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View More NewsBitcoin’s BTC$62,850.27 lackluster performance this year has puzzled investors.Despite record highs in equities, the world’s largest cryptocurrency has struggled to regain momentum while U.S. technology stocks have surged on enthusiasm surrounding AI as it currently trades just below the $62,000 mark, down over 50% from its peak price in October.Two new outlooks from asset managers Hashdex and Charles Schwab argue the disconnect is temporary, albeit for different reasons.Samir Kerbage, chief investment officer at Hashdex, said crypto’s recent weakness says more about where investors are allocating capital than about the health of the digital asset ecosystem.”Capital follows attention and narratives,” Kerbage…
Atrocities of the Mind: Essays on Violence and Politics in the American Century, by Dwight Macdonald, edited by John Summers, University of Chicago Press, 310 pages, $25 If the mid–20th century was the nadir of American liberties and the (Caesarist) salad days of the American imperium, it was also a golden age of literary journalism whose luster was enhanced by the slashing wit of that self-described “conservative anarchist,” Dwight Macdonald. Historian John Summers has compiled 25 of Macdonald’s best essays in Atrocities of the Mind, and boy, is this ever welcome. There is a rich conservative anarchist tradition in American…
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Recorded on 30 June 2026, Claire Lehmann sat down with Derek Francis— former chief economist at the NSW Parliamentary Budget Office and a fund manager—to discuss a flaw in Treasury’s modelling of Australia’s new capital gains tax, one that could push effective tax rates on shares as high as 70 percent. TranscriptClaire Lehmann: Last month, Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered one of Australia’s most ambitious and controversial budgets to date. It was framed as an attempt to restore intergenerational equity, in light of the fact that house prices have become completely unaffordable for young people across the country. To address this, negative…
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In recent days, there have been signs of a reevaluation.The Roundhill Memory ETF has fallen roughly 25% from its June 22 record high, while…
Bitcoin (BTC) saw new July highs on Friday as bulls kept pushing over the US holiday period.Key points:Bitcoin sustains upside momentum as BTC price…
In brief A 21-year-old American man has been indicted in Israel on espionage charges—the first such case involving a U.S. citizen amid a broader…
Abuja, July 3, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to urgently investigate Wednesday’s seizure of Secret Reporters journalist Stanley Ugagbe by…
from the fingers-and-no-thumbs dept It appears Bill Cassidy is going to make every effort to ignore his own culpability for RFK Jr. on his…
A European religious freedom group is slamming the prosecution of OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone and former executive Rachel Cherwitz. The group, CAP LC—official (French)…
“Our framework intends to improve user protection while remaining mindful of promoting innovation, given that crypto assets are increasingly positioned as investment targets for…
Bitso is expanding its payments partnership with Ripple by bringing its Mexican peso-backed MXNB stablecoin onto the XRP Ledger, where it will be used…
In brief With the help of crypto rails, international retail investors have a variety of ways to bypass Wall Street gatekeepers. Those avenues include…
President Donald Trump and his allies rightly condemn the Biden administration’s censorial meddling with social media, which sought to suppress constitutionally protected speech that…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX sets the price of its Friday IPO on Nasdaq later today. While the company is currently valued at roughly $1.77 trillion,…
Archax has introduced real-time yield payments on Hedera, enabling interest generated by tokenized securities to be distributed continuously in USDC.The system allows interest payments…