The SEC's Division of Trading and Markets has issued a staff statement on custody of crypto-asset securities by broker-dealers, stating that the Division will not object to a broker-dealer being deemed to have "physical possession" of crypto-asset securities held for client accounts pursuant to Rule 15c3-3 (b) (1) if the broker-dealer takes the measures described below. Access rights and transfer capabilities of crypto-asset securities Evaluation of the characteristics of distributed ledger tech...
According to SlowMist Cosine analysis, the cross-chain bridge project 402Bridge attack originated from the leakage of private keys, which does not rule out the possibility of internal personnel committing crimes. 402bridge.fun domain name was only registered for two days and stopped serving, and there has been no further change in the stolen funds. This is the first public security incident related to the 402 protocol. SlowMist Cosine said that this incident is not a typical collective evil beha...
The Fed meeting notes that staff forecasts for inflation are only slightly adjusted from those made at the July meeting. Tariff increases are still expected to push inflation higher this year and bring further upward pressure in 2026. Inflation is expected to decline in 2026, reaching 2% in 2027 and remaining at that level in 2028. Staff continue to see uncertainty in the forecast as remaining high, primarily due to economic policy...
Representative Ben Waxman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill (HB1812) to prohibit government officials and their immediate family members from profiting from cryptocurrencies during their term of office, including issuing, promoting, or trading digital assets in which they hold a financial interest. The bill stipulates that relevant persons shall not conduct cryptocurrency transactions exceeding $1,000 during their term of office and within one year of leaving office, and must clear th...
The sudden early resignation of the "Biden" Fed governors has given Trump a big gift: the opportunity to intervene in the FOMC's personnel layout in advance. At a time when the Fed's independence is in doubt, this move could change the trajectory of monetary policy in the coming years. Click to view
On March 9, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Wang Xiaoping said at the press conference on the theme of people's livelihood at the third session of the 14th National People's Congress that the social security policies for key groups will be improved. Adapt to changes in employment methods, study and improve the payment methods for insurance participation, and include more flexible employment personnel, migrant workers and other new employment forms into the social security system ...
February 23rd news, the Spring Festival travel 40 days (January 14 to February 22, 2025), the whole society cross-regional the personal flow 9.02 billion passengers, an increase of 7.1% over the same period in 2024. Among them, the railway passenger traffic 510 million passengers, an increase of 6.1% year-on-year; highway the personal flow 8.39 billion passengers, an increase of 7.2% (among them, self-driving travel 7.17 billion passengers, accounting for 79.4% of the whole society's cross-regio...
The head of the U.S. Department of Efficiency (DOGE), Musk, has placed personnel at the Department of Energy to consider replacing some workers with artificial intelligence (AI) robots.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said it had no intention of shutting down government websites, calling reports of the claims "false rumors," according to The Hill. According to a spokesperson for the office, the Office of Personnel Management issued guidance to agencies to remove content related to gender ideology from their websites by 5 p.m. on the 31st, but will not shut down government websites that fail to comply with the requirements.
According to Cointelegraph, a Binance spokesperson said the latest development was a continuation of a legal investigation launched several years ago by French investigators: "Binance is deeply disappointed to learn that JUNALCO, the Paris branch of the French Public Prosecutor's Office, has decided to refer the case, which has been ongoing for several years, to the French judiciary for further investigation." Binance said: "While our policy is generally not to comment on legal proceedings, Bina...