RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)When Bitcoin turns into an arbitrary content service, it greatly increases the legal liabilities and moral reservations of node operators, from mere financial regulation (which so far lobbyists etc. have largely dealt with), and narrow moral reservations, to a far broader swath of criminal and civil liability and very popular moral reservations. When this happens it invites these kinds of responses from node operatiors. ...

RT Jeff Kauflin (@JeffKauflin)New: As Trump rolls back federal financial regulation, states including New York, Massachusetts and Maryland have begun to ramp up regulatory activity: https://t.co/epQqNdGV6Z https://t.co/uXi9q6BUEt ...

There are three categories of issues that should be distinguished when we talk about Fed independence. The first is monetary policy setting the interest rate, deciding how much fuel's going to be given to the economy versus restraint for inflation. History teaches that the Fed should be autonomous and independent there, and that when the political process gets in their way, the result is more inflation, less economic stability and ultimately higher interest rates.That lesson is clear and needs to be insiste ...

On this episode of Trumponomics, we examine the fast pace of change when it comes to US financial regulation during Donald Trump’s second term, and whether it’s a necessary correction or disaster in the making. https://t.co/Rt78QJ5CzN ...