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Are stablecoins stable? Come on, it’s in the name!Of course, the crypto industry has certainly seen categories misnamed. Anyone remember NuBits? Surely you lost money in Terra? Just last year, DeFi stables, including Synthetix and Ethena, lost their peg. And even robust stablecoins like Circle’s USDC and Tether have seen temporary depegging over the years.It appears basic questions about stablecoins might actually uncover important lines of inquiry, especially as they relate to the structural risks of a nascent technology. As industries look to adopt stablecoins — sometimes even bypassing the much more battle-tested traditional financial system — it’s probably worth…
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From the Kurdish frontline facing the Islamic State, I watched through binoculars as fighters stood in pickup trucks rigged with stripped-down autocannons, bellowing war cries. They were exposed in ways that no conventional military would tolerate. Days earlier, at the nearby village of Kudilah, my research team and I had chronicled a battle in which ISIS fighters held off US-trained Sunni Arab militia and Iraqi army units. The Kurdish Peshmerga eventually intervened and pushed ISIS back. But then they withdrew, leaving the village in ISIS hands. Kurdish commanders were unwilling to lose more men to hold an Arab village that…
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GameStop (GME) is aiming for a major expansion with a proposed $55.5 billion acquisition of online marketplace eBay (EBAY), raising fresh questions about whether…
Tether’s tokenized gold product, Tether Gold (XAUt), saw reserves expand sharply in the first quarter as investor demand for bullion increased amid macroeconomic uncertainty…
In brief Katie Haun’s Haun Ventures said Monday that it has raised a $1 billion investment fund. The fund targets financial infrastructure rebuilds, expanded…
from the many-wrenches-in-many-gears dept The administration isn’t exactly winning here. The GOP has been opposed to a clean reauthorization since its first brush with…
from the down-with-the-sickness dept The anti-vaccine sugar rush that has infected some portions of the country, largely thanks to the profane appointment of RFK…
From 1974-1986, the Golden State Killer committed 13 known murders, upwards of 67 sexual assaults and 120 burglaries in 11 different jurisdictions in California,…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed the expected launch of the first exchange-traded funds (ETFs) linked to prediction markets after requesting more…
In brief DTCC plans to support initial, limited production trades of tokenized real-world assets in July, with full service launch set for October 2026.…
Major Wall Street operator Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) said Monday it will begin limited production trades of tokenized securities in July, with…
Dubai, UAE, May 5, 2026 – ZIGChain, the blockchain built to bring regulated investment products onchain for everyday users, today reflected on its second…
In brief BitMine Immersion Technologies bought more than 100K ETH for the third straight week. The company holds over $11.2 billion in Ethereum, making…
Bitmine (BMNR), the largest Ethereum treasury firm, bought 101,745 ether (ETH) last week as Chairman Thomas Lee said a new “crypto spring” is underway,…