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Why a 4chan Bitcoin Prophecy Says Today Is the End of Crypto Winter
An anonymous 4chan user called Bitcoin's October 2025 peak to the day way back in 2023. Could they be right again?
How Christina Zhu turned Sam’s Club into Walmart’s unlikely growth engine in China
Walmart China’s first native Chinese CEO is leaning on Sam’s Club, smaller portion sizes, and an ultrafast delivery network to drive growth in a strained consumer economy.
Beyond the boardroom: Asia’s 10 influential women to watch in 2026
Power in Asia extends well beyond the C-suite.
Treasury Kills Crypto 'Unhosted Wallet' and Mixer Surveillance Rules
FinCEN withdrew a 2020 proposal to track transactions with self-custodial crypto wallets and a 2023 plan to designate crypto mixing as a primary money laundering concern.
Should we phase out Social Security? 2 economists debated it for an hour in front of me — then agreed the wealthy have to pay up
Teresa Ghilarducci said "The way to get money for Social Security... is going to be at the top." Romina Boccia agreed they'll have to "bear the brunt."
It’s ‘more likely than not’ humanity loses control: Former AI insiders testify safety fixes may be ‘duct tape that will fall off later’
Former insiders warned the NYC City Council about losing control of AI, while OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google couldn't say how big the risk is.
Sam Altman says the world has to accept the ‘bad things’ being done with AI as the industry signs onto Trump’s voluntary safety pact
Altman said “catastrophic risks” should not be accepted.
Modern Treasury seeks US trust bank charter for digital asset custody
The payments infrastructure company is seeking federal approval to offer stablecoin custody and related fiat services through a limited-purpose national trust bank.
MAGAnomics is starting to look uncomfortably like Bidenomics
Trump once called Biden-era inflation a “country-buster” and a “colossal tax on American families.” Now the shoe is on the other foot.
Crypto's campaign arm, Fairshake, sets lists of U.S. House favorites it'll spend on
The super PAC shared a list of more than 30 incumbent candidates it's backing, with about a million dollars going to three names from each party.
Advocacy group pushes back on banks’ lawsuit against OCC over charters
CCI CEO Ji Hun Kim said that the organization “remains confident“ in the OCC’s approval of charters for crypto companies, despite a recent lawsuit and pushback from some lawmakers.
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils its first open model, Beam. Could it be America’s best chance to compete with China?
The New York-based company already has deals with several U.S. government agencies, and billion-dollar compute agreements.
Tories are united behind Badenoch, but MPs want focus on economy over culture wars to win back voters
Party has common enemy in defectors, while Nigel Farage’s woes have given some insiders reason to hopeDuring a quick-fire Q&A at the Conservative party conference this weekend, Ke…
Crypto Sleuth ZachXBT Fronted $350K to Pose as a Client of Lazarus' Chinese Launderers
The on-chain sleuth says he posed as a customer of a Chinese crime syndicate, fronting $349,700 and eating 5% on every order, to track Lazarus Group's Bybit loot in real time.
Gatorade maker recalls 122,000 cases of popular sports drink across 37 US states
PepsiCo initiated class II recall of 28oz bottles last month over ‘undeclared’ yellow dyes, FDA notice saysAbout 122,000 cases of the popular sports drink Gatorade have been volun…
Taxpayers are still paying $1.6 million a week to keep 420 radio staffers out of work
The United States Agency for Global Media can’t document 99% of the gear from Voice of America that it dumped in 2025.
SEC Clears 3x Leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum Funds for Trading
The agency approved a Cboe rule letting six Volatility Shares funds that triple the daily moves of Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, silver, oil, and natural gas list on a U.S. exchange.
S&P Global brings risk assessments to growing crypto lending vault sector
S&P Global’s new framework evaluates digital asset lending vaults across six risk categories as deposits in the sector climb to about $10 billion.
Conservative plans to slash aid budget would ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say
Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’Conservative plans to slash the aid budget by 90% would leave the UK u…
Venmo Credit Card Revises Rewards: Up to 4% Back, With Strings Attached
The Venmo Credit Card will no longer offer automated, customizable rewards but will heavily incentivize using the Venmo payment platform.
Amazon’s answer to data center backlash: $1 billion for community college and home energy upgrades
The company said it will also pay for job training and energy-efficiency upgrades as hyperscalers face community backlash over data center
The Guardian view on Tory economics: Britain’s future needs more than Thatcher’s past | Editorial
The Conservatives blame their failures on abandoning their 1976 principles. But the country needs investment and resilience rather than another round of spending cutsThe Conservat…
CFTC joins SEC in proposing crypto framework after failed CLARITY vote
CFTC Chair Michael Selig claimed that the agency was using its “existing statutory authorities“ to address crypto regulation after Congress failed to advance a market structure bi…
NYSE owner and crypto exchange OKX seek SEC clearance for tokenized U.S. stock trading
OKXICE’s move comes three months after former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo became its cochair.