“Small wheel turn by the fire and rod”… President Trump said he will not pardon Sam Bankman-Fried and has no plans to grant clemency to the former FTX CEO, who is serving a 25-year federal prison sentence for crypto fraud. [50 bonus points if you know the lyric]

Interesting… World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm tied to President Trump’s family, applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a national trust bank to expand its stablecoin business.

“Won’t you please, please, help me”??? US national debt rose by $2.3 trillion in 2025, surpassing $38.5 trillion total, following multi-trillion-dollar annual increases since 2020, and is now double from a decade ago.

Hey fraudsters, pay attention… The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could resolve a circuit split over whether the SEC has to prove investor harm in order to secure disgorgement from alleged fraudsters.

“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations”… Andreessen Horowitz raised over $15 billion in 2025, its largest fundraising effort ever (18% of all U.S. venture capital raised) underscoring unprecedented concentration of capital among top-tier firms across the venture ecosystem.

Go Corporate Currency®… FINRA added former CFTC chair Rostin Behnam and Robinhood’s chief legal officer Dan Gallagher to its board, adding two influential crypto policy voices to the self-regulatory body overseeing U.S. broker-dealers and shaping securities industry rules.

“What your love means to me, open arms”… Saudi Arabia has opened to foreign investment under Vision 2030, liberalizing its stock market, easing business ownership rules, and allowing limited foreign real estate ownership, aiming to attract capital, boost liquidity, and diversify beyond oil.

Bitcoin upgrades??? Nic Carter, a prominent Bitcoin analyst and partner at a crypto-focused investment firm, predicts a 75% chance that quantum computing will compromise Bitcoin’s cryptography within the next decade, threatening exposed wallets and forcing post-quantum upgrades.

“Electrical storm, baby don’t cry”… Nearly all U.S. power grids risk falling below the 15% reserve margin (the safety buffer between peak demand and available generation) by 2030 as data-center demand surges, making capacity expansion urgent and rising utility bills a growing political issue.

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