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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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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Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky appears to have been the target of a cyberattack, a source with knowledge of the situation tells Fortune. On Monday, Chesky’s X account shared…
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President Donald Trump’s teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after reports that he used his inside knowledge to make bets about the president’s speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi,…
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The World Cup is driving record-breaking activity on prediction markets, with popular platforms Kalshi and Polymarket reporting their highest trading volumes to date. Just days ahead of Sunday’s final, the…
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Back in 2024, it all seemed so promising. Coinbase would use its app called Base, built around its blockchain of the same name, to build a decentralized trading and social…
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Defaults on student loans have surged across the United States, reaching record levels as borrowers struggle to keep up with payments. Recommended Video The numbers have spiked since payments came due again…
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Allan Maman watches numbers the way sports fans watch scores. When the World Cup kicked off in the U.S. this summer, Kalshi’s chief marketing officer was refreshing his dashboards hourly,…
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