From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason. July 23rd. Markets desk — five stories, watch the tape, ignore the noise. Let's get into it. First, from Cryptobriefing. Memecoins paired with tokenized stocks are now moving actual stock prices. Memecoins paired with tokenized stocks on Robinhood Chain are generating millions in volume and creating feedback loops that affect actual equity The post Memecoins paired with tokenized stocks are now moving actual stock prices appeared first on Crypto Briefing. Next. Second, from Bitcoinmagazine. Bitcoin Slumps But These Mining Stocks Are Up Thanks to AI Deals. Hey, so you know how Bitcoin's been slumping lately, right? It's down about 2% to $64,760. But some mining stocks are actually doing pretty well. Hut 8, CleanSpark, and MARA are all up between 3-7% despite the sell-off. It's not just them, either - Hut 8 just signed a 15-year lease for 352 megawatts of IT capacity in Texas, and IREN Limited signed $2.8 billion in new AI cloud contr

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason. July 23rd. Markets desk — five stories, watch the tape, ignore the noise. Let's get into it. First, from The Daily Upside. Welcome to a New Era of Model Portfolios. Maybe one size really can fit all. As financial and investment advisors face rising client loads and portfolio complexity, the challenge is no longer simply building portfolios, but turning them into consistent and customized strategies. That’s leading some advisors to take another look at model portfolios. Sometimes models have been dismissed as commoditized, one-size-fits-all solutions, but as the wealth industry has evolved, so too have model portfolios. Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. Kalshi Bets Election Fever Will Drive Platform Growth. Fundamental to the idea of democracy is a belief in the wisdom of crowds. Kalshi believes the same principle applies to predicting electoral outcomes. On Wednesday, the prediction market launched a central hub for contracts lin

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason, July 22nd. Here's what I'd flag before the open. Let's get into it. First, from PYMNTS. Augustus Secures $180 Million to Challenge Legacy Correspondent Banks. Augustus, a company formerly known as Ivy, just raised $180 million in a Series B funding round. They're using this new cash to expand their platform, which gives financial institutions direct access to dollar accounts and rails through a federally chartered bank. The platform supports operating and FBO accounts with named virtual accounts, and allows customers to transact with first and third parties via Swift, ACH, SEPA, and stablecoins. Augustus is targeting FinTechs and banks in Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. CEO Ferdinand Dabitz says the company's mission is to provide high-quality dollar access to international FinTechs and banks. He believes the dollar is a great product, but its distribution is broken, and Augustus is here to fix it. Q

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Hey, it's Theo. July 22nd. Here are five stories I'd flag if you missed yesterday's end-of-day. Let's get into it. First, from Cryptobriefing. US strikes target Iranian military sites to secure Strait of Hormuz shipping. US strikes target Iranian military sites to secure shipping. Iranian military action against a Gulf state on July 22 at 77.5% YES. The post US strikes target Iranian military sites to secure Strait of Hormuz shipping appeared first on Crypto Briefing. On the markets — Kalshi traders have been actively repricing this story in the last day. Next. Second, from Cryptobriefing. Iran redeploys air defenses in Tehran amid US-Israel tensions. I've been reading about this Iran thing, and it's got me thinking about the mechanics of geopolitics. So, apparently, Iran's been redeploying its air defenses in Tehran, which is a pretty significant move. They're essentially closing off the airspace above the city by August 31, which is a pr

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Theo, July 21st. The systems update — five tech stories that bear on what's coming next. Let's get into it. First, from CoinTelegraph. Movement Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after months of MOVE token turmoil. The blockchain developer will continue operating under court supervision as it restructures following a market-making scandal, a co-founder’s suspension, and exchange delistings that rocked the project. Next. Second, from Thedefiant. Movement Labs Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. MVMT Labs, Inc., the developer behind the Movement blockchain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on July 15, according to the court docket. The voluntary petition, docketed as case number 26-11113 and assigned to Judge Thomas M. Horan, lists... Up next. Third, from Cryptobriefing. Movement Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after turbulent year. Movement Labs has entered bankruptcy protection f

