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View More NewsLegal intern Suzanne Castillo was the principal author of this post. The Fourth Circuit issued a disappointing opinion in U.S. v. Belmonte Cardozo, a case in which EFF filed an amicus brief, alongside the national ACLU, its Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia affiliates, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). We argued that electronic device searches at the border should require a warrant based on probable cause, but at minimum, regardless of whether an officer searches by hand or with forensic software that plugs into a device and downloads its entire contents for search, the same…
In brief The latest Clarity Act draft bars the president, officials and their spouses from issuing or sponsoring crypto while in office, but the provision sunsets on January 20, 2029, and leaves enforcement to the Justice Department—terms likely to draw Democratic objections. The ethics fight centers on Trump’s meme coins and World Liberty Financial, following disclosures that he earned more than $1.2 billion from crypto last year. The bill preserves the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, a safe harbor confirming non-custodial developers aren’t “money transmitters.” The latest, and potentially final, version of the long-awaited Clarity Act is circulating in the U.S.…
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On a black volcanic beach, Christopher Nolan peers into a wheeled contraption that looks like a portable air-conditioner. The IMAX camera, weighing some 180 kilograms, is encased in a black box—a “blimp”—designed to muffle the camera’s sound. Unhoused, the machine is so loud that Matt Damon compared it to ‘a blender… in your face’. Nolan had used IMAX cameras for action scenes before, but this new casing let him do something he never could: film quiet dialogue, with the huge machine only inches from an actor’s face. The Odyssey, Nolan’s thirteenth feature film, is the first narrative feature shot entirely…
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Federal prosecutors filed five civil forfeiture complaints seeking more than $25 million in cryptocurrency that investigators say came from international romance and investment scams…
The digital euro is one of Europe’s most contentious financial projects.Supporters see it as a way to preserve the bloc’s monetary sovereignty, reduce its…
In brief Block, the payments company led by Jack Dorsey, has launched Buzz, a free, open source platform where employees and AI agents share…
Prediction market platform Kalshi rolled out its U.S. “Midterms Hub” as it seeks to position itself as the primary reference for election odds in…
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked a federal court to vacate its $5 million settlement with crypto exchange Gemini, claiming that the…
In Volusia County, Florida, Lindsey Isaacs was arrested and charged with eight felony counts, including vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a deadly crash,…
XRP finally slipped below the $1.30 area traders had been defending for months, and the move came with enough volume to matter. The market…
Nearly half of the organizations onboarded into the crypto industry in 2026 are operating at alerting standards that would have made them industry leaders…
Ether’s (ETH) price sell-off is gathering steam amid broader market risk aversion. Yet its futures market is busier than ever, creating a notable divergence…
Cryptocurrency markets have shed around $80 billion in value over the past 24 hours, with losses accelerating after the US reportedly carried out a…
In my book, in defense of considerably more constitutional protection for student speech, I make an autonomy-enhancing argument, relying not only on the importance…
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust shed $527.84 million on Wednesday, the second-largest single-day net outflow since the fund launched in January 2024, per SoSoValue data.The…