Russia’s Ukraine War Forced Many Companies To Leave. A Few Stayed.: Goldman Sachs is still winding down its operations in Russia, while others changed their names, got 'robbed' or took on new Russia partners like Coca-Cola.

Traditional Banking Is Poised To Take Bigger Stake In Crypto Space: Can the crypto promise of decentralization still survive if old school Wall Street muscles in on crypto?

Bored Ape Yacht Club Owners Restructuring Emblematic Of NFT Shakeup; Billions Lost In Value: NFTs may be dead. But some remaining aficionados and industry experts still think otherwise and here’s why.

Fentanyl Isn’t Just Smuggled In From Mexico. It Also Arrives Duty Free By Mail: Fentanyl mail shipments are up over 2022, second only to cocaine via mail. Here's what that means for China and Mexico trade relations.

Grayscale’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Likely To Happen, And Will Be One Of Many: The market is certain that a spot bitcoin ETF gets approved sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, what if Grayscale fails to be approved for its conversion of GBTC?

Grayscale’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Conversion Will Happen, And Will Be One Of Many More: The market is certain that a spot bitcoin ETF gets approved sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, what if Grayscale fails to be approved for its conversion of GBTC?

Is The U.S. Really Losing Its Prowess As A Cryptocurrency Market: The Coinbase vs SEC dispute has highlighted concerns that America’s days of a cryptocurrency hub are waning, and most likely Asia will pick up the slack. Seriously?

Ethereum May Be Killing The ‘Ethereum Killers’ Thanks To Layer 2 Solutions: Is Coinbase’s entry into the Layer 2 solutions market one more chip in the armor of blockchains like Solana that were built to compete with Ethereum?

Bitcoin’s Getting Boring. Did The World’s Top Cryptocurrency Already ‘Go Moon’?: Can the recent good news about bitcoin court cases set the table for another go at $60,000 this year, or has bitcoin already had its moon landing and is stuck in orbit.

Brazil’s Lula Embraces ESG Just As World Starts To Hate It: Brazil's ESG push may just be a way to entice European capital to throw money their way. But will it come with strings attached?

China A Serious Risk To U.S. Manufacturers, CEOs Tell House Committee: New laws, like Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, promise to give Chinese multinationals millions in tax credits.

China Real Estate Giant Country Garden Could Be Next To Go Bust: BlackRock, others, are holders of Country Garden outstanding debt. No one here's getting bailed out of this mess as stock prices head to zero.

Uzbek Leader Mirziyoyev Wins More Time For Reforms: Shavkat Mirziyoyev was elected again in July. He seems to be charting a new Uzbekistan course since 2016. China money plus privatization keep foreigners intrigued.

Cold Or Hot Wallets: Where To Keep Our Shrinking Bitcoin Holdings?: As bitcoin stumbles and the SEC continues to chip away at exchanges, where should we keep our digital assets and what does the future look like for the crypto wallet?

Can Kyiv Sanction Its Way To A Victory?: Ukraine’s sanctions on Russia are as tough as the West’s. Here’s what Ukraine needs to tighten the screws. If Ukraine doesn’t get it, we might have hit peak sanctions.

China’s ‘Debt Crisis’ Gets Washington Hearing After Evergrande Bust: If the housing market is worth $62 trillion and is going to get a haircut of 30%, then that's an $18 trillion decline in asset values.

House Committee Wants Harvard Endowment, Foundation Money Out Of China: Gates Foundation, CalPERS, Princeton...all have millions invested in Chinese securities. They'd have to dump them if the "ditch" act becomes law.

The ‘Weak Dollar’ Is Overvalued By 15.2%: Strong dollar impacts: A weaker Chinese renminbi has erased 2018 tariffs, lessening the impact and intent of Trump-era trade tariffs.

Sequoia Capital China’s Portfolio Companies In Washington’s Crosshairs: Shein and Temu are the subject of legislation that could ban them from duty-free access to U.S. consumers. Sequoia Capital China is one of their most important investors.

Qatar Goes Its Own Way As An Emerging Market In The Gulf: Investments in Qatar have been better than investments in a broad emerging markets portfolio. But why is it not part of the BRICS+ movement?

Does The SEC’s Cryptocurrency View Differ That Much From The Rest Of The World?: The SEC wants cryptocurrency exchanges to operate not much differently than the NYSE or Nasdaq. Is this happening elsewhere?

Are Investors Cashing In From Two-Year Old Infrastructure Law Yet?: BlackRock’s Infrastructure ETF is negative since Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Meanwhile, Mexico’s Cemex is up 80%.

Why Every Investor Should Be Invested In Emerging Markets: Emerging markets are countries experiencing rapid economic growth and development. They have historically offered investors higher rates of return than developed markets, but U.S. stimulus has dulled their shine. Here’s why investors should reconsider.

Imagining A Cryptocurrency Landscape Without Binance: The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange is under fire, recently being ordered to stop its business in Belgium. Will Binance.US be banned next?

EU Worries Russia Will Try Thwarting Lucrative Gas Deal With Azerbaijan: The Azerbaijan/Armenia peace deal is still not signed . Russian-backed separatists are being blamed as spoilers. Will this upend the EU-Azerbaijan gas deal?