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View More NewsRipple, a blockchain-focused fintech company, has launched Ripple Mint, a platform that gives institutions new ways to access, mint, redeem and manage its US dollar-pegged stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD).The company announced Ripple Mint on Thursday, describing it as a unified platform that lets institutions manage RLUSD through a web interface or direct application programming interface (API) integrations.“Ripple Mint is built to give institutions flexible access to digital dollars through the workflows that fit their needs,” Ripple said, adding that the platform is designed to support both manual operations and automated integrations as institutions adopt stablecoins for payments, trading and treasury…
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ostensibly prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks.In a 232-198 vote in the House on Wednesday, lawmakers approved the Stop Insider Trading Act, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration. Representative Bryan Steil, the Wisconsin lawmaker who sponsored the bill, said that the legislation “ensures no lawmaker can profit off of insider information” and “institutes strict penalties for any violation.” “We have not had a bill on the House floor on this topic with this opportunity before,” said Steil from the House…
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Three thousand years ago, Homer gave us the face that launched a thousand ships. This weekend, Christopher Nolan gave us the film that launched a million grifts, and he buried them.His Odyssey opened to $124 million domestically and a whopping $264 million worldwide. The haul does not prove the film is good. It does prove that the seven-month social-media campaign against it face-planted the moment real people bought tickets.Their indictment ran on three charges. Nolan cast Lupita Nyong’o, a black actress, as Helen of Troy, the legendary beauty of the ancient world. Elliot Page, the transgender star, was said to…
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The Crypto Council for Innovation, Digital Chamber and Blockchain Association wrote to US Senate leaders on Friday calling for the chamber to prioritize “floor…
In brief Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, Andreessen Horowitz, Hugging Face, IBM, and 19 other companies published a letter Friday titled “Open Weights and American AI…
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from the cruelty-is-all-they-have dept No punishment is too vindictive. No cruelty is too small. The administration that is openly seeking to create a white…
In brief YouTube is moving AI disclosure labels into more visible positions on Shorts and long-form videos. The platform will automatically apply labels to…
The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to censor bad news about the Iran war. President Donald Trump even accused journalists…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants to tear up the remnants of an old dispute with crypto exchange Gemini, with the agency insisting…
Tokenized commodities platform Streamex said it is launching a Solana-based marketplace for trading tokenized assets in partnership with Orca, a decentralized exchange built on…
In brief ElevenLabs licensed Stan Lee’s voice and likeness for AI-generated narration and comic-inspired visuals. The company also launched AI music filters and a…
A post jocularly characterizing AIs as our children reminded me of this stanza from Philip Larkin: They fuck you up, your mum and dad.…
Robinhood (HOOD) is giving retail traders a new way to automate investing: letting artificial intelligence make decisions and place trades on their behalf.Customers can…
Prediction markets platform Polymarket is reportedly considering measures to verify users in response to pressure from global authorities over sanctions violations and other areas…