SEC Approves Bitcoin ETFs for Everyday Investors

[ad_1] A ruling Wednesday clears the way for the first U.S. exchange-traded funds that hold bitcoin to be sold to the public. The decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission…

SEC Hack Adds to Unease Over Bitcoin ETF Approval

[ad_1] Jan. 10, 2024 11:47 am ET WASHINGTON—The hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account this week likely complicates an expected vote Wednesday on whether to greenlight exchange-traded…

Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Border Patrol to Cut Texas Razor Wire

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 2, 2024 6:07 pm ET WASHINGTON—The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to reinstate federal authority over the international boundary between Mexico and Texas, after state…

American Spies Confront a New, Formidable China

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 26, 2023 12:04 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) WASHINGTON—Beijing’s spycatchers all but blinded the U.S. in China a decade ago when they systematically rounded up…

Mastermind ‘Fat Leonard’ Got the Last Laugh in a Disastrous Navy Corruption Trial

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) Navy Capt. David Lausman, once the commanding officer of an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, stood front and center in a trial that capped…

Fed Official Says Central Bank Isn’t ‘Really Talking About Rate Cuts’

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 15, 2023 4:53 pm ET Federal Reserve officials offered competing views Friday of when they might begin to lower interest rates next year after Chair Jerome Powell…

Pennsylvania Governor Rebukes Penn President Over Testimony on Antisemitism

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 6, 2023 5:46 pm ET Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill’s congressional testimony about campus antisemitism a “failure of leadership.” Lawmakers grilled…

Binance Copped a $4 Billion Plea but Is Still Fighting the SEC

[ad_1] WASHINGTON—When top Biden administration officials gathered last month at the Justice Department to announce a $4.3 billion legal resolution with Binance, one powerful regulator was absent. Attorney General Merrick…

Fed’s Interest Rate Hikes Are Probably Over, but Officials Are Reluctant to Say So

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 1, 2023 1:43 pm ET Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident that they don’t need to keep raising interest rates to defeat inflation. But they aren’t ready…

Inside Binance’s Guilty Plea and the Biggest Fine in Crypto History

[ad_1] Updated Nov. 22, 2023 1:19 pm ET The king of crypto’s largest outlaw empire told employees for years that he would never turn himself in. But on Tuesday, a…