Freedom Index
The News Roundup
View More NewsThe Crypto Fear & Greed Index remained at 26 on Wednesday, after rising to 28, a day earlier, ending the indicators’ 48-day stretch in the “extreme fear” zone.The Crypto Fear & Greed index tracks market sentiment using volatility, momentum, volume, and social data. Any reading below 25 signals extreme fear, while higher values reflect an improving risk appetite.Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: alternative.meThe index reading points to an improvement in market sentiment this week, marking its first exit from extreme fear in over six weeks.The move coincides with a recovery in the total crypto market capitalization, which has added…
The Bank of Korea and nine commercial lenders began phase two of a digital won pilot, testing bank-issued deposit tokens backed by central bank infrastructure to determine whether the system can support government subsidy payments and consume transfers and payments nationwide.The second phase of Project Hangang adds two banks, Kyongnam Bank and iM Bank, to the program’s original seven. The institutions will now begin large-scale testing of the won-pegged deposit tokens built on a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) layer, several local news outlets reported.“Participating banks are actively securing diverse use cases, such as large businesses and small merchants…
AI & Crypto
Read MorePolitics
Don't Miss!
Opinions & Debates
A review of Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind by Jason Zengerle; 400 pages; Crooked Media Reads (January 2026)In the autumn of 1980, as Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were preparing for their second presidential debate, Tucker Carlson’s sixth grade teacher decided to stage a classroom debate between Carlson and Carlson’s best friend Russell. Although the pair were only eleven years old, they were already rabid political junkies, albeit of very different sorts. Carlson was an outspoken conservative, while Russell was a die-hard liberal. There was a twist, though: in the debate, Carlson…
Latest News
Beirut, March 18, 2026 – In early March, as the Iran war spread across the Middle East and Israeli strikes rained down on Lebanon,…
U.S. regulators’ first joint guidance on applying securities laws to different types of crypto tokens failed to provide enough impetus to lift bitcoin BTC$74,196.38,…
Meta Platforms will shut down its Horizon Worlds metaverse for virtual reality users in June, pivoting to a mobile-only experience as it retreats from…
In brief Zcash and Midnight are among the altcoins notching notable gains over the past day as Bitcoin topped $75,000 Tuesday morning. While some…
from the bribes-for-the-king dept We’ve discussed at length how Trump’s “fix” for TikTok’s problems basically involved forcing the sale of the platform to his…
The New York Times recently published an article about Chinese women’s usage of AI for romantic purposes and how it fails to align with…
Washington, D.C., March 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Monday’s order to release on bond journalist Estefany Rodríguez, whose lawyers said she was…
Ethereum’s ether (ETH) is stealing the spotlight in Monday’s crypto rally, climbing to a six-week high as investor demand show signs of return to…
Bitcoin chases $75,000 as the return of aggressive spot BTC ETF inflows, billion dollar buys from Strategy and an improvement in investors’ risk appetite…
In brief The SEC has jointly filed to end its case against BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji. The decentralized social media platform founder was previously…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Power all your Apple essentials-without the clutter. The Mag 3 Ultra Qi2 25W 3-in-1 Foldable Charger delivers fast charging for…
With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed due to the ongoing war with Iran, oil prices have surged to more than $100 per barrel.…