David Leonhardt Departs The Morning for Times Opinion

David Leonhardt Departs The Morning for Times Opinion

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Millions of readers know David Leonhardt as — until recently — the voice of The Morning, The New York Times’s flagship newsletter that he founded in 2020. But his byline …

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How the Islamic State Radicalizes People Today

How the Islamic State Radicalizes People Today

The Islamic State has lost thousands of fighters to death or prison and suffered the demise of its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria. But the global reach of the group, also known as ISIS, is still vast, in part because of its sophisticated media output and the people around …

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Why Bitcoin Halving Calculators Are Out of Sync

Why Bitcoin Halving Calculators Are Out of Sync

The Bitcoin halving is scheduled to occur every 210,000 blocks, or roughly every four years. This particular event will be executed automatically by the network at exactly blockheight 840,000. Based on the way Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto designed the system, bitcoin miners “find” the next block to hash to the …

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Is the Sam Bankman-Fried Story Over?

Is the Sam Bankman-Fried Story Over?

“He spent his customers’ money and he lied to them about it. Where did the money go? The money went to pay for investments, to repay loans, to cover expenses, to purchase property, and to make political donations,” Roos said last year. During the sentencing hearing, he went further, saying, …

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Bitcoin Mining’s Boon for Small Town America

Bitcoin Mining’s Boon for Small Town America

Bitcoin mining is interesting because there might not be that many jobs per bitcoin mine. But you create a lot of external jobs around that. In the film, you’ll see there’s tons of people who work in contracting and are in and out of the facility, truck drivers, repair technicians, …

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What Does Ripple’s Stablecoin Mean for XRP?

What Does Ripple’s Stablecoin Mean for XRP?

It’s possible, facing as much as a $2 billion fine from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple is looking for a new, proven revenue source. Garlinghouse is apparently unfazed by the crowded competition, telling CNBC: in the future the stablecoin “market will look different, certainly based on size.” …

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What a Judge Said About the SEC’s Suit Against Coinbase

What a Judge Said About the SEC’s Suit Against Coinbase

“The parties do not dispute that, to prevail on its claims, the SEC need only establish that at least one of these 13 Crypto-Assets is being offered and sold as a security, and that Coinbase has intermediated transactions relating therewith, such that transacting in that Crypto-Asset would amount to operating …

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