The once-novel idea of putting stocks on the blockchain is gaining momentum fast. The latest example came on Thursday morning, when Nasdaq announced a $100 million investment in Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, that will see the two companies work on new ways to trade tokenized versions of stocks. Kraken’s valuation
Jimmy Kimmel is once again fighting with the Federal Communications Commission. Kimmel said on Wednesday that Trump’s “FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network, ABC, our affiliates, our local stations — based on simple, traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings, it would seem they don’t like.” The context: Kimmel said his interview with
President Donald Trump’s pledge to send every American adult a $5,000 check if Republicans hold Congress in November carries a price tag that economists say has no clear funding source — and would land on a federal balance sheet already strained by a nearly $2 trillion annual deficit. Kent Smetters, faculty director of the Penn Wharton
One question is dominating the tech world after an Anthropic researcher’s resignation this week: Could artificial intelligence kill us all? Jacob Coxon, who previously worked at OpenAI, said in an X post on Tuesday announcing his resignation from Anthropic that the “people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would most likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion
Mary Barra received a masterclass in business from none other than Warren Buffett. General Motors’ longtime CEO said the legendary investor gave her “just phenomenal advice, and I will be forever grateful for the time he gave me, the leadership wisdom he shared with me, and also the support through some pretty dicey times.” Barra
