Home » Topics » Federal regulators
Bitcoin Foundation pushes back on new federal ‘guidance’
Federal regulators are starting to make noise about Bitcoin, the digital currency that’s gained in recognition and value over the past few years. Unregulated by a central bank and distributed via a peer-to-peer network, Bitcoins currently trade for around $89 apiece, not bad for something that only… [Stack of…
Federal foreclosure probe ends in vague $8.5 billion settlement
The Independent Foreclosure Review was supposed to be a full and fair investigation of the big banks’ foreclosure abuses, and it was trumpeted as the government’s largest effort to compensate victimized homeowners. Federal regulators, who designed the review, forced banks to spend billions to carry it out. Millions of homeowners…
Brand new on Raw Story
- John Oliver: Just f*cking ignore Sarah Palin’s turd supermarket of self-contradictory nonsense
- Republican cites masturbating fetuses to support new abortion restrictions
- U.S. patent case climaxes with win for Canadian vibrator maker
- Obama on prosecuting Edward Snowden: I will leave it up to the Department of Justice
- Rand Paul: Marijuana users lose IQ points and lack motivation
- New Hampshire court strikes down law to divert public funds to religious schools
- Bill Clinton to Israelis: There is ‘no alternative’ to a Palestinian state
- China now home to the world’s fastest supercomputer
- Watch: Funny or Die mocks Michele Bachmann’s retirement
- Pesticide contamination kills up to 42 percent of water life: study
Commentary
The Center For Inquiry Likes Atheism’s Cranky White Guy Image, So Screw You Ladies
By Amanda Marcotte
From hope to fear: the broken promise of Barack Obama
By Paul Harris, The Observer
Work/life issues really depend on what kind of job you have
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
