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.
- Prediction markets are now ‘bespoke insurance’ for businesses, and a Los Angeles restaurant group’s $60,000 hedge on Kalshi is the latest exampleby Sasha Rogelberg on October 19, 2026 at 8:41 pm
One unnamed hospitality group placed a $60,000 trade on Kalshi to offset missed revenue from the Dodgers’ failure to advance to the World Series, according to the platform.
- France is rioting over surging inflation, skyrocketing national debt, and crumbling schools. America is its sleeping twinby Nick Lichtenberg on October 19, 2026 at 7:31 pm
Growth is the main thing keeping the U.S. from looking like France. Underneath it, the debt math and the classrooms look a lot alike.
- Ukraine’s drones lose their Starlink link above 100 mph. Musk, Rubio, and Trump all say it wasn’t themby Steven John on October 19, 2026 at 6:50 pm
Kyiv says a sudden SpaceX speed limit is knocking out interceptor drones it needs against Russia’s jet-powered Shaheds. Musk, the White House, and Trump all say it wasn’t them.
- Morgan Stanley’s favorite AI stock is 92% exposed to the $1.6 trillion build-out it’s bullish onby Nick Lichtenberg on October 19, 2026 at 6:30 pm
The bank calls Nvidia the best risk/reward in AI. Its own report lays out what happens to suppliers when a capital cycle turns.
- ‘An army of Claudes, with every one asking for my attention’: Anthropic calls human attention the bottleneck in the botsitting world to comeby Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez on October 19, 2026 at 6:10 pm
Eighty percent of Claude session delays result from agents waiting on human input, and the median Anthropic employee spends 20% more time in meetings than a year ago.
- Strategy buys another $22 million of Bitcoin, increases planned share buybacksby Camila Grigera Naón on October 19, 2026 at 5:41 pm
The purchase marks its sixth since August, extending a buying streak after Bitcoin sales earlier this year.
- Gen Z is chasing the American Dream in South Carolina, Missouri, and Tennessee—as California loses thousands of young adults and billionairesby Preston Fore on October 19, 2026 at 2:31 pm
As billionaires like Larry Page and Peter Thiel leave California, Gen Z is following suit—they’re moving to more affordable South Carolina and Missouri.
- An AI agent sent a stranger to a man’s house without telling him—and exposed the privacy risks of AI assistantsby Tatiana Sataua on October 19, 2026 at 2:28 pm
Meta’s Muse shared a seller’s home address and arranged a pickup without his knowledge, raising questions about how much access AI agents should have.
- The AI productivity boom has bosses asking what’s in it for employeesby Emma Burleigh on October 19, 2026 at 12:11 pm
Leaders at PepsiCo, Indeed, Dropbox, and Bristol Myers Squibb are rethinking who benefits from AI’s productivity gains.
- Melinda French Gates has a 48-hour rule for criticizing employees. The billionaire philanthropist says it’s because ‘being clear is kind’by Sydney Lake on October 18, 2026 at 1:23 pm
The billionaire philanthropist’s 48-hour feedback rule is designed to replace anger with honesty, and it eliminates surprises at performance reviews.





