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Bitcoin (BTC) chart technicals suggest that the BTC price rebound to $100,000 may still happen by September. BTC/USD daily chart. Source: TradingViewKey takeaways: Bitcoin is painting a potential double-bottom and bullish divergence pattern.BTC price must break above a resistance confluence near $66,700Double-bottom hints at 60% BTC price upsideBTC rebounded 13.25% from its local low below $60,000, as a preliminary truce between the US and Iran revived risk appetite across global markets.The recovery pushed BTC back toward $67,000 on June 15, tracking a broader relief rally in risk assets after the geopolitical breakthrough pressured oil prices lower and reduced near-term inflation…

Mean Girls costars Amanda Seyfried and Lindsay Lohan are still going strong after more than 20 years of friendship. “We’ve stayed close because there’s genuine trust and respect between us,” Lohan, 39, told GQ magazine in a new profile of Seyfried published on Monday, June 15. “What started as shared experience has grown into a meaningful friendship over time. Now we talk more about life, motherhood and our families. She’s always someone I can rely on. That consistency is rare and something I really cherish.” Seyfried, 40, meanwhile, told the outlet that she had a front-row seat to how Lohan’s…

Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, under whom terrorists and other armed groups killed thousands of people and displaced many more, has proposed strategies to tackle the nation’s security crises. Mr Buratai, who led the Nigerian Army between 2015 and 2021 during some of the most violent phases of the Boko Haram conflict and the expansion of armed criminal groups across northern Nigeria, made the remarks on Monday in a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES. His tenure was marked by military offensives that reclaimed territory from insurgents, but also by persistent insecurity, repeated mass kidnappings and allegations of…

Nigerian actress Kate Henshaw has opened up about how she navigated the most talked-about scene in Netflix’s “Blood Sisters” Season 2 — an intimacy scene between her character Uduak Ademola and Akin, played by Daniel Etim-Effiong. The intimacy scene sparked buzz across social media, fuelling a growing public debate surrounding Etim-Effiong’s on-screen romantic roles, which netizens have accused of being far too frequent for a married man. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the conversation around Etim-Effiong’s on-screen romance peaked late last year, when his kissing scenes with actress Bolaji Ogunmola in “Summer Rain” went viral. The clip triggered a wave of…

The Kano State Government has set aside the sum of N1.5bn ahead of its planned mass wedding programme for 3,000 beneficiaries. The Commander-General of the Hisbah Board in the state, Sheikh Ibrahim Daurawa, made the disclosure on Monday while briefing journalists on preparations ahead of the programme. “The Kano State Government is to spend N1.5bn on the entire mass wedding programme which will soon be conducted in the state,” Daurawa said. He explained that part of the money would be spent on the purchase of furniture, food items, dowry, clothing materials for the couples, and a capital of N100,000 to…

Operatives of the Azikiwe Police Division in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have rescued a woman identified as Maria Kobara from a mob after she was accused of stealing and abducting a 12-year-old girl along Owo Street in Mile 2, Diobu, Port Harcourt. An eyewitness, Mr. Nelson Ogiriya, who spoke to our correspondent, said he encountered a crowd gathered on Owo Street and decided to find out what happened. Ogiriya said that but for the quick intervention of the police on that fateful day (Saturday, June 13), the woman would have been lynched. He stated: “As I was passing, I saw…

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday launched the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate, a new transaction-based benchmark interest rate designed to strengthen transparency, improve monetary policy transmission and deepen the country’s financial markets. Speaking at the launch of the benchmark at the CBN headquarters in Abuja, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, said the initiative formed part of the apex bank’s broader efforts to build a more resilient, efficient and credible financial system. Cardoso described the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate, known as NOFR, as a significant reform that would align Nigeria’s financial markets with global…

Leading voices in Nigeria’s sports ecosystem have emphasised transparency, infrastructure development, and sustained investment as critical drivers of long-term growth in the sector. This call was made at the 11th edition of the Ladies in Sports International Summit held in Lagos during the weekend, where policymakers, administrators, investors, and advocates gathered to chart the future of sports in Nigeria and across Africa. Notable speakers included Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Bukola Olopade; former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; philanthropist and National Patron of the Nigeria School Sport Federation, Yemi Idowu; and LIS founder, Tega Onojaife. Adeosun underscored the importance…

Roblox’s vice president of safety product policy, Eliza Jacobs, told NBC News that Roblox is “optimistic” that its new facial age estimation tech will “continue to get better,” saying, “Ticking a box to say you’re 13 or older, it’s not enough anymore.” NBC invited a group of kids to try out Roblox’s new video selfie age check process, but they weren’t able to get around it with a fake mustache. Jacobs claims Roblox’s facial age estimates can typically land “within 1.4 years of a child’s exact age.”Roblox announced plans in April to begin using its video selfie age estimation tech…

Bitcoin (BTC) neared $67,000 at Monday’s Wall Street open as the US-Iran peace deal kept risk assets surging.Key points:Bitcoin adds to gains as US-Iran peace cues trigger broader risk-asset upside.Traders do not see downside pressure as over yet, with liquidity grabs the focus on low-time frame price action.Flagging demand shows signs of recovery after $60,000 holds.BTC price eyes key liquidity “pocket” nextData from TradingView tracked BTC price action as BTC/USD added another 1.5% since the weekly close.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewDetails of the Iran ceasefire agreement, set to be signed later in the week, delivered major upside to US stocks,…