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View More NewsThe Founding Fathers debated from the beginning whether the United States should try to spread liberty by force. While Thomas Jefferson wanted to back the French Revolution, George Washington warned Americans “to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world” in his Farewell Address. What neither of them could have imagined was America becoming a forceful backer of absolute monarchy. But their present successor, Donald Trump, has become obsessed with building an ironclad alliance of the kind of rulers that Washington and Jefferson fought to break free of. A month ago, Trump demanded that Saudi Arabia…
Bitcoin (BTC) rallied, $50 short of $63,000, on July 3, and Ether (ETH) outperformed the wider market, pushing to $1,775. The end-of-week rally comes a few days after BTC fell to a 21-month low and ETH sank to fresh year-to-date lows. Highlighting the negative sentiment, the Crypto Fear & Greed index registered “Extreme Fear” at 11 out of 100. Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: Alternative.meThat gap between the “Extreme Fear” reading and Friday’s bullish market activity is worth noting. On July 2, US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took in a net $221.7 million, their largest single-day inflow since early…
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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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For years, Michael Saylor’s Strategy built its brand around a simple mantra: Buy Bitcoin. Never sell. This week, that narrative changed. The company authorized up…
From the June 23 decision in Huckabee v. Meta Platforms, Inc., by Third Circuit Judge Peter Phipps, joined by Judges Arianna Freeman and Emil…
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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…
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In brief Microsoft President Brad Smith published a 3,000-word essay calling graduates’ AI backlash a “powerful wake-up call” for the tech industry In his…
An excerpt from yesterday’s Sixth Circuit decision (which I think is generally quite correct) in Boddy v. Grech, written by Judge Richard Allen Griffin,…
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Key takeaways:Surging oil prices and rising producer inflation have pushed traders to price in a stricter US Fed monetary policy.Massive spot Bitcoin ETF outflows…
In brief OpenAI is considering significant token price cuts in anticipation of similar moves from Anthropic. The move emerges as both companies race toward…
from the seems-bad dept This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The American academic research engine has long…
On March 30, Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born community leader and the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, was detained by multiple Immigration and…