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Trump Picks Michelle Bowman for Fed Supervision Vice Chair
Bank Regulation // March 13, 2025

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman has reportedly been tapped to serve as the central bank’s vice-chair of supervision. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Bowman to that regulation-focused post, according to unnamed White House officials cited in reports by the Financial Times (FT) and New...

This Week in Blockchain: Stablecoins Distance Themselves From Crypto Markets
Blockchain // March 12, 2025

The one constant throughout crypto’s history has been the same question: Where is the sector headed next? For crypto markets, the answer appears, at least for the past few days, to be “down.” The price of bitcoin and other popular digital assets have plummeted, with...

Canada Targets US Imports to Counter ‘Nonsense’ Tariffs
Economy // March 12, 2025

Canada is responding to U.S. tariffs with its own 25% levy on American goods. These counter tariffs, as Bloomberg News reported, are due to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern time Thursday (March 13) and cover $20.8 billion in imports such as steel and aluminum...

Trump Says Higher Tariffs Will Draw More Manufacturing to US
Politics // March 11, 2025

President Donald Trump said Tuesday (March 11) that the tariffs his administration is imposing will pay off in investments in American factories and jobs. In an address to the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable, which was broadcast by CNBC, Trump said that while the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Trump’s Crypto Summit Heavy on Victory Laps, Light on Regulation

March 07, 2025
On Friday (March 7), the crypto industry came to Washington D.C. Specifically, they came to the White House’s State Dining Room, where the nation’s first ever “Crypto Summit” was held. President Donald Trump, flanked by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and U.S. “AI and Crypto Czar” David Sacks, addressed the more than two dozen […]

Making Sense of Trump’s CBDC Ban and Crypto Stockpile Order

January 24, 2025
Nearly a week into his presidency, and Donald Trump has yet to mention bitcoin. But despite the absence by name of any one particular digital asset, the crypto world still...

A Pro-Crypto President: What Trump 2.0 Holds for Blockchain’s Future

November 06, 2024
The price of bitcoin hit a new all-time high Wednesday (Nov. 6), and America elected a new president. The two are far from unrelated. Following the projected victory of Donal...

Amazon Prompts USPS To Monetize The Mailbox

December 13, 2018
Call it the Amazon Effect — of a different sort. News has come that the Trump administration wants to boost the United States Postal Service’s (USPS’) revenue, and has taken aim,...

Quick Reads
DOGE Ordered to Provide Details of Cost-Cutting Efforts

March 13, 2025
A federal judge wants more information on Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting project. As Reuters reported Thursday (March 13), U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has ordered the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to turn over a variety of records and answer queries about their work at slashing government spending. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit by 14 […]

Trump Picks Michelle Bowman for Fed Supervision Vice Chair

March 13, 2025
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman has reportedly been tapped to serve as the central bank’s vice-chair of supervision. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Bowman to that regulation-focused post, according...

Canada Targets US Imports to Counter ‘Nonsense’ Tariffs

March 12, 2025
Canada is responding to U.S. tariffs with its own 25% levy on American goods. These counter tariffs, as Bloomberg News reported, are due to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern...

Trump Says Higher Tariffs Will Draw More Manufacturing to US

March 11, 2025
President Donald Trump said Tuesday (March 11) that the tariffs his administration is imposing will pay off in investments in American factories and jobs. In an address to the quarterly...