Why China Must Move Fast to Dominate Digital Finance and Stock Markets
The Speed Imperative in Global Finance In the next decade the architecture of global finance will be rewired. One country that stands at a pivot point is China. If it wishes to challenge the US financial order, it cannot simply iterate – it must leap. That leap requires the introduction of a state-backed, gold-guaranteed currency, […]
The Great Co-opting: How Stablecoins Became a Regulated Arm of the U.S. Financial System
The $300 Trillion Typo and a System’s Fragility In October 2025 a technical error at Paxos, the blockchain partner of PayPal, momentarily created a financial absurdity: $300 trillion of PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin was minted out of thin air. For about twenty minutes that single entity had a digital token balance more than double the entire […]
Stablecoins, DeFi, and the U.S. Power Shift: How Washington is Quietly Taking Over Crypto
From Rebellion to Regulation When Bitcoin first emerged in 2009, it was a declaration of independence – a peer-to-peer challenge to state-controlled money. Decentralized Finance (DeFi), a decade later, carried that torch further, aiming to eliminate intermediaries, banks, and government control. But as we enter 2025, that dream is undergoing a remarkable transformation. The same […]