Freedom IndexCryptocurrency & Free Speech Finance
Cryptocurrency & Free Speech Finance explores the role of digital currencies in protecting expression and enabling financial freedom. From Bitcoin and blockchain-based payment systems to tokenized support for creators and censorship-resistant transactions, this category covers how crypto empowers individuals and movements to bypass centralized control. Stay updated on the tools, platforms, and policies shaping the future of money and free speech.
Her crypto work included a wide range of policy statements and guidance that clarified the agency’s position on various aspects…
In brief Bitget confirmed a $387.5 million breach detected on September 24, after attackers spoofed transaction data to trigger legitimate-looking…
States have tried to wrangle prediction markets offering sports-related contracts under their regulatory frameworks since they started taking off after…
Summer Mersinger, formerly a commissioner with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will step down as CEO of the…
In brief The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint on July 15 targeting $84.2 million in accounts tied…
Summer Mersinger is leaving the helm of the Blockchain Association, one of the crypto industry’s leading advocacy groups, a week…
OG.com Markets is seeking US regulatory approval to offer perpetual futures tied to individual stocks, as trading platforms push to…
In brief Google disclosed PageBreak, an internal AI agent from its Product Security team that has found more than 500…
US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where…
In brief Darktrace’s Signal Labs found that when AI agents couldn’t legitimately hit a required perfect score on coding tasks,…
The line between crypto companies and traditional finance is blurring. Binance is buying a $100 million stake in Circle, Canada’s…
In brief Circle and Tether froze a wallet tied to the Bitget hack, blacklisting roughly 99,990 USDC and 218,023 USDT…