SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 19 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Crypto Scams are Booming: Attorney General Bonta Clocks Crypto Conmen * Americans lost over $20 billion to internet-based scams last year -- keep yourself and your loved ones safe with these resources SAN FRANCISCO -- In response to the prolific volume of cryptocurrency-facilitated scams occurring across the U.S., California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced information to protect Californians from falling prey to scam more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- CHAIN REACTION, LTD., Tel Aviv, Israel has been assigned a patent (No. US 12771526 B2, initially filed June 7, 2024) developed by four inventors Oren Vrubel, Tel Aviv, Israel; Gal Binderman, Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel; Rony Gutierrez, Pardes-Hana-Karkur, Israel; and Chun-Yu Chen, San Jose, California, for "Cryptocurrency mining site optimizer." more PT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release: * * * October 20, 2026 Now Open: Submissions to Trump and Vance's Fraud Program Today, Donald Trump and "Fraud Czar" JD Vance announced their so-called "Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program." While they pay lip service to "draining the swamp," Trump, his family, and his administration actually have taken every opportunity to enrich themselves and have engaged in pay-to-play politics, like making shady business deals, taking expensive gifts from fore more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary: * * * How DOGE Beat The Bureaucracy By Judge Glock Daily Wire October 19th, 2026 What really happened when Elon's layoff experiment went to Washington. Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) went from an inside joke about a Musk-favored cryptocurrency, Dogecoin, to the biggest story in Washington to a near-nonentity -- all in under a year. During DOGE's whirlwind tour in power, the press highlighted its improbable promises of tril more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- FLOWENCY, LLC, New York, New York has been assigned a patent (No. US 12770139 B2, initially filed Dec. 19, 2024) developed by four inventors Peter Millius, New York, New York; David M. Wilkie, Hilton Head, South Carolina; Andrew John Phillipson, Smyrna, Georgia; and Christopher Ian Patton, Marietta, Georgia, for "Method of executing conventional purchase transactions using cryptocurrency." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, San Francisco, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12770138 B2, initially filed Aug. 18, 2020) developed by Yuexi Chen, Foster City, California, and Benjamin Price, Rockingham, Virginia, for "Rapid cryptocurrency transaction processing." more PT

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 20 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Haynes Boone, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * SDNY Forfeiture Action Targets $61 Million in Tether Linked to Iranian Oil Sales: Key Takeaways for Digital Assets * The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York ("SDNY") filed a civil forfeiture complaint on Sept. 14, 2026, seeking approximately $61 million in Tether (USDT) stablecoins. The U.S. government alleges the funds are proceeds of black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian oil intended to benefit the Iran more PR