Bitcoin has seen better days. In October, the world’s largest cryptocurrency plummeted—and it hasn’t recovered, trading at around half of its all-time high of $126,000. Despite brief glimmers of upward…
Read article →I’m 42; Samuel Moyn is 54. When we talked about his new book, Gerontocracy in America, it felt less like an interview than a conversation between two people who’ve learned…
Read article →When crypto last boomed in 2024 and 2025, memecoins were all the rage. Traders flocked to blockchains like Solana or the app Pump.fun to launch their own dog-themed, cat-themed, or…
Read article →As stablecoin use surges globally, traditional finance is rushing to keep pace. Many businesses, though, are still getting up to speed on how to integrate dollar-pegged tokens into customer payments,…
Read article →The advent of stablecoins has made it possible to settle global transactions instantly, but many payment providers have yet to catch up, relying instead on legacy banking infrastructure. The upshot…
Read article →There is a movement afoot to redesign the U.S. equities market by issuing shares in the form of digital tokens that can be traded around the clock, and where trades…
Read article →Spending more than two decades in Congress, I saw firsthand how legislative momentum can propel our country forward — and how legislative inertia can leave us scrambling to catch up.…
Read article →Prediction markets have surged over the past year, with ads appearing everywhere from World Cup matches to New York City subway stations. While Kalshi and Polymarket dominate the space, a…
Read article →Ask economists what the most important U.S. asset class is, and they’ll likely tell you bonds. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the same. Across Wall Street, one of the…
Read article →Stablecoins have changed how people think about moving money, and their exponential rise over the past year has pushed mainstream payment networks to figure out how to adapt. Visa, one…
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