These charts show how leverage-happy investors are transforming the stock market
A rush of retail investors and quant funds has caused a shift toward more borrowed money and more shortterm trading. Source：MarketWatch
AI isn’t eating software after all — and the sector’s ‘epic’ rally could run through October
Months of panic that AI would replace subscription software are easing after a strong week of software earnings. Source：MarketWatch
Real Trump Coins denies launching GOLD token, blames ‘bad actors’
Trumplinked Real Trump Coins said it never authorized GOLD or any digital token as questions persisted over its X account, associated domains and the…
Tokenized stock transfer volume jumps 415% in 30 days to $29.5B
Tokenized equities saw a sharp rise in onchain activity as active addresses and holders more than doubled over the past month. Source：Cointelegraph
Swift’s $1.5 quadrillion network faces a blockchain test
Crypto executives say new blockchain payment infrastructure could make Swift obsolete. Bankers say its 11,500institution network gives it the power to absorb…
The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin — it might not even have a name yet
AI agents are coming. They will need to pay each other. Crypto executives agree on the problem but disagree sharply on the solution, and one thinks the answer…
Tim Cook wasn’t a ‘product guy’ — so he re-engineered Apple instead
Dismissed as “not a product guy,” the outgoing CEO proved that supplychain mastery could take Apple to new heights. Source：MarketWatch
Where are all the new jobs? Hiring slows again — and it probably won’t speed up soon.
The U.S. labor market seemed to be on upswing after a surge in new employment early this year — but a summer slowdown in hiring and fewer helpwanted ads…
Corporate earnings have been growing at a blistering pace. Here’s why that’s not likely to last.
The recent blistering pace of earnings growth is unsustainable. Source：MarketWatch
The S&P 500 keeps climbing on days when stocks broadly struggle. Here’s what’s going on.
Investors’ intense focus on AI is at times adding to the might of a small club of Big Tech stocks with mega market values to potentially make or break a single…
Stablecoins not credible for payments at scale, BIS chief says
BIS chief Pablo Hernández de Cos said stablecoins lack credibility for payments at scale, while a new FSI study highlights sharp differences in issuer rules.…
Ripple is preparing XRP Ledger for quantum computers before ‘Q-Day’ arrives
An Anthropic model cut the work needed to break a leading postquantum signature candidate by a factor of 67 million last month, while Bitcoin and Ethereum…