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The Cruel Irony Of Veterans Day - The Cruel Irony Of Veterans Day Authored by Connor O'Keeffe via The Mises Institute,Today is Veterans Day. It's a day when politicians like to give speeches praising the extraordinary courage and selflessness of America's veterans and active-duty military personnel.It's also a day when American military history is often treated like a vague, homogeneous blob of sacrifice. But it's ...

Iran Hawk Bessent Now Lives Behind A Military Gate As Threats Reach 'More Than Advanced Stage' - Iran Hawk Bessent Now Lives Behind A Military Gate As Threats Reach 'More Than Advanced Stage' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved out of his Washington-area home and onto a US military base because of Iranian threats against him, the New York Times reported Tuesday.Three people told the Times that US officials concluded in recent weeks that Iranian plotting against current ...

Watch: "Blood On Your Hands" - Protesters Hurl Milk At Biden In Dublin - Watch: "Blood On Your Hands" - Protesters Hurl Milk At Biden In Dublin Pro-Palestinian protesters hurled milk at Joe Biden on Tuesday as the former president left Trinity College Dublin, where his son Hunter had just been handed a gold medal for "Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse."Joe Biden was pelted with milk cartons in Dublin, Ireland, as he took cover behind an umbre...

Mo, Mo, & Mo: 3 Charged In Iran-Linked Plot Against British Airbase - Mo, Mo, & Mo: 3 Charged In Iran-Linked Plot Against British Airbase A longtime operative of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Kata'ib Hizballah sitting in a New York jail used phone calls to his family in Iraq to pass coded messages to the men who allegedly orchestrated September's plot against RAF Fairford, the British air base that housed US bombers, federal prosecutors say. Armed ...

Iran Rejects Transferring "A Single Atom" Of Enriched Uranium From Its Territory - Iran Rejects Transferring "A Single Atom" Of Enriched Uranium From Its Territory Contradicting earlier Gulf-sourced reports from this week, top Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei has rejected the prospect of transferring enriched uranium out of the country as part of any deal with the US.He weighed in during an interview with Lebanon's Al Mayadeen TV, wherein Rezaei again slam...

UK Trader And "Fake Private Equity Exec" Sentenced Over Fake £154 Million Takeover Bid - UK Trader And "Fake Private Equity Exec" Sentenced Over Fake £154 Million Takeover Bid Fake it til you make it? Not always such a great idea...A British day trader who posed as a private equity executive to orchestrate a fake £154 million ($206 million) takeover bid has received a two-year suspended prison sentence for fraud and forgery, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Ch...

Futures Rise As CoreWeave Calms Debt Jitters, Sparking AI Rebound; Oil Jumps On Hormuz Mines - Futures Rise As CoreWeave Calms Debt Jitters, Sparking AI Rebound; Oil Jumps On Hormuz Mines US futures are higher as a trifecta of AI catalysts, i) CoreWeave's beat-and-raise, ii) reports that Anthropic's bankers are weighing an IPO valuation of $1.5 trillion or more and iii) word that OpenAI's quarterly revenue hit $10 billion for the first time, revived the battered tech trade a...

The Seduction Of Market Bounces On The Way Down - The Seduction Of Market Bounces On The Way Down Submitted by QTR's Fringe FinanceJust wanted to offer up a quick lesson this morning because every time the market stages one of these violent next-day bounces like it had yesterday (NASDAQ was up about +3.7%), I find myself dealing with the same giant brained geniuses telling me my bearish outlook is wrong and the worst is over.It’s ...

Anthropic Bankers Push For Higher IPO Valuation Amid Warnings That Weak Debut Could Prick AI Bubble - Anthropic Bankers Push For Higher IPO Valuation Amid Warnings That Weak Debut Could Prick AI Bubble Nasdaq futures rallied Wednesday morning after CoreWeave's earnings showed strong sales growth, lifting Taiwanese and Korean equities overnight. Improving sentiment around the AI trade is emerging after last week's Democratic sweep sparked crisis fears about potential data center mor...

Tribunal Hearings Begin In UK-Argentina Row Over Falklands Oil Project - Tribunal Hearings Begin In UK-Argentina Row Over Falklands Oil Project Authored by Charles Kennedy via Oilprice.com,The Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Tuesday began hearings of Argentina's complaint about the UK's oil drilling project north of the Falkland Islands, which Argentinian President Javier Milei claims is unlawful amid a recently revived ro...

