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View More NewsLatest NewsPublishedAug 9, 2026The rules, effective Jan. 1, 2027, cover transactions above $10,000 sent to overseas providers or self-custody wallets, along with other transfers flagged for review.Brazil’s central bank will require virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to place precautionary holds of up to 24 hours on certain transfers to foreign platforms or self-custody wallets as part of new measures aimed at preventing fraud. On Friday, the Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) said the requirement will apply to funds received above $10,000, either in a single transaction or based on a customer’s total transactions in a day. Providers must also hold other…
It’s 7 a.m. on Thursday, the sun is out, and I’m stuck at my desk staring down a long day of work rather than, say, sleeping until 11 and spending the day kibbitzing at a coffee shop. Instead of enjoying my comfy house, purring cat, quick internet connection, and full belly, I’m fantasizing about what life should really be like. I am, as the Democratic Socialists of America program explains, imagining “a future without capitalism.” According to DSA, that world would be groovy. Admittedly, the group’s first promise is confusing: “You enjoy your work; it’s interesting to you, and you’re well…
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In what we know as the Middle East, a dramatic jump in the emerging pattern of human violence took place around 5500 BCE, the primary evidence being circumvallation, the construction of walled fortifications around population centres.Circumvallation was not unprecedented. The massive and fabled walls of Jericho appeared around 8000 BCE. Twelve feet high and six feet thick, an estimated 1,800 feet in circumference, the walls were a mute indicator of both the place’s unprecedented wealth—perhaps derived from trading Dead Sea salt—and the need to protect it. But these fortifications stood alone for 2,500 years; and then, rather suddenly, equivalents began…
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Trump Media (DJT) is unwinding parts of its crypto push, including scrapping plans to establish a publicly traded CRO token accumulation company, which it…
The president’s company will unwind an agreement with Crypto.com to create a multibillion-dollar CRO treasury and reportedly not integrate prediction markets onto Truth Social.…
In brief Trump Media has ended plans for a Crypto.com-backed CRO treasury company. The companies also scrapped a broader digital asset deal and scaled…
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday that attempt to restrict birthright citizenship narrowly. This comes a little over a month after…
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A political action committee (PAC) that claimed to “support candidates working to advance digital asset and blockchain policy in the United States” announced its…
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), under the sole leadership of Republican Michael Selig, announced a memorandum of understanding with the National Hockey…
In brief The NHL follows the MLB as the latest sports league to sign a data-sharing agreement with the CFTC. The MOU commits the…
There are several weird aspects to the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” established by President Donald Trump’s settlement of his lawsuit against the IRS. Perhaps most puzzling…