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View More NewsIn brief Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain built using Arbitrum technology. The network handles tokenized real-world assets, including stocks and ETFs. It works with DeFi applications, including decentralized exchanges and lending protocols. Robinhood Chain is a blockchain network developed by Robinhood, the financial services company behind the stock and crypto trading platform.Launched in mainnet on July 1, 2026, Robinhood Chain—a network built with Ethereum technology—brings together tokenized assets, decentralized finance (DeFi), and smart contracts that can power crypto applications.“Decentralized finance unlocks possibilities beyond what traditional finance can offer, but historically, it has required technical expertise to navigate,” Johann…
Claire Lehmann sits down with Parnell Palme McGuinness—columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and senior research fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies—to unpack her landmark report, Generation Trapped, on the collapsing life satisfaction of Australians aged 18–34.Parnell identifies six distinct “tribes” among young Australians—from disillusioned Progressive Identitarians to optimistic Strivers—and explains why a sense of control, not income, is the strongest predictor of happiness. The conversation ranges across why women are swinging toward One Nation, the East-West divide still shaping German politics, the missing men in the marriage debate, the manosphere and the collapse of dating…
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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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The US Federal Reserve named Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen to help lead a task force studying how artificial intelligence and other new…
In brief Since May 7, Empery Digital sold 1,400 Bitcoin for about $87.1 million, slashing its BTC treasury by nearly half. The firm repaid…
from the the-censorship-police-are-getting-bolder dept Another senior Trump administration official is gleefully showing off his true colors: The current general counsel for the Federal Communications…
Abuja, July 10, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to stop harassing journalists, following the detention of journalist Zainab Sodiq on…
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi kick off this week’s episode of Freed Up with a look at California’s socialist elections and Los Angeles’ worsening…
In 2023, the police raid on the Marion County Record made national headlines. Reporters from across the country converged on the rural town of…
Though there’s no new sign of progress on the U.S. Senate’s Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the crypto industry’s Blockchain Association held an online…
Professional ownership of US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) declined sharply in the first quarter as Bitcoin’s bear market deepened, suggesting that trading-oriented institutions…
In brief The crypto-powered gray-market peptide market has surpassed a $100 million annual run rate, according to Chainalysis. Demand surged alongside the rise of…
Trillions of taxpayer dollars flow through the federal government every year, and a lot of them don’t end up where they are supposed to…
Reza Bundy, chief executive of Atlas Capital and business partner of longtime bitcoin critic Nouriel Roubini, expects bitcoin to fall as much as 70%…
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will allow qualified borrowers to pledge digital assets to fund Fannie Mae-backed mortgage apartments beginning this summer.In a Thursday notice, Coinbase…