My friend hates her job but shuts down when I give her advice. How can I help her? - It’s counterintuitive, but the worst thing you could do is give your friend advice, says one career coach.

Forget happy hour. ‘Money parties’ are having a moment. - There’s evidence showing that talking about finances with your friends can help you save money.

Here’s how Bernie Sanders wants to keep Social Security solvent ‘for generations’ - The Vermont senator aims to eliminate the taxable maximum, making the wealthy pay more in taxes

Corporate America is making a trillion-dollar mistake about retirement - The market is dramatically underpricing the economic impact of Americans age 50 and older.

Micron and other AI stocks surge as CoreWeave calms Wall Street’s worst fears - CoreWeave’s improved AI economics and its vow to show some discipline around future debt are sparking a broad rally across the chip sector.

‘We had the worst fight’: I want my husband to retire at 65, but I don’t want to lose his $280,000 salary. Is that unreasonable? - “We have $2.6 million, most of it in his 401(k) and IRAs, plus $450,000 in a brokerage account.”

One reason Children’s Place is filing for bankruptcy? Not enough children. - The chain has been contending with falling birth rates, cautious consumers, stiff competition and $881 million in debt.

22 stocks of companies with tremendous sales growth - These S&P 500 companies have also shown improving profit margins and free cash flow this earnings season.

Keep Jensen Huang at Nvidia — but end the one-man show - Nvidia can’t afford to lose its CEO, but it’s time for the company to grow up and get serious about governance.

Nvidia’s valuation tumbles to a 15-year low. A bargain or a falling knife? - The AI giant now trades at a discount to the S&P 500, by one measure. Plus, CoreWeave’s answer to its debt problem and a Veterans Day breather for bonds.

Fed's Goolsbee calls inflation report 'borderline disturbing' as central bank weighs more hikes - The consumer price index rose more than expected in October, raising alarm among Federal Reserve officials.

CoreWeave CEO says 'new political reality' after midterms won't slow buildout - After CoreWeave beat on revenue and upped its forecast, CEO Mike Intrator indicated the company will be fine despite last week's Democratic midterm sweep.

Nvidia shares rebound as Jensen Huang faces scrutiny ahead of earnings - Investors are assessing whether CEO Jensen Huang's affair will have spillover effects on Nvidia's business.

Nasdaq surges as CoreWeave leads tech rebound: Live updates - Stocks rose Wednesday, boosted by sharp gains in CoreWeave and a rebound in Nvidia following back-to-back losing sessions for the chipmaker.

CoreWeave stock pops 12% after outlook raise eases AI slowdown concerns - Neoclouds such as CoreWeave, Nebius and IREN have come under scrutiny this month as investors assessed the sustainability of the AI trade.

Consumers are showing signs of strain even as they keep spending, CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows - Retail sales rose at their slowest pace in nearly a year in October as American consumers showed signs of strain from high prices.

Consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, more than expected, complicating Fed's inflation fight - The report comes at a critical juncture for the Federal Reserve as it considers its next move regarding interest rates.

China's goods surplus tops $1 trillion for a second year amid calls for Beijing to rebalance trade - China's trade surplus topped $1 trillion as of October, potentially intensifying complaints from trading partners already wary over the glut of cheap Chinese goods.

3 unexpected reasons the October jobs report was so strong - October's jobs report blew past economist forecasts. Here are three reasons.

A key report for where inflation stood in October comes out Tuesday. Here's what to expect - The CPI headline reading is expected to show an increase of 0.3% while the core is forecast to increase 0.2%.

Vince Lanci: Is gold being spoofed lower again? - 9:26a ET Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In his commentary today at VBLGoldFix, Vince Lanci picks up on GATA's report yesterday -- https://gata.org/node/25114 -- about the sharp increases in the gold swaps undertaken by the Bank for International Settlements in September and October. Lanci concurs that the BIS is the coordinator of central bank efforts to restrain the...

Myrmikan's Dan Oliver: The gold cycle turns - 7:24a ET Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Dan Oliver of Myrmikan Capital in New York writes this week that there will be pressure to sell gold to avert default as the artificial intelligence bubble deflates and high interest rates make carrying debt too expensive. But he adds that the world is enveloped in the largest credit bubble in history, the artificial intelligen...

