Banks to lose up to $500B by 2028 as Fidelity’s digital dollar launches on Ethereum with freeze powers

Fidelity announced the launch of a stablecoin on the Ethereum mainnet, positioning the token as a compliance-wrapped settlement dollar distributed through the firm’s brokerage, custody, and wealth management channels. The move lands amid what looks like a stablecoin sprawl, as estimates suggest 59 new major stablecoins launched in 2025 alone, per third-party tracker Stablewatch. This […]

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Animal Spirits: Hi-Yo Silver!

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Animal Spirits: Hi-Yo Silver! – A Wealth of Common Sense

Posted January 28, 2026 by Ben Carlson Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by Invesco: Today’s show is sponsored by Invesco. Visit https://Invesco.com/fixedincome to learn more about their comprehensive fixed income solutions and how they can help strengthen your portfolio’s foundation. On today’s show, we discuss: Listen here: Charts: Recommendations: Tweets/Bluesky The smaller, the […]

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Links 1/28/2026 | naked capitalism

Devoted Bernese Puppy Loves Taking Blind Chow Chow on Walks Laughing Squid (resilc) Cuttlefish use polarized light to create a dramatic mating display invisible to humans PhysOrg The scale of this landslide is mind-blowing! About 1,500 people have been evacuated from Niscemi in Sicily after a landslide caused by heavy rain from Cyclone Harry tore […]

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How to Retire Earlier: The 5 Levers Australians Can Pull  – Guidance Financial Services

Retiring earlier than you ever expected isn’t about winning the lotto — it’s about knowing which financial levers actually move the needle.  Not everyone looks forward to retirement. Our work gives us purpose and social connections, which can be just as important as the pay check. But if you’ve chosen to listen to this podcast episode I am going to make the assumption that you are in the cohort who don’t fear retirement. In fact you would […]

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Bitmine stakes additional 113,280 ETH, totaling $7B in staked assets: On-chain data

Bitmine, the Ethereum treasury company chaired by Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, staked an additional 113,280 ETH worth about $341 million today, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. Tom Lee(@fundstrat)’s #Bitmine staked another 113,280 $ETH($340.68M) an hour ago. In total, #Bitmine has now staked 2,332,051 $ETH($7B), 55% of its total holdings.https://t.co/P684j5YQaG pic.twitter.com/Q4VDKaxmFp — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) January 28, […]

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Bitcoin stalls while tokenized gold sees a rise in whale interest

Crypto whales are reaching for gold as Bitcoin stalls, but the trade may be less of a verdict on crypto than a hedge for a specific macro window. On Jan. 27, blockchain sleuth Lookonchain flagged three addresses that collectively withdrew about $14.33 million in tokenized gold from centralized exchanges, including Bybit, Gate, and MEXC. The […]

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Talk Your Book: How to Fix the Plumbing of the Financial System

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