• Mar 15, 2025

China to crack down on stock market fake news as AI spurs misinformation, says state media

China's securities watchdog will step up monitoring fake information in the stock market and work with the police and cyberspace regulators to crack down on those who disseminate false news, which is being made easier by AI, official media reported on Saturday. Regulators will "hit early, hit hard, and hit at the heart" of the issue, the Securities Times said. Artificial intelligence has become a new tool for creating and spreading misleading information to con investors or manipulate stocks, luring investors with the prospect of getting rich quickly, the Shanghai Securities News said in a separate article.

  • Mar 15, 2025

Is the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Really Going to Send Bitcoin Skyrocketing in Value? (The Answer Might Surprise You)

On the surface, the newly announced Strategic Bitcoin Reserve sounds like the perfect catalyst for sending Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) higher for years to come. In fact, in the days following the official announcement of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, the price of Bitcoin actually fell. The first thing that you need to know is that many crypto market participants found the official announcement of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve underwhelming at best.

  • Mar 14, 2025

'Stagflