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Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Real Betis president declares 'war' with bitter swipe after Enzo Maresca message
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca received a message of congratulations from his former employers after his side swept aside Real Betis 4-1 to win the Conference League Real Betis have refreshed tensions with Sevilla after their rivals congratulated Chelsea for their victory in the Conference League final. Chelsea put on an impressive display in the second half to come from a goal behind to run out deserved 4-1 winners in Poland on Wednesday night. Abde Ezzalzouli put Betis ahead in the ninth minute with a cool finish, but the Spanish side were blown away after the break. Goals from Enzo Fernandez, Nicolas Jackson, Jadon Sancho and Moises Caicedo saw the Blues become the first side to win all of the UEFA competitions and end their season on a high. It was a bitter blow for Betis, who were playing in their first European final in the club's 117-year history. Their defeat was noted by Sevilla, who sparked some beef on social media with a cheeky post. They wrote on X: "Congratulations to our beloved Enzo Maresca on his first European title as a coach." Chelsea boss Maresca spent four seasons with Sevilla as a player, making over 100 appearances and winning two UEFA Cups, but the message didn't go down well with Betis. Club president Angel Haro couldn't resist having a pop back at their cross-city rivals, who finished 17th in La Liga this season, just one point above the relegation zone. 'I haven't seen it [the post], but they're now in another war,' Haro said after the game. 'We're growing, focusing on doing well next year, and they're in a very different war from ours.' Asked if his club would have done a similar social media post, Haro replied: "Well, if it were up to me ... Well, never mind, I also congratulate Sevilla on staying in the first division this year.' Chelsea were the heavy favourites coming into the match and their strength and depth proved the difference in the second half as Cole Palmer set up their first two goals with great crosses. 'We couldn't maintain the rhythm we expected,' said Betis manager Manuel Pellegrini. 'It was a tough opponent. A final rout that I don't think reflects the difference between the two teams, "We mustn't forget that we were facing Chelsea. I'm disappointed that we outplayed them in the first half but then let it slip in the second half.' Betis defender Marc Bartra added: 'In the second half, we probably needed to keep pressing higher. It's a source of pride to see the fans like this. I love this club for the way they always support us, the way they cheer us on. 'It's a source of pride even in defeat. It says a lot about this club. It seems like the season is worthless now, but we'll appreciate it more as time goes on."
Daily Mirror
09-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mirror
Man Utd transfer meeting faces two obstacles for 'very complicated' Antony deal
Antony has starred at Real Betis since joining the club on loan earlier this year but extending his stay is not guaranteed as the La Liga side plan negotiations with Manchester United A move for Antony will prove 'very, very complicated' according to Real Betis chief Angel Haro. The club's president is already planning a meeting with Manchester United to extend the Brazilian's stay with the La Liga club but Haro is refusing to get ahead of himself. Antony has hit the ground running since arriving in the south of Spain on loan from United and proven a key player in Betis' side. Already the 25-year-old has scored eight goals and added five assists in 21 games for Betis, having scored just 12 times in his entire United spell since his blockbuster move. The ex-Ajax star looks set to depart Old Trafford once his loan ends having failed to break into Ruben Amorim's plans this season. While Betis appear a strong, early contender, United are likely to prefer a permanent deal where they can bring in a fee for the star. And Betis president Haro is well aware the task of securing the player's signature will not come easily, despite his apparent willingess to contnue at the club. The first task remains to prove persuading to the Red Devils. "Keeping Antony as our own is very, very complicated," he said. "We'll have a meeting with Manchester United to extend the loan for another year, to be able to share a percentage of the player. "It's about seeing the willingness of the player and Manchester United. The first filter is set by Manchester, and then the negotiation of the player would come, but that's a long way off. "Besides, the player is now fully engaged, wanting to win a title with Betis. When the time comes and the season ends, he'll be able to do his part if this option opens up." Antony scored to help Real Betis reach the Europa Conference League final and is already on his way to making a mark in the team's history. The United flop has already attempted to explain why he has settled so well. 'Yes, I'm very happy," he said. "I found myself. I needed to find myself and be happy. "My family needed to be happy too. Every day that passes confirms it was the best decision and as you said, I'm enjoying the city and the club every day. 'It [Seville] reminds me a lot of Brazil: the sun, the food, everything. The people are also very warm and happy; that's important for us who come from Brazil and are used to that. As I've said, I'm very happy. 'It's important to score goals and provide assists but for me what's most important is sleeping peacefully knowing how I'm doing with myself and being well and happy. Seeing my family smiling is also essential for me; I always talk to my family in Brazil and they are also very happy for me.' Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Yahoo
