PANews reported on December 14 that according to CNN, New York is considering prosecuting Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of the insurance giant CEO, for second-degree murder on the grounds that first-degree murder only applies to a few situations, including killing judges, police officers, emergency personnel or hiring killers.
Earlier news , the suspect in the murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, attracted the attention of cryptocurrency users. After the murder of the insurance executive on December 4 and the subsequent large-scale police manhunt, bettors on a crypto prediction platform invested $500,000 in the platform. At the same time, the price of Meme coins related to the details of the manhunt soared. The market value of a Meme coin named after the suspect Luigi Mangione soared to $77 million, and then fell to about $17 million (currently back to $27.5 million).
While some have commented that Meme coins are the best source of news, the media commented that the themes of this type of Meme coin are darker. In addition, Mangione's notoriety has gone beyond the cryptocurrency field. Mugs, hats and holiday sweaters related to the case have been sold on shopping websites.
