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View More NewsFor those of us who are more interested in policy than politics, it’s frustrating to try a rational discussion about any issue once it’s caught up in a partisan maelstrom. Few matters are more given to hysteria than crime, for the obvious reason that everyone (except criminals) is against it—and politicians are incentivized to use crime-related policy to score political points. We have to await the passage of time to analyze which anti-crime policies worked, which created unintended consequences, and which made little difference. I’m long past expecting politicians to learn about past policy, but it’s worth trying. So I…
The crypto market is closing out the week on a constructive note, with bitcoin BTC$64,112.73 adding as much as 1.1% since midnight UTC to $65,760 as the broader market held its ground despite a macro backdrop that should be applying far more pressure.Brent crude futures are trading at $97.66 per barrel, the highest since mid-May, as the Iran conflict shows no sign of de-escalating. While previous oil spikes have rattled risk assets including crypto, digital assets are broadly green this morning.Ether (ETH) mirrored bitcoin’s gain, rising as much as 1.6%, while the likes of HYPE and FET rose more than…
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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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from the the-rule-of-law-unless-you’re-rich dept Will Elon Musk actually face legal consequences for illegally paying voters in an attempt to interfere in an election? We’re…
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In brief Majority Leader John Thune says he doesn’t expect the Clarity Act to have enough runway before the August recess. The main sticking…
In the first round of the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Texas on March 3, John Cornyn, the incumbent, prevailed over his closest competitor,…
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…
In brief DeepSeek made its 75% V4-Pro discount permanent on May 22, locking in output at $0.87 per million tokens. Xiaomi cut MiMo-V2.5 prices…
Anti-tech extremists are beginning to worry federal law enforcement authorities. Wired obtained “more than 1,000 pages of unpublished reports from the Department of Homeland Security,…
Jefferies said it expects a new wave of crypto and blockchain-related public listings as institutional adoption of digital asset infrastructure accelerates across Wall Street…
Mastercard’s US transaction services unit has received a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), allowing the payments giant to…
In brief Cash App has introduced fee-free USDC stablecoin transactions across Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, and Arbitrum. Unlike Venmo, Cash App automatically converts incoming stablecoins…