Judge rules Trump administration’s cancellation of humanities grants was unconstitutional

A federal judge in New York ruled Thursday that the Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities funding to scholars, authors, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional and that the Department of Government Effectiveness did not have the authority to terminate funding. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan sided with…

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Privacy and accountability can coexist onchain, say panelists at Consensus Miami

Public blockchains make transactions transparent enough to be tracked, audited, and regulated, but this visibility may come at the expense of user privacy. Traditional compliance systems often address liability issues by identifying people, but this could undermine one of the original promises of cryptocurrencies: the ability to transact without revealing a person’s identity by default….

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Privacy and accountability can coexist onchain, say panelists at Consensus Miami

Public blockchains make transactions transparent enough to be tracked, audited, and regulated, but this visibility may come at the expense of user privacy. Traditional compliance systems often address liability issues by identifying people, but this could undermine one of the original promises of cryptocurrencies: the ability to transact without revealing a person’s identity by default….

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Coinbax wins $20,000 PitchFest prize at Consensus Miami for stablecoin compliance

MIAMI – Coinbax won a $20,000 grand prize at Consensus Miami’s PitchFest after launching a system designed to help banks and financial companies manage compliance for stablecoin payments. Founded by former Jack Henry executive Peter Glyman, the company is building programmable custody infrastructure to add control to wallet-to-wallet crypto transactions. The software is designed to…

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs solved access, but custody, advisors and plumbing still lag, panelists say

Spot Bitcoin ETFs remove cryptocurrency’s long-standing barrier to entry by putting Bitcoin into brokerage and advisory accounts that are already used for stocks and bonds. Two and a half years later, panelists at CoinDesk’s Miami Consensus Conference agreed that this part has worked. However, they said custody concentration, limited advisor numbers and back-office pipeline issues…

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