Bitcoin’s Identity Crisis: Can It Truly Become a Digital Store of Value?
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
How Students Can Earn a Degree With Minimal or No Debt
As tuition continues climbing faster than inflation, many students are rethinking the traditional path to a four-year degree. Rising costs are forcing families to look for creative, strategic ways to limit borrowing — and fortunately, there are more options than ever...
What to Do With Your Retirement Plan After Losing a Job
Job loss brings uncertainty, but one financial decision often gets pushed aside: what to do with the retirement money left behind in your former employer’s plan. That account may be one of your largest assets, and handling it wisely can protect your long-term...
Why More Borrowers Could Soon See Smaller Student Loan Payments
With living costs rising faster than many households can adjust, policymakers are searching for ways to lighten financial strain — and student borrowers may soon see relief. A series of updates to repayment rules could broaden who qualifies for lower monthly payments,...
Understanding the Proposed Child Savings Incentive: What Parents Should Know
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
Why Americans Are Feeling the Pinch — And What You Can Do About It
2025 isn’t a return to “pre-pandemic normal.” Instead, we’re in a transition: a time where rising costs, economic uncertainty, and shifting global conditions demand both vigilance and adaptability.
- Crypto lender BlockFills suspends withdrawals for clients in latest blow to the blockchain sectorby Carlos Garcia on February 12, 2026 at 8:22 pm
During the digital assets crash of 2022, lenders made similarly protective moves.
- Instagram boss reveals he’s paid $900k per year plus stock worth ‘tens of millions of dollars’ as he denies ‘addiction’ claimsby Jacqueline Munis on February 12, 2026 at 8:09 pm
The plaintiff’s lawyer in a landmark social media addiction trial tried to connect Adam Mosseri’s compensation with Instagram’s policy toward filters.
- One of Wall Street’s most feared hedge fund managers on the decline of the dollar: Gold is ‘becoming the reserve asset’by Jake Angelo on February 12, 2026 at 7:26 pm
Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn, known for the “Einhorn effect” and years of touting gold, says the world‘s central banks don’t love dollars anymore.
- Matt Shumer’s viral blog about AI’s looming impact on knowledge workers is based on flawed assumptionsby Jeremy Kahn on February 12, 2026 at 6:03 pm
Shumer misses key distinctions between software development and other professional tasks.
- Billionaire founder of Minecraft slams anyone advocating using AI to write code as ‘incompetent or evil’by Preston Fore on February 12, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Minecraft creator Markus Persson has just issued a warning: That AI is “being forced down our throats” and that leaders behind the push are “evil.”
- The CEO of Google DeepMind juggles another job as the founder of a multibillion-dollar startup by starting a second workday at 10 p.m.by Emma Burleigh on February 12, 2026 at 5:06 pm
While many CEOs may set their alarm clocks for a 5 a.m. wake-up time, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has just hit the pillow—oftentimes working until 4 a.m.
- The tech billionaires aren’t just grabbing trophy Florida mansions—they have competing half-billion-dollar megayachts jostling for dock spaceby Tristan Bove on February 12, 2026 at 4:55 pm
$500,000 annual docking fees and private marinas are all part of the package for Florida’s wealthy seagoers.
- The affordability crisis is driving unprecedented price cuts in the housing market, Realtor.com saysby Sydney Lake on February 12, 2026 at 4:40 pm
“Builders are clearly responding to today’s affordability pressures,” said Realtor.com chief economist Danielle Hale.
- Ford CEO Jim Farley knew the EV pain would be bad, but the ‘punch line’ is a $4.8 billion loss: ‘The customer has spoken’by Nick Lichtenberg on February 12, 2026 at 4:40 pm
The company is pivoting to a “high-volume, affordable end of the market,” meeting customers where they are.
- Trump’s tariffs cancel out what he claims is ‘the largest tax cut in American history’: The average person will lose $300 even after refundsby Jacqueline Munis on February 12, 2026 at 3:41 pm
“If the tariffs were out of the picture, it would be real relief for American workers and businesses,” the Tax Foundation’s Erica York told Fortune.





