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View More NewsThe European Union will prohibit Belarusian nationals and residents from owning, controlling or managing crypto exchanges and other crypto service providers regulated under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework starting Aug. 25. The measure appears in Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/1847, adopted Thursday to amend the EU’s sanctions framework targeting Belarus over its involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The document expands an existing restriction that applied only to companies providing crypto wallet, account or custody services. The decision enters into force on Thursday, while the expanded crypto provision will apply from Aug. 25. Under the amendment, Belarusian nationals and residents may not own…
A few years ago, the Supreme Court reaffirmed a basic free speech principle: “the First Amendment protects an individual’s right to speak his mind regardless of whether the government considers his speech sensible and well intentioned or deeply misguided and likely to cause anguish or incalculable grief.”Yet that principle appears to have been cast aside in the prosecution and conviction of a woman who hurled racial slurs in a public park.In April of last year, Shiloh Hendrix was at a playground in a public park in Rochester, Minnesota, with her toddler when an eight-year-old black boy allegedly took an applesauce pouch…
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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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A forty-year-old Texas bank is stepping onto the national stage to challenge Wall Street’s push to get a grip on the digital asset industry.United…
Key points:Bitcoin is under pressure as net outflows from the BTC ETFs highlight a shift in institutional investor sentiment.Most major altcoins look weak, suggesting…