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View More NewsIn brief Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority and HTX are in talks to settle the regulator’s claim that the exchange illegally promoted crypto services to UK consumers. The High Court has paused proceedings until late August to let the two sides reach a deal, Reuters reported from court filings. The FCA’s claim names a Panamanian company and four categories of “persons unknown,” including anyone who takes over the exchange before October 2028. The Financial Conduct Authority and HTX are “in talks” to negotiate a settlement in the regulator’s case over unlawful crypto promotions to UK consumers, with London’s High Court pausing…
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In his inaugural address as mayor of New York City, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani said, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Given the ascendency of socialists in the Democratic Party, a discussion of the virtues—and even the “warmth”—of individualism is in order. As a retired philosophy professor, I am tempted to invoke John Stuart Mill’s arguments for the public value of individual liberty. Instead, I’ll approach this topic as a Texan who grew up in the 1950s.From its inception, the American experience has been informed by the experience of the frontier, when life…
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