Blockchain Association Files Amicus Brief in Coin Center Lawsuit Against U.S. Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions

The Blockchain Association has filed an amicus brief in an ongoing lawsuit by think tank Coin Center against the Treasury Department and its sanctions watchdog, the Office of Foreign Asset Control. In the suit, filed last October, Coin Center has alleged…

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U.S. House Republicans Push for Crypto Oversight With Bill to Make SEC Play Ball

Crypto exchanges would gain a path to registering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and would be able to trade digital securities, commodities and stablecoins all in one place under a proposal from the Republican chairs of the two…

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Real-Time Emissions Monitoring Should Be A Part Of Global Maritime Decarbonization

A recently released report issued by The Blue Sky Coalition, a non-profit organization of leaders representing businesses in marine shipping, suggests that real-time monitoring is an essential component of an effective decarbonization strategy. Real-time monitoring is unique because, unlike other proposals,…

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3M Strikes At Least $10 Billion Tentative Settlement With Cities In Forever Chemicals Case, Report Says—Boosting Stock

Topline3M and several U.S. cities tentatively agreed to a settlement worth at least $10 billion over water pollution claims involving so-called forever chemicals, Bloomberg reported Friday—a deal that has bumped the company’s stock and allowed it to possibly avoid appearing in…

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Carbon removal concerns, UN plastics talks, and animal fats: BusinessGreen’s most read stories of the week

UN casts doubt on carbon removals, prompting industry backlash More than 100 companies and experts involved in the emerging carbon removals market write to UNFCCC in dismay over briefing note raising concerns over viability such technologies. - by Michael Holder (@michaelholder)…

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Spring 2023 Layoff Tracker: Haven Technologies, Zendesk, ZipRecruiter Cut Hundreds Of Jobs

ToplineInsurance provider Haven Technologies will reportedly slash 70% of its workforce this week amid a slew of major layoffs, including at software service provider Zendesk and job search site ZipRecruiter, as recession fears and high inflation continue to push employers to…

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Children In Ukraine Not Spared Even On International Children’s Day

On June 1, 2023, the U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, marking International Children’s Day, condemned the crimes perpetrated by the Russian forces against children in Ukraine. As he indicated, over 1,500 children have been killed and injured…

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Bridge Exploits Cost $2B in 2022, Here’s How They Could Have Been Averted

In the evolution towards a full multi-chain future, bridges remain more vulnerable to hacks than cryptocurrency networks themselves. In 2022 alone, over $2 billion in assets was stolen from token bridge exploits. The worst part is that they could have all…

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Taurus deploys on Polygon blockchain for asset tokenization and custody

News Join us on social networkstokenize intangible assets such as loyalty points and voting rights, as previously reported by Cointelegraph. Enabling banks and brands to issue and custody any tokenized asset using @0xpolygon@taurus_hq, the European digital asset infrastructure leader is now fully…

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Miami Judge Orders Life Sentence For First Defendant Involved In Haitian President’s Assassination

ToplineRodolphe Jaar, who pleaded guilty in March to plotting the 2021 murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, was sentenced to life in prison Friday, the Associated Press reported, setting a precedent for the 11 other defendants involved in the case who…

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With A Federal Bankruptcy Court Ruling, MLB’s Days On Bally Sports Appear Numbered

Major League Baseball and Diamond Sports Group, which owns the Bally Sports branded family of regional sports networks, have been at loggerheads for some time. After testimony before a bankruptcy court, and a judge’s ruling, the days of the league being…

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Jim Bob And Michelle Duggar Call ‘Shiny Happy People’ Docuseries ‘Sad’

Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, the four-episode Amazon Prime docuseries that explores the lives of the controversial stars of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, premiered Friday, and at least two of the show’s subjects aren’t happy about…

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Pence Cleared As DOJ Ends Classified Documents Investigation

ToplineThe Justice Department has wrapped up its investigation into classified White House documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s house after leaving office, multiple outlets report, clearing Pence of any wrongdoing before the ex-VP reportedly launches his presidential campaign next…

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Nasdaq Hits Highest Level Since Last April, Dow On Pace For Second-Best Day Of 2023

ToplineThe tech-heavy Nasdaq hit a 14-month high Friday, largely driven by massive gains from a handful of the widely tracked tech index’s largest companies, while the Dow Jones industrial average is set for its best day in five months as optimism…

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Re:SET Concert Series Launches With LCD Soundsystem, Boygenius And Steve Lacy

With the summer music season unofficially underway, including upcoming festivals such as Governors Ball, Riot Fest, Bonnaroo and Bumbershoot, a new concert experience is making its debut starting this Friday—featuring headliners LCD Soundsystem, boygenius (the indie rock supergroup of Phoebe Bridgers,…

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Sotheby’s Golden ‘Goose’ Sale and Mercedes Benz Puts NFTs in Motion

This week, Sotheby’s announced the next sale of rare NFTs from bankrupt 3AC’s coveted collection seized by liquidators in July 2022. The highlight of this sale is Dmitri Cherniak's “The Goose,” which is expected to fetch a golden sum. Meanwhile, Mercedes…

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Recession Alert: Record Number Of Americans Worse-Off Financially

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Authored by Peter Reagan via Birch Gold Group,Two years ago, we referenced various reports about Americans’ savings (consumer and retirement), reporting that they had dropped to the lowest point in years.Unfortunately, things haven’t improved much since then.We just discussed the state of consumer…

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Year-over-year Rent Growth Continues to Decelerate; Asking Rents Likely to be Down year-over-year in June or July

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by Calculated Risk on 6/02/2023 11:59:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Year-over-year Rent Growth Continues to DecelerateA brief excerpt: Tracking rents is important for understanding the dynamics of the housing market. For example, the sharp increase in…

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Bitcoin ‘big move’ due in July after March $30K push — Latest analysis

Markets News Join us on social networksrevealed a bullish bias on both Bitcoin  (BTC) and the largest altcoin, Ether (ETH).QCP Capital: Bitcoin consolidation “played out perfectly”Bitcoin price has been ranging between $26,000 and $31,000 since mid-March, but analysts are increasingly calling time…

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