Pro-crypto lawyer John Deaton argued that banning yield on stablecoins would incentivize the use of China’s interest-bearing digital yuan, hurting the US dollar....
The Community Bankers Council has asked the Senate for a crypto market structure bill that will ban exchanges and others offering interest on stablecoins....
The DOJ said that there are more than 2 million documents “potentially responsive” to the Epstein Files Transparency Act that are presently in various phases of review....
I built this as a personal open-source project to explore how EU AI Act requirements can be translated into concrete, inspectable technical checks. The core idea is local-first compliance: – risk clas...
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong warned that reopening the GENIUS Act would cross a “red line,” accusing banks of lobbying Congress to block stablecoin rewards and limit competition....
All eyes are on how Beijing’s “Chinese dream” of eventual Taiwan reunification will unfold at a time when the leader of the United States – Taipei’s top international backer – appears less likely to i...
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Thousands of student-loan borrowers are waiting for their income-driven repayment applications to be approved. nirat/Getty Images Over 800,000 student-loan borrowers are waiting for their income-drive...
The G7 summit was originally scheduled for June 14-16. The meeting, however, was reportedly moved so US President Donald Trump would be at the White House for a UFC fight on June 14, his 80th birthday...
The tech moguls in happier times (at Trump’s inauguration.) Since X's users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inev...
As anti-government protests continue in Iran, countries in the region are watching. Some are concerned; others sense potential opportunity....
The Central African Republic held relatively peaceful elections on December 28, widely seen as a test for President Touadera's decade in power. But can the country entrench stability and deliver econo...
On Thursday evening in Manhattan's Financial District, hundreds of protesters braved the cold to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after an agent fatally shot a woman at close rang...
Prosecution raises questions about use of American courts to try leader of a foreign nation...
Faced with large protests and external pressure, ruling elites need domestic reform and a grand bargain with Washington...
Protests in Tehran have entered their 13th day, with severe internet shutdowns limiting communication amid what have become the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years. Euronews outlines the d...
Top trial lawyer, Barry Pollack, is going to be defending Nicolas Maduro as his legal case advances, He'll be going up before 92-year-old Judge Alvin Hellerstein. Maduro has pleaded not guilty to narc...
A left‑wing extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Berlin power plant. What drives such an attack, and how serious a threat does this radical network pose?...
Gen Z protests have shaken Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal in recent years — but not India. Why? In a Delhi coffee-house chat with DW, young Indians debate power, politics and the future....