@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-19 19:04:45
With the CLARITY Act, Washington is cashing in on the crypto industry.
Americans are paying the price
Defeating Donald Trump’s authoritarian movement requires taking on the largest industry financing it: #cryptocurrency.
We know most people’s eyes glaze over at the mere mention of the word “crypto.”
The industry’s lobbyists depend on that;
they win when the public …
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-19 06:26:03
@kubikpixel@chaos.social2026-07-19 08:05:03
«Missing Link: Was ist eigentlich aus Cryptopartys geworden?
Cryptopartys waren die Antwort auf die Snowden-Enthüllungen. Doch was ist aus der Bewegung geworden und wie hat sich der Kampf für digitale Freiheit gewandelt?»
Und an den anfangs 2020ern musste man dann auch noch einigen Leichtgläubigen erklären, dass Cryptopartys nichts mit Kryptowährung zu tun haben - hach ja…
🧑💻
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-21 06:10:47
How crypto, AI, and online betting companies emerged as the biggest industries shaping the 2026 US midterm races, as corporate spending reaches a record $517M (Dawn Kopecki/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustr
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-08-20 21:37:13
Maxx Crosby Drops Cryptic Comment on Failed Ravens Trade https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-ravens-trade-cryptic/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-20 15:02:22
World Liberty Trust Company received conditional approval this month from the US office of the comptroller of the currency (OCC) to start a bank.
An entity affiliated with Donald Trump and his family members owns about 38% of the company.
The agency is led by a political appointee of the US president.
Two fundamentals underpin the business model of the new crypto bank partly owned by the Trump family
The first distinctive feature of this bank
– and stablecoin ope…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-21 07:55:37
How the Clarity Act, heavily lobbied by Coinbase's Brian Armstrong and the crypto industry, and opposed by banks over stablecoin yields, collapsed in the Senate (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/cry
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-21 06:53:16
You can see the new interactive version of Mollie White's map of the Trump family’s crypto ventures at https://map.citationneeded.news.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-20 03:11:06
Hyperliquid Strategies shares jumped 31% after Trump said CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring crypto platform Hyperliquid onshore in a compliant manner (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-19 19:29:02
In one post, according to the US Attorney’s Office,
former women's track and field coach Steven Waithe wrote:
“Does anyone want to trade nudes?
I’m talking girls you actually know. Could be exes or whatever.
I have quite a few and [am] down to trade over snap[chat] or something.”
Legal documents do not name the sites on which Waithe distributed these images,
but Bellingcat found a cached version of a November 2020 post with that exact wording on Leake…