Russia's push to replace dollar with China's yuan collapses - From Bloomberg NewsTuesday, November 10, 2026 Russia has effectively abandoned attempts to replace the dollar with China's yuan under the pressure of U.S. secondary sanctions, underlining the difficulties facing other nations looking for an alternative global currency. Despite rising trade with China, the yuan's share in payments for Russian exports has halved this year to 22% from its peak in ...

If GATA's work is worth something to you, please help us - 9:40p ET Tuesday, November 10, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: GATA would like to think it has had a good couple of weeks. First we brought you and the New Orleans Investment Conference a comprehensive summary of the last year's international intrigue about gold, bringing the secret knowledge of the financial universe out into the open so people outside the financial elites might act on that...

Gold swaps via BIS soar, indicating heightened price suppression efforts - 11:14a ET Tuesday, November 10, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Surreptitious efforts for gold price suppression conducted through the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, soared in September and October. The bank's monthly statements of account for those months were published yesterday -- https://www.bis.org/publications/statement-account-30-september-2026.pdf https://w...

10-Year Treasury Yield Spikes as Inflation Spreads across Economy, Driven by Ugly Core Services CPI - Inflation refuses to go back into the bottle, especially non-housing services inflation. Prices of food and core goods also jumped. It was ugly all around.

Social Security Deficit Blows Out: Trust Fund, Income, Costs, Deficits, and Interest Rates in Fiscal 2026 - Three months before insolvency of the SS Trust Fund in 1983, Congress passed and Reagan signed a fix that lasted 40 years. Now Congress needs to stop dilly-dallying around.

Labor’s Share of Output: Structural Shifts in the US Economy Driven by Technology - Continually improving technologies, from automation to the computerization of everything, have caused labor productivity to soar.

These Countries May Be Next To Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender - One of the main knocks against cryptocurrency has always been that it will never gain universal adoption, meaning its usefulness will always be limited. This perhaps changed forever on September 7, ...

This Day In Market History: Legal Tender Act Of 1862 - What Happened? On this day in 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act into law. Where The Market Was: The Legal Tender Act predates both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones ...

What Is Considered Legal Tender in the US? - "Legal tender" means that the financial instrument in question legally serves to pay any public or private debt. Federal law guarantees its printed value regardless of its intrinsic convertible value, ...

Bill Introduced To Make Bitcoin A Legal Tender In Arizona - Senator Wendy Rogers has introduced a bill proposing to make bitcoin a legal tender in the U.S. state of Arizona. The bill seeks to add bitcoin to the list of instruments considered legal tender in ...

Legal Tender - Legal tender is a medium of payment recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation. Paper currency and coins are common forms of legal tender in many countries. Legal ...

OKXICE to debut tokenized stock trading with Strategy, Coinbase, Circle this month - After initial issuer pushback, the blockchain venue is set to start trading on Nov. 23 and said will list over 70 assets, including Strategy’s common and preferred shares and 59 of Direxion's ETFs.

Meet Spiko, the largest tokenized fund in the world you’ve probably never heard about - The firm’s flagship Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO) held $2.39 billion in assets under management as of late last month.

Live news: Bitcoin remains under pressure as CoreWeave, Nvidia lead AI rebound - The DRAM ETF jumps 8% and semiconductor stocks gain more than 4%, while bitcoin continues to test its 200-day moving average.

Bitcoin barely flinches at hot CPI as ETF selling slows - Your day-ahead look for Nov. 11, 2026

Bitcoin sits out stock rebound as ETF outflows extend to fourth day - Bitcoin held steady near $74,000 as Tuesday's hot inflation figure lifted the odds on a U.S. interest-rate increase to around 90%. ETF outflows extended to a fourth day and liquidations jumped.

Kraken's xStocks adds 200 UK and EU shares as its assets top $1.1 billion - Payward says xStocks holds over $1.1 billion. Each token is backed by a share but gives no ownership of the underlying company.

Bitcoin stuck under $74,000 as CoreWeave earnings revive AI outlook, Anthropic said to raise IPO valuation - CoreWeave’s revenue surge lifted AI infrastructure stocks and Nasdaq futures, while bitcoin was little changed over 24 hours.

