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View More NewsUS Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said Tuesday that clearer US stablecoin rules could speed the market’s growth, but warned that regulators still need to address money laundering risks, bank run risks and consumer safeguards as they implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act.Speaking at a Federalist Society event on stablecoin regulation, Barr said the law provides “needed clarity” for issuers, but that “a great deal will depend on how federal and state regulators implement the statute.”Barr said stablecoins are still used mainly for crypto trading and as a US dollar store of value in…
The #2 Texas state official called on lawmakers to study “the sudden inundation of prediction market gambling“ as other jurisdictions take the platforms to court.Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate in Texas, has included a study of prediction markets and crypto and blockchain as part of legislative priorities for the state’s next legislative session, scheduled to begin in January.In a Friday announcement, the lieutenant governor’s office issued 2026 interim charges for Texas Senate committees to study in preparation for the next legislature. Patrick said that the charges were intended to “advance the priorities of Texas’ conservative majority,”…
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A review of End of Days: Ruby Ridge, The Apocalypse and the Unmaking of America by Chris Jennings; 384 pages; Little, Brown and Company (February 2026)On 31 August 1992, a siege at a remote cabin in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, ended with the negotiated surrender of religious fanatic and white separatist Randy Weaver and his three daughters. During the eleven-day stand-off with federal law enforcement agents, Weaver’s wife and son were killed and so was a US marshal. Consequently, the incident rapidly became a notorious example of federal incompetence and overreach. That is not, however, the view of author and journalist…
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“We’re finishing the job, and I think within maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer to do the job,” Trump told reporters…
In brief Mercado Libre killed Mercado Coin after a failed four-year experiment. The company’s stablecoin is replacing the Mercado Coin loyalty token. Nubank’s Nucoin…
The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority is set to issue what appears to be the first rated bitcoin-backed bond of its kind, marking a…
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index currently exhibits “extreme fear” with a reading of 11, and the condition has held for 12 consecutive days.…
An Ohio jury on Wednesday found the rapper Afroman not liable for defaming the sheriff’s deputies who raided his house nearly four years ago.…
New York, March 19, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijan to release journalist Ahmad Mammadli and credibly investigate claims that police severely…
As AI agents become a bigger topic in crypto, Pranav Ramesh told CoinDesk that Nasdaq has already been using them across several sections of…
Opera, a Nasdaq-listed web browser company, is proposing to change how it is compensated by the Celo ecosystem, opting to receive native tokens instead…
In brief Prediction market Myriad, owned by Decrypt’s parent company Dastan, has successfully closed its seed investment round. Funds investing in the round include…
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Amman, March 19, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an investigation into the apparent targeting of Steve Sweeney, a British correspondent…
In today’s newsletter, Dumpling Bullish, independent digital asset commentator, writes about the growing influence of bitcoin’s derivatives stack on its price.Then, in Ask an…