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BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink used his annual letter to shareholders to argue that digital assets and tokenization could help update the financial system, even as he warned that the U.S. economic model is leaving too many people...

Key Takeaways Warren Buffett recently doubled down on the Giving Pledge, calling it “quite a success” and saying he still quietly recruits members.The initiative faces a growing “billionaire backlash,” including a campaign by Peter Thiel, who said that most signatories...

US Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis are expected to introduce a bipartisan bill on Monday that would bar sports betting and “casino-style” contracts from prediction markets regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to a Monday...

As stricter return‑to‑office mandates take hold, new data shows remote workers reversing their pandemic‑era migration. Source link

Merit Systems Founder Sam Ragsdale outlines a shift toward permissionless protocols that allow AI agents to conduct autonomous financial transactions. Merit Systems CEO Sam Ragsdale identifies a transition toward Open Agentic Commerce, a model utilizing protocols like x402 and...

Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is reportedly seeking to reappoint CEO Lee Jae-won despite recent alleged anti-money laundering failures and other controversies, according to the Korea Times.The exchange will convene its regular shareholders’ meeting on...

Strategy executive chair Michael Saylor has hinted that his company bought more Bitcoin despite a market tumble over the weekend that has now pushed his company’s Bitcoin bet into a 10% loss. “The Orange March Continues,” Saylor posted to X...