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The Warren Buffett Indicator has reached 220%, a level never seen before, according to data from the United States stock market and GDP. This ratio compares the total value of American stocks to the size of the economy. The last time markets looked stretched this way was during the Dot Com Bubble, when the ratio peaked at 190%. The indicator moves because market values can swing daily, while the economy grows at a more steady pace. The latest figure sits about 68.63% higher than the long-term average, equal to around 2.2 standard deviations above the trend line. Analysts say this…

The traditional economy is being phased out in advanced countries that are transitioning to an internet-first economy dominated by the tech industry and digital platforms, according to Balaji Srinivasan, a former executive at crypto exchange Coinbase and the author of “The Network State.” “The legacy economy is being sunset in favor of the Internet economy,” Srinivasan said in an X post on Saturday. He shared a chart showing the price divergence between the “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks, which are enjoying meteoric growth, and the remainder of companies in the S&P 500 index, which have remained fairly flat since 2005. Magnificent…

Argentina has once again reached a breaking point, and the central bank has intervened to prop up a plunging peso despite new libertarian reforms. The crisis marks a sharp turn for those who briefly saw hope in President Javier Milei’s pro-market promises. Milei: the libertarian wave falters When Javier Milei assumed power, he made headlines for floating the peso and pledging to end Argentina’s monetary woes through radical economic liberty. Milei was even cheered by some Bitcoin advocates, who believed his ideals might mark a historic break from Argentina’s long pattern of inflation and monetary mismanagement. With his rhetorical attacks…

Provides Maximum Flexibility to Execute Ethereum Strategy Charlotte, NC – September 16, 2025 – FG Nexus (Nasdaq: FGNX, FGNXP) (the “Company”), today announced that a majority of its shareholders have approved by written consent a landmark increase in authorized shares to 1 trillion shares, consisting of 900 billion common shares and 100 billion preferred shares, representing what we believe to be one of if not the largest share authorizations of any U.S. publicly traded company. The increase in authorized shares is not yet effective, but is expected to become effective no earlier than 20 calendar days after the information statement…

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: On the streets of Bolivia, an advertisement for a bright green BYD Dolphin Mini is plastered across a billboard. Toyota, BYD, Yamaha accepting USDT in Bolivia”Tu vehiculo en dolares digital”USDT is the digital dollar for hundreds of millions in the emerging markets.Ubiquity. pic.twitter.com/0X0SH3USXX — Paolo Ardoino 🤖 (@paoloardoino) September 21, 2025 The irony is hard to miss: a Chinese electric vehicle, the symbol of Beijing’s export strength in the world’s emerging markets, is moving off lots in a BRICS country, but it is paid for in USDT – which is…

Uniswap v4 has deployed on Celo to access its 600,000 daily active users, leveraging sub-cent fees to make advanced, hook-driven DeFi a practical reality for a global, mobile-first audience. Summary Uniswap v4 goes live on Celo, introducing “Hooks,” programmable smart contracts that enable customizable liquidity pools and new market structures. The integration leverages Celo’s sub-cent transaction fees to make advanced DeFi tools accessible to over 600,000 daily users. According to a press release shared with crypto.news on Oct. 20, the Celo Foundation has officially activated Uniswap v4 on its Ethereum Layer-2 network. This integration brings the protocol’s powerful new hooks…

Maple Finance, an on-chain asset manager overseeing more than $3.1 billion, and Aave, the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol, announced on Tuesday a strategic partnership to bring institutional-grade assets into Aave’s lending markets. Initial integrations will include syrupUSDT on Aave’s Plasma instance, followed by syrupUSDC on the core market, with additional Maple assets to be added over time, according to a press release viewed by The Defiant. Aave is currently the largest DeFi protocol with a total value locked (TVL) of over $40 billion. The collaboration aims to stabilize borrow demand, improve capital efficiency, and strengthen liquidity within Aave’s…

Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s edutech venture, Giggle Academy, managed to amass over a million dollars in public donations within half a day, thanks mainly to a memecoin. Giggle Academy’s donation address showed a balance of over 1,311 BNB (BNB) worth over $1.3 million at the time of writing, according to the BNB Smart Chain scan tool BscScan, after opening for donations on Sunday. A large portion of the donations came through a memecoin called “Giggle,” which was launched by the Giggle Fund, which has been sending trading fees charged for the memecoin to the Giggle Academy as BNB. Giggle…

Lumera Protocol, the AI-first Layer-1 that grew out of Pastel Network, has launched the Lumera Hub and a new permanent storage module called Cascade. Rolling out after Lumera’s mainnet debut, the Hub is meant to be the one place both developers and everyday users go to interact with the network, whether that’s storing files, running AI tasks, minting NFTs, staking, or voting in governance. At its simplest, the Hub combines Lumera’s key features into a single, clean interface. Through it, you can store data permanently with Cascade, run agentic AI jobs via Inference, and verify digital assets with Sense, all…

The Federal Reserve is likely to take central focus again this week with several members, including Chair Jerome Powell, speaking at public events. On Friday, U.S. personal consumption expenditure (PCE) figures for August are published. The PCE index is closely watched by the Fed and feeds into its monetary policy decisions. Crypto exchange Coinbase is introducing futures that track a mix of crypto exchange-traded funds and tech stocks and Hedera, a layer-1 blockchain, upgrades its mainnet. What to Watch Crypto Sept. 22: Coinbase introduces Mag7 + Crypto Equity Index Futures, a product combining major U.S. tech stocks with cryptocurrency ETFs…