In this week's radio show featuring Bloomberg Intelligence analysts and their research, Sarah Jane Mahmud discusses how MiFID II pressure is easing on research services, but the gap in how they are paid for is widening. Chief U.S. Rates Strategist Ira Jersey notes that signs of concern over the debt limit are showing up in Treasury-bill pricing and liquidity. Julie Chariell names the fintechs she views as best-positioned for crypto use. Robert Schiffman shows how investors are swapping to Alphabet bonds from Microsoft for pennies on the dollar, and Jennifer Rie explains why Facebook will probably be stuck litigating the FTC antitrust lawsuit for a while. The BI Radio show podcasts through Apple’s iTunes, Spotify and Luminary. It broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays at noon on Bloomberg’s flagship station WBBR (1130 AM) in New York, 106.1 FM/1330 AM in Boston, 99.1 FM in Washington, 960 AM in the San Francisco area, channel 119 on SiriusXM, www.bloombergradio.com, and iPhone and Android mobile apps. Bloomberg Intelligence, the research arm of Bloomberg L.P., provides in-depth analysis and data on more than 2,000 companies and 130 industries. On the Bloomberg terminal, run BI .

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