First Republic CEO on bank’s collapse: ‘Everything changed overnight’

aol.com The former CEO of First Republic told House lawmakers Wednesday that his bank “was contaminated” by the widespread panic that followed the March 10 fall of Silicon Valley…

Elizabeth Warren Wants Another DOJ Investigation Into Binance, Binance US

decrypt.co Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) have sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to ask that the Department of Justice (DOJ)…

Elizabeth Warren asks DOJ to investigate Binance’s statements to Congress

cryptoslate.com Senators said June 8 that the U.S. Department of Justice should investigate statements previously made by Binance and take action as necessary. Democratic senators Elizabeth…

Healthcare mergers hurting workers across the economy, researchers say

marketwatch.com Healthcare industry consolidation is not just driving up healthcare costs but also hurting workers in other sectors of the economy, researchers say. “Provider consolidation…

Two Senators Allege Binance Crypto Exchange Lied to US Congress, Ask Justice Department To Investigate: Report

dailyhodl.com Two US Senators are reportedly asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate crypto exchange Binance for allegedly lying to Congress. According to a new report ,…

PoolTogether class action case dismissed, for now

blockworks.co A year and 7 months after it was filed, the case of Joseph Kent v. PoolTogether and its backers has been tossed by a Brooklyn federal court judge. The central question at…

Senate Democrats ask DOJ to investigate Binance statements to lawmakers

foxbusiness.com Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Chris Van Hollen are asking the Justice Department to investigate crypto exchange Binance Holdings over whether it made false statements to U.S.…

Elizabeth Warren says in letter to DOJ that Binance apparently gave Congress 'false and misleading information'

fortune.com Crypto skeptic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and a Senate colleague are asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Binance lied to lawmakers about its business…

Senators call for criminal investigation into Binance for lying to Congress

marketwatch.com Cryptocurrency exchange Binance Holdings Inc. is facing major civil lawsuits from U.S. regulators, and now two U.S. senators are requesting that the Department of Justice…

Binance may have lied to US lawmakers, argue senators: Report

cointelegraph.com Binance may have misled lawmakers in the United States about its business dealings and relationship with its local unit in a letter sent in March, Bloomberg reported on June…

US Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against DeFi Startup, PoolTogether

bitcoinist.com The decentralized finance (DeFi) community received good news yesterday after the 2-year-long lawsuit against the DeFi protocol PoolTogether finally came to an end.…

Senators ask U.S. Justice Dept to probe Binance statements to Congress

aol.com The U.S. Department of Justice should investigate whether cryptocurrency exchange Binance made false statements to Congress in a written response to lawmakers this year, two…

Elizabeth Warren Says Binance Appears to Have Lied to Lawmakers

finance.yahoo.com A pair of Senate Democrats wants the Justice Department to investigate whether crypto exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. lied to lawmakers about its business practices. • None…

Senators Ask Department of Justice to Investigate Binance for “Lying”

watcher.guru According to a Bloomberg report, a letter from two Senate democrats has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Binance. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and…

Why senators are concerned about Twitter’s data security

thehill.com Lawmakers and privacy experts have grown increasingly concerned about Twitter’s data security and privacy safeguards after the departure of top company officials. Last week,…

U.S. Senators Tell DOJ to Investigate Binance for Potentially Lying to Lawmakers: Bloomberg

coindesk.com Crypto exchange Binance may have lied to lawmakers about its business practices and must be investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Bloomberg reported, citing…

PoolTogether Case Dismissed, For Now

cryptopotato.com In late 2020, PoolTogether was sued by Joseph Kent, a software engineer who, at the time, was working as the tech lead for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign.…

Coinbase Vs. SEC Case Assigned To Judge Rearden: Good Or Bad For Crypto?

bitcoinist.com The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent shockwaves through the crypto industry in recent days by taking legal action against Binance.US and Coinbase. The…

The future of American crypto looks bleak as Gary Gensler declares war

finance.yahoo.com The crypto industry began the week preparing for a congressional hearing that it hoped would pave a path toward new regulatory framework. The chairman of the Securities…

Why Gary Gensler's crusade against crypto could mean the end of Coinbase in the US

fortune.com The crypto industry began the week preparing for a congressional hearing that it hoped would pave a path toward new regulatory framework. The chairman of the Securities…

Senators Question Twitter Over Privacy, Security

mediapost.com Four Democratic lawmakers are questioning Twitter owner Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino about the company's compliance with Federal Trade Commission consent decrees that…

SEC on the Offensive, but Binance and Coinbase Are Not the Same

financemagnates.com Just one day after the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) made it known that it was suing the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, along with its CEO Changpeng Zhao,…

Congress may be done with crypto

semafor.com The News Eight months after the high-profile collapse of FTX, there's still a lingering appetite in Congress to build guardrails for crypto. But the chances of major…

Banking industry pushes back on CFPB's warning over use of AI chatbots

foxbusiness.com The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory Tuesday warning of potential risks associated with financial institutions using artificial…

Pro-XRP Lawyer Says SEC vs. Binance is Like Ripple Lawsuit

watcher.guru While appearing on a recent episode of CryptoLawTV, pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton said that the SEC vs. Binance lawsuit is similar to the Ripple case in regard to fraud…

