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View More NewsPolitically active people my age fondly remember conservative intellectual William F. Buckley hosting the wildly popular TV show, “Firing Line,” where he for years interviewed luminaries from across the political spectrum. He sparred with leftist Noam Chomsky about American imperialism, chatted with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher about the future of free markets, and talked to poet Allen Ginsberg about drugs and spirituality. Heady stuff. These lofty civil debates went beyond politics and delved into psychology, art and literature. The show reflected an emerging conservative movement that was clever and optimistic, and which preferred to out-argue opponents rather than “own” them. That era’s…
This week, crypto analytics company CryptoQuant challenged the prevailing narrative around Michael Saylor’s Strategy, urging the company to pause Bitcoin purchases and rebuild its cash reserves. The warning came after its dividend coverage fell to just 14 months from roughly seven years.Strategy isn’t facing an immediate cash crunch, but CryptoQuant’s warning puts the spotlight on the financing structure behind its Bitcoin strategy. With cash reserves shrinking and dividend obligations increasing, Strategy’s ability to keep funding new purchases is drawing closer scrutiny.The rest of this week’s Crypto Biz shows how the industry is evolving. CBOE is eyeing perpetual Bitcoin and Ether…
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It’s fitting that the embattled Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom almost exactly a decade after the Brexit referendum. More than anything else, it was that vote, on June 23rd 2016, which created Britain’s current political reality—a reality of which Starmer is just the latest victim.Perhaps the most ironic impact of Brexit is the fact that the United Kingdom has finally become a European country. By this I don’t mean that we’ve suddenly learned how to cook good food, or we’ve all become bilingual, or have embraced the siesta. We’re no more culturally European than we…
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The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the International Press Institute and other press freedom and human rights organizations in expressing concern over the denial…
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, told customers in the European Union (EU) it is suspending some services because it will…
An Ethereum whale who shorted Ether (ETH) during the October 2025 crypto crash has returned after eight months of silence.Key takeaways:Ethereum whale opens a…
In brief The Trump administration reportedly asked OpenAI to limit GPT-5.6’s initial release to government-approved partners. Officials are evaluating the model under a new…
In brief Kentucky sued Kalshi and Polymarket, alleging they operate illegal sports betting platforms. The platforms argue their contracts fall under CFTC oversight, a…
from the giving-up-rights-for-vengeance dept Here it is: the dumbest defense of automatic license plate readers I’ve ever read. While we can subtract some points…
Until today, the federal law that prohibits “unlawful users” of controlled substances from possessing a gun was generally understood to cover all unlawful users…
These standards, according to the rule proposal, “must include reasonable procedures for: (1) verifying the identity of any person seeking to open an account…
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group said it was taking legal action against the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over cryptocurrency perpetual futures.In…
In brief Predictors on Myriad are becoming increasingly bearish on Bitcoin and Ethereum as their prices slide on Thursday. Odds have surged to favor…
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from the total-capitulation dept If there’s one thing that Donald Trump has shown over the years, it’s that he will get his most sycophantic…