Author: Vidya Saras
Key senators and the White House have reached a tentative agreement on cryptocurrency legislation aimed at resolving a dispute between banks and digital asset firms over stablecoin yields, according to Politico reporting. The move could clear the way for a landmark crypto regulatory bill stalled in the Senate Banking Committee since January. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) said Friday they have an “agreement in principle” on language intended to balance innovation with financial stability. The legislation seeks to prevent stablecoin rewards programs from triggering widespread deposit withdrawals from traditional banks, a concern raised by Wall Street…
Hormones are one of those topics that eventually find their way into almost every conversation about women’s health. At some point, many women begin to notice subtle changes. Trouble sleeping, unpredictable moods, and inconsistent cycles. Naturally, questions follow. Is this perimenopause? Is something wrong? Should I consider hormone replacement therapy? It’s a topic I get a surprising number of questions about, especially from women wondering what my personal plan is. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has become one of the most talked-about topics in women’s health in the past few years. Some experts strongly support it, while others urge caution. Many…
Like any good online recipe, I’m going to start with the meta-story before I show you anything useful. Then I’ll walk through what I built, and break down the two interactions people asked about most. What follows is part design story, part process breakdown: from the initial reference point and the idea behind the portfolio, through to the visual decisions and a closer look at two interactions built in Framer. How it All Started It started with a Japanese book cover design. ざらざら」 (Zarazara) by Hiromi Kawakami (川上弘美), Not a brief, not a mood board, not a design system. Just one…
The Rubin Observatory is making new discoveries — and generating new puzzles — even before its scientific mission begins. In a set of images gathered as part of an engineering test of its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera, astronomers have found two main-belt asteroids, each nearly a kilometer across, that rotate once every two minutes. A few such fast spinners have been discovered among the near-Earth object population before, but Rubin’s discoveries are much larger and more distant. Dmitrii Vavilov (University of Washington) presented Rubin’s asteroid discoveries at the 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sidelined Shubman Gill from the T20I format despite assigning him the captain for the other two formats of the game. The decision to exclude Gill from the T20 International format was considered a bold statement by the national team selection committee, headed by Ajit Agarkar. BCCI might have taken a significant decision to find out the best possible playing combination for the format, but for Gill, it could have hurt his pride. Former India cricketer, now a cricket expert and commentator, Cheteshwar Pujara believes that Gill could be on a different…
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A columnist in northern California wrote predictions for New Year’s Day in 2006 that imagined what life would look like in the year 2026. Many of the predictions were off-base (including the idea that Dick Cheney would serve as president) but they serve as an interesting snapshot of the hopes and fears of a particular era. And they start off with one reference that hits a little close to home for those of us witnessing a new war unfold in the Middle East. “Well, 2025 is over,” the 2006 column in the Ukiah Daily Journal reads, placing the reader 20…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Virtuals Protocol and t54 have announced that they are bringing “agent commerce” to the XRP Ledger, a move that would let AI agents transact natively using escrowed jobs, evaluator-based verification and programmable settlement. The announcement was delivered through coordinated posts from Virtuals, t54 and RippleX rather than a visible standalone press release. Virtuals wrote via X: “Virtuals is powering agent commerce on XRPL. $95B+ in cumulative transaction volume. 75+ regulatory licenses across global markets. The ledger built from day one for payments is now extending into agent…
March 17, 2026: The Day US Crypto Regulation Changed Three coordinated regulatory actions landed on the same day last week — and together they represent the most significant shift in US crypto policy since the original Howey decision. For enterprise teams building on Ethereum, the implications are immediate and material. The EEA’s Policy Friday series tracks weekly regulatory developments across seven US federal agencies. This week, we reviewed 29 documents from the SEC, CFTC, Federal Reserve, OCC, Treasury, and FinCEN. Three items passed our editorial filter — all from March 17. 1. SEC and CFTC Joint Crypto Token Taxonomy The…