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View More NewsClarity may get a vote, but don’t get your hopes up yetDespite wealthy memecoin entrepreneur Donald Trump agreeing to an ethics deal, the Clarity Act is floundering as the August recess deadline looms. Senate Majority Leader John Thune doesn’t believe the Act has the votes to pass just yet, but may bring it to a vote anyway to “get Clarity started. We’ll see where the votes are.”The ethics deal would prohibit all US officials from issuing or sponsoring digital assets, but contains some “get out of jail free” provisions for the President that the Democrats are unhappy with, including the…
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, plans to build cryptocurrency trading infrastructure and launch a digital depository by Dec. 1 as Russia moves to bring crypto trading, custody and settlement into its regulated financial system.The depository, according to Interfax, will record clients’ ownership of cryptocurrency and process most transactions outside the underlying blockchain. Sberbank will operate active wallets for client-initiated deposits, withdrawals and transfers.The plan follows the Federation Council’s approval of a law regulating cryptocurrency trading through licensed brokers, exchanges, asset managers and depositories.The framework is set to take effect Sept. 1, though rules requiring transactions to pass through licensed intermediaries will…
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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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Ripple, a blockchain-focused fintech company, has launched Ripple Mint, a platform that gives institutions new ways to access, mint, redeem and manage its US…
What does it take to reveal a contradiction? In at least one case, it is a deformed raccoon sashaying across Seattle, delightfully unbothered. If…
The Philippine bank is preparing a stablecoin settlement pilot intended to speed up and reduce the cost of overseas payments to Filipino remote workers.…
NA Today, the Liberty Justice Center filed Burlap & Barrel, Inc. v. Greer, the first case challenging Donald Trump’s massive new Section 301 tariffs.…
In brief Bitcoin addresses created in 2014 simultaneously transferred a combined 107 Bitcoin worth $8.2 million to a well-known burn address. Because funds sent…
from the fuckarounds-just-found-out dept It’s one thing to accuse the government of engaging in vindictive prosecutions. It’s quite another thing to prove it. The…
Before he became the Trump administration’s chief military planner, Elbridge Colby had a single-minded mission: to muster the resources of the United States in…
One of the XRP Ledger’s biggest weaknesses as a DeFi venue might be on its way out.A draft amendment titled “AMM Swappable Curves” was…
Bitcoin (BTC) saw flash volatility around Tuesday’s Wall Street open as US-Iran nerves rocked risk assets.Key points:Bitcoin briefly taps $78,000 as volatility returns to…
In brief Threat actors are aggressively exploiting pre-order anticipation for GTA 6 by targeting PC and mobile users with fake applications. Attackers, according to…
There’s a lot happening in today’s decision in Thakur v. Trump, by Ninth Circuit Judges Richard Paez, Morgan Christen, and Roopali Desai, but I…
SharpLink Gaming (SBET), the Ethereum treasury backed by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, is joining the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes later this month,…