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Does This Deal Stink? Trump's Crypto Firm Becomes a Bank

World Liberty Financial — the Trump-family crypto firm — is about to get a federal bank charter from Trump's own OCC appointee. It's legal (the president is exempt from the conflict statute) but a…

Analysis

The $1.5 Trillion Rocket: Inside the SpaceX IPO Valuation

SpaceX isn't "zero profit" — it posts a $4.9B net loss because it merged with xAI (which owns X/Twitter). The space business is profitable; at ~$1.5T it's ~52% of the entire US aerospace & defense…

Analysis

From Spice Ships to Slot Machines: How the Stock Market Lost Its Way

The stock market was invented to crowdfund dangerous ocean voyages — now it is a casino where Congress trades on inside information and algorithms front-run your orders in microseconds.