# DeFi in the spotlight as legacy brokerages break down

# DeFi in the spotlight as legacy brokerages break down

“# DeFi in the spotlight as legacy brokerages break down ” As legacy markets roil, brokerages break down and accusations of market manipulation fly, longtime decentralized finance adherents can’t help but say “I told you so” when it comes to the need for open, unstoppable, permissionless financial architecture.  Earlier today, popular trading app Robinhood took…

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#Dave Portnoy rage-tweets at Robinhood over blocked stocks

#Dave Portnoy rage-tweets at Robinhood over blocked stocks

“#Dave Portnoy rage-tweets at Robinhood over blocked stocks” Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy blasted Robinhood for restricting trading on GameStop, AMC and other stocks — saying he will “burn” the stock-trading app “to the ground.” Robinhood on Thursday joined Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade in clamping down on GameStop and other shares due to volatility….

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#Andrew Cuomo roasted for blaming COVID-19 deaths on ‘incompetent government’

#Andrew Cuomo roasted for blaming COVID-19 deaths on ‘incompetent government’

“#Andrew Cuomo roasted for blaming COVID-19 deaths on ‘incompetent government’” Gov. Andrew Cuomo was roasted for blaming COVID-19 deaths on “incompetent government” — without mentioning his own administration’s controversial nursing-home policy that’s been accused of leading to more than 8,700 senior deaths. During a Tuesday appearance on MSBNC, Cuomo accused former President Donald Trump of…

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#Alt-right Twitter troll ‘Ricky Vaughn’ busted for voter disinformation

#Alt-right Twitter troll ‘Ricky Vaughn’ busted for voter disinformation

“#Alt-right Twitter troll ‘Ricky Vaughn’ busted for voter disinformation” The man behind pro-Trump Twitter troll account “Ricky Vaughn” was busted in Florida on Wednesday for spreading disinformation during the 2016 presidential election in a scheme to limit black turnout, officials said. Douglass Mackey, 31, was arrested in West Palm Beach on one charge of conspiracy…

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