Key Takeaways Gov. McMaster signed S.163 into law, making South Carolina’s crypto protections among the strongest in the U.S. The bill passed 110-1 in the House and bans state agencies from accepting or testing any Federal Reserve central bank digital currency ( CBDC). South Carolina joins Texas and Florida in offering miners and blockchain operators…
Washington may publicly reject a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), but quiet efforts to explore the framework for one are already underway, according to Timothy Massad, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Speaking at the Digital Money Summit 2026 in London, Massad said authorities are privately examining CBDC-related infrastructure while publicly…
Introduction Day trading in 2026 is becoming faster, more data-driven, and more difficult for beginners to approach without the right tools. Short-term price movements can be influenced by earnings reports, inflation data, Federal Reserve expectations, AI-sector momentum, ETF flows, analyst ratings, and sudden changes in market liquidity. For new traders, the challenge is not only…
At its annual Google I/O developers conference on Tuesday, Google announced several new features that will work with Chrome. They include two tools that make it easier to identify AI-generated content and deepfakes right in the world’s most popular web browser. First up, Google is adding its SynthID verification to Chrome “over the coming weeks,”…
A bill now moving through Washington would make Bitcoin a formal US government reserve asset for the first time in history. Introduced on March 30, 2026, the Mined in America Act would direct the US Treasury to accumulate up to one million Bitcoin over 20 years This would mark a policy shift so significant that…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is on the verge of releasing a landmark “innovation exemption” that would allow publicly traded company stocks to be represented as crypto tokens and traded on blockchain-based platforms — a move that could fundamentally reshape how equities are bought and sold around the world. What is a tokenized stock?…
As an Ebola outbreak rages in central and East Africa, public health workers say that the response has been stymied by the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid and global health organizations. “We are no longer able to get some supplies,” Amadou Bocoum, Democratic Republic of Congo country director for the anti-poverty nonprofit CARE, tells…
Key Takeaways Bitcoin holds near $77,400 on May 20 as BTC tests resistance near the $78,000 zone. Market indicators show mixed momentum, with MACD and Momentum flashing sell signals. BTC bulls now watch the $77.5K-$78K breakout zone for a possible move toward $80K. Bitcoin Chart Outlook Bitcoin is priced at $77,440 during the early morning…
Is BTC poised for a collapse to under $55,000? The primary cryptocurrency, which performed quite well towards the end of April and beginning of May, has tumbled by 5% over the past week, sparking fears that the bottom of the bear cycle has yet to be reached. One popular analyst believes that its eventual…
At the Google I/O 2026 keynote, the tech giant revealed new agentic capabilities in Search, where users can create, customize, and manage multiple AI agents to stay updated on topics of interest. The announcement is part of Google’s larger push toward agentic AI systems that can take initiative and assist with ongoing tasks instead of…