A 23-year-old spent his last $500 on a memecoin and then shot himself playing Russian roulette
Arnold Haro, a 23-year-old known on the internet as @mistafuccyou, grabbed a handgun and started a livestream one afternoon in February. Wearing a white t-shirt and gold chains around his neck, he paced around his bedroom and spoke calmly to the camera as a group of his followers watched. 'I'm gonna play Russian roulette,' he said. 'If I f**king die, make it a memecoin.' Two hours later, he was pronounced dead at his home in California. The video of Haro's final moments went viral, garnering thousands of views in the hours before it was taken down by X. While many viewers were appalled by what they saw, others took him up on his final offer and launched memecoins named for Haro's online persona. Haro, a young father, was suffering from depression when he took his life on Feb. 21, according to a police report obtained by Fortune. In addition to battling mental health issues, Haro had recently broken up with his girlfriend and was struggling financially. It was in the midst of his desperation that Haro turned to memecoin trading, a trend that involves making longshot bets on jokey cryptocurrencies in hopes of winning big. While some trade memecoins for a lark, others are young men looking to gamble themselves out of a bad financial situation and, like Haro, lose it all. Memecoins are a species of digital token derived from internet jokes, which invite buyers to attach real world value to everything from canines wearing beanies ('dogwifhat') to 'unicorn fart dust'—both of which are real world cryptocurrencies. In a crypto landscape already rife with fraud, memecoins are an especially popular vehicle for 'rug pulls'—a scam where someone promotes a memecoin by guaranteeing massive returns to attract investors. As the coin's price peaks, the scammer dumps their holdings, leaving the investors with worthless tokens. Haro was far from the only person to fall for the promises of memecoin hucksters. His untimely death coincided with a months-long speculative frenzy marked by viral stunts, rug pulls and even Presidential memecoin launches. The mania pulled billions of dollars into the crypto industry, but fleeced many investors. The surge in speculation is partly tied to a memecoin launchpad created last year that made it simple to create and sell memecoins. At its peak in January, helped launch over 70,000 memecoins on a single day, according to crypto data platform Dune. The rapid pace of launches helped spur evermore shocking stunts as memecoin issuers sought to drum up hype, including one promoter who faked a suicide on a livestream. While many of these stunts turned out to be fake or inconsequential, Haro's situation was not. Haro lived with his mom and three sisters on a ranch near Fresno, and had a one-year-old daughter with his on-and-off again girlfriend, according to the police report. He drove a silver Ford F150 and and a black BMW SUV, the report said. His father is incarcerated, his girlfriend said in a 911 call. While Haro's older sister, Maria Lucero Haro, declined to speak with Fortune, she described him as a 'bright, kind, and hilarious soul who brought light to those around him,' in a fundraiser on GoFundMe. He had a 'gift for making people laugh' and 'spreading joy," she wrote, even while struggling with his own hardships. People who knew him from social media echoed a similar sentiment, lauding his sense of humor and generosity. But he was also a young man with serious financial and drug problems. According to an account from his girlfriend cited in the police report, Haro owed 'a lot of people a lot of money.' Her account also noted that he was a drug dealer and sometime user, who survived a fentanyl overdose in 2020. It also stated that he had sold two stolen cars to a Mexican dealer in exchange for a large quantity of marijuana, and that the dealer was threatening to kill him upon discovering the cars were stolen. Despite his dire financial situation, Haro risked what he said was his last $500 on a memecoin. 'The other day I put my last $500 in $ye,' Haro wrote in a direct message to Lucas Dimos, a crypto influencer, on Jan. 27. Haro included a screenshot of his crypto wallet showing that the price of $ye—a memecoin that falsely branded itself the official crypto of rapper Kanye West—had fallen 36% within the last 24 hours of his message. 'I tried selling but I couldn't,' Haro said. Blockchain data shows that Haro purchased 80,085 $ye tokens on Jan. 25 for $580. Following $Ye's launch on Jan. 24, the memecoin soared to a market cap of over $1 billion before it plummeted back to earth in the following days. Two months later, Haro's tokens are now worth less than 50 cents. His crypto wallet shows that he had also invested in a number of other memecoins over the past 10 months, none of which hold much value today. Nonetheless, his wallet now holds a modest fortune—thanks to Haro's dying wish for someone to turn him into a memecoin. Minutes after Haro's final livestream began, an anonymous creator launched $Mistacoin—a reference to Haro's username on X—on and then deposited 70% of the token's supply into Haro's crypto wallet. While it is unclear exactly why the creator of $Mistacoin sent him those tokens, some X users speculate that it was an attempt to give Haro's family access to a portion of the token's profits. As the video of Haro's death spread across the internet, $Mistacoin skyrocketed, raking in a $2 million market cap. The success of Mistacoin led to dozens of copycats, allowing a handful of people to turn the tragedy into a windfall. But as the internet lost interest in the weeks that followed, $Mistacoin fell to a market cap of less than $70,000. "Mr. Haro's death is a tragedy," Troy Gravitt, a spokesperson for told Fortune. " had no role in the series of events beyond being the platform on which someone created and launched a crypto token related to the news, clearly in poor taste." Today, the 700 million $Mistacoin tokens in Haro's wallet are worth $48,000. Some X users are holding onto hope that the money will somehow make it to Haro's family but it is unclear if they can access his wallet. Unlike with a traditional bank account, there is no 'forgot your password' option for a crypto wallet. However, before he died, Haro texted his sister a password, 'unknown to what,' the police report says. 