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View More NewsStarkWare and Sui launched new privacy features this week that allow users to conceal transaction data without fully sacrificing auditability or regulatory oversight.StarkWare said Tuesday that it launched STRK20, a privacy framework for ERC-20 tokens on Starknet that allows users to shield balances and transaction data while providing mechanisms for disclosure under certain circumstances.Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, told Cointelegraph that “compliance-ready” does not mean STRK20 itself determines legal compliance or guarantees regulatory approval. He said the framework is built around a risk-based model in which privacy is conditional rather than absolute, with screening applied at entry into…
Liane, who goes by Liana Shanti, founded her company, LMN, which is used to operate online educational courses that aim to improve students’ businesses, lifestyles, and overall wellness. On Plaintiffs’ website, Liane markets herself as a “world renowned thought leader in quantum energy healing, spiritual psychology, nutrition, emotional transformation, and feminine wealth[.]” She has more than 35,000 social media followers and more than 100,000 customers in 90 countries…. Defamatory statements about Plaintiffs started surfacing online around April 2022 after Haley began to speak out on her own social media accounts about abuse she allegedly experienced. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants have…
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Last July, talk-show host and comic Stephen Colbert used his opening monologue on The Late Show to address the news that CBS was taking him off the air. The veteran showman drank in the adoration of perhaps the lustiest crowd to pack the Ed Sullivan Theatre since the Beatles held the stage in 1964. “Folks, I’m going to go ahead and say it,” he deadpanned. “Cancel culture’s gone too far.” The gag drew the same mix of laughter and applause that always greeted Colbert’s punchlines over a decade headlining television’s biggest late-night franchise. But its implication overshadowed The Late Show’s…
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