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November 26, 2025
Trump’s AI agenda sails toward an iceberg of bipartisan populist fury — semafor.com
David’s view The AI industry’s new super PAC, flush with cash to defend AI’s growth as critical to countering China, picked its first political target this month — and missed. New York state Assemblyman Alex Bores is working to break out of a crowded field
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says Bitcoin’s meltdown is deeply connected to Trump’s waning power: ‘Think of it as the unraveling of the Trump trade’ — fortune.com
It’s no coincidence that Bitcoin’s collapsing price has coincided with signs of President Donald Trump’s diminishing political power, according to Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor of economics at the Graduate Center of the City
U.S. Bank is testing stablecoin issuance on Stellar network — americanbanker.com
The bank is a step closer to having its own U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrency. It could become the first major financial institution to issue a stablecoin.
Bitcoin (BTC) Jumps Back Above $89,000 to Recoup Some Recent Losses — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin (BTC) Jumps Back Above $89,000 to Recoup Some Recent Losses Bloomberg.com
Bitcoin Tops $90,000 as Options Point Toward Shifting Sentiment — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin climbed above $90,000 for the first time in almost a week, clawing back ground after a more than a month-long selloff, as a broad rally in risk assets and easing volatility gave traders room to push higher.
Trump-Backed Crypto Company Promotes ‘Shit Piss Skin Can’ Coin — gizmodo.com
"Stop this boring insider trading," one X user complained.
This Commission That Regulates Crypto Could Be Just One Guy: An Industry Lawyer — theintercept.com
Republicans in the Senate are racing to confirm a lawyer with a long list of crypto industry clients as the next Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair, a position that will hold wide sway over the industry. CFTC nominee Mike Selig has served dozens of
Bitcoin’s Drawdown Breaks Old Rule as Volatility Stays Tame — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin’s latest downturn is exposing a fundamental shift as the dramatic price swings that once drew in retail risk-takers have softened, reflecting Wall Street’s growing influence on crypto’s market plumbing.
Crypto Winter Will Be Different This Time — theinformation.com
Winter is coming, not just in the seasons but in the crypto market. If the current downturn turns into another crypto winter, it will have a bigger impact on the mainstream financial system than it has in the past. Bitcoin has fallen 30% in less than two
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble — arstechnica.com
Crypto-hoarding companies are ditching their holdings in a bid to prop up their sinking share prices, as the craze for “digital asset treasury” businesses unravels in the face of a $1 trillion cryptocurrency rout. Shares in Michael Saylor-led Strategy, the
Tether, Trump and the twisty road to transparency — codastory.com
A year ago, Britain’s National Crime Agency revealed how they had busted a giant Russian-run money laundering scheme, which was helping oligarchs, propaganda outlets and spy agencies to dodge sanctions. Now, it’s back with an update on its efforts that is
Stealing the state — the-tls.com
In March last year, two small-time British criminals set fire to a warehouse in Leyton, east London, containing aid and satellite equipment destined for Ukraine. The arsonists were callow. One of them even live-streamed the blaze on his mobile phone. But
Investors ignore Nvidia as an across-the-board global rally in stocks gets underway — fortune.com
Nvidia stock was down 2.59% yesterday, and it’s now down 7% for the month. The negativity continued this morning: the company’s shares were down a further 1.34% overnight, mostly on news that Meta was considering using Google’s chips to power its AI
Big Tech’s Big New York Gas Pipeline — prospect.org
The true beneficiary of the natural gas pipeline Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) approved earlier this month won’t be ratepayers, as she claims, but tech companies that are leeching enormous amounts of energy away from the state’s electrical grid, contend
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency — ft.com
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency Financial Times
State-Level Digital Asset Licensing- What to Watch as We Head Into 2026 — natlawreview.com
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