Republican US states sue BlackRock for ‘destructive’ green agenda

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the ESG investing myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Texas and 10 other Republican-led states are suing BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard, alleging that they conspired to curtail coal supplies to further “a destructive, politicised environmental agenda”. The federal antitrust lawsuit accuses the three … Read more

The ‘Trump bump’ has survived tariff announcements—but will it survive the good, the bad, and the unknown in his cabinet?

President-elect Donald Trump caught many by surprise this week when he announced plans to install far-reaching tariffs of 25% on Mexico and Canada and increase existing tariffs on goods imported from China by an additional 10% on his first day in office. During the campaign, “tariff man” had promised to enact such broad-based tariffs to … Read more

Court overturns US sanctions against cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash By Reuters

By Nate Raymond (NS:) (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department acted outside its authority when it sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash in 2022 and accused it of helping launder over $7 billion for North Korean hackers and other malicious cyber actors, a U.S. appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. … Read more

Marc Andreessen tells Joe Rogan that Silicon Valley is split in half following Trump’s win 

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen no longer makes the guest list of every dinner party in Silicon Valley, he said, as punishment for abandoning the Democratic Party to back Donald Trump. The co-founder of venture capital firm a16z, also known as Andreessen Horowitz, says social isolation remains a common penalty for those who think differently about … Read more