Swift’s $1.5 quadrillion network faces a blockchain test
Crypto executives say new blockchain payment infrastructure could make Swift obsolete. Bankers say its 11,500institution network gives it the power to absorb…
The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin — it might not even have a name yet
AI agents are coming. They will need to pay each other. Crypto executives agree on the problem but disagree sharply on the solution, and one thinks the answer…
Tokenized assets are busier than the data shows
When you strip out what was never mobile, correct for who's holding what and why, add back what works offcontract, the utilization of tokenized assets looks…
Corporate earnings have been growing at a blistering pace. Here’s why that’s not likely to last.
The recent blistering pace of earnings growth is unsustainable. Source:MarketWatch
The S&P 500 keeps climbing on days when stocks broadly struggle. Here’s what’s going on.
Investors’ intense focus on AI is at times adding to the might of a small club of Big Tech stocks with mega market values to potentially make or break a single…
Bitcoin ETFs end 9-day inflow streak as BTC dips below $78K
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $201.8 million in net outflows Friday, led by ARK 21Shares, as total fund assets slipped back below $100 billion.…
Bitcoin wallets untouched for 10 years moved $40 million. Most avoided exchanges
Six decadeold wallets moved $40 million this month, but Galaxy's data shows dormant coin activity at its lowest since 2022 and 2026 on pace for under half of…
Dolly Parton’s music, books and theme park see spikes in interest following her death
Dolly Parton, musician, actor and literacy advocate, died on Tuesday at the age of 80. Source:MarketWatch
Kevin Warsh gets what every Fed chair hopes for: A bond market that trust his words
Kevin Warsh passed another big test as a new Federal Reserve chairman on Friday: He said the central bank still has work to do on inflation, and the bond…
Meet Generation Renter — young Americans who no longer expect to ever own a home
Also in Weekend Reads: How to start investing, an AI boost for an old industry and advice from the Moneyist. Source:MarketWatch
Chelsea FC gets a stablecoin sponsor after UK FCA warning to clubs
According to Circle, the USDC stablecoin name will appear on the front of club jerseys for Chelsea’s upcoming football season. Source:Cointelegraph
Bullish provides USD.AI $100M stablecoin facility for GPU-backed lending
The institutional crypto exchange is providing $100 million in stablecoin liquidity to support loans backed by AI computing infrastructure. Source:Cointelegraph