It’s the American Way. The Crypto industry is quickly catching on to how friendlier legislative stances develop in Congress. It’s a road paved with money. Last week The Blockchain Association, with more than 90 industry members, announced the formation of their “BA PAC,” adding to an already concerted effort by players in the sector to...
A series of Federal reports on cryptos were made available last week as part of the Biden administration’s directive for a whole of government approach to digital assets. The reaction from the largest crypto groups? Color them underwhelmed. Industry group The Blockchain Association said the reports provided no concrete clarity, and lacked “substantive recommendations.” Republicans...
The Syrian military said Saturday that five soldiers were killed in Israeli airstrikes aimed at the Damascus International Airport and other nearby locations. The Trends Journal has reported on recent strikes at Syria’s second-largest airport in Aleppo in last week’s issue in an article titled, “ISRAEL: BOMBS AWAY OVER SYRIA, BUT LOOK THE OTHER WAY...
The Global Times, which is widely seen to be the media arm of the Chinese Communist Party, ran an op-ed earlier this month that was critical of the West’s pursuit of power by force and intimidation. The article, which was published two days before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, cited recent comments by Mahathir Mohamad,...
The U.S. continues to provoke tensions in the Taiwan Strait after a Senate panel voted in favor of providing Taiwan with $6.5 billion in weapons funding that will help the island control its “security and right of self-determination.” Sen. Robert Menendez, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, praised the passage of the Taiwan...
The Biden administration is trying to get Beijing to abandon its relationship with Russia as Moscow carries out its war with Ukraine in what many in Washington would see as a diplomatic coup de grâce against the Kremlin due to its reliance on the Chinese market. John Kirby, the White House National Security Council spokesman,...
America, the only nation in the world that killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians with its atom bomb attacks on Japan and the poisoning of Vietnam with its agent orange, has warned Russia not to use weapons it does not approve. President Joe Biden said in an interview that aired Sunday that Russia would...
U.S. President Joe Biden is considering sending Kyiv long-range weapons that would be seen as a major escalation in the Ukraine War while the U.S. announced another $600 million in weapons for Ukraine. Biden has resisted the call from Kyiv to provide Army Tactical Missile Systems that can reach targets deep into Russia, which could...
Mikhail Ulyanov, the Russian permanent representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, said in a speech last week that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s report on shelling near the Zaporozhye nuclear plant in Ukraine does not identify the country behind the attacks. “Strange as it may seem, the report lacks any mention of the side...
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and the former Russian president, said in a Telegram post last week that as long as NATO continues its nearly unlimited support of Ukraine, the end result will be “everything catching fire.” He said the West is intent on weakening Russia by proxy but will not...