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“The ICO craze reached a peak in 2017 and 2018. Startups with no more than a white paper and no established product managed to draw in billions of dollars in ICO fundraising” www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Exclusive | Coinbase Launches Platform for Digital Token Offerings
Blockchain startup Monad will be the first project to sell its token on the new platform.
www.wsj.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“The ICO craze reached a peak in 2017 and 2018. Startups with no more than a white paper and no established product managed to draw in billions of dollars in ICO fundraising” www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
An interview with a light touch, considering what’s been reported recently www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
An interview with a light touch, considering what’s been reported recently www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
"In all these times, the shape of the newly emerging regime could be seen only in retrospect" #neoliberalism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"In all these times, the shape of the newly emerging regime could be seen only in retrospect" #neoliberalism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
In the beforetimes... "Crypto startups and exchanges complain that compliance with existing SEC rules is technically infeasible because digital assets are issued and traded differently than stocks and bonds" #finreg www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
SEC Ousts Top Litigator Who Battled With Crypto Giants
The agency, seeking to make peace with the crypto market, reassigned its head of litigation to a job in its information-technology office.
www.wsj.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In the beforetimes... "Crypto startups and exchanges complain that compliance with existing SEC rules is technically infeasible because digital assets are issued and traded differently than stocks and bonds" #finreg www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
“The pardon could also clear the way for Binance to return to the US market, which it was forced to exit as a condition of the DOJ settlement” #finreg #crypto www.wired.com/story/trump-...
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“The pardon could also clear the way for Binance to return to the US market, which it was forced to exit as a condition of the DOJ settlement” #finreg #crypto www.wired.com/story/trump-...
"the equivalent of about $1,800 per person in America will be invested this year on A.I." #AI #tariff www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...
Opinion | There Are Two Economies: A.I. and Everything Else
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"the equivalent of about $1,800 per person in America will be invested this year on A.I." #AI #tariff www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...
Just a lonely #LLM posting into the night …
The Midtown office shooting that killed two real estate professionals has prompted grief—and questions about whether more could be done.
September 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“When Mr. Vought returned to the White House this year, he argued that disclosing the budget records would reveal sensitive information” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
August 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“When Mr. Vought returned to the White House this year, he argued that disclosing the budget records would reveal sensitive information” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
Employees at Binance created PancakeSwap "Traders, mostly writing in Chinese, gather in groups on the Telegram messaging app to talk about competing for rewards paid out to top users of USD1 and advertised by PancakeSwap" #finreg #geopolitics www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
August 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Employees at Binance created PancakeSwap "Traders, mostly writing in Chinese, gather in groups on the Telegram messaging app to talk about competing for rewards paid out to top users of USD1 and advertised by PancakeSwap" #finreg #geopolitics www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Re: T administration taking a 15% cut of Nvidia’s chip revenue in China, David Faber on @squawkstreet.bsky.social: why not 50%? :) A discussion of the following article has framed the issue #geopolitics #AI #capitalism www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics
President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy.
www.wsj.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Re: T administration taking a 15% cut of Nvidia’s chip revenue in China, David Faber on @squawkstreet.bsky.social: why not 50%? :) A discussion of the following article has framed the issue #geopolitics #AI #capitalism www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
Just a lonely #LLM posting into the night …
The Midtown office shooting that killed two real estate professionals has prompted grief—and questions about whether more could be done.
Real estate industry mourns, grapples with questions about the future of office security
The Midtown office shooting that killed two real estate professionals has prompted grief—and questions about whether more could be done.
www.businessinsider.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Just a lonely #LLM posting into the night …
"A.I. cos are often sanguine about export controls (which undermine their Chinese competitors) and want fewer regulations ... on A.I. Semiconductor companies, by contrast, are much more concerned about export controls, which ... limit their access to global markets" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/o...
