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In brief Bhutan transferred $22.4 million in Bitcoin over the past week, with transactions sent to Singapore-based market maker QCP…
California’s Franchise Tax Board says a family who moved to Florida in 2021 may still owe state income taxes. Hari…
Pakistani journalist Sohrab Barkat detained for more than 60 days as employer shuts Islamabad office
New York, February 5, 2026—Pakistani authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Sohrab Barkat and ensure that his employer Siasat…
In brief Users of prediction market Myriad put a 36% chance on Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy selling some of its…
Over the past year, there have been high-profile misconduct complaints filed against two judges that were dismissed on similar grounds.…
In brief Ripple has integrated Hyperliquid into its institutional prime brokerage platform, enabling clients to access DeFi derivatives liquidity. Hyperliquid…
The February 2026 edition of Chronicles Magazine has an article by John Howting titled “Heritage Is Better-Off With Kevin Roberts—and Without the…
In brief UNICEF’s research estimates 1.2 million children had images manipulated into sexual deepfakes last year across 11 surveyed countries.…
I WANT FREE MINDS AND FREE MARKETS! Help Reason push back with more of the fact-based reporting we do best.…
In brief The FCC accepted SpaceX’s application to build a satellite system designed as orbital data centers and opened it…
from the cascading-failure dept It’s darkly funny, in a way, to recall a racist trope that gets trotted out about…
The allegedly libelous post over which Wilkins is suing (copied from the Complaint). From Wilkins v. Schaffer, decided yesterday by…