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The Fed's proposed pipe to central-bank money is a narrower door than the headlines suggest
A proposed rulemaking would let eligible nonbanks clear payments over Fedwire and FedNow without a bank in the middle...
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India tells banks the vendor AI certificate is no longer a defence
The RBI's draft model-risk guidance is the first from a major emerging-market central bank to pin third-party AI fail...
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Six Agencies Miss the GENIUS Act Deadline. Stablecoins Run on Proposals Until 2027.
The July 18 deadline for final federal stablecoin rules passed with none published. A roughly $309 billion market now...
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Visa's Stablecoin Platform Leads With a Coin It Co-Owns, Not Circle's
The Visa Stablecoin Platform is settlement infrastructure, but launching on OUSD instead of USDC shows the real fight...
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The CLARITY Act's Fight Is Now a Countdown to the August Recess
A combined Senate crypto draft lands in mid-July with a floor target the week of the 20th, but a 60-vote wall and rou...
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America's Copper Tariff Exempts Cathode. That's Exactly What COMEX Is Hoarding.
Section 232 taxes semi-finished copper at 50% and derivatives at 25%, but leaves refined cathode untouched, even as a...
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Reinsurance's Biggest Price Cut Since the 1990s Wasn't Earned by Calm Weather
Property-catastrophe rates fell 16% across 2026's renewals as reinsurance capital hit a record $790bn: a capital-supp...
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Japan's Long Bonds Buckle, and the Money Starts Heading Home
Super-long JGB yields near 4% are pulling Japanese capital back from Treasuries and gilts, and the rest of the world'...
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China Reports Q2 Growth This Week. The Consumer Already Went Negative.
First-quarter growth held at 5%, but by May retail sales were shrinking and property investment was down 16% — Wednes...
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The Big US Banks Report Tuesday. Watch Credit and Margins, Not the Trading Headline.
JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo open Q2 earnings season on 14 July — the trading rebound will do...
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The GENIUS Act's Final Rules Land July 18. They Turn Stablecoin Issuers Into Narrow Banks Without the Insurance.
Reserve backing, redemption at par and monthly attestation are prudential bank rules pointed at a payments rail. The ...
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AMLA's Single Rulebook Is Due July 10. Its Own Plan Ships Barely Half On Time.
The EU wrote the deadline into law. The agency's 2026 work programme already schedules only 24 of roughly 40 mandates...