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US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. pledges to pardon dark web Silk Road founder if elected

According to BitcoinMagazine's X account, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a member of the prestigious Kennedy family in US politics and an independent candidate for the presidential election, "will pardon Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark web Silk Road, who is serving a life sentence, if elected president. He has been in prison too long. He is serving a life sentence for hosting an e-commerce platform." Ross Ulbricht is serving his 11th sentence. Earlier, former US President Donald Trump said he would "pardon Ross Ulbricht if I am re-elected".

“Zhao Changpeng's release from prison could boost BNB and 5 other altcoins”

With former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao set to be released from prison on September 29th (local time), BeInCrypto reports that five altcoins are likely to see an uptick in value. BNB is one of the most prominent coins expected to see price movement following Zhao's release from prison.

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French Hill : “SEC's approach to regulating crypto firms will only confuse markets”

During a hearing on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held by the U.S. House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee on March 18 (local time), Congressman French Hill criticized SEC Chairman Gary Gensler's approach to regulating cryptocurrency companies, saying that it is causing confusion and uncertainty

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US Fed 'big cuts' interest rates by 0.5 percentage point to bring inflation closer to target, considers another 50 basis point cut later in the year.

The US Federal Reserve's (Fed) Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced in an official statement that it will cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.5%. This is the first rate cut in nearly four years. The Fed raised rates from March 2022 through July of last year.

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