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View More Newsfrom the hiding-the-paper-trail dept DOGE was always designed to provide flimsy pseudo-efficiency cover for wholesale corruption. It was designed to pretend that the government was “cutting waste and fraud” while a bunch of velour tracksuit wearing con men stripped the country for parts and sold what was left off the back loading dock. As we’ve since explored, DOGE also burned through billions of dollars, exposed the sensitive data of untold Americans, killed untold millions of people worldwide, and generally distracted dim and misinformed Americans from the fact their government is too corrupt to function in the public interest and is…
In brief The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published its final crypto rulebook, completing a roadmap to bring the sector fully under its oversight. Trading platforms, custodians, stablecoin issuers, and staking firms must obtain FCA authorization before the regime takes effect in October 2027. The rules cover capital and stress-testing requirements, market-abuse controls, and stablecoin standards, eased in places after industry feedback. The Financial Conduct Authority has published its “landmark” rules for firms that help people buy, trade, and hold crypto in the UK, completing a regulatory roadmap years in the making.Trading platforms, intermediaries, custodians, stablecoin issuers, and staking providers…
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On 6 June, a play that has been decried as too “toxic” and “problematic” for the age of #MeToo ended an acclaimed, sold-out run at London’s National Theatre. A filmed version of the production also began screening in cinemas across the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and other countries from 25 June. The play is Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the (now-updated) 1985 adaptation of Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos’s eponymous 1782 novel.The book has also been denounced plenty of times since it first appeared—back then, it was described with words like “execrable” or “infamous.” Its authorship reportedly got Laclos,…
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Crypto exchange users in Australia will soon face stricter rules on all transfers as the country’s travel rule is set to come into force…
• The token traded in a $0.0435 range and continued to hold above the $1.00 psychological support level.• The main burst of activity came…
Latest NewsPublishedJun 30, 2026ARK Invest’s biggest crypto stock purchases over the past three trading days were Coinbase and Circle, whose shares have fallen 17%…
Bitcoin BTC$59,445.73 is down over 1% on Tuesday as the Japanese yen slipped to four-decade lows against the U.S. dollar, triggering volatility in currency…
In brief A new IMF report has highlighted the “striking” scale of stablecoin adoption in Nigeria. The IMF warned that adoption sharpens risks including…
Docusign diplomacy: A digital preliminary memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran has been signed, leading to an opening of the Strait of…
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading…
Bitcoin (BTC) risked wiping out its Iran truce gains and returning toward the $60,000 psychological support as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised its…
In brief Cumulative HYPE ETF inflows hit nearly $172 million in roughly a month, with Bitwise’s BHYP leading at $106.6 million. Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 saw…
from the golden-age-of-corruption dept Last week Elon Musk successfully conned America and U.S. regulators into signing off on his preposterous SpaceX IPO, which immediately…
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The new fund offering comes as bitcoin struggles to break out of a bear market, trading around $67,000, down about 23% year to date.…