innocence. "Low's motivation for giving Mr. Michel money to donate was not so that he could achieve some policy objective. Instead, Low simply wanted to obtain a photograph with himself and then-President Obama," Michel's attorneys wrote.
Thumzup, a company associated with Trump's eldest son, acquired Dogehash, a Dogecoin and Litecoin mining company. (LINK) 20 November 2025
Swiss Félix Vallotton remains a cult favorite among collectors and now an institutional darling (LINK) 20 November 2025
— A work by the French-Swiss artist went under the hammer for $2.8 million on Thursday at Sotheby's in New York. His sly scenes of domestic life and sparsely populated landscapes, immaculate still-lifes, and strikingly modern, monochromatic woodcuts, are being celebrated with a suite of exhibitions across Switzerland to mark the centenary of Vallotton's death in 1925. Vallotton's auction record currently sits at nearly $4.5 million.
