Author: Leslie Stewart

Bitcoin has officially gone mainstream.The digital asset is now on the balance sheets of public companies, underpins fast-growing exchange-traded funds, and is in government strategic reserves. The most powerful players in the financial industry treat Bitcoin as a key reserve asset.Deeper changes are now underway. Some institutions currently hold large Bitcoin positions and are attempting to turn idle virtual currency holdings into working and productive capital. The opportunity cost is too high to ignore. Bitcoin’s unique technological strengths, combined with institutions’ vested interest in its success, will result in Bitcoin’s evolution into a critical infrastructure that powers global markets.Pressure to…

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The future of money is coded, not printed, and our freedoms depend on whether the underlying protocols uphold sound money principles. Money as a commodity is different from other things. It is not consumed and does not directly contribute to the production process. Individuals naturally try to acquire as much as possible, but paradoxically, from a society’s point of view, more is not always better. There is no such thing as an “optimal” money supply. Any quantity is sufficient as long as the price can be freely adjusted. Statisticians often confuse financial expansion with economic growth, but inflation only erodes…

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A cargo ship sits outside the harbor at the Elizabeth Marine Corps Terminal, seen from Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, on April 9, 2025.Shannon Stapleton | ReutersThe World Trade Organization on Tuesday hiked its forecast for global trade growth in 2025, but warned that the outlook for 2026 had worsened.In its latest Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report published on Tuesday, the WTO projected trade volume growth to reach 2.4% in 2025, a sharp jump from the trading body’s previous estimate of 0.9% in its August report.However, the outlook for next year is not so rosy. The organization has cut its…

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