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Tensions rise between the White House and CDC as Birx critiques virus tracking

[CNN] Washington(CNN)As the coronavirus pandemic stretches past its ninth week, tensions are rising between the White House and the nation’s leading public health agency. In interviews with CNN, senior administration officials in Washington, as well as top officials at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta describe a growing sense […]

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Banks are in trouble, but this solution would make Elizabeth Warren’s head explode

[CNN Business] Businesses struggle to rehire workers as states reopen Now PlayingAnother 3 million file unemployment in the last week. New York (CNN Business)Mass unemployment. Mounting bankruptcies. And fears of negative interest rates. It’s a nightmarish time for America’s banks.The mood is so dire that there’s even buzz about a blockbuster merger that […]

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Where Bitcoin Fits in the New Monetary Order

[Coindesk] The third part of The Breakdown’s Money Reimagined series looks at the role of bitcoin and USD stablecoins in the new global monetary order. This episode is sponsored by ErisX, The Stellar Development Foundation and Grayscale Digital Large Cap Investment Fund. Niall Ferguson has called this moment an “age of experimentation” when it […]

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