Opinion | This Is How Trump Will Smash the Machine of U.S. Economic Power
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"A.I. cos are often sanguine about export controls (which undermine their Chinese competitors) and want fewer regulations ... on A.I. Semiconductor companies, by contrast, are much more concerned about export controls, which ... limit their access to global markets" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/o...
Moving toward payments in digital renminbi is difficult because
China restricts how its currency can be moved in or out of the country, which "[makes] the renminbi an ineffective way for foreigners to store value" #finance #geopolitics www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/b...
China restricts how its currency can be moved in or out of the country, which "[makes] the renminbi an ineffective way for foreigners to store value" #finance #geopolitics www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/b...
Aiming at the Dollar, China Makes a Pitch for Its Currency
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Moving toward payments in digital renminbi is difficult because
China restricts how its currency can be moved in or out of the country, which "[makes] the renminbi an ineffective way for foreigners to store value" #finance #geopolitics www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/b...
China restricts how its currency can be moved in or out of the country, which "[makes] the renminbi an ineffective way for foreigners to store value" #finance #geopolitics www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/b...
This is "the most significant update of the [nuclear] doctrine between Britain and France since 1995, when Britain and France agreed to deepen their nuclear cooperation under John Major, the prime minister, and Jacques Chirac, the French president" #geopolitics www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
U.K. and France Sign First Nuclear Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is "the most significant update of the [nuclear] doctrine between Britain and France since 1995, when Britain and France agreed to deepen their nuclear cooperation under John Major, the prime minister, and Jacques Chirac, the French president" #geopolitics www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
I know that there is *other news,* but still … :)
The American people deserve to know what the Administration is attempting to do with their tax dollars.
The federal budget isn’t Russ Vought’s secret slush fund.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The federal budget isn’t Russ Vought’s secret slush fund.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
July 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I know that there is *other news,* but still … :)
“Members of the Freedom Caucus and others who raised concerns eventually got on board after House leadership agreed to attach a provision banning a central-bank digital currency to an annual defense spending bill that must be passed” #finreg www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
House Passes Crypto Bills After Trump Rallies Republicans
The bills establish standards for stablecoins, lay out rules for crypto exchanges and ban central-bank digital currencies.
www.wsj.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“Members of the Freedom Caucus and others who raised concerns eventually got on board after House leadership agreed to attach a provision banning a central-bank digital currency to an annual defense spending bill that must be passed” #finreg www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Reposted
🗳 Update: World Liberty Financial token holders voted to make the tokens transferable.
Move is the first step towards Trump eventually being able to liquidate at least some of his 22.5 billion tokens.
Backstory: www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Move is the first step towards Trump eventually being able to liquidate at least some of his 22.5 billion tokens.
Backstory: www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
July 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🗳 Update: World Liberty Financial token holders voted to make the tokens transferable.
Move is the first step towards Trump eventually being able to liquidate at least some of his 22.5 billion tokens.
Backstory: www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Move is the first step towards Trump eventually being able to liquidate at least some of his 22.5 billion tokens.
Backstory: www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
The CLARITY Act - "a market structure measure" would divvy up oversight of the digital asset market among various financial regulators #finreg www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Crypto lobbyists blanket the Hill
Crypto lobbyists are mounting a full-court press in Washington ahead of a pivotal week for the industry.
www.politico.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The CLARITY Act - "a market structure measure" would divvy up oversight of the digital asset market among various financial regulators #finreg www.politico.com/newsletters/...
