Major Brazilian crypto asset manager secures $26M funding
Coinbase and SoftBank have participated in a $26 million funding round for Latin America’s largest crypto asset management firm....
‘Skullduggery’ political podcast: ‘Did Eddie Gallagher cross the line?’ (with Dan Taberski) — May 11, 2021
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15-year-old girl pleads guilty to murder in death of Uber Eats driver
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Growing number of East Coast gas stations are without fuel
• Biden officials privately frustrated with pipeline’s weak security ahead of cyberattack • Top congressional leaders to meet with Biden about his infrastructure plan...
CNN report shows Eritrean troops blocking critical aid in Tigray
Eritrean troops are operating with total impunity in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, killing, raping and blocking humanitarian aid to starving populations more than a...
5 things to know for May 12: Coronavirus, Congress, Gaza, pipeline hack, voting
Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day....
Israeli and Palestinian violence pulls US focus back to Middle East, despite Biden’s plans
Entering office, President Joe Biden hoped to shift US foreign policy away from the Middle East and toward areas he thought of as more modern-day...
From cypherpunk to state contracts: the changing face of blockchain
Three blockchain executives discuss their work with governments in fraught political contexts, and the questions it raises about blockchain’s claim to the libertarian banner....
Biden administration winds down Trump’s pandemic food box program
As the country slowly climbs out of the pandemic, the Biden administration is ending a program that delivered nearly 167 million boxes of fresh food...
What an ancient poem says about China’s fearful tech tycoons
A thousand-year-old poem just cost Chinese delivery giant Meituan tens of billions of dollars in market value, further rattling a tech industry that is already...
