Freedom Index
The News Roundup
View More NewsNegotiators for the two political parties had hashed out more than 600 pages of legislative compromise, but a few final sections of the bill — such as the ethics provisions meant to curtail senior government officials from maintaining crypto business ties — turned out to feature insurmountable rifts. And the closer the process dragged toward the elections, the more likely it was that political pressures would get in the way of a bipartisan deal.The Senate vote on the Clarity Act failed to win the 60 votes it needed. (U.S. Senate)Leading Republican negotiator Senator Cynthia Lummis made the final pitch before…
From Booth v. NITV, LLC, decided yesterday by Judge D.P. Marshall Jr. (E.D. Ark.): Trayesha Booth worked at the Arkansas Department of Corrections. An inmate said she provided contraband. After Booth twice failed a voice stress test, ADC fired her…. The court concluded, among other things, that Booth had adequately pleaded her defamation claim against the test’s licensor (NITV Federal Services), and thus allowed the case to go forward (though of course any factfinding on the allegations is still in the future): NITV Federal Services allegedly caused a false statement—that Booth was deceptive—to be published to ADC by knowingly selling…
AI & Crypto
Read MorePolitics
Don't Miss!
Latest News
Congress needs 60 Senators willing to put innovation first and provide critical relief to the digital asset industry, argues Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) Read…
Solana raised its maximum transaction size from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes to allow developers to fit more complex operations into a single transaction,…
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 15, 2026 Read the full article here
Bitcoin (BTC) speculators have held onto profits for nearly a month in what new analysis sees as a key sign of market strength.Key points:Bitcoin…
Amazon recently debuted a new feature for its Ring cameras that the company is calling Throw Away the Key Encryption (TAKE). The idea is…
One of the more unusual, and controversial, elements of the Trump Administration’s energy policy has been to force some coal plants slated for closure…
Maharashtra is drafting a policy to tokenize the state’s assets, including the electricity transmission infrastructure. Read the full article here
Anchorage Digital has partnered with stablecoin protocol Frgmnt to give institutional clients access to its fUSD and sfUSD tokens through Anchorage’s custody platform.The integration…
In brief Bitwise is liquidating its Dogecoin ETF less than a year after its November 2025 debut. BWOW held about $722,000 in net assets…
Rahinah Ibrahim was on her way to a conference in Hawaii when her world was thrown into chaos. The Malaysian citizen was a doctoral…
Traders could look past an expected Fed hike and weigh what higher rates are signaling about the economy. Read the full article here
Cointelegraph is committed to providing independent, high-quality journalism across the crypto, blockchain, AI, and fintech industries.All news, reviews, and analyses are produced with full…