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View More News8/31/1995: Students at Santa Fe Independent School District voted to allow a student to say a prayer at football games. In Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe (2000), the Supreme Court declared this prayer unconstitutional. The Rehnquist CourtThe post Today in Supreme Court History: August 31, 1995 appeared first on Reason.com. Read the full article here
In brief Spot XRP ETFs took in $26.2 million on Aug. 28, extending a nine-day inflow streak and lifting cumulative net inflows to about $1.6 billion, per SoSoValue. Bloomberg’s James Seyffart called the flows “surprisingly resilient” given XRP’s soft price, noting Goldman Sachs, Jane Street, and Millennium lead holders, with investment advisers the top allocators. XRP traded near $1.39, down 2.7% on the day and 7.6% on the week; the ETF strength contrasts with Bitcoin funds snapping their own nine-day streak. Spot XRP exchange-traded funds are on a roll, stringing together nine straight days of net inflows even as the…
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Beijing’s Cold War with the West entered a new phase this month. The chastened creators of AI agent Manus are preparing a return to Singapore, after witnessing the forced collapse of their US$2 billion sale to Meta. Manus was originally developed in China, before its parent company relocated to the city-state. But three months after the big sale to Meta was announced, the founders were summoned back to Beijing and prevented from leaving until the deal was scrapped.In the midst of the Manus fallout, China’s State Council issued revised exit and entry regulations. Citizens can be prohibited from travelling outside…
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In brief Sony told a federal court on August 21 that reasonable consumers would not be misled into thinking they own the digital games…
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The prediction market platform banned Santos for manipulation as part of the industry’s ongoing efforts to show it’s dealing with bad behavior. Read the…
In brief Bitmine bought 53,501 ETH (~$131 million), its largest weekly purchase since June, raising its holdings to 5,901,112 ETH—4.9% of supply and 98%…
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark (CLSK) recorded a net loss of $378.3 million in its fiscal second quarter, more than doubling the $138.8 million loss reported…
In brief Three Tennessee men were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy to commit robbery and kidnapping charges. The charges stem from…
Back in January 2023, Aimen Halim bought an order of “boneless wings” at a Buffalo Wild Wings outlet in Mount Prospect, Illinois. At the…
Galaxy Digital (GLXY) and Sharplink (SBET) are teaming up to put part of the latter’s staked ETH treasury into decentralized finance (DeFi) strategies.The Galaxy…
US authorities have unsealed an indictment against three men accused of stealing at least $6.5 million in a “violent robbery spree targeting cryptocurrency owners.”The…
An internal investigation of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department found that at least 15 high-ranking officials may have helped manipulate statistics to make…
The legislation that could fully insert the U.S. crypto industry into the regulated financial system has emerged in its latest form, with the Senate…
Crypto exchange Binance says its artificial intelligence-based security tools have helped prevent the loss of more than $10 billion worth of user funds from…