Warren: What is White House doing to prevent a repeat of teleprompter's Trump bets? - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren argued the administration is not doing enough about staff insider trading, questioning whether CFTC enforcement action was sufficient.

Former NYSE president says stock issuers hold the key to tokenization as Bullish builds its platform - Stacey Cunningham, who recently joined digital asset platform Bullish as President, sees the company’s planned Equiniti acquisition and focus on stock issuers as key to its tokenization ambitions.

Goldman Sachs, Citi among banks said to commit $270 million to stablecoin venture - The venture, known as Project Faro, plans to issue a dollar-denominated stablecoin and is expected to be incorporated in the U.S.

Deutsche Bank Brings Bitcoin Custody Into Its Institutional Banking Empire - Germany’s largest lender, Deutsche Bank, has officially launched its digital asset custody service for institutional clients across Europe, bringing bitcoin, ether, and regulated stablecoins into its banking infrastructure. The Nov. 11 debut marks another significant step toward integrating cryptocurrency services into traditional finance (TradFi). The TradFi giant’s launch follows years of pre...

Trump Media’s $409M Profit Dwarfs Its $3M Revenue - Trump Media and Technology Group reported a $409.7 million third-quarter profit, reversing a $54.8 million loss a year earlier, largely driven by non-cash gains on digital assets and equity securities.   Non-Cash Digital Asset Gains Drive $409.7 Million Profit Trump Media and Technology Group reported net income of $409.7 million for the third quarter ended […]

Bitcoin ETFs Bleed for a 4th Straight Day as 2026 Outflows Top $1B Billion - U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) bled another $95 million on Nov. 10, extending their losing streak to four straight days and deepening a 2026 hole that has wiped out a year-to-date cushion of more than $1.4 billion in roughly three weeks. A $25.7 Billion Swing The latest numbers came from Sosovalue data, which showed […]

Trump Still Wants to Buy Bitcoin but a Legal Wall Stands in the Way: Witt - Former White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt says President Donald Trump is still interested in buying bitcoin for the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, but open-market purchases face a serious legal problem. “The President’s Interested in It” Witt, who stepped down as executive director of the White House crypto council in October for the private sector, […]

“From Authorization to Supervision”: European Regulators Outline the Next Phase of MiCA as MERGE Madrid 2026 Concludes - MADRID, November 11, 2026 – MERGE Madrid 2026 concluded at the Palacio de Cibeles, bringing together leaders from traditional finance, blockchain, investment, and regulation. The three-day conference forms part of MERGE, a leading institutional platform for crypto, blockchain, and Web3 in Southern Europe and Latin America, focused on bringing traditional financial institutions and the digital [...

Rate Hike? - Plus: Hegseth impeachment fails, gaming out what happens if Anthropic's IPO goes poorly, and more...

School Board Can Order High School Teacher to Remove "Hate Has No Home Here" Rainbow Poster - From McIntyre v. Little Miami School Dist., decided Monday by Judge Matthew McFarland (S.D. Ohio) (appeal pending): Plaintiff George McIntyre… The post School Board Can Order High School Teacher to Remove "Hate Has No Home Here" Rainbow Poster appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Why Not Seek the Win/Win? - Religious Freedom and LGBTQ Rights

Indirectly Inciting "Followers to Flood" Business "with False Reviews, Calls, and Emails" May Be Tortious - From Couture v. Noshirvan, decided Tuesday by Judge Kyle Dudek (M.D. Fla.): [T]he story begins with a viral video of… The post Indirectly Inciting "Followers to Flood" Business "with False Reviews, Calls, and Emails" May Be Tortious appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Prosecution for Alleged Threats to ICE Officer's Husband and Children Can Go Forward - In U.S. v. Alexander, decided yesterday by Judge Paul Engelmayer (S.D.N.Y.), the criminal complaint (which yielded an indictment) alleges: [O]n… The post Prosecution for Alleged Threats to ICE Officer's Husband and Children Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Today in Supreme Court History: November 11, 1975 - 11/11/1975: Virginia State Bd. of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: November 11, 1975 appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Documents Reveal the Postal Service's Broad Surveillance of Political Activists - Postal investigators monitored social media for protest plans and used facial recognition software.

