Freedom IndexMedia & Culture
Media & Culture explores how journalism, entertainment, and creative industries influence—and are influenced by—free speech. From press freedom to artistic expression, this category highlights the cultural impact of censorship and the ongoing struggle for open dialogue.
In brief The New York Stock Exchange said that it’s working with Securitize on developing systems that will allow tokenized…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! May your baseball-related hopes spring eternal this week—for lo, the winter…
In brief Tether says it will undergo its first full audit by a Big Four firm, but hasn’t disclosed which…
On February 28, President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” to eliminate “imminent threats from the Iranian regime,” marking the…
In brief Solana launched an API-driven platform helping enterprises build financial products on its blockchain, with 20+ infrastructure partners integrated…
Who will control the Strait of Hormuz if President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Iran pan out? “It’ll be jointly controlled,”…
In brief Bittensor’s TAO led an AI altcoin surge as geopolitical tensions briefly eased following Trump’s announcement of a pause…
from the same-shit,-different-merger-(SSDM) dept All modern major U.S. media mergers follow the same trajectory. Executives pump out a bunch of…
Starting in the 1980s under President Reagan, the FCC curtailed or abandoned most of the content regulations of broadcasting that…
I WANT FREE MINDS AND FREE MARKETS! Help Reason push back with more of the fact-based reporting we do best.…
In brief MoonPay has introduced the Open Wallet Standard (OWS), an open-source framework for AI agents to manage funds across…
A small logging contractor in upstate New York had a truck empty and needed someone with experience, and I needed…