United States officials want to remove a provision included in bankrupt lender Voyager Digital’s plan to sell its digital assets to crypto exchange Binance.US that would prevent them from legally purs...
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The Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could upend protections Big Tech has enjoyed for years—and the internet may never be the same
For years, Washington has been stumped about how to regulate the internet—or if it should even try. But the Supreme Court is set to hear a case next week that could completely transform our online wor...
OpenSea Drops Fees, Cuts Creator Royalty Protections as Rival Blur Rises
In the face of rising competition from upstart rival Blur, leading NFT marketplace OpenSea announced today that it will temporarily eliminate its 2.5% fee on sales, as well as cut down creator royalty...
Biden restores protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Part of Tongass National Forest Urbanglimpses | Istock | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it’s reinstating restrictions on logging and road-building on about nine mil...
Child Online Privacy Protections Cut From Congress’ Spending Bill Despite Last-Minute Push
Topline A pair of bills designed to strengthen online protections for children was left out of a fiscal year 2023 spending plan Congress is aiming to pass this week, despite heightened concerns about ...
Biden Signs Same-Sex Marriage Protections Into Law
Topline New federal protections for same-sex marriage became law on Tuesday when President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act in a White House ceremony, marking a bipartisan victory for law...
These 7 GOP House Members Voted Against Same-Sex Marriage Protections After Backing Them In July
Topline The Respect for Marriage Act passed the House on Thursday in a bipartisan 258-169 vote, but the legislation earned eight fewer Republican votes than an earlier version of the bill did in July,...
House Passes Same-Sex Marriage Protections, Sending Legislation To Biden’s Desk
Topline The House approved the Respect for Marriage Act that would require the federal government to offer benefits to same-sex married couples and instruct states to recognize the unions in a 258-169...
CFTC Chair: ‘Digital Asset Markets Lack The Basic Protections’
After the FTX collapse, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) jurisdiction urges Congress to act fast on the crypto regulation. The official CFTC site stated that “Unlike other federa...
Kenyan legislation establishes crypto taxation, creates consumer protections
An amendment was introduced to the Kenyan Capital Markets Law on Nov. 21 that would require those who own or deal in cryptocurrencies to provide the country’s Capital Markets Authority with informatio...
Terra Classic Community To Access More Scam Protections With Allnodes Anti-Scam Services
Allnodes launches new features to prevent users from losing their delegated tokens. The Terra Classic community can now access extra security features to prevent scammers from going away with their de...
Chainlink Proof of Reserve Provides Enhanced Protections for Crypto Ecosystem
Chainlink Proof of Reserve (PoR) provides decentralized solutions. Enhances transparency, user trust and protects from any risks. PoR can offer advanced functions to the wider crypto ecosystem. Cryp...
Regulators Press Crypto Exchanges for Details on Customer Protections
A panel of House members in the United States Congress is pressing cryptocurrency leaders to discuss what they’re planning to do to protect potential crypto investors from falling victim to fraud and ...
More Cities—From Boise To Waco—Pursue Abortion Protections Or Bans Despite State Laws
Topline A growing number of cities and counties are taking abortion rights into their own hands in light of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, passing and moving forward with policies that mak...
Google, Apple Asked to Review Protections Against Crypto App Fraud
Google and Apple are being pressed on how they police crypto-related fraud in mobile applications hosted on their app stores Letters issued to the tech giants’ CEOs are part of Sen. Brown’s wider prob...
Over 400 TV Writers And Showrunners Demand Abortion Protections From Major Studios, Report Says
Topline Over 400 television head writers, showrunners and creators—including Shonda Rhimes, Issa Rae and Mindy Kaling—sent letters Thursday to executives at Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros. and other maj...
Biden And Democratic Governors Pledge To Increase Abortion Protections
Topline President Joe Biden met with Democratic governors in a video conference Friday to discuss efforts to protect access to abortion as more Republican-controlled states implement abortion bans in ...
SEC Chair Gensler: Crypto Bill Could ‘Undermine’ Existing Protections
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler has expressed concerns that a proposed bill on how cryptocurrencies are regulated could weaken consumer protections. The bipartisan bill, ...
SEC boss worries crypto bill undermines financial protections
A provision in the bill gives authority over some cryptocurrencies to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Altcoins would likely be considered securities SEC isn’t looking to extend its jurisdic...
SEC Chair Says Lummis-Gillibrand Bill Could ‘Undermine’ Market Protections
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed concerns that the recently proposed US crypto bill by U.S. Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)...
SEC Chair Gensler Suggests Lummis-Gillibrand Bill May ‘Undermine’ Market Protections
“Frankly, if I can turn away from the legislation, we don’t want to undermine the protections we have in a $100 trillion capital market. You don’t want our current stock exchanges, o...
UK Treasury sets out to bolster stablecoin protections following Terra crash
The UK’s Treasury on Tuesday published an initial consultation on managing “systemic failure” in digital assets, proposing bolstered protections related to stablecoins. It recommend...
Supreme Court May Soon Overturn Roe V. Wade—Here Are The States With Abortion Protections If It Does
Topline The Supreme Court appears poised to strike down the landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks, according to a draft opinion obtained by Politico—but several states have already ...
South Korea’s new president delays crypto taxes in favor of consumer protections
South Korea’s newly-elected president Yoon Seok-yeol announced Tuesday he would push to defer taxation on crypto investment gains at least until a new set of regulations called the Digital Asset Basic...
Banks Don’t Need Extra Crypto Protections Yet, EU Regulator Says
“The EBA considers it premature to introduce new macroeconomic tools to address the systemic aspects of these risks at this stage,” the EBA said. “The EBA emphasizes the need for monitoring of the cry...
Non-Borrowing Spouse Protections and Reverse Mortgages
Reverse mortgages didn’t always have the same consumer protections they have today. While new laws do a better job of preventing some bereaved spouses from getting pushed out of their homes, the rules...
The Chairman Of The Senate Finance Committee Is Looking Into The Absence In Protections For Cryptocurrencies Tax Breaks
Interview with Huffpost in which CEO Tom Frazier indicated his business 100% would have established a mining operation with or without the tax benefit, Wyden questioned Redivider’s genuine motivation ...
How will California’s workplace laws change in 2022? More protections are coming
(Nishat Akhtar / For The Times) Heading into 2022 — and a potential third year of the COVID-19 pandemic — California officials faced a familiar-feeling dilemma. Help businesses recover from an economi...