The resignation of Marco Lavagna, the head of Argentina’s statistics institute, has put the inflation index in the public eye. The resignation comes after Milei’s government delayed the implementation of a new inflation index, which could alter the figures this year. Argentina’s Statistics Chief Resigns Over New Inflation Index Delays Argentina’s inflation miracle is in
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has been using its X marketing budget to advertise STRC, its quasi-pegged, 11.25% dividend-yielding preferred share. Unfortunately, that expensive, direct response ad campaign didn’t yield any results for shareholders last week. For the week of February 2-8, Strategy didn’t sell any new shares of STRC nor any other preferred shares. It only
Alphabet Inc. is raising $15 billion in the US corporate bond market this week, part of a sweeping financing strategy to support its record-breaking $185 billion capital expenditure plan for artificial intelligence. According to a Bloomberg report, the offering includes seven tranches and has attracted more than $100 billion in demand. The longest tranche, maturing in
As of December 2025, American companies Visa and Mastercard are processing nearly two-thirds of card payments in the Eurozone, and Europe is finally sick of it. If things ever get ugly(ier) between the U.S. and Europe, the people here could find themselves locked out of their own money. Martina Weimert, who runs the European Payments
Dubai Land Department (DLD), the government’s department for real estate in the UAE, has moved forward with its tokenization initiative by launching the secondary market starting February 20, 2026. The launch will allow the resale of approximately 7.8 million real estate tokens within a controlled pilot framework aimed at assessing market efficiency, testing operational readiness,
China’s tech stocks are flying today because traders are reacting to real news. TikTok maker ByteDance had dropped its new video-making app called Seedance 2.0 and it’s not some half-baked beta. The videos it generates apparently look so good, it got everyone’s attention fast. By the time markets closed, COL Group had maxed out at
Japan’s stablecoin market is heating up, with a number of new partnerships forming around the country’s first yen-backed stablecoin. Banks and major businesses are now piloting both yen- and dollar-backed stablecoins for real world payments. But a clear split is taking shape. While USD stablecoins dominate global transactions, yen-backed coins are being positioned as a
Jump Trading, a Chicago-based firm specializing in algorithmic and high-frequency strategies, has reached agreements to take small ownership stakes in prediction market operators Kalshi and Polymarket, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people with knowledge of the arrangements. The investment would deepen the proprietary trading giant’s exposure to event-based wagering after it began providing market-making liquidity on
The White House will hold a second meeting on Tuesday afternoon aimed at pushing banks and crypto firms toward a deal on stablecoin yields, a key dispute blocking progress on the CLARITY Act and fueling tensions between banks and crypto firms. The session follows an earlier closed-door gathering that ended without agreement on whether digital
Dan Romero, co-founder of the decentralized social protocol Farcaster and a former Coinbase executive, is joining Tempo, a layer 1 blockchain focused on stablecoin payments. I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining @tempo! Stablecoins are a generational opportunity and I’m excited to work with @matthuang, @gakonst and the rest of the team to make them