Veteran crypto trader Peter Brandt has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to provide a brief analysis of gold’s long-term performance while highlighting the many long and painful waiting periods that pro-gold advocate and Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff has had to endure over the years. The post, issued on Wednesday, October 22, saw Brandt take a
Nearly half of Russian citizens consider the digital ruble merely a tool for government control over their finances, and almost as many fear the new form of national fiat will hurt financial freedom, in general. Regular crypto usage is still relatively limited in Russia, which has yet to regulate it, although a fifth of the
Tesla (TSLA) continued to hold 11,509 BTC, valued at around $1.35 billion as of the end of the third quarter (valued somewhat less as of today). The rise in bitcoin’s value during the third quarter allowed the company to book an $80 million gain on its holdings. The electric vehicle manufacturer reported third quarter revenue
Stablecoins are taking on a new role in the $350-billion global gaming market, according to a new report published by the Blockchain Gaming Alliance (BGA). The BGA report argued that fiat-pegged digital assets, once viewed as only payment tools or decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity, are now becoming the unseen financial infrastructure that powers how developers
When I worked at the Federal Reserve, we used to joke that our job was to protect the status quo. The Fed’s mandate has long included financial stability, certainly not financial disruption. But Fed Governor Chris Waller’s speech calling on Fed staff to research the creation of a new “payments account” for nonbank payment providers
The crypto market in 2025 has shown a clear pattern: narratives rise and vanish as quickly as waves. By October, data revealed that discussions around the most promising themes had almost completely faded. This article explains the sudden change based on available data and expert insights. Narratives Disappeared Rapidly in October Google Trends data highlighted
Crypto adoption accelerated in 2025, with India and the United States setting the pace, according to TRM Labs. From January through July, South Asia recorded the world’s fastest growth, up 80% from 2024, and reached roughly $300 billion in transaction volume on expanding retail use and digital payments. India held the top spot for the
Hollywood has hit a breaking point. Audiences are fatigued by franchise sequels and reboots. YouTube has overtaken Disney as the world’s largest distributor. And Gen AI tools like Sora 2 can soon turn anyone into a filmmaker. Yet one thing hasn’t changed: how films get financed. And that’s why we keep getting fewer original films.
Bitcoin may dominate the crypto headlines, but the real growth story of the next five years will be stablecoins, the digital dollars that are modernizing the way money moves around the globe. Yes, the original cryptocurrency is rapidly becoming an ideal non-sovereign global store of value, with a market capitalization of $2.3 trillion, but stablecoins