Author: Leslie Stewart

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorials. Decentralized finance likes to tell a very simple story about itself. Billions of people are unbanked. Traditional finance is slow, exclusive, expensive, and biased towards incumbents. Blockchain is open, permissionless, global, and neutral. Therefore, DeFi provides banking to the unbanked. summary DeFi did not replace traditional finance, but subsumed it. All that money, identity, pricing, access, and liquidity still comes from banks, regulators, and centralized infrastructure, so it doesn’t reach the people the system excludes. Even people…

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IE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser.Currently playingMinneapolis protesters hold noise demonstration00:58to the nextDHS identifies two people shot and killed by Border Patrol in Portland01:12Families mourn as Israeli military attacks continue in Gaza Strip00:30President Trump: Denmark should not claim Greenland00:37Rep. Omar: ‘Complete outrage’ in Minneapolis after ICE shooting02:22Dozens missing in Philippines trash avalanche00:29ICE officer video shows moments before Minnesota shooting00:47DHS releases photos of two people taken by Border Patrol00:36Frey says Minneapolis ICE officer was not hit.00:23US economy adds 50,000 jobs in December00:27Russia attacks Ukraine with new ballistic missile00:23Freyr: They dropped an…

IE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser.Currently playingDozens missing in Philippines trash avalanche00:29to the nextICE officer video shows moments before Minnesota shooting00:47DHS releases photos of two people taken by Border Patrol00:36Frey says Minneapolis ICE officer was not hit.00:23US economy adds 50,000 jobs in December00:27Russia attacks Ukraine with new ballistic missile00:23Freyr: They dropped an F-bomb. They killed someone.00:51Frey urges federal agents to ’embrace the truth’00:30US seizes another Venezuelan oil tanker00:30Mayor Frey slams people who call Minneapolis a ‘hellscape’00:41President Trump says he has called off second attack on Venezuela00:23Protests erupt across the US…

President Donald Trump indirectly revealed Friday’s market-moving nonfarm payrolls data in a social media post Thursday night, a clear violation of long-standing federal policy regarding the release of statistics.In a post on Truth Social around 9 p.m. ET, the president suggested that private sector payrolls will increase by 654,000 for all of 2025, and that total includes Friday’s December payrolls. Office of Management and Budget policy prohibits executive branch officials from commenting on such announcements early, and in fact prohibits them from speaking publicly until 30 minutes after the announcement. The president will be briefed on official employment statistics prior…

A cargo ship docks in New York Harbor on November 19, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Pratt | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court did not rule Friday on the legality of sweeping tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, so markets are still awaiting a decision that could have far-reaching implications for trade policy and the U.S. fiscal situation.There had been speculation that a ruling on tariffs would be issued on Friday, but the Supreme Court issued only one opinion that day, and it was unrelated to tariffs.It is unclear when a ruling on tariffs will be announced. The court is…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorials. For most of the short history of cryptocurrencies, growth has followed a simple formula of reward behavior, and it will repeat itself. Liquidity mining, referral loops, token launches, airdrops. If adoption was delayed, the team increased incentives. When that stopped working, they piled on marketing campaigns, flashy announcements, and logo-filled partnership decks. Those days are over. summary As trust collapsed, the growth of cryptocurrencies stalled. In a market saturated with fraud, fake metrics, and empty signals, incentives,…

The U.S. labor market ended 2025 on a weak note, with job creation lower than expected in December, according to a report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally adjusted 50,000 jobs in the month, falling short of November’s downwardly revised figure of 56,000 and falling short of the Dow Jones forecast of 73,000. At the same time, the unemployment rate fell to 4.4% versus the expected 4.5%. The more comprehensive measure, which includes disengaged workers and those in part-time work for financial reasons, fell to 8.4%, down 0.3 percentage points from November. The…

U is back. Seriously.On Thursday, No. 10 Miami beat No. 6 Ole Miss 31-27 to advance to the national championship game, giving the Hurricanes their third straight win against a lower-ranked opponent in the College Football Playoff. Miami fought back and mounted a powerful drive to win the game, advancing 75 yards in 15 plays for the winning touchdown. Quarterback Carson Beck scored the game-winning goal from three yards out with 18 seconds left, sending his team home for the final game of the season.The Hurricanes will play the winner of No. 5 Oregon State vs. No. 1 Indiana State…