Bitcoin Plunge Erases $100 Billion In 24 Hours–Here’s How Long The ‘Bloodbath’ Could Last – Despite still-booming institutional adoption, the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency is tanking Thursday morning as analysts warn of massive volatility on the horizon, pushing bitcoin’s losses to nearly 15% since an all-time high earlier this month. [forbes]

Jacob Zuma’s ’Political Campaign’ Against Judiciary And State Capture Inquiry Laid Bare – The commission of inquiry into state capture has accused former president Jacob Zuma of waging a malicious political campaign against it, the Constitutional Court and the entire judiciary. [iol]

Former President Zuma Says He Will Go To Jail As A Conscientious Objector – In an ominous statement sent out late on Thursday night, former president Jacob Zuma left a Sword of Damocles hanging over the country when he spoke of a revolution by “ordinary people like me”. [tlive] 

Ships Stuck At Suez Now Consider A Detour Around South Africa – Which will cost almost R7 million more. [busins]

Leaked Memo Shows Amazon Knows Delivery Drivers Resort To Urinating In Bottles – Documents provided to the Intercept published after the company denied reports delivery workers lack access to bathrooms. [guardian]

H&M And Nike Are Facing A Boycott In China – H&M, Nike and other big Western apparel brands are facing a boycott in China because of the stand they’ve taken against the alleged use of forced labor to produce cotton in the country’s western region of Xinjiang. [cnn]

Finland Ranked ‘Happiest Country In The World’ For Fourth Year In A Row – As per the United Nations World Happiness Report, Finland has been crowned the happiest country in the world. Reportedly, the European nation has bagged the title for the fourth year in a row. [tom]

Sygnia Joint Chief Executive Magda Wierzycka Steps Down -Co-founder and joint chief executive officer of financial services firm Sygnia, Magda Wierzycka, will step down from the position at the end of May 2021, the group announced. [btech]

The Preachers Wearing Saint Laurent: Behind The Viral Instagram Account – Ben Kirby’s PreachersNSneakers took off when he posted the enormous price tags of the fashion worn by prominent clergy. [guardian]

Tesla Ordered To Have Elon Musk Delete Anti-Union Tweet – The National Labor Relations Board has decided that Tesla violated labor laws when it fired a union activist, and when CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter in 2018: “Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union. Could do so tmrw if they wanted. But why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing?” [cnbc]

Britney Spears Asks Judge To End Father’s Control Over Her Finances And Personal Life – The star wants to be able to end the controversial conservatorship if she deems it necessary. [sky]

Kevin Anderson Suffers Early Exit At Miami Open – South Africa’s Kevin Anderson bowed out of the Miami Open after a first-round defeat to Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur on Thursday. [n24]

Ja Rule Sells Fyre Festival Painting For $122,000 – Ja Rule just made $122,000 from selling a Fyre Festival painting. The artist said he wanted to rid his home of any traces of the failed 2017 event, telling Forbes, “I just wanted that energy out.” [revolt]

Chrissy Teigen’s Parting Words As She Left Twitter – Chrissy Teigen has deleted her Twitter account, saying that the social media platform has started to serve her “negatively.” [cnn]

Priyanka Chopra Is Unrecognizable – In a photo from her youth before suffering botched plastic surgery on her nose that altered her looks. [dm]

How Justin Bieber Pivoted Back To Pop On Justice [vult]

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