India Passes Stiff Crypto Tax Laws Despite Industry Uproar

Asked if that meant the industry had failed to educate the government through all the consultation efforts that took place in the previous weeks and months and Thakral explained that this is “just how...

Nayib Bukele Criticises U.S. Does Not “Stand for Freedom”, the Senate Comm Passes ACES Bill

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has lashed out at the United States Government after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act (ACES) Bi...

Arizona Passes 15-Week Abortion Ban — Same As Mississippi Law Supreme Court Now Weighing

Topline The Arizona legislature passed a 15-week abortion ban Thursday, the second state to do so this year as the Supreme Court considers a similar law in Mississippi and appears poised to let the st...

Starwood Property Trust Passes Through 8% Yield Mark

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Starwood Property Trust were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.92), with the stock changing hands as low as $23.70 on the ...

New York Bill to Ban Bitcoin Mining Passes Senate Environmental Committee

Members of the New York State Assembly’s Environmental Conservation Committee voted to continue with legislation that would ban Bitcoin’s proof-of-work (PoW) mining operations in the state for a perio...

Seattle Starbucks union vote passes unanimously in the company’s hometown

Starbucks Barista Gianna Reeve, part of the organizing committee in Buffalo, New York, speaks in support of workers at Seattle Starbucks locations that announced plans to unionize, during a rally at C...

‘The Batman’ Passes $600 Million Worldwide

Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in ‘The Batman’ Warner Bros. The Batman is going to end up as one of the most successful “part one” superhero movies ever in domestic earnings. Warner Bros...

‘Sing 2’ Scores In Japan As ‘Uncharted’ Passes $200 Million Overseas

‘Sing 2’ Universal In weekend box office holdover news not related to The Batman, Sing 2 got off to a promising start in Japan, opening with $5.9 million. That’s almost as much as The Batm...

LeBron James Passes Karl Malone For No. 2 Spot On All-Time Scoring List

Topline Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, 37, scored 21 points on Saturday against the Washington Wizards, passing Hall of Famer Karl Malone to become the second-leading scorer in NBA history w...

EU Passes Historic Crypto Regulation, Seeks To Protect Consumers In The Market

On Monday, the much-anticipated Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) bill was enacted. It will concentrate on a coordinated strategy to crypto by all EU members. Because of its significant power...

Ethereum Wallet MetaMask Passes 30M Users, Plans DAO and Token

In brief MetaMask is a popular tool millions use to navigate Web3. ConsenSys CEO Joe Lubin says an upcoming DAO will help fund new pieces of MetaMask. Crypto software giant ConsenSys announced on Tues...

Scott Hall Passes Away At 63

Scott Hall was taken off life support. Credit: WWE.com WWE Hall of Famer and legendary wrestler Scott Hall has passed away at Age 63. WWE Raw opened with a memorial graphic in honor of the popular sta...

Europe’s landmark crypto bill passes parliamentary committee with wide majority

advertisement The EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets regulation, or MiCA, has advanced in the European Parliament. European Parliament’s ECON Committee passed the MiCA regulation on March 14, p...

‘The Batman’ Passes ‘Shang-Chi’ With $463 Million Worldwide Cume

Robert Pattinson in ‘The Batman’ Warner Bros. The Batman soared to the top for the second weekend (of what will be at least a three-weekend reign) in a row. The Matt Reeves-directed and Pe...

Senate Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill With $14 Billion For Ukraine Aid—Here’s What’s In It

Topline After months of negotiations to fund the government, the Senate on Thursday passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill that will shore up funding for the rest of the fiscal year, while also ...

Florida Senate Passes Bill To Ban Lessons That Make Students Feel Guilty For Their Race

Topline The Florida Senate voted to pass a bill dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act” that would restrict how race can be discussed in workplaces and classrooms by banning lesson plans that make people feel guil...

House Passes Russian Oil Ban Building On Biden’s Executive Order After Ukraine Invasion

Topline The House on Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill that would ban Russian energy imports after final passage in the Senate, building on an executive order signed by President Joe Biden Tuesday an...

House Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill With $14 Billion For Ukraine Aid—But No Covid Relief

Topline The U.S. Capitol building. getty Key Facts The massive spending package, which would appropriate funds for the government until September 30, passed the House on Wednesday evening in largely b...

Congress Passes Postal Service Reform—Here’s What It Means For Your Mail

Topline After years of revenue losses and widely criticized mail delays, the Senate passed a bill Tuesday to combat the U.S. Postal Service’s ailing financial condition and add accountability for the ...

‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Passes Florida Senate

Topline Legislation that would restrict how Florida teachers address sexuality and gender identity in classrooms – dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill – passed a vote in the state senate Tuesday and is he...

Virginia Passes Bill That Allows Banks To Provide Custody for Crypto Assets

The state of Virginia has unanimously passed a new cryptocurrency bill that allows banks to provide custody for digital assets. According to a report by Fox Business, HB 263 passed the state’s legisla...

South Korean Billionaire Businessman Kim Jung-ju Passes away, Aged 54

News has emerged that Kim Jung-ju, a prominent South Korean businessman, investor, philanthropist, and founder of Korea’s largest gaming company, Nexon, died on Monday at the age of 54, according to t...

Wall Street open sends Bitcoin to $40K as latest BTC price surge passes 6%

Bitcoin (BTC) got a boost from the start of Wall Street trading on Feb. 28 as U.S. stocks opened to a defining week for markets amid geopolitical tensions. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Sour...

China Passes Law That Criminalizes Fundraising In Digital Assets

China has passed a new policy that will make fundraising with cryptocurrencies and other forms of digital assets illegal in the country. The new policy, initiated by the Chinese Supreme Court, is aime...

Senate Passes Last-Minute Bill To Prevent Government Shutdown

Topline The Senate passed a stopgap bill Thursday evening to extend the federal government’s funding through March 11, narrowly averting a government shutdown set to begin Friday and giving legislator...

Ukraine Passes Vote on Bill to Legalize Bitcoin

Share this article The Ukrainian parliament has voted in favor of a bill granting legal status to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.  Ukraine Makes Crypto Legal Ukraine is the latest country to adopt...

As ‘Dune’ Passes $400 Million, Can ‘Dune Part Two’ Rewrite Box Office History?

Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet in Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Warner Bros. Warner Bros. and Legendary have made it official, namely that Denis Villeneuve’s $165 million Dune has passed ...

‘Marry Me’ Tops Valentine’s Day, ‘Spider-Man’ Passes ‘Avatar’

Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson in ‘Marry Me,’ Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Universal and Sony Marry Me was the top film at the domestic box office for at least one ...

‘Spider-Man’ Passes $750M Domestic As ‘Lake Changjin 2’ Tops $500M In China

Zendaya and Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man No Way Home’ Sony and Marvel Spider-Man: No Way Home passed $750 million domestic as of a couple of days ago, with a current cume of $752 million as ...

House Passes Postal Service Reform—Here’s What It Means For Your Mail

Topline After years of revenue losses and widely criticized mail delays, the House passed a bill Tuesday to combat the U.S. Postal Service’s ailing financial condition and add accountability for the a...

House Passes Short-Term Funding Bill To Prevent Government Shutdown Next Week

Topline With about a week until a federal government shutdown is set to begin, the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a measure that—if approved by the Senate—will keep the government funded t...

Nvidia becomes 7th-largest U.S. company as it passes Facebook owner Meta for the first time

Nvidia Corp. became the seventh-largest U.S. company Monday as it overtook Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. for the first time. A reshuffling among the ranks of the most valuable U.S. companies ref...