By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO It\’s a simple question, but the answer may not be: How clear does the government need to be about defining what’s legal — and what\’s not — in the crypto space? U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has said the vast majority of crypto tokens, more than 10,000 at […]
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Lawyer involved in the case weighs in on why it\’s such a big deal By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO A high-profile lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against payment network Ripple Labs may finally answer a thorny question that has dogged the crypto world since its inception: In the eyes of the SEC, what
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The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO columnist We now have less than six weeks to go till the mid-term congressional elections, when voters might blame Democrats for soaring costs of food and gas, higher interest rates for new mortgages, and plunging stock prices. Will the American mainstream media come to the rescue of Joe Biden—again?
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By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The crypto market has been pounded lately, and more pain is on the way, predicts U.K.-based markets expert Frances Coppola. Equity and bond markets are in turmoil amid high inflation — and crypto investors are not being spared. Right now, cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, typically seen as a hedge against inflation,
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The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO Columnist Mainstream media are fascinated with themselves. This is why they covered the cancellation of a low-rated Sunday morning news show as a blow to our democracy. In mid-August, CNN killed “Reliable Sources,” anchored since 2013 by Brian Stelter, a vociferous critic of President Trump. Instantly, hordes of journalists
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Get Ready For the Surge, the Verge, the Purge and the Splurge By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO This year’s watershed moment in the crypto world — the Merge — took place last week, and there was nary a hitch. That puts Ethereum another step closer to its goal of becoming the go-to place for everyday transactions,
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(OPINION) The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO Columnist In the race for a U.S. Senate seat in the Republican stronghold of South Carolina: Imagine the outrage and uproar in the national media if a white Republican were caught on a hidden recording saying this about black people: “And let me tell you something. You oughta
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(OPINION) By Daniel Berninger, TruthDAO columnist With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaching in 46 months, the experiment in government “of the people, by the people, for the people” appears ready to perish from the Earth. By almost every measure, the United States of 2022 is falling short in all the ways
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By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The Merge is one of the most anticipated events in crypto history, and this is the week. That\’s when the Ethereum blockchain is expected to move from a proof-of-work system of validating transactions to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake system. Ethereum, the most-used blockchain in the crypto space for apps, smart contracts
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(OPINION) Introducing The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO Columnist All the News That’s Fit to Print, The New York Times famously has promised since 1896. These days, however, a more apt slogan for media is Any Gripe That Gets a Click. Case in point: Tesla the Toddler Killer. It looked like real news and was
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