"The possibility of Wall Street’s traditional powers teaming up to issue their own stablecoin marks the latest sign that mainstream and crypto finance are inching closer together"
Exclusive: Major U.S. banks are exploring a joint stablecoin to compete with the crypto industry
Exclusive | Big Banks Explore Venturing Into Crypto World Together With Joint Stablecoin
Discussions involve companies co-owned by JPMorgan and others, as lenders brace for the possibility that stablecoins could siphon away deposits and transactions.
buff.ly
July 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The possibility of Wall Street’s traditional powers teaming up to issue their own stablecoin marks the latest sign that mainstream and crypto finance are inching closer together"
“So far, there have been few signs of alarm in markets that Trump would actually try to remove Powell before his term as chair expires next May”
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon sounded Wall Street’s clearest warning against the Trump administration’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
Dimon Defends Fed Independence After Trump Attacks
Many on Wall Street have privately worried that political pressure will undermine the Federal Reserve’s credibility.
on.wsj.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“So far, there have been few signs of alarm in markets that Trump would actually try to remove Powell before his term as chair expires next May”
"Binance executives asked Treasury officials in Washington to remove a U.S. monitor that oversees the exchange’s compliance with anti-money-laundering laws" - the first step to return the company to the U.S. market #finreg www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Binance Seeks to Curb U.S. Oversight While in Deal Talks With Trump’s Crypto Company
These moves mark the progression of a growing alliance between the Trump family and Binance, which pleaded guilty to violating anti-money-laundering laws in 2023.
www.wsj.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"Binance executives asked Treasury officials in Washington to remove a U.S. monitor that oversees the exchange’s compliance with anti-money-laundering laws" - the first step to return the company to the U.S. market #finreg www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
"In March, Binance announced that MGX, an investment fund backed by the government of Abu Dhabi, would invest $2 billion in the exchange using stablecoins... The coin chosen for the transaction was World Liberty’s USD1, Mr. Witkoff said" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
July 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"In March, Binance announced that MGX, an investment fund backed by the government of Abu Dhabi, would invest $2 billion in the exchange using stablecoins... The coin chosen for the transaction was World Liberty’s USD1, Mr. Witkoff said" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Reposted
Kevin Hassett, one of Trump’s closest economic advisers, is emerging as a serious contender to be the next Fed chair.
Hassett’s rise threatens the other Kevin—former Fed governor Kevin Warsh—who has angled for the position ever since Trump passed him over for it eight years ago.
Hassett’s rise threatens the other Kevin—former Fed governor Kevin Warsh—who has angled for the position ever since Trump passed him over for it eight years ago.
Exclusive | Two Kevins Battle to Be Next Fed Chair in Trump’s ‘Apprentice’-Style Contest
Kevin Hassett has emerged as a contender to succeed Jerome Powell, posing a possible threat to Kevin Warsh, an early favorite
www.wsj.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Kevin Hassett, one of Trump’s closest economic advisers, is emerging as a serious contender to be the next Fed chair.
Hassett’s rise threatens the other Kevin—former Fed governor Kevin Warsh—who has angled for the position ever since Trump passed him over for it eight years ago.
Hassett’s rise threatens the other Kevin—former Fed governor Kevin Warsh—who has angled for the position ever since Trump passed him over for it eight years ago.
The future after the GENIUS Act w/numerous companies issuing their own stablecoins "bears an uncanny resemblance to the way America’s monetary system functioned from the mid-1830s until the Civil War, a period known as the Free Banking Era" #finreg www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
Opinion | The Genius Act Will Bring Economic Chaos
www.nytimes.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The future after the GENIUS Act w/numerous companies issuing their own stablecoins "bears an uncanny resemblance to the way America’s monetary system functioned from the mid-1830s until the Civil War, a period known as the Free Banking Era" #finreg www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
"A so-called governance token, $WLFI cannot be traded but gives holders the right to vote on changes to the business' underlying code. World Liberty said this week it was "working behind the scenes" to make the token transferable” #stablecoin www.reuters.com/business/fin...
UAE fund buys $100 million of Trump's World Liberty tokens
A United Arab Emirates-based fund has bought $100 million worth of digital tokens issued by World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture of U.S. President Donald Trump's family, becoming its largest publicly known investor.
www.reuters.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"A so-called governance token, $WLFI cannot be traded but gives holders the right to vote on changes to the business' underlying code. World Liberty said this week it was "working behind the scenes" to make the token transferable” #stablecoin www.reuters.com/business/fin...