Ephrat Livni
The New York Times
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FTX, Zuckerberg and What Happened at the DealBook Summit
Business and policy leaders from around the world joined us at our annual newsmaking event last Wednesday. Here’s what happened. → Read More
Crypto Needs More Rules and Better Enforcement, Regulators Warn
The Financial Stability Oversight Council said that the growing crypto market could pose risks to the broader financial system. → Read More
Hurricane Ian’s Devastation Shows the Challenge of Pricing Climate Risk
As severe weather events become more frequent, pricing the risk associated with them will only get trickier. → Read More
Musk Joins Moguls to Kill S.E.C. ‘Gag Orders’ at the Supreme Court
Elon Musk joined an amicus brief that could have big implications for how the S.E.C. brings cases and whether defendants who settle can ever talk about them. → Read More
Larry Fink Defends Stakeholder Capitalism
Companies thinking beyond profits isn’t “woke,” the BlackRock founder argued in his latest letter to Wall Street chiefs. → Read More
Regulators Ask Congress to Create New Rules for Cryptocurrencies
A Treasury Department report says stablecoin issuers should operate like banks to avoid destabilizing runs that could erode financial stability. → Read More
Can Crypto Go Green?
DealBook gathered experts to debate the solutions to cryptocurrency’s climate problem. → Read More
Here Come the Crypto Rules
The urgency among regulators to rein in the crypto industry has generated a flurry of lobbying all over Washington. → Read More
China cracks down on cryptocurrency, banning all transactions.
The clampdown comes as China’s central bank has been testing its own digital currency, the electronic Chinese yuan. The price of Bitcoin fell as much as 7 percent on the news. → Read More
How Tax Giants Write Their Own Rules
The biggest accounting firms take advantage of the government’s revolving door. → Read More
Back on Track
The bidding war to acquire Kansas City Southern appears to end in victory for Canadian Pacific. → Read More
Best Stimulus Ever?
The share of people living in poverty in the U.S. fell to a record low last year, making the emergency pandemic aid look highly effective, if costly. → Read More
What to Expect from Gary Gensler’s Testimony
After five months on the job, the S.E.C. chair will speak before the Senate Banking Committee about crypto, climate, SPACs and more. → Read More
Hoax that Walmart will accept Litecoin makes cryptocurrency prices spike.
Litecoin and other digital currencies jumped by as much as 30 percent after the announcement, which was republished as legitimate by media companies. → Read More
Biden Pushes Companies on Vaccine Mandates
The White House’s latest effort to tackle Covid-19 includes a mandate for businesses with over 100 employees. → Read More
The Elizabeth Holmes Courtroom Drama
Opening arguments in the long-awaited trial questioned whether the Theranos chief executive was knowingly deceptive or blindly ambitious. → Read More
Coinbase says the S.E.C. has threatened to sue it over a plan to pay interest.
Coinbase’s Lend offering — an interest-generating service that somewhat resembles accounts traditionally offered by banks — could violate securities laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission said. → Read More
The New ‘Shadow’ Banks
The crypto revolution is bringing financial services to the unbanked, but not without risks. → Read More
El Salvador’s Adoption of Bitcoin Is Off to a Rocky Start
Experts had raised concerns about making the digital token an official currency and the rapid execution of new technology on a national scale. → Read More
Where Diversity Still Disappoints
Black directors have held only 1 percent of board seats at private companies backed by top venture capital and private equity firms. → Read More