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‘Teenage Bitcoin Millionaire’ Co-Founds $1 Million Investment Fund for Crypto Startups

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Loknath Das1, Bitcoin, Co-Founds, Crypto, for, Fund, investment, Million, Millionaire’, Teenage

The leaders of crypto payment app Metal Pay, Marshall Hayner and Erik Finman, are launching an investment fund. Dubbed Metal VC, the $1 million dollar fund will focus on micro and angel investments, primarily in early-stage companies involved in banking and decentralized finance. The fund will allow the startup to align with partners as it expands globally, according to Metal CEO Hayner. The Metal subsidiary closed its first deal last month, with an undisclosed stake in the Binance-backed startup Yellow Card, which provides a cash-to-crypto on-ramp for emerging markets. A week after…

Bengaluru teenage boy thrashes mother with broomstick, video goes viral

December 10, 2018 Loknath DasBengaluru, Boy, broomstick, goes, mother, Teenage, thrashes, Video, Viral, With

The boy reprimanded his mother after she found pictures of him smoking a cigarette. (Photo: Screenshot from a YouTube video) A video of a 17-year-old boy thrashing his mother with a broomstick has gone viral on social media. The video was recorded by the boy’s sister. In the video, the boy is seen hitting his mother for bad mouthing him and discussing him with their neighbours. The teenager could be heard threatening his mother, saying “you will be beaten again if you don’t stop doing this [bad mouthing and discussing…

Can Nutritional Deficiency Affect Teenage Behaviour?

November 2, 2016 Srijitaaffect, Behaviour?, Can, Deficiency, nutritional, Teenage

Adolescence can get overwhelming. It is a phase marked by flux and emotional unrest. It is only natural for teenagers to exhibit the chaos that manifests within towards everyone around them. It then becomes imperative to ensure that adolescents get ample support and learn to handle the transition in a healthy manner. But did you know that the situation usually worsens when it is met by nutritional inadequacies? A recent study conducted by a team at the University of Oxford underlined the importance of nutrition in adolescents. According to the lead researcher,…

Teenage Weight Tied to Odds of Diabetes-Related Death

October 25, 2016 Srijitadeath, Diabetes-Related, Odds, of, Teenage, tied, to, Weight

The increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and eventually dying from the disease, begins early in life and at weights in the “normal” range, a new study suggests. Researchers followed the fates of millions of Israeli teenagers weighed at age 17, and found a steady increase in the likelihood of death from diabetes-related causes up to age 70 that was tied to heavier weights in the teen years. “This study provides further evidence for the urgent need for firm public health actions to overcome the childhood obesity epidemic, as…