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason here, July 21st. The market read in five — let's start with the headline number. Let's get into it. First, from Fast Company. AI FOMO is a distraction from being a good leader. In almost every leadership conversation I have been part of over the last two years, AI comes up within the first ten minutes. Sometimes it is the whole conversation. Executives want to know how to use it, how to talk about it, how to signal that they are not behind on it. There is a palpable anxiety in the room—a fear of being the person who doesn’t get it, who gets left behind, who bets on the wrong tools or moves too slowly while everyone else races ahead. I understand that anxiety. And I want to offer a reframe that I think will be more useful than any AI fluency course. Next. Second, from Fast Company. I left Amazon to buy a printing company. It was the best career move I ever made. After joining Amazon as a product leader in 2022, I saw a series of layof

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason here, July 20th. The market read in five — let's start with the headline number. Let's get into it. First, from Fast Company. These 3 Perplexity power-user techniques make AI search more useful. If you’ve been using Perplexity for a while, you’ve probably figured out the basics. You know it gives you straight answers instead of a giant wall of sponsored results and recipe blogs. That’s fine, but if you’re only typing basic questions into the primary search bar, you’re barely scratching the surface. There are a handful of deeper tools tucked into the prompt box, Spaces, and follow-up workflow that completely change how the engine works. If you aren’t using them, you’re missing out on some of the best parts of the platform. Let’s look at the features you should actually be using. Next. Second, from A Wealth of Common Sense. 4 Big Questions About the Economy. Four big questions about the economy I’ve been pondering: Why don’

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Hey, Mason here. July 19th. The opening read — five stories that explain today's tape. Let's get into it. First, from The Daily Upside. ‘Love Is Inflation-Proof’: Americans Shrug Off Record-High Wedding Costs. Anyone whose vacation budget is already blown, thanks to tuxedo rentals, bridesmaid dresses destined for the back of the closet and airfare to the Chicago suburbs (substitute your childhood home here), knows that it’s peak wedding season. More than three-quarters of the year’s marriage ceremonies occur between May and October, according to wedding-planning website The Knot. Next. Second, from ZeroHedge. White DSA Member Inadvertently Exposes Socialist Playbook: "Secret Nazis" Are Fine If They Advance Agenda. Emma Vigeland, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, made a telling statement on a Vox podcast. She said she doesn't care if a progressive or socialist candidate has "Nazi" skeletons in their closet, as long as they v

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief for July 18th. Hey, Mason here. July 18th. The opening read — five stories that explain today's tape. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. Sheinbaum, Carney to Watch World Cup Final With Trump. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to the US to attend Sunday’s World Cup final on President Donald Trump’s invitation, creating the opportunity for a reset after a month filled with regional tensions. Next. Second, from ZeroHedge. $100 Billion & Climbing: Iran War Price Tag Believed Far Higher Than WH Estimates. While the Pentagon publicly clings to a $30 billion price tag for its war against Iran, internal Defense Department assessments (unsurprisingly) paint a far more staggering picture: the true cost is rapidly closing in on the $80 billion to $100 billion range, according to NBC News. The Pentagon's Office of Management and Budget told Congress on June 30 that US military opera

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief for July 17th. It's Mason, July 17th. Here's what I'd flag before the open. Let's get into it. First, from Money Tips Money Hacks. The Hidden Savings Report. Money doesn’t disappear all at once. It leaks. A few dollars here, a full price you didn’t have to pay there, and by the end of the month you’re left wondering where it all went. Nobody wakes up and decides to overpay. It just happens, quietly, because checking for a better deal takes energy most of us don’t have left by the time we’re standing in a checkout line — digital or otherwise. That’s the gap I sit in. Not to sell you anything, and not to hand you a stack of coupons and call it a day. Next. Second, from PYMNTS. UnitedHealth Says AI Now Runs Every Function of Its Business. Every claim UnitedHealth processes, every prior authorization it reviews and every patient interaction it handles now runs through artificial intelligence (AI). The company is turning that internal overhaul i