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Last June in United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court unanimously held that Americans cannot be stripped of their Second…
In brief Kalshi permanently banned former Rep. George Santos and fined him $71,356 for manipulating a market tied to his…
The history of technology is rife with copyright panics. In the 1980s, major rightsholders ran to Congress and the courts,…
“Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society,” according to a January 2025 executive order that President Donald…
In brief Spot XRP ETFs took in $26.2 million on Aug. 28, extending a nine-day inflow streak and lifting cumulative…
Doxxing is the deliberate disclosure of personal information in order to bully, harass, intimidate, or instigate a chain of harms…
Startpage is a search engine that promotes itself as protecting user privacy; it gathers results via Google and Bing, but:…
New York, August 31, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately release journalists Zied el-Heni, Mourad…
In brief Hyperliquid is in advanced talks to bring its perpetual futures to US traders through Kraken parent Payward’s regulated…
Doxxing, also known as the deliberate sharing of personal information to harass or endanger someone, is a tricky thing to…
Police officers in Polk County, Georgia, shot and killed a small pet donkey on Sunday. Now the animal’s distraught owner…
In brief The SEC and CFTC are moving on crypto rulemaking while market-structure legislation sits in summer recess, with a…