DSCC chair’s 22-year-old son strikes it big in pursuit of further gamifying finance.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Economic Hit Men for Gambling Apps
Former solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar is writing justifications for prediction market gambling apps, joining several Biden administration colleagues defending the industry.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Project Crypto Scheme
Forget deregulatory legislation; the SEC and CFTC are already working diligently to eliminate regulatory oversight of crypto at the behest of their president.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Quintessential Epstein Files Email
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.
Posted inWorking in America
The $79 Trillion Heist
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Crypto Bros Want to Create Micro Landlords
You might expect crypto enthusiasts to look down their noses at landlording as an antiquated way to earn a fortune, not worth their time when they are busy democratizing money. But in finance, everything old is new again. “Fractional ownership” of “tokenized real estate,” the latest crypto scheme, works like this: a company sells investors […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Down and Out on the Crypto Frontier
In Wyoming, the Delaware of cryptocurrency, industry players celebrated their fortunes and said everyone will benefit. But workers haven’t seen it.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What Trump Learned From Silicon Valley
Before DOGE’s lawbreaking spree, there was ‘blitzscaling.’
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Silicon Valley Godzilla vs. Wall Street Mothra
The only two sectors thriving in Trump’s economy are increasingly sparring with each other.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Medicare Fraud? Insider Trading? Another New CEO? Just a Normal Week at UnitedHealth.
While senators demand investigation of insider trading, the DOJ is reportedly looking into massive fraud.