Author: Leslie Stewart

Disclosure: The opinions and opinions expressed here belong to the authors solely and do not represent the views or opinions of the crypto.news editorial. It is often said that good regulations should promote confusion rather than hinder it. However, the FCA’s attitude towards digital asset ETP is stubbornly conservative and has been set that way for the past decade. As things stand, the FCA is currently banning UK retail investors from accessing digital assets through ETP, a product traded on regulated exchanges. The reasons for being quoted are well known and can be summarised essentially as follows: There is no…

Kenneth Chesebro, former legal counsel for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election, has been banned from practicing law in New York about his role in his plan to overturn Trump’s election loss five years ago.In Thursday’s order, the New York state court of appeals said it was conspiring to file false documents in connection with Chesebro’s criminal acts, namely, efforts to deny Trump’s 2020 defeat to Joe Biden.Chesebro first approved law practice in New York in 2007. His committee will soon be effective, the order said.Follow the live politics report hereWhen Chesebro pleaded with Georgia prosecutors in 2023, he pleaded guilty…

A group of Dallas area families and faith leaders have filed a lawsuit attempting to block new Texas laws requiring copies of the 10 commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms.A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday argues that the measure is an unconstitutional breach of the separation of church and state.Texas is the newest and largest state to attempt to delegate legal challenges elsewhere. A federal court of appeals blocked similar laws in Louisiana on Friday. Some families are suing Arkansas law.The plaintiffs in the Texas lawsuit are groups of leaders and families of Christian and Islamic faiths. He…

The baseball game guy who ridiculed the Arizona Diamondbacks’ dead mother has been banned indefinitely by the Chicago White Sox and Major League Baseball, the league confirmed Wednesday.Marte was in tears on the field after someone attended the White Sox home game in Chicago on Tuesday spoke out and Diamondbacks manager Tory Rovro comforted him.Marte’s mother died in a car accident in 2017.Fans that MLB did not identify have made some mild remarks about MARTE’s late mother, MLB.com reported.The White Sox have kicked out a 22-year-old man who made a comment. A team spokesman admitted the man was “very apologised…

On Wednesday, the NATO allies agreed to more than double their defensive spending targets of 2% to 5% of gross domestic product, in the most decisive move from the alliance for more than a decade.In the joint declaration, the Western military bloc said it was “united in the face of serious security threats and challenges.” In particular, the long-term threat poses by Russia to the security of the Euro-Atlantic and the “lasting threat” of terrorism.”The Allies are committed to investing 5% of their GDP annually in core defence requirements and defense-related spending by 2035 to ensure personal and collective obligations.”The…

Disclosure: The opinions and opinions expressed here belong to the authors solely and do not represent the views or opinions of the crypto.news editorial. It’s 2025, and tokenization is no longer just a speculative bet. For nearly a decade, Crypto has been chasing innovation by asking one question repeatedly. “What should I tokenize next?” From stubcoins to gold, real estate, carbon credits, and even US Treasury bonds, blockchain technology is currently making use of a multi-billion dollar on-chain economy. Last year alone, Stablecoins handled a staggering $27.6 trillion incredible amount, surpassing global payment giants like Visa. The tokenized Treasury Department,…

20 people were injured when lightning struck a South Carolina beach Tuesday evening, officials said.Lexington County spokesperson Vanessa Diaz said 12 children and six adults were taken to a local hospital, and two left on their own after a strike on a beach near Lake Murray. The patient’s age was not immediately clear, nor was it the level of his injury, Diaz said. Injuries are thought to be life-threatening.Thunder hit what would otherwise have been a “super hot and sunny” day, but storm clouds passed the area, Diaz said.”There was no rain or anything like that. It was just a…

Predicting the future is a dangerous business. In 1899, Charles Duel, then Director of the U.S. Patent Office, confidently declared that “everything that can be invented has been invented.”Of course, history had other ideas.I don’t want to fall into the trap Charlie did. But I feel that within a few years, almost every Australian is in a reasonably solid land that suggests that almost every Australian, whether they were planning or not, will use cryptocurrency technology.Sign up for our evening newsletter.Take your first look at digital newspapers, curated daily stories, and headlines delivered to your inbox.By continuing, you agree to…

La Clippers star James Harden was charged with negligence in a lawsuit alleging that a woman was raped by his nephew after a big year day party at his Texas home last year.Harden’s nephew Judge Armani Blackburn is accused of sexually assaulting 40-year-old Marisa Watley in a civil complaint filed Monday in Texas by law firm Wigdoll and counsel Erwanger Henderson. The lawsuit alleges that Harden hired security guards may have prevented suspected rape, and that he is “generally responsible for the actions of his security guard and his corporate employer.” It is named Harden, Blackburn, and an unknown number…

R-La. Sen. Bill Cassidy on Monday criticised the pick of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s main federal vaccine advisory board, calling for delays in the group’s next meeting until more members with relevant expertise can be appointed. Kennedy suddenly fired all 17 members of the Center for the Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Vaccination Practices this month, replacing them with eight new members, including known vaccine skeptics. The group will meet for the first time on Wednesday and Thursday. Cassidy, the doctor who chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, was a key…