Derivatives
Brokers
E*TRADE Review — Fees, Cash, Crypto, Safety, And Who It Suits
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the Morgan Stanley firm that holds E*TRADE's brokerage accounts, runs a full-menu brokerage with desktop-grade trading tools and retirement plans for the self-employed, and this E*TRADE review weighs what that setup costs. E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley works best for investors who trade options often or save through their own business. Its main cost is idle cash, because the default bank sweep pays next to nothing.
Regulation
New Treasury rules could change how stablecoin issuers get your dollars back
Washington is changing how Treasury trades clear, and stablecoin issuers depend on that machinery to turn reserves into cash.
Market
The same Fed rate hike can help stablecoins and hurt Bitcoin borrowers
Higher rates can hurt crypto prices while quietly increasing the income earned on billions of stablecoin reserves.
Stablecoins
Stablecoins may not drain banks of dollars but they can still make lending more expensive
Banks care who can withdraw their money as much as how much they owe.
TradFi
Hedge funds built a $1.2 trillion Treasury trade on money they have to keep borrowing
The Treasury basis trade turns tiny pricing gaps into huge returns by borrowing almost all the money needed to buy the bonds.
Banking
Six US banks have failed in 2026 but the numbers look nothing like 2023
Six failed banks sounds like the start of another crisis until you add up what they actually owned.
AI
Plunging GPU prices threaten AI hosts, and new hedges step in
A new derivatives market is emerging around one of AI’s biggest costs: the price of compute.
Regulation
SEC changes token buyback guidance as spending hits $638M
The SEC staff's revised FAQ now requires a crypto system to be both functional and free of a central party for its buyback answer to apply.
Stablecoins
Tether claims $550 million in Iran freezes, but $35 million slipped past Senate
Senate investigators are probing Tether’s sanctions controls after finding that some Iran-linked wallets moved millions before they were frozen.
Technology
Ethereum is not instant, but collateral could make it feel that way
Making Ethereum payments feel instant requires someone to promise the money is there before the network finishes settling it.
Sports
Prediction markets promised better information and hired Hollywood
Sydney Sweeney can get you to open a prediction market but knowing sports and knowing what you're trading are two different things.
Tokenization
Why your tokenized stock could stop trading for three months
Putting shares on a blockchain could make them easier to move and trade, but buyers still need to understand what they own and what happens if their exchange has to stop trading it.
