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There's A Murky New Way To Raise Money And Regulators Are Not Amused

Startups have raised more than $1 billion from unregulated "initial coin offerings" this year, but the party won't last forever.

The ugly math on interest expenses, yields and the $40 trillion U.S. national debt

“The interest payments are starting to snowball,” said Joe Boyle at Hartford Funds.

SEC sends crypto custody rule overhaul to White House for review

The securities regulator’s crypto custody overhaul could clarify how investment advisers and funds hold digital assets for clients as the proposal moves through review.

77% of Americans see crypto in retirement plans as risky: Survey

A new survey finds broad skepticism toward crypto in workplace retirement plans as US policymakers move to expand access to alternative assets.

Bitcoin dips below $78K as stocks, gold fall on higher US PCE Inflation data

Bitcoin stayed away from challenging $80,000 after July US PCE inflation data came in slightly higher than anticipated, pressuring gold and risk assets.

Meta’s stock rises after child-safety settlement — and looks poised to head even higher from here

The company’s agreement with state officials removes a cloud that was hanging over the stock, an analyst said.

Protocol upgrade decouples consensus from execution to solve scaling bottlenecks

CTDG Dev Hub participant’s protocol upgrade decouples consensus from execution, allowing network nodes to reach agreement on blocks before transaction execution completes.

Bill Gates issues a stark warning about AI — and Americans increasingly share his concerns

The Microsoft co-founder is urging technology leaders and government officials to better acknowledge the risks AI poses to jobs and human connections.

China is collecting on old debts but won’t pay its own

China’s leaders are working to recoup hundreds of billions of dollars worth of unpaid taxes. At the same time, the country is defaulting on a significant obligation.

12 stocks for ‘bottom-fishing’ investors looking for cheap growth opportunities

Companies with stocks near 52-week lows that analysts expect to roar back include Dick’s Sporting Goods, McDonald’s and L3Harris.

SEC’s proposed crypto rules probably won’t spark new ICO boom

The SEC’s ‘regulation crypto assets’ proposals could create early-round FOMO. But some tokens may still fall into the no-man’s land between security and non-security.

Students want crypto classes but learn on social media: OKX survey

A separate review found only about 28% of accredited US business schools offered blockchain courses, despite strong demand in the OKX poll.

Bernstein forecasts Bitcoin to reclaim $125K by late 2026 ahead of cycle peak

Bernstein expects Bitcoin to reclaim $125,000 by late 2026, before reaching $300,000 in 2029 under its base case, with a bull case of $500,000.

Show HN: A batch settlement layer for tokenized NYSE stocks

The original intention was just to introduce a time dimension to solve the blockchain trilemma. Now it has turned into 312 Rust crates and 2.8 million lines of Rust code (about 2 million lines in production, about 400,000 lines in standalone test dir...

Ask HN: Why is the USA loosing against China economically?

You are loosing badly on all fronts, go make America great again.

The Reasons Finance Transformation Projects Still Fail In 2026

In 2026, finance transformation has more access to powerful technologies than ever before. AI, cloud enterprise resource ...

Here Are Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's Initial Stock Moves in 2026: They Include Nvidia, Alphabet, and Amazon Stocks, and Others

The former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and her husband, Paul Pelosi, have a net worth of about $275 million, according to Quiver Quantitative, which tracks the net worth of ...

Launching Tech Investing Decoded: Deep Technology Research That Cuts Through The Noise

Looking for tech investing ideas? Read about actionable tech investing research and portfolios with the best tech stock ideas ...

11 of the Best Investing Books for Beginners

A great book can compress a lifetime of experience into a few hundred pages. When it comes to money, few choices are simpler, cheaper or more powerful than deciding to educate yourself.

Taurus links digital asset platforms to Swift’s blockchain ledger

Taurus expects first institutional clients to connect in days, with initial DLT transactions through its platforms expected within weeks.