DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 28, 2025--
In a twist of internet fate, Moneyline.com, a new sports information portal, saw a massive traffic surge after being unintentionally name-dropped in recent MrBeast videos.
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On December 19, 2024, traffic to the site skyrocketed from an average of 40–60 daily visitors to nearly 3,000 in a single day, all without a single dollar spent on advertising. The unexpected influx puzzled the team behind Moneyline.com, currently in public beta, until they traced the source to MrBeast’s YouTube video titled “Beast Games”, where at the 15:40 mark, the YouTube megastar clearly says "Moneyline.com" while referencing his actual sponsor, MoneyLion.com.
While Moneyline.com is unrelated to the financial services brand, the similarity in names led thousands of viewers to type in the wrong URL, sending over 55,000 unique visits and more than 1,000 user signups to the sports prediction platform.
Moneyline.com allows sports fans to make predictions on major sporting events, with future plans to enable top pickers to monetize their insights by selling picks to other users. The platform does not offer real-money betting but links to licensed sportsbooks.
“This was an unexpected but exciting moment for us,” said the team behind Moneyline.com. “We’ve been developing this for over two years and just launched in beta with friends and family. The MrBeast mispronunciation gave us valuable traffic insights and early user feedback, all before our official marketing push.”
With beta testing nearly complete, Moneyline.com is preparing to launch new features soon; this time, intentionally attracting attention.
About Moneyline
Moneyline.com is a sports information platform that allows users to make predictions on the outcomes of major sporting events. A competitive, community-driven environment highlights top performers, with a feature in development that will enable high-ranking users to sell their picks to others. While Moneyline does not facilitate real-money betting, the platform provides affiliate links to licensed sportsbooks for users seeking that option.
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Visitors from Dec 26th to Jan 24th, 2025. Visible traffic spikes each week when Beast Games aired (Graphic: AETOSWire)
Visitors to Moneyline from Nov 26th to Dec 25th, 2024. (Graphic: AETOSWire)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media that the U.S. Coast Guard had boarded the Motor Tanker Veronica early Thursday. She said the ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, it was partially filled with crude.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Galileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for moving cargoes of illicit Russian oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear that they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