'It was just a password and nothing else.' If you or someone you know is strugging or needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for free at 1-800-273-8255. Text HOME to 741-741 for the Crisis Text Line. This story was originally featured on
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Debate continues over traffic on SF Great Hightway
SAN FRANCISCO - One week since San Francisco's Great Highway was closed to make way for a park, the closure remains controversial. Now, both sides of the issue are looking to see how traffic patterns have changed since the closure. The signs are clear that the southern portion of The Great Highway running along San Francisco's west side is now closed. While the closure was controversial, now supporters and opponents of plans to transform the four-lane highway into a park are now debating how it will impact traffic. On the Nextdoor app, some neighbors are complaining, saying traffic that should be on The Great Highway is instead speeding down residential streets. "I've lived on La Playa since February of 1992," said Joe Baker, who lives just off the Great Highway and says the impact of the road's closure has been clear. "That traffic now being diverted down La Playa Street and down lower Great Highway, those cars are running right through those stop signs," Baker said. "Those cars are not slowing down for speed bumps." Supporters of The Great Highway say they have data backing up their position that traffic has settled into a similar flow seen before the pandemic, highlighting posts they gathered that say the traffic nightmare that some had predicted never materialized. Catherine Unertl lives on 45th Avenue, just a few blocks from the Great Highway and said she's seen a modest increase in traffic. "I think during rush hour, there's a little bit more traffic than would ordinarily be on the highway," said Unertl. "But, most of the day, it feels just like it did a week ago." Commuters are learning to navigate the closure of The Great Highway. KTVU watched as vehicles traveling northbound on The Great Highway turned onto Sloat Boulevard, and then made a U-turn to head north on The Lower Great Highway and 48th Avenue, which run parallel to The Great Highway. Refugio Haro said before it closed, the Great Highway was his preferred route to get to work. "With the Great Highway you used to go 35 miles per hour to get to one end to the other," said Haro. "It was a beautiful drive." He takes the detour up 48th Avenue and says it has added a few minutes to his drive, but says overall it hasn't made a major impact on his morning commute. "It's a little slower because of all the cars trying to figure out which way to go," said Haro. People are still learning how to navigate around this closure, and traffic patterns are still developing.
WIRED
20-03-2025
- WIRED
A Livestreamed Tragedy on X Sparks a Memecoin Frenzy
Mar 20, 2025 10:35 AM When a young man from California broadcast his death on X, profit-hungry traders piled into a cryptocurrency created in his image. PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: WIRED STAFF; GETTY IMAGES This story contains mentions of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, please call 1-800-273-8255 for free, 24-hour support from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline . Twenty-three-year-old Arnold Robert Haro addressed his final words to the phone in his hand. 'If I die, I hope you guys turn this into a memecoin,' he said. Then Haro took his own life. Haro died on February 21 at his family home in Madera County, California, a death certificate obtained by WIRED shows. His suicide was broadcast live to his followers on X, where he went by the handle @MistaFuccYou. Footage of Haro's death has since been removed from the platform, but the incident was briefly listed in its trending tab. In the hours after Haro's death, people created dozens of memecoins—a type of highly volatile crypto coin used as a vector for financial speculation—modeled after him. Sensing an opportunity to profit, traders piled into one of the coins in particular, driving its value to $2.1 million in aggregate. (The coin has since lost 96 percent of its value.) On X, some tried to argue that whoever was behind the MistaFuccYou coin had duly granted Haro's final wish. But most denounced the impulse among traders to try to profit by his death. 'If you're trading this, you're sick af,' wrote one user. Speculation ran rampant on X that Haro had ended his life because he had lost money to a memecoin rugpull—a maneuver whereby somebody creates a new coin, promotes it online, then sells off their holdings in one swoop, devaluing everyone else's stake. WIRED was unable to confirm whether this had happened to Haro, but his friends have disputed the narrative. 