President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligirlsayswhat / Baller A...
President Trump orders regulators to investigate banks for “politicized or unlawful debanking”, echoing allegations from conservatives and the crypto industry
In a new executive order, the US president has called on federal regulators to investigate and punish banks …
Polymarket says it is buying little-known derivatives exchange QCX, in a move to legally re-enter the US market; a source says Polymarket will pay $112M
Polymarket, the crypto-betting platform that was kicked offshore by federal regulators, has struck a deal to return to the US market …
The American Psychological Association warns the US FTC that AI chatbots “masquerading” as therapists could drive vulnerable people to harm themselves or others
The nation's largest association of psychologists this month warned federal regulators that A.I. chatbots … Bluesky: @mjcrockett and @hypervisible . LinkedIn: Daniel Oberhaus . Forums: r/therapists Bl...
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government to kill its Libra project and “it was 100% a political kill”
For reasons you can guess at, debanking has been the topic du jour in my Twitter feed. Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News : FinTech CEOs Expose How Feds Colluded In ‘Debanking’ Schemes After Andreessen ‘Op...
Polymarket users have bet ~$2B on predicting the next US president; Polymarket has excluded US users since 2022 as part of a settlement with federal regulators
Kalshi founder Matthew Gault / Gizmodo : $30 Million Is All It Took to Shift the Odds in Trump's Favor on Polymarket Bruce Golding / International Business Times : $30 Million In Polymarket ‘Voodoo’ B...
A look at the possible impact of SCOTUS overturning Chevron deference and curbing federal agencies' power on net neutrality, Big Tech regulation, and more
and created new messes for Congress to solve Jameson Dow / Electrek : Among incredibly stupid court opinions, overturning Chevron takes the cake New Civil Liberties Alliance : In Landmark Victory for ...
Coinbase files two lawsuits against the US SEC and the FDIC for not complying with FOIA requests; one of the FOIA requests is about how the SEC views ether
instead of waiting to be picked on, Coinbase deals with the bully in the best way possible, a direct confrontation. LinkedIn: David Brill : Coinbase Sues SEC and FDIC Over Alleged Lack of Transparency...
A mistakenly released FDIC doc lists SVB customers before its collapse: Sequoia with $1B, Beijing-based Kanzhun with $902.9M, Altos Labs with $680.3M, and more
When federal regulators stepped in to backstop all of Silicon Valley Bank's deposits, they saved thousands of small tech startups …
Circle says $3.3B of its ~$40B USDC reserves remain at Silicon Valley Bank and that the crypto payments firm will follow state and federal regulators' guidance
- After being largely silent on Friday, Circle said it has $3.3 billion in exposure to Silicon Valley Bank …