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View More NewsEther (ETH) price gained 3% between Thursday and Friday, outperforming the broader crypto market. The move ties to growing tokenization, Robinhood Chain’s success, and ongoing corporate treasury purchases. However, ETH failed to break above $1,800 amid weak onchain and derivatives metrics. Is Ether price bound to retest $1,700?Key takeaways:Ethereum leads RWA tokenization while Robinhood Chain drives fresh ETH inflows and ecosystem growth.Mixed signals persist as BitMine accumulates heavily, yet stagnant onchain metrics signal caution.Robinhood Chain and tokenization growth boost ETH priceThe successful launch of the layer-2 network Robinhood Chain has boosted Ether investors’ sentiment. The newly launched blockchain uses ETH…
A recent records request revealed that a Canadian government department is working up a potential new federal strategy on misinformation. But the section explaining what “legal action” would be taken against misinformation, and either the users posting it or the platforms hosting it, is obscured by a large black bar. Ottawa outlet Blacklock’s Reporter shared this month that it obtained the 35-page memo “Misinformation and Disinformation Strategy” from Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly’s office.The memo recommends that the Innovation, Science and Economic Development department determine when material is “factually incorrect, misleading or out of context.” It also singles out social media platforms as “channels where…
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A review of Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders by Claudia Verhoeven; 384 pages; Verso (May 2026)Although the True Crime genre of publishing and documentary television is replete with accounts of murderous spouses, serial killers, Mafia wars, and financial scams, rarely do the subjects transcend the headline immediacy of police procedurals to deliver the long-term import of critical analysis. The Victorian predator Jack the Ripper and the Depression-era exploits of Bonnie and Clyde are two such exceptions; a third is the countercultural carnage wrought by the Manson family. As such, Claudia Verhoeven’s new book Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History…
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