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July 9, 2026
PayPal boosts its stablecoin as banks prepare to launch a shared one — americanbanker.com
The payment company's PYUSD has launched on Polygon's international digital asset rail as big financial institutions give potential heft to Open Standard's pending OpenUSD.
Swift recruits big banks to test its new blockchain ledger — americanbanker.com
Seventeen banks, including BNY, Citi, HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Wells Fargo, will make tokenized cross-border payments as the messaging network looks to counter threats from digital asset fintechs.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History, by the Numbers — reason.com
Ask historians or laymen to name the most blatantly corrupt pardon over the first 230 years or so of American presidenting, and most will likely arrive at the same answer: Marc Rich. Rich, a multiple-passport-holding, proudly amoral oil trader who
Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' Marks a Pattern of Trying To Profit From the Presidency — reason.com
"I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself," President Donald Trump told reporters a few days after he sued the IRS. He wasn't kidding: His January 29 lawsuit, which alleged damages caused by an IRS contractor's illegal leaking of Trump's tax
Bitcoin-Backed Muni Bond Fails to Get New Hampshire Sign Off — bloomberg.com
New Hampshire’s executive council voted down a proposal to bring the first Bitcoin-backed bond to the municipal market.
Farage to face Count Binface in self-triggered byelection amid funding probe — france24.com
British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a by-election he called himself. The shock announcement came as Farage is the subject of a parliamentary
‘Crushing Cost of Living’ Driving Youth to Socialism, New York Times Claims — freebeacon.com
The executive editor of the New York Times, Joe Kahn, just did an interview in which he boasts about his 2,200-person newsroom and talks about the need for skeptical editors, including those on the political right, who ask "what are we missing here?" The
The crypto startup trying to put a barrel of oil on blockchain — fortune.com
The oil industry has spent more than a century pushing into new frontiers. Its engineers pulled crude from beneath deserts, oceans and frozen tundra. Its traders built markets that turned oil into the world’s most actively traded commodity. Now a small
Accenture admits to 'isolated matter' after crook tries to flog alleged 35GB haul — theregister.com
Accenture has confirmed an "isolated matter" after a cybercriminal put up for sale what they allege is 35GB of the consulting giant's internal data, including source code, cryptographic keys, and cloud credentials. The listing, seen by The Register,
Wall Street wants to change the rules for your 401(k) — salon.com
Most Americans don’t look to their 401(k) plans for excitement or experimentation, instead relying on the promise that steady saving and sober planning will guarantee security in their golden years. But the Trump administration wants to transform the
Eric Trump’s Bitcoin Bet Erases $600 Million From Family Fortune — bloomberg.com
American Bitcoin Corp. was built around a simple idea: that owning and mining Bitcoin would be enough to mint money.
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