News with the tag "free"

BNB Chain has announced the launch of its “Gas-Free Carnival,” a significant initiative aimed at providing users with seamless stablecoin transfers. This development is part of BNB Chain’s ongoing efforts to enhance its infrastructure and improve the overall user experience within its ecosystem. Eli...

In a world where financial markets often feel manipulated and controlled, the concept of a truly free market is increasingly alluring. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has ignited a fascinating debate by declaring Bitcoin (BTC) as precisely that – a genuine free market, starkly contrasting with the tr...

Coinbase filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to seek information on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s spending on enforcement actions against crypto firms during the Biden Administration. Coinbase Seeks Details On SEC’s Crypto War Cost On Monday, Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s Ch...

In a major shift in trends over the last four years, the US Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed the appeal of the infamous “dealer rule,” cementing a complete victory for the Blockchain Association (BA), the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas (CFAT), and the crypto industry at large. The deal...

Trump’s Memecoin Strategy: Embracing a Free Market Approach As the debate around cryptocurrency and its regulation heats up, Donald Trump , the President of the United States, has taken a unique stance by launching his own meme coin, TRUMP . Analysts suggest that Trump’s philosophy is rooted in a pr...

A billion-dollar fintech firm is preparing to send a total of $735,000 to tens of thousands of customers in a major settlement with regulators. New York Attorney General Letitia James says she’s secured more than $1 million from Netspend. The AG’s office says the firm, which provides reloadable debi...

Ross Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for creating the darknet market Silk Road, is free . Ulbricht is a freedom fighter to some, and a dangerous criminal to others. The former know Ulbricht as described in Forbes , “a principled libertarian and cypherpunk in t...

Follow Allen on X . In a landmark decision that sent waves through the Bitcoin community, President Donald Trump has granted a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road darknet marketplace. Delivered on January 21, 2025—one day later than his campaign promise—this ...

Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong believes that crypto is paramount to unleashing a new wave of economic freedom across the globe. In a long thread on the social media platform X, Armstrong says global economic freedom is on the decline but crypto can spark the reversal of the trend. Zooming ...

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X . I’m not here to say “I told you so.” In my Take from October 4, I did write that Donald Trump does not give a damn about Bitcoin, and in my Take from November 5 I wrote he just wants in on the crypto scam. But I didn’t mention Ross Ulbricht in either of these, largely be...