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View More NewsXRP funds are getting the bid that bitcoin and ether ETFs are missing.U.S.-listed spot XRP ETFs posted $11.88 million in net inflows on May 29, extending a week of positive flows even as the larger bitcoin and ether ETF markets continued to lose capital, SoSoValue data show.Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $125.31 million in net outflows on May 29, marking a 10th straight day of redemptions. Ether funds lost another $17.91 million, following $121.35 million of outflows the day before.XRP funds moved the other way.Bitwise’s XRP ETF led the group with $7.36 million of inflows on May 29, followed by Canary’s…
NA Today, Liberalism.Org published my new article “Liberalism’s Uneasy Relationshp with Democracy.” Here’s an excerpt: Liberalism—defined as the political philosophy that prioritizes individual freedom and human happiness—has always had an equivocal relationship with democracy. Democratic governments generally feature much greater liberty and happiness than other types of regimes. Liberals should resist the temptation to embrace authoritarianism. But there are also multiple ways in which democracy can often threaten liberty and human welfare. These dangers include the tyranny of the majority and widespread voter ignorance. Democracy can also be a threat to its own perpetuation, by bringing to power authoritarian political…
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We were promised world records, freakish performances, a new era of sport that would redefine human potential. Instead, we got an Enhanced Games that somehow gave athletes a boatload of drugs and didn’t enhance much of anything. Which, if I’m honest, is quite the feat. The East German regime of the 1980s would be disappointed. But that’s the larger point. The Enhanced Games is a sports story. But more so it’s the latest entry in a larger pattern: a tech culture that tries to convince us to “hack” everything without really understanding what drives actual performance whatsoever.Coming Up ShortFirst, let’s…
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A short excerpt from the long opinion in Does v. Democratic People’s Republic of N. Korea, decided yesterday by Judge Timothy Kelly (D.D.C.): In…
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