#Kentucky governor signs ‘Bitcoin Rights’ bill into law

#Kentucky governor signs ‘Bitcoin Rights’ bill into law

It comes on the same day Oklahoma’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act passed the State House of Representatives, bringing a reserve one step closer to potential enactment. Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has signed a measure known as the “Bitcoin Rights” bill, into law, enshrining protections for crypto users, as two other US states’ Bitcoin reserve legislation…

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#Crypto regulation must go through Congress for lasting change — Wiley Nickel

#Crypto regulation must go through Congress for lasting change — Wiley Nickel

Executive orders can be repealed by future US presidential administrations just as quickly and easily as they were established. Crypto regulations must be enacted through an act of Congress to become permanent and meaningful pieces of legislation, according to former Congressman Wiley Nickel. In an exclusive video interview with Cointelegraph’s Turner Wright, Nickel urged bipartisan…

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#Biden cracks down on power plants’ climate emissions, pollution

#Biden cracks down on power plants’ climate emissions, pollution

The Biden administration on Thursday cracked down on planet-warming emissions and other pollution from power plants, aiming to make these power sources more environmentally friendly. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday it had finalized a suite of rules that aim to cut the plants’ pollution.  One such rule, which regulates greenhouse gas emissions…

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#Sanders launches investigation into ‘unacceptable’ diabetes, weight loss drug prices

#Sanders launches investigation into ‘unacceptable’ diabetes, weight loss drug prices

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday launched an investigation into the “outrageously high prices” of Novo Nordisk’s respective diabetes and weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. On Wednesday, Sanders penned a letter to Novo Nordisk’s chief executive officer, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, notifying him of…

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