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View More NewsCoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2029.25, down 1.6% (-33.09) since yesterday’s close.Two of 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: APT (+0.4%) and BCH (+0.4%).Laggards: NEAR (-3.3%) and HBAR (-2.9%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally. Read the full article here
In brief Attackers used fake GitHub accounts to tag developers, claiming they had won $5,000 in $CLAW tokens and directing them to a cloned OpenClaw site. OX Security said the phishing page used heavily obfuscated JavaScript and a separate C2 server to drain connected wallets and hide activity. The accounts were created last week and deleted within hours of launch, with no confirmed victims so far. OpenClaw’s viral rise has drawn an ugly new side effect: crypto scammers are now using the AI agent project’s name to target developers in a phishing campaign aimed at draining their wallets. Security platform OX…
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The Harlan Institute is currently hosting the Fourteenth Annual Virtual Supreme Court Competition. This competition offers teams of two high school students the opportunity to research cutting-edge constitutional law, write persuasive appellate briefs, argue against other students through video chats,…
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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…
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Istanbul, March 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists urged the Turkish authorities on Monday not to fight the appeals of veteran journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak.…
The Ethereum Foundation’s new mandate — a sweeping document released Friday to clarify the organization’s role and principles — sparked a torrent of reactions,…
Digital asset wealth management platform Abra is going public through a reverse merger with special purpose acquisition company New Providence Acquisition Corp. III, marking…
In brief Abra will list on Nasdaq as ABRX via a $750 million SPAC deal with New Providence Acquisition Corp. III. The firm targets…