Economy

Nasdaq has spent 18 months deploying AI agents across surveillance and compliance. Crypto.com, Block, and Messari are already cutting staff. The human checkpoint is shrinking.

The US Development Finance Corporation is exploring war-risk insurance for vessels in contested waters. It sounds technical—but it's really about trade costs, inflation, and geopolitical leverage.

The SEC approved Nasdaq's plan to settle trades as blockchain tokens. It's not crypto—it's the same stocks, same prices, same rights. Just different plumbing. Here's what changes.

Attacks on Gulf energy facilities sent oil prices surging. Here's what that means for inflation, markets, and the geopolitical fault lines that now run through every barrel of crude.

China has already surpassed the US in OpenClaw adoption. With Baidu and Tencent hosting mass setup events and local governments offering subsidies, Beijing is turning an open-source AI agent into national productivity infrastructure.

After its South Pars gasfield was struck, Iran vowed retaliation against Gulf energy infrastructure. Here's what that threat means for oil markets, energy security, and your portfolio.

With Iran-linked conflict pushing energy prices higher, the Federal Reserve held its rate-cut path steady. What this tension means for your portfolio, your fuel bill, and the global economy.

The Federal Reserve kept rates at 3.50%-3.75% as Middle East tensions drive oil near $100 and push inflation forecasts higher. Bitcoin fell to $71,600. Here's what it means for investors.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao denied Iran sanctions violations at a Washington summit. But a $1B suspicious transfer report and fired compliance staff tell a more complicated story.

Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds on Quest VR on June 15. After billions in losses and 1,000+ layoffs, what does the metaverse's quiet collapse mean for the next big tech bet: AI?

The Fed may signal a rate hike is still possible — a low-probability but high-impact shift that could reprice bonds, stocks, and mortgages overnight.

The Fed is expected to hold rates steady, but the real story isn't inflation data—it's Iran. How geopolitical risk is paralyzing monetary policy and what it means for your portfolio.