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The Trump White House has helped install the ticking time bomb that is cryptocurrency directly into our economy. When it blows up, the damage will be catastrophic.

The GENIUS Act isn’t just a crypto giveaway — it could turn tech giants into unregulated banks.

Much of the pleasure of “Mountainhead” is the way it reflects our preposterous nightmare world. It’s not fun to live in a dawning age of technofeudalism, but it is satisfying to see it channeled into comedy.

Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.

MAGA media mishigas

The incoming president and his Bitcoin-loving acolytes want to turn the government into their personal ATM.

How strong is the First Amendment?

After gargantuan industry donations, the government is ready to go all-in on cryptocurrency — at the risk of consumers and the greater financial system.