Biden’s Debt-Ceiling Pivot Could Help Him in 2024

wsj.com Democratic voters in 2020 rejected presidential candidates deemed too far left, such as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders , and instead chose the guy who had campaigned as…

Cornel West running on platform of "catastrophes"

newsweek.com Progressive philosopher Cornel West can be described as a number of things: a social critic, an actor, a radio host and a political activist. And as of this week, a…

The next big threat hovering over the U.S. economy

politico.com With the country careening toward a possible recession, the financial system is especially vulnerable to shocks as the turbulence sparked by the collapse of three regional…

Twitter Condemned by Senators for Serious Security Issues

tech.co A group of senior US senators have sent a letter to Elon Musk and new CEO Linda Yaccarino highlighting the site's poor security and privacy track record since the…

Senators Pen Public Letter to Musk and Yaccarino Detailing Safety Concerns after High-Profile Twitter Resignations

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Senators Pen Public Letter to Musk and Yaccarino Detailing Safety Concerns after High-Profile Twitter Resignations Democrat senators have expressed safety…

The Strange Pandemic Of 'White' Disparagement

zerohedge.com The Strange Pandemic Of 'White' Disparagement Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, All of a sudden, the obsession with whites as a Satanic collective has…

First on CNN: US senators question Twitter’s privacy compliance under Elon Musk

cnn.com Four US senators are scrutinizing Twitter’s privacy practices and questioning whether the platform under CEO Elon Musk may have flouted consumer protection laws following…

This Week in Coins: XRP, Litecoin and Solana Outpace Bitcoin in Week of Small Gains

decrypt.co Markets managed to finally overcome four weeks of inertia and grow a little this week, but perennial leaders Bitcoin and Ethereum remained virtually flat, with only nominal…

Crypto Tracking Firm Elliptic Is Now Using AI to Catch Hackers

decrypt.co Crypto analytics firm Elliptic is integrating artificial intelligence into its toolkit for tracking blockchain transactions and handling risk detection. Using OpenAI’s…

What is The New Economic Patriotism? Hint: It’s About the Production

forbes.com It has taken a long while and a great deal of adversity. But Americans of many political persuasions – Democrat and Republican, progressive and conservative, partisan and…

Elizabeth Warren, Democrat senators bemoan Elon Musk's 'personal wealth' in raising Twitter privacy concerns

foxbusiness.com Four Democratic senators have launched an attack against Twitter under Elon Musk’s new leadership, accusing the social media giant and its new CEO of potentially flouting…

Bitcoin Price Dives As SEC Sues Top Crypto Exchange Binance For Rules Violations

investors.com The Securities and Exchange Commission filed 13 charges against Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, and co-founder Changpeng Zhao, for alleged securities…

Twitter US ad sales plunged 59% and internal forecasts are grim, NYT reports

arstechnica.com Twitter's US advertising revenue plunged 59 percent year-over-year during a recent five-week period, The New York Times reported today. The firm's US ad "revenue for the…

Elizabeth Warren Claims Drug Lords and ‘Rogue Nations’ Using Crypto To Launder Money

dailyhodl.com US Senator Elizabeth Warren says crypto is helping to facilitate all kinds of crime and illicit financial activity. The Massachusetts Senator says that “rogue nations,”…

Democrats warn Musk after Twitter safety execs leave

cnbc.com Recent key departures from Twitter could land the platform in hot water with the Federal Trade Commission if it can't comply with an earlier agreement, Democratic senators…

Senators warn Twitter, Elon Musk over alleged 'disregard' for data privacy

abcnews.go.com A group of senators are warning top officials at Twitter that actions taken since the takeover by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk threaten the social media platform's…

Warren's Alleged Work With Short-Seller Shows Anti-Crypto Army Heating Up

zerohedge.com Warren's Alleged Work With Short-Seller Shows Anti-Crypto Army Heating Up Authored by Alex O'Donnell via CoinTelegraph.com, Elizabeth Warren reportedly took advice from Wall…

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content.production.cdn.art19.com Chainalysis and Elliptic have found that crypto is useful for crime, but that’s hardly an argument for banning it. This Featured Story: Is an opinion piece by Daniel Kuhn,…

MARKETS DAILY: Featured Story

content.production.cdn.art19.com Chainalysis and Elliptic have found that crypto is useful for crime, but that’s hardly an argument for banning it. This Featured Story: Is an opinion piece by Daniel Kuhn,…

On The Importance Of Deflation And Depressions

zerohedge.com On The Importance Of Deflation And Depressions Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com, Much of legislative activity is grossly overcomplicated. This is because honest…

Ban Crypto, And America's Drug Problem is Solved

blockworks.co Cash has no intent. Cash is neutral. Bank notes are, in fact, non-sentient, and undiscerning about their ownership. A twenty spot doesn’t care if you buy gasoline with it,…

No, corporate greed didn't cause the 2023 egg price shock

reason.com As inflation raised prices on all manner of goods throughout 2022, eggs earned special attention. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the average price of a…

US Senator Seeks to End Crypto's Role in Illicit Financing

u.today US Senator Elizabeth Warren rallying for stronger oversight of crypto industry, citing its increasingly prevalent role in illicit activities such as money laundering,…

Warren’s alleged work with short-seller shows anti-crypto army heating up

cointelegraph.com What do progressive Democrats, Republican national security hawks and Wall Street traders have in common? They are all apparently enlisting in United States Senator…