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PayPal is expanding access to its PYUSD stablecoin from the US and UK to 70 countries in total, including new markets in Uganda, Colombia, Peru and Malawi (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

Technology

A look at the rivalry between Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, who have competing visions for how prediction markets should develop (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 7, 2026

Bobby Allyn / NPR: A look at the rivalry between Tarek Mansour, CEO of Kalshi, and Shayne Coplan, CEO of…

Technology

The EU’s DSA investigation into Shein is just the latest in the company’s problems, which are piling up in many of its major markets as it seeks a successful IPO (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 22, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Closes to $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquisition, AI Productivity Question – with Aaron Levie The…

Technology

Robinhood Launches IPO for Robinhood Ventures Fund I, a $1 Billion Closed-End Fund to Give Retail Investors Access to Private Markets, Offering 40 Million Shares at $25 (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 18, 2026

Bloomberg: Robinhood is launching an IPO for Robinhood Ventures Fund I, a $1 billion closed-end fund intended to give retail…

Business & Money

AI disruption could next affect credit markets, says UBS analyst

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 13, 2026

Mesh Cube | Istock | Getty ImagesThe stock market has been quick to punish software companies and other perceived losers…

Business & Money

Prediction markets heading into basketball season after Super Bowl peak

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

A basketball only finds the net during practice before a 2024 NCAA Tournament game at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.Charles…

Technology

Kalshi and Polymarket facilitated more than $800 million in Super Bowl deals, as professional players turn to prediction markets and adopt Wall Street-style strategies (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Software In Shambles, OpenAI vs. Anthropic Super Brawl, Amazon’s Struggles The Big Technology Podcast takes…

Technology

World Liberty Financial launches World Liberty Markets, allowing users to lend and borrow digital assets from each other, supporting its own USD1 token and others (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: Why we only use 1% of AI | Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean Grit explores what it…

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A new Polymarket account bet $30,000 on Maduro’s capture just hours before Trump’s announcement, renewing questions about inside information in prediction markets (Herb Scribner/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 3, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Meta’s AI Agent Plan, Grok’s Perversion, The Prison of Financial Mediocrity The Big Technology Podcast…

Technology

Starlink says it has reached 9M "active customers" in 155 countries, territories and other markets, up from 8 million on November 5 (Polly Thompson/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 24, 2025

Polly Thompson / Business Insider: Starlink claims to have reached 9 million “active customers” in 155 countries, territories and other…

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

Eco-brutalist resistance in Central Asia – The Diplomate

Uzbekistan’s new migration destination? America. – The diplomat

Trump’s new AI order raises the stakes in Sino-US tech competition – The Diplomat

‘Backrooms’ Producer Peter Chernin Thinks Hollywood Needs to Change

Boeing CEO announces 737 Max production will start on new line on July 6

Family offices are investing in sports, from pickleball to smart soccer balls

Record Broadway Ticket Sales Show Consumers Are Splurging on Experiences

Lululemon (LULU) first quarter 2026 results

Trump holds sit-down event in Wisconsin as apparent decline deepens

Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC massively backfired

Trump is erased as Kennedy Center begins removing his name

Scott Bessent collapses in front of Congress as he tries to defend Trump for not caring about Americans

Shocked Trump Loses Iran War Powers, Ballroom and Arms Fund on Same Day

Q&A with Google DeepMind’s Director of AGI Economics Alex Imas and Epoch AI’s Phil Trammell on what’s left in short supply after AGI, the redistribution of AI wealth, and more (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

How LinkedIn is transforming into a ‘post-grind’ social network as it courts top influencers, who build audiences on business-friendly topics (Isabella Kwai/New York Times)

in May, hyperscalers’ unsecured bond supply reached $155 billion year-to-date, more than 45% higher than total 2025 issuance; some IA-infra bond sales are 4 times oversubscribed (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Several British police forces have been asked to stop using AI to prepare court statements, citing fears that inaccurate results could contaminate court proceedings (Robert Wright/Financial Times)

Sriram Krishnan, White House artificial intelligence adviser, said he would leave his post at the end of June; sources: Krishnan plans to create a pro-Trump AI policy institution (Leo Schwartz/The Information)

Browsing: Markets

PayPal is expanding access to its PYUSD stablecoin from the US and UK to 70 countries in total, including new markets in Uganda, Colombia, Peru and Malawi (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

A look at the rivalry between Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, who have competing visions for how prediction markets should develop (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

The EU’s DSA investigation into Shein is just the latest in the company’s problems, which are piling up in many of its major markets as it seeks a successful IPO (Financial Times)

Robinhood Launches IPO for Robinhood Ventures Fund I, a $1 Billion Closed-End Fund to Give Retail Investors Access to Private Markets, Offering 40 Million Shares at $25 (Bloomberg)

AI disruption could next affect credit markets, says UBS analyst

Prediction markets heading into basketball season after Super Bowl peak

Kalshi and Polymarket facilitated more than $800 million in Super Bowl deals, as professional players turn to prediction markets and adopt Wall Street-style strategies (Bloomberg)

World Liberty Financial launches World Liberty Markets, allowing users to lend and borrow digital assets from each other, supporting its own USD1 token and others (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A new Polymarket account bet $30,000 on Maduro’s capture just hours before Trump’s announcement, renewing questions about inside information in prediction markets (Herb Scribner/Axios)

Starlink says it has reached 9M "active customers" in 155 countries, territories and other markets, up from 8 million on November 5 (Polly Thompson/Business Insider)