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View More NewsThe US Senate has passed housing legislation that includes a ban on the Federal Reserve creating or working on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) until 2030, which is expected to be quickly taken up and passed by the House.The Senate on Monday voted 85-5 to pass the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which aims to increase the housing supply after a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders reached a deal last week to move forward with the legislation. The bill has included a CBDC ban since the Senate first passed a version of the bill in March, which…
In brief Crypto industry groups urged Congress to pass a tax bill exempting mining and staking rewards from taxable income. House Democrats are skeptical, arguing the proposal could unfairly favor crypto over traditional investments. With time running short as midterms fast approach, the bill’s prospects this year remain uncertain. The crypto industry is urging Congress to approve a new digital asset tax bill—and claim that changing the legislation at all could risk derailing its chances of passage.In a letter sent this week to the top-ranking Republicans and Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, the heads of three top…
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One of David Hockney’s favourite stories concerned a ceramic owl made by Picasso. Standing before it in contemplation, he would point out that a stuffed owl contains infinitely more information than Picasso’s sculpture. A stuffed bird preserves the details of plumage, coloration, and anatomy with scientific accuracy, while Picasso’s owl has none of those things. But in Hockney’s view, the artist’s rendition possessed something the stuffed bird lacked—the experience of the human gaze.Hockney, who died last week at the age of 88, spent over seven decades making pictures. During that time he became one of the most recognisable artists in…
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Solana (SOL) captured 95% of all tokenized equity trading activity across blockchains last week, setting a new record with $1.29 billion in trading volume.…
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From yesterday’s decision in Commonwealth v. Brown, written by Justice Kevin Dougherty, joined by Justices Sallie Updyke Mundy, Kevin Brobson, and Daniel McCaffery; all…
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In brief Trace Finance raised a $32 million Series A round led by CoinFund, with backing from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, and more. The…
from the have-we-tried-being-less-evil? dept The US military has engaged in extrajudicial killings via drone strikes since it was first shown this tech could be…
Russian propagandists asserted in March 2022 that the U.S. was funding bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine as a justification for their armed forces’ brutal invasion…