Send us a textAccording to the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, almost half of all corporate money contributed to this year's US election campaigns has come from crypto backers and politicians are bending to their will with promises to reduce regulation and consumer protections.Why do Trump and Kamala Harris suddenly support crypto? In today's video ... Show More
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The Hidden Risk in the US-Japan Yen Rescue
In July 2026, the US Treasury did something it hadn't done since 1998: it intervened in the currency markets to prop up the Japanese yen — and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a former Soros hedge fund manager, ran the trade in the strangest way possible, selling euros instead o ... Show More
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Does Leopold Have Situational Awareness?
Last week, 24-year-old Leopold Aschenbrenner — former FTX staffer, ex-OpenAI researcher, and author of the viral 165-page essay "Situational Awareness" — managed to lose roughly two-thirds of his $45 billion hedge fund in a matter of weeks. The margin calls arrived during his wed ... Show More
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What crypto wants from Trump
<p>Pro-crypto investors spent millions to re-elect Donald Trump to the US presidency, after he told voters he wanted to make America the “crypto capital of the planet”. As the second Trump administration begins, what does the crypto sector want most? And, what are the risks if th ... Show More
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Dec 2024
Crypto Dominates Election Donations, NCPPR Urges Amazon to Invest in Bitcoin, MARA Holdings Launches Convertible Notes, Florida Invests 1.85 Billion in Bitcoin, and more...
(0:10): <a href="https://www.brief.news/%0Astories/2024/12/9/crypto-shapes-2024-election?utm_source=brief-podcast&utm_medium=episode-description">Crypto Industry Dominates 2024 Election Donations, Influences Key Political Races</a><br><br>(2:33): <a href="https://www.brief.ne ... Show More
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