Freedom Index
The News Roundup
View More NewsCoinbase Ventures, the corporate venture capital (VC) arm of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, led the ranks of crypto-focused VC’s with 30 deals in the first half of 2026.Runner-up Animoca Brands completed 19 investments while Silicon Valley VC a16z logged 18 deals and stablecoin giant Tether completed 15, according to data aggregator CryptoRank. In the past 12 months Coinbase Ventures completed a peer-best 75 deals, followed by Animoca Brands with 40, YZi Labs (previously Binance Labs) with 39, GSR with 31 and a16z with 30.Those VC deals defy a bear market that saw the total amount raised by cryptocurrency companies fall to $1.4…
But the 2026 midterm election is coming up quite soon — Nov. 3, so less than four months from now — and lawmakers will have to face their own base and flanks after they break for the summer recess and go into the final campaign swing.That means that U.S. President Donald Trump and the $1.4 billion he made off crypto will be a key factor in the floor vote. More specifically, if there isn’t an ethics provision, it’s unlikely that sufficient Democrats will vote for the bill in the Senate. If the text that drops next week doesn’t even include…
AI & Crypto
Read MorePolitics
Don't Miss!
Opinions & Debates
The film critic Pauline Kael once said that a friendship cannot survive too many disagreements about movies. What would she have said about friends disagreeing over ethics or religion or politics? That they should appoint a time and place for a duel? Or institute loyalty tests for every near acquaintance? It’s right and proper for a critic—or anyone—to respond passionately to the arts. But really, it’s just a movie. From the early 1960s to the mid-’90s, Kael was the most prominent film critic in America, if not the world. From her perch at the New Yorker, she helped to set…
Latest News
Shares in Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital rose on Friday after the firm disclosed it had sold nearly half its Bitcoin holdings to fund…
This Week in 2016 ‘Most Transparent’ President Signs Into Law FOIA Reform Bill That Won’t Affect His Administration Documentary About Freeing Happy Birthday From…
Bonzo Lend, a decentralized lending protocol on the Hedera network, suffered an estimated $9.05 million loss after an attacker exploited a verification flaw in…
Despite these headwinds Lopez says regulatory clarity is no longer the primary obstacle for companies considering public listings.”That’s less relevant than before. Companies went…
Coinbase Ventures, the investment arm of crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN), said it had backed Ethena (ENA), buying the protocol’s token on the open market…
Crypto exchange Coinbase has invested in ProShares’ stablecoin-focused money market fund, betting that demand for stablecoin reserve-management products will grow as the recently enacted…
In brief Shares in Strategy (MSTR) closed down more than 9% on Tuesday, one day after selling Bitcoin for the first time since 2022.…
from the bricks-and-minifigs-and-influencers-and-lawsuits dept On Techdirt, we often complain about lawyers and bad lawyering and bad cases. But there are times when lawyers are…
President Donald Trump and some of his top advisers have routinely insisted that the administration’s new, higher tariffs would not burden American consumers because…
Galaxy Digital (GLXY) said Tuesday it had launched over-the-counter (OTC) prediction markets trading for institutional investors, becoming one of the first major digital asset…
New reporting from Bitwise suggests that Bitcoin’s (BTC) undervaluation could expand if investors’ concerns over sovereign debt deepen. The asset management firm said that…
In brief Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren urged the Labor Department to drop a proposal to make it easier to offer crypto and other…