How your winning stock-index fund can turn on a dime
Also in Weekend Reads: The changing bond market, housingmarket opportunities and advice from the Moneyist. Source：MarketWatch
Crypto Biz: When dollars disappear, stablecoins step in
Bolivia moves to recognize USDT amid a dollar shortage, while Bitcoin miners’ AI ambitions face fresh investor scrutiny. Source：Cointelegraph
Stripe and Swift race to control the next generation of global payments infrastructure
Crypto and blockchain experts say this week's moves show the two established finance companies are increasingly competing for control of the infrastructure…
OKX Europe lets users convert USDT to MiCA-compliant USDC
The feature offers European customers a voluntary path away from Tether’s USDT as MiCA rules reshape the region’s stablecoin market. Source：Cointelegraph
Cardano hands core development to outside teams in decentralization push
Input Output will transfer control of the Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other components as founder Charles Hoskinson says the network must change and start…
Iran war hasn’t hurt the U.S. economy too badly — but the danger isn’t over yet
The two main pillars of the economy — consumer spending and business investment — appear to have shrugged off early angst arising from Iran tensions.…
Taylor Farms to recall produce that may be the cause of the cyclospora outbreak: report
The Californiabased company is one of the largest producers of salad greens in the U.S. Source：MarketWatch
Inside Robinhood’s high-stakes bet to onboard 10 million casual users onto decentralized finance
The company says its advantage lies in bringing retail customers onchain, but early activity remains dominated by memecoins, while its original tokenization…
Why Trump’s speech on U.S. elections could be bad for markets
The president focused in part on accusing China of “sinister election meddling” in 2020. Source：MarketWatch
Bitcoin price sags under $62.5K as Iran strikes add to US stocks pressure
Bitcoin saw a key rejection at local highs before reversing lower, moving with stocks for a second day as USIran war downside took its toll.…
Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire
The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singaporebased Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expansion that includes a tokenization…
Netflix is paying up for costly sports rights. Is the company making the right bets?
The streaming service says live programming helps draw in new subscribers, but investors have become disillusioned with Netflix’s broader engagement trends.…