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August 1, 2026

Police publicly release ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie disappearance case — salon.com

Six months after the publicly released two previously withheld ransom notes while the family renewed its plea for anyone with information to come forward. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department released the handwritten notes Friday, saying investigators

Minnesota's ban on crypto ATMs goes into effect after citizens report losing nearly $1 million in scams — foxbusiness.com

Minnesota’s ban on cryptocurrency ATMs took effect Saturday after state officials said residents had reported losing nearly $1 million in scams involving the machines since 2023. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation on May 4 banning the installation

How bitcoin ransom in Nancy Guthrie case could still hold ‘valuable’ evidence 6 months after kidnapping — pagesix.com

Several alleged ransom notes surfaced after Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mom was reported missing from her Tucson-area home on Feb. 1.

Trump’s Truth Social API Is a Blatantly Corrupt Favor to Wall Street — theintercept.com

Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account at an event about coal on June 4, 2026, in the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo: Julia Demaree/AP Photo For the low, low price of $100,000 a month, the ever-oxymoronic Truth Social is

Anthony Scaramucci: don’t let politics cost America the digital economy — fortune.com

The CLARITY Act is the most important piece of financial market legislation Congress has considered in years. At its core, it does something remarkably simple: it establishes clear rules for an industry that has spent the better part of a decade operating