'It had nothing to do with crypto … It's not what all these crypto nerds seem to think,' one of Haro's friends, who goes by j nova on social media, told WIRED. Haro's family, meanwhile, has described his death as the result of 'his battle with depression.' The incident captures in microcosm the race to the bottom in memecoin trading circles, where only the most heinous and morally bankrupt ideas are now rewarded with attention, says Azeem Khan, cofounder of the Morph blockchain and venture partner at crypto VC firm Foresight Ventures. 'We've reached the point where the most potentially exciting launch that people are looking at is Kanye trying to launch a Swastika coin,' says Khan, in reference to now-deleted X posts made by an account associated with the artist Kanye West. 'That's how terrible this space is.' Until last year, launching a memecoin was relatively expensive and technically burdensome, which meant few came to market. Only Dogecoin—the original memecoin—and a handful of derivatives had any sort of longevity. That equation was reversed with the arrival of a platform that makes it simple for anyone to launch a memecoin at no cost. Since launched in January 2024, many millions of memecoins have flooded the market, among them the coins modeled after Haro. In a statement provided to WIRED, spokesperson Troy Gravitt described Haro's death as a 'tragedy,' but explained that the coins made in his image, though 'clearly in poor taste,' do not violate the platform's terms of use. 'There was no content associated with the token that would have identified it as either illicit or explicit,' says Gravitt. Betting on memecoins is lionized in certain online crypto circles, where traders are euphemistically described as charging headlong into 'the trenches.' But behind the combat metaphor is an implicit recognition that the odds are stacked against the individual 'trencher,' particularly given the prevalence of rug pulls and alleged collusion between the insiders behind certain high-profile memecoin launches. 'Everyone assumes that crypto is where you come to become rich, no matter how dumb you are. I think it's the exact opposite,' says Khan. 'There are these layers of insiders … retail traders are always exit liquidity.' In other words, regular people buying into coins allows insiders to cash out at a profit. The new cultural prominence of highly volatile memecoins, which offer the prospect both of outsized gains and losses, is also likely to have compounded the risk for people predisposed to problem gambling or trading, researchers say. 'People have enormous capacity to make money very quickly. The appeal of making money rings so much louder than calls of danger,' says Benjamin Johnson, a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland specializing in the public health implications of digital technologies. 'Adding to the attraction with memecoins is that you've got these online communities where people really congregate. It becomes an emotional attachment to these assets … It creates a perfect storm.' Though academics have not identified a direct association between crypto trading and heightened psychological distress, the externalities of crypto trading—namely, the likelihood of losing money—are shown to have a negative impact on mental wellbeing. And the vast majority of memecoins released on wind up practically worthless. 'If you are really into day trading … it is definitely something that is likely to cause people mental stress or psychological distress,' says Atte Oksanen, a professor of psychology at Tampere University, who has conducted multiple studies on the mental health implications of crypto trading. 'Financial problems cause a lot of stress, which can escalate.' Meanwhile, the glut of memecoins entering the market through them coins issued by celebrities like rapper Iggy Azelea—has led coin creators to take increasingly elaborate, sexually degrading, and sometimes dangerous measures to attract attention to their coins. One guy ended up catching on fire after a memecoin promotional stunt went awry, leaving him with serious burns. The launch of US president Donald Trump's memecoin in January pushed the fight for attention to new extremes. The inevitable effect has been that only the most depraved and provocative concepts—like the MistaFuccYou coin, based on a suicide—so much as register in the hive mind of memecoin traders. And even then, only briefly. 'The president of one of the most powerful countries in the world launches a coin. How much further is there to go?' says Khan. 'Then if you hit the top of the market, how quickly will all of this vaporware actually end up nosediving?' The calculus among memecoin traders is captured on in the comment section for the MistaFuccYou coin. 'This token shows how fucked the trenches are rn, and is highly unethical,' wrote one user, before implying that others should invest. In the process, people like Haro—whose X feed is a kaleidoscope of memes, practical jokes, guns, women, weed, and crypto—are effectively erased; quite literally commodified into an incomplete and cartoonish version of themselves. A fundraising page set up by Haro's family to help cover the funeral costs paints a more three-dimensional picture: 'Arnold was a bright, kind, and hilarious soul who brought light to those around him,' reads a description written by a family member. 'He had a gift for making people laugh, spreading joy, and offering unwavering support, even when he was struggling himself.' If you or someone you know needs help, call 1-800-273-8255 for free, 24-hour support from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. You can also text HOME to 741-741 for the Crisis Text Line. Outside the US, visit the International Association for Suicide Prevention for crisis centers around the world.
