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A U.S. judge sentenced Chinese businessman Miles Guo, the billionaire behind the fraudulent crypto venture Himalaya Coin, to 30 years in prison. This lengthy sentence follows his 2024 conviction on multiple charges, underscoring a firm stance against large-scale financial deceit in the digital asset space. The Ascent and Fall of Miles Guo Guo, 55, also … Read more
Recent data from a joint study by financial operations platform Ramp and labor market analytics firm Revelio Labs challenges prevailing fears of widespread job displacement due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The comprehensive analysis, which examined AI spending and employment records from 21,559 U.S. companies between 2021 and early 2026, reveals a compelling trend: businesses heavily … Read more
AI Investment Drives Workforce Expansion, Challenging Job Loss Narratives Contrary to widespread concerns that artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, is poised to displace human workers on a massive scale, a recent study by Ramp indicates a more nuanced and potentially positive correlation between AI investment and job growth. The findings suggest that companies making significant … Read more
MetaMask Launches Money Account: Earn Up to 4% APY on Stablecoins, Spend & Trade in One Wallet MetaMask, the widely used self‑custody wallet with over 30 million monthly active users, announced a new Money Account feature that merges yield generation, payments, and trading into a single interface. Built on the high‑throughput Monad blockchain, the product lets … Read more
The Clarity Act, widely regarded as the cryptocurrency industry’s most critical market structure legislation, faces a steep uphill battle in the U.S. Senate despite clearing the Banking Committee with a bipartisan 15-9 vote earlier this year. Investment bank Jefferies warned in a June 30 report that political headwinds, ethics disputes, and a shrinking legislative calendar … Read more
Companies investing most aggressively in AI are adding jobs, not cutting them Ramp, a financial operations platform, says the companies making the biggest investments in artificial intelligence are expanding their workforces rather than shrinking them. The finding pushes back against a widely discussed concern in finance and business circles: that generative AI is already triggering … Read more
Chinese Exile Miles Guo Receives 30-Year Sentence in $1 Billion Fraud Case A significant legal development has concluded in the United States as Chinese businessman Miles Guo, also known as Ho Wan Kwok, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The sentence follows his conviction on multiple charges related to orchestrating a massive international … Read more
The recent selloff of Circle’s native token CRCL has sparked debate among investors and analysts alike. While the price drop suggests a severe reaction to the launch of the Open Standard consortium and its Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin, many experts argue that the market may be overreacting. Why OpenUSD Matters OpenUSD is a consortium-backed stablecoin … Read more
AI Investment Surge Drives Job Growth: Ramp Study Reveals 10% Hiring Surge The recent Ramp study, conducted in partnership with labor‑market analytics firm Revelio Labs, examined AI spending and employment records for 21,559 U.S. companies between 2021 and early 2026. By linking corporate payments to AI‑vendor contracts with workforce data, the researchers were able to … Read more
Tokenized Securities: Competition Over Gatekeeping In recent years, the U.S. financial markets have witnessed the rise of tokenized securities—digital representations of traditional assets that leverage blockchain technology. Proponents argue that tokenization can modernize settlement, increase transparency, and broaden access to investment opportunities. However, the debate centers on whether these innovations should be guided by existing … Read more