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View More NewsBlackRock’s Rick Rieder, UBS’s Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi, and hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb see a 2026 economy that may keep growing even as the market’s center of gravity shifts. The broad message from their separate appearances at a conference in Miami last week was not that the AI boom is ending. Instead, they said, the easy phase may be over. As capital spreads beyond a handful of giant U.S. technology stocks, investors may need to think less about riding one theme and more about where growth, pricing power and disruption show up next.That view could matter for crypto markets, particularly bitcoin…
from the who’s-the-moron-in-a-hurry-here dept The ten year war over Iceland is over and Iceland has come out the victor. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, be prepared to listen to a whole bunch of stupid. In 2016, we wrote about Iceland Foods, a UK grocer, which had somehow convinced the EU to give it a trademark for “Iceland” and which then went about bullying other companies and opposing trademarks for any that included the name of that country. One of the entities that Iceland Foods found itself in a trademark opposition with was Iceland, as in the country,…
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This week, we’re going to be talking about what will become of Iran now that it’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has fallen victim to the ongoing bombing campaign by U.S. and Israeli forces.With me to discuss the issue is Kaveh Shahrooz, an Iranian-born Canadian lawyer and human-rights activist who now serves as a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.Before taking on this role, Kaveh served as a policy advisor on human rights to Global Affairs Canada. A graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Toronto, he recently led a successful effort to convince Canada’s parliament to recognize the…
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In honor of International Women’s Day, we asked five women at EFF about women in digital rights, freedom of expression, technology, and tech activism who have inspired us. Anna…
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)Cryptocurrency prices are falling as some holders look to cash in on the mid-week bounce to…
Key points:Analysts believe that Bitcoin will have to stay above the $68,000 level to continue its recovery.Several major altcoins have turned down from their…
In brief Kalshi is facing a lawsuit in California over its resolution of a market related to the former Iranian leader. The prediction market…
Cracks in the global private credit market are rattling investors, raising concerns the stress could spill into crypto markets.Bloomberg reported Friday that BlackRock’s $26…
Pakistan’s parliament passed the Virtual Assets Act, 2026 on Wednesday, cementing the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), a government agency, as the country’s…
In brief Dubai’s virtual asset regulator, VARA, issued a cease and desist order to KuCoin saying that it is not licensed in the emirate.…
OpenAI, the maker of ChaptGPT, is rightfully facing widespread criticism for its decisions to fill the gap the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) created…
from the self-made-masked-men dept ICE has been telling itself all it needs to do is write its own paperwork and it can do whatever…
Kampala, March 6, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Friday’s decision by Kenya’s Court of Appeal to strike down sections of the 2018 cybercrime…
Risk markets are taking new legs lower on Friday morning after U.S. President Donald Trump seemingly quashed any chance of some sort of negotiated…
The digital asset sector took another step toward integration with traditional finance this week when Kraken secured direct access to the US Federal Reserve’s…