Brickbat: The King and I - Thai political activist Arnon Nampa has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for criticizing Thailand's monarchy during… The post Brickbat: The King and I appeared first on Reason Magazine.

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Trump Debates Mass Deportation With Himself - Even while elevating the main architect of that policy, the president worries that "it might be too tough."

This isn’t an Instruction Manual. It’s a Warning. How Empires Fall. - Collapse is self-inflicted: Benjamin Franklin knew the pattern all through history. In 1773, he wrote a masterpiece of biting satire - 20 rules for how a great empire destroys itself from within by making its own people see it as detestable. It was supposed to be a warning, but London completely ignored it and paid the price. Once you hear his “rules,” judge for yourself. Is this just another h...

Lost Cause: The Federal Government will Never Limit Itself - Going to the federal government to convince the federal government to limit its own power? That’s not just dumb strategy and a lost cause. It’s dangerous to the Constitution and liberty. On this episode, it’s James Madison’s blueprint for beating the feds without relying on the feds to magically limit their own power. Plus the right to keep and bear arms as the ultimate safeguard for freedom. T...

The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. - That means the rules of the constitution apply whether someone calls it an “emergency” or not. On this episode, it’s the founders’ long-forgotten warning about the oldest weapon in the book. Let politicians have extra power or funding because THEY declare an emergency? And you’ll get never-ending emergencies. The post The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. a...

We’re Asking an Appeals Court to Require a Warrant for ALPR Searches - Today, along with the ACLU, EFF filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit court of appeals in United States v. Sturdivant, a case where police warrantlessly tracked a suspect’s movements using Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) data. Our brief details the vast, interconnected network of ALPRs that constantly track drivers around the country and argues that this tracking is a “search” under ...

Why Fewer People Are Challenging Bad Patents - The number of petitions being filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has collapsed. That’s not reason for celebration. The PTAB is an important line of defense against low-quality software patents being used in lawsuits against people and companies. The drop didn’t happen because suddenly patents have become higher quality. It’s simply because USPTO leadership is increasingly refusin...

U.S. Supreme Court Deals Final Blow to Corporate Human Rights Accountability - For the past two decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has been slowly weakening the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), a key human rights law that allows foreign nationals to sue persons or entities in civil court for harms resulting from violations of international law. The court’s recent ruling in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I dealt the law a final blow, foreclosing—absent new legislation by Congress—any fu...

Connecticut Couple to Resume Renting Trails to Hikers After Town Zoning Officials Fail to Respond to Request for Zoning Interpretation - ROXBURY, Conn.—Today, Roxbury couple, Charles and Eli Copley, and their attorneys from the Institute for Justice (IJ), sent a letter to town officials informing them […] The post Connecticut Couple to Resume Renting Trails to Hikers After Town Zoning Officials Fail to Respond to Request for Zoning Interpretation appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Idaho Supreme Court: Property Owners Cannot Challenge Meridian’s Ban on Tiny Homes on Wheels - Boise, Idaho.—Today, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Chasidy Decker could not challenge Meridian’s ban on tiny homes on wheels because […] The post Idaho Supreme Court: Property Owners Cannot Challenge Meridian’s Ban on Tiny Homes on Wheels appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Institute for Justice Asks Federal Appeals Court to Make Clear that Using License Plate Readers to Track People is a Fourth Amendment Search - ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) filed an amicus brief in United States v. Sturdivant, asking the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to […] The post Institute for Justice Asks Federal Appeals Court to Make Clear that Using License Plate Readers to Track People is a Fourth Amendment Search appeared first on Institute for Justice.

TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 24, 2025 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that Taurus Holdings Inc. has renewed their commitment to the organization as a Platinum-level corporate partner. “At Taurus, we believe that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to the American way of life,” said Taurus USA The post TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP appear...

CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARRY PERMIT STARTING APRIL 22 - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 22, 2025 — Thanks to a preliminary injunction in the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) case CRPA v. LASD, starting Tuesday, April 22, non-resident SAF members can apply for a California carry permit.  The injunction requires that California accept permit applications from any United States resident outside the state who is a The post CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARR...

SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF WIN IN EIGHTH CIRCUIT STANDS - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 21, 2025 — In a case that could potentially have far-reaching implications for similar lawsuits across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Minnesota’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Jacobson v. Worth, the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) challenge to the 18-20-year-old carry ban in the state. Minnesota asked the The post SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF ...

