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View More NewsNovember 6, 2012, the day Barack Obama was re-elected as U.S. president, was bright and blisteringly cold in Maryland. I remember because I spent much of that day outside Elkridge Elementary School, somewhere between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., holding a large blue sign that read Vote Yes on Question 6, otherwise known as the Maryland same-sex marriage referendum.Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were up against former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his Republican running mate, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan. The previous May, during an ABC News interview, Obama had publicly stated for the first time that he no longer…
BlackRock has registered for a new staked Ethereum exchange-traded fund in Delaware, signalling that the $13.5 trillion asset manager is now ready to expand beyond its flagship Ethereum ETF product.A Delaware name registration is one of the first steps that a fund issuer needs to take to file for a new ETF. BlackRock, however, still needs to file other relevant documents to put the proposed product on track for regulatory approval. Source: Eric BalchunasIt would also complement BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA), which has attracted $13.1 billion worth of inflows since launching in July 2024. BlackRock did not add…
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Witnessing the world conflagration that was the French Revolution, the French philosopher Joseph de Maistre lamented that “if there is an incontestable maxim, it is that in all seditions, insurrections, and revolutions, the people always begin by being right, and always end by being wrong.” Faced with serious political crises, many contemporary elites have come to believe that the people do not just end by being wrong but begin so. The voice of the people is no longer to be listened to but controlled, corrected, channelled, or outright suppressed.The postwar liberal consensus of some eighty years standing is currently breaking…
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In brief The U.S. Treasury has placed sanctions on “drug kingpin” Ryan James Wedding, nine of his associates, and nine entities linked to him.…
Caroline Haskins: So one thing that happened recently is that Palantir had its earnings call. And I think sort of consistent with what you…
A 61-year-old Tennessee man is finally free after spending a shocking 37 days in jail — all for posting a meme. Retired police officer Larry…
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at…
Ethereum’s privacy paradox When Vitalik Buterin walked on stage at Devcon 2025 to demo Kohaku, he summed up Ethereum’s situation bluntly. The network has…
In brief G-Knot is a new hardware wallet that uses unique finger vein biometrics to unlock access to users’ crypto assets. The company aims…
Amazon removed several James Bond posters last month after fans noticed that Bond’s iconic Walther PPK pistol had been airbrushed out of each one.…
from the thin-skinned-bullies dept Last week we noted how the BBC has been tripping over itself to apologize to Donald Trump for some edits…
Shares of the company rose 2% in pre-market trading. Read the full article here
Decentralized exchange Aster is delving into crypto’s degen culture with the launch of “Machi mode,” a new feature that rewards traders with points for…
From yesterday’s decision by Judge Gerald Pappert (E.D. Pa.) in D.F. v. DNC Servs. Corp.: D.F. was a [16-year-old] high school student in the…
London-based Globacap’s U.S. broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS) is regulated by FINRA and the SEC. Read the full article here