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View More Newsfrom the ah-yes,-the-ministry-of-truth dept Remember when the Biden administration set up something called the “Disinformation Governance Board” and the entire MAGA universe lost its collective mind? It was the “Ministry of Truth.” It was “government speech police.” It was the single most Orwellian thing any American administration had ever done in the history of civilization. Nina Jankowicz, the researcher tapped to lead it, received death threats. The whole thing was shut down within weeks because of the outcry. Of course, all of it was an exaggeration. That board was actually set up to coordinate efforts to counter foreign disinformation —…
Crypto’s push for instant settlement is creating a capital inefficiency problem, forcing trading firms to fund every transaction in full and raising concerns about how the market can scale as volumes grow.In practice, that usually means that firms cannot offset what they owe against what they are owed, forcing them to move more capital than necessary to settle trades.Ethan Buchman, founder of Cycles Protocol and a co-founder of Cosmos, says crypto markets are “asset-brained.” He argues it treats the financial system like a global stock market where value is constantly moved and swapped.“But that misses the whole other side of…
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This week, we’re going to be talking about Israel—which is sometimes a subject I try to avoid—not because I don’t have opinions about the topic. I do. But because it’s one of those subjects on which debate and discussion often seems both divisive and futile.As some of you know, in a previous life, I was an opinion writer and reporter for the National Post newspaper here in Canada. I often travelled to Israel and wrote about that country, typically from what most would call a Zionist perspective.But for all the dozen of articles I wrote on the subject, I’m not…
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In brief Bitcoin jumped to highs over $72,000 as U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. U.S. oil dropped 22% from…
Alchemy, a cryptocurrency infrastructure provider used by many blockchains and firms in the space, has released a new tool, AgentPay , that lets different…
Coinbase is planning to expand its offerings in Australia to include derivatives, equities and payments after securing an Australian financial services license (AFSL).John O’Loghlen,…
This is the third installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings. You can read the…
The company that built decentralized finance (DeFi) powerhouse Balancer is closing.Balancer co-founder Fernando Martinelli announced Tuesday that Balancer Labs, the corporate entity that incubated…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s former top enforcement official reportedly clashed with the regulator’s top brass before resigning last week, with part of…
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Bitcoin’s mining concentration problem just showed up on the blockchain itself, triggering a small “reorg.”At the center of the story is Foundry USA, the…
TRON DAO has scaled up its artificial intelligence fund by a factor of ten, from $100 million to $1 billion, targeting investments in and…
In brief Balancer Labs is winding down after a $128 million exploit left the company facing legal exposure and no sustainable revenue. The protocol…
Although drivers stuck in I-95’s infamous traffic might not know it, Virginia actually has the best highways in the country. That’s according to the…
Monday’s ceasefire trade lasted about 18 hours.Bitcoin climbed 3.1% to $70,352 on Tuesday morning, recovering from the weekend’s slide below $68,000, with ether (ETH),…