OH: SB 214 Heads to Governor DeWine’s Desk! - SB 214 Passes the Senate on a Concurrence Vote! It now heads to Governor Mike DeWine’s desk! The Ohio Senate just passed SB 214 on a concurrence vote 21-9! This means the bill is headed to the desk of Governor Mike DeWine for his signature. This has been a victorious day in Columbus, and we couldn’t have done it without … Read more

OH: Public Safety Committee Advances SB 214 with GOA’s Amendments - Urge Your Representative to VOTE YES on the Floor TODAY The House Public Safety Committee has passed Senate Bill 214 with our amendments! GOA sincerely thanks the committee for moving this bill forward and adopting the changes necessary to also de-regulate short barreled firearms. However, we aren’t done yet. SB 214 must also pass on the House floor, as well … Read more

GOA Celebrates 50 Years of No-Compromise Fighting for Gun Rights - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   November 9, 2026  GOA Celebrates 50 Years of No-Compromise Fighting for Gun Rights Springfield, VA – Gun Owners of America (GOA) is celebrating 50 years of standing for the Second Amendment with No Compromise. Founded in 1976 by the late California State Senator H.L. “Bill” Richardson, GOA was established to give gun owners a stronger voice against … Read more

Alabama credit union to buy in-state bank - The deal, for an undisclosed sum, would expand Montgomery-based MAX Credit Union’s services into the larger Birmingham metro area.

PNC adds stablecoin option for corporate clients - Boosting stablecoin capabilities has been an area of focus for PNC, which has launched a pilot that lets corporate clients receive USDC payments, through the bank’s partnership with Coinbase.

Binance CFO departs one week after $6B hack - The crypto exchange’s CFO left to start his own business about a week after hackers siphoned $6.3 billion in assets from the Binance platform.

Morgan Stanley to bolster IPO wheelhouse with Vinyl acquisition - Financial terms of the Vinyl Equity deal were not disclosed. But the purchase gives the bank an in-house transfer agent for share transfer, which can be complicated when a company goes public.

Coinbase secures unconditional trust charter - The company applied for the license in October 2025 and gained the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s conditional approval in April, but charter plans date back more than two years, an executive said.

Democrats' affordability mandate could revive swipe-fee fight - New Democratic dominance in state governments could breathe new life into merchant and consumer advocacy groups' pushes on challenging interchange fees, credit card network dominance and consumer protections of all stripes.

US payments companies continue to be shut out of China - The Chinese government's decades of resistance to allowing U.S. payments networks to compete in China have created an effectively closed market. Recent overtures to Visa don't change that.

Ransomware crew claims 5 banks and a CU; 2 confirm breaches - The five banks Storm listed hold about $6.1 billion in assets. Only Sawyer and Insight Credit Union have confirmed breaches.

FTC emerges as main consumer-protection watchdog in D.C. - As other federal agencies retreat, the Federal Trade Commission has become the only active consumer watchdog under the Trump administration, overseeing big-tech firms and digital payments.

BofA has 5 million wealthy customers outside Merrill. Can it win their assets? - Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan sees plenty of progress in his firm's wealth management businesses, despite calling that arm its "least efficient."

Pushing the monetary frontier: stablecoins and tokenised deposits - Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, 28 August 2026.

BIS residential property price statistics, Q1 2026 - Real global house prices declined by 1.2% year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2026.

Effective resolution strategies and plans for insurers – Executive Summary - The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) require resolution plans to be developed for all financial institutions, including insurers, that could be systemically significant or critical upon failure.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of two applications by Mutual Federal Bancorp, MHC, and MFB Bancorp, Inc. - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of two applications by Mutual Federal Bancorp, MHC, and MFB Bancorp, Inc.

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with Allegiant United Holdings, LLC, Nano Financial Holdings, Inc., and Nano Banc - Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with Allegiant United Holdings, LLC, Nano Financial Holdings, Inc., and Nano Banc

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by The Bank of Nova Scotia - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by The Bank of Nova Scotia

Press Release: Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2025 Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data - PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 5, 2026 Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2025 Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data ...

Press Release: FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance - PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 5, 2026 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDI...