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View More NewsNA After the Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s massive International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs in a case I helped litigate along with the Liberty Justice Center and others, litigation continued over tariff refunds owed to the many businesses that paid illegally collected tariffs under IEEPA – a total of some $166 billion. In March, Judge Richard K. Eaton of the US Court of International Trade – the judge assigned to oversee the refund process – ordered the administration to grant refunds to to all those businesses that were forced to pay the tariffs – including those that…
Drift Protocol, the victim of a recent North Korean exploit, plans to relaunch with Tether’s USDT as its settlement layer after securing a proposed funding package of up to $147.5 million from the stablecoin issuer and partners, the companies said on Thursday.The deal includes up to $127.5 million from Tether and $20 million from the other partners, structured to support user recovery following Drift’s April 1 exploit and to reboot the platform as a USDT-based perpetual futures exchange on Solana. Previously, the platform used Circle’s stablecoin USDC as its settlement layer. The rescue package combines a revenue-linked credit facility, ecosystem…
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On 12 September 1962, John F. Kennedy famously proclaimed space to be the “new frontier.” JFK did not actually care that much about space—he launched the Moon race in May 1961 because he wanted to conduct a high-profile exercise that would enable him to beat the Soviet Union and distract public attention from the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion that had taken place a few weeks earlier. The “new frontier” rhetoric only emerged later. Then JFK was assassinated, and his successors lost the plot. After a few “flags and footprints” Moon missions, we turned our back on the new frontier,…
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New York, April 16, 2026—Algerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release freelance journalist and human rights defender Hassan Bouras and drop all charges against…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is leaning into artificial intelligence and automation as it faces massive new oversight responsibilities, according to congressional testimony…
Bitcoin (BTC) treaded water at Thursday’s Wall Street open as the S&P 500 reached new all-time highs.Key points:Bitcoin stays locked on $74,000 after its…
In brief Anthropic just released its most capable Opus model yet, Claude Opus 4.7. The model delivers strong benchmark gains across coding and reasoning,…
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading…
AllUnity, a regulated European stablecoin issuer, is expanding its euro-pegged stablecoin, EURAU, across major decentralized exchanges (DEXs).The company announced Thursday that its EURAU stablecoin…
In brief The FCA is seeking feedback on seven regulated cryptoasset activities, including stablecoin issuance, trading platforms, dealing, safeguarding, and staking, with final rules…
from the dumb-questions,-asked-unseriously dept I cut my teeth as a telecom reporter, so I spent a lot of time writing about how broadband monopolies…
Nairobi, April 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to do everything in their power to locate and free Addis Standard…
Bitcoin BTC$74,695.92 funding rates have hit their most negative levels since 2023, a signal that has historically coincided with market bottoms, as BTC continues…
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says there is “tremendous opportunity” for a yuan-backed stablecoin, despite Beijing’s formal moves against most private renminbi-linked stablecoins and commitment…
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