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A Goldman Sachs analysis reveals only 2% of S&P 500 companies quantified AI's earnings impact in Q2 2026, exposing a widening gap between AI investment and returns.…
Eighteen years after Bitcoin promised to abolish financial intermediaries, crypto firms in 2026 have quietly morphed into the institutions they once vowed to destroy.…
Two US senators have endorsed the Credit Card Competition Act, a legislative push to disrupt the entrenched duopoly of Visa and Mastercard and cut merchant costs.…
The OCC issued a preliminary conditional national banking charter to World Liberty Financial, a Trump-affiliated crypto firm led by the president's older sons, on August 14, 2026.…
The OCC granted World Liberty Financial a preliminary conditional national banking charter, marking a landmark moment for crypto-affiliated entities entering regulated banking.…
President Donald Trump is expected to join senior administration officials in meeting crypto and prediction market CEOs on August 19, signaling deepening White House engagement with digital assets.…
Stripe is in advanced talks to acquire AI routing platform OpenRouter for approximately $10 billion, a deal that could centralize control over how developers access and pay for AI models.…
Galaxy has slashed its probability estimate for the CLARITY Act passing to just 10%, pointing to unresolved ethics, stablecoin yield, and developer protection disputes alongside a shrinking Senate calendar.…
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm argues his conviction rests on reasoning that would equally implicate Google and OpenAI, whose tools sanctioned actors also use.…
A new ECB survey finds the majority of euro area online businesses still refuse crypto payments, exposing a vast gulf between digital-asset hype and commercial reality.…
Newly released Fed minutes reveal significant disagreement among policymakers on rate hikes, rattling market expectations and raising questions about financial stability.…
Malaysia's JC3 issues new guidance under the NSRF to strengthen climate and sustainability disclosures across banks, insurers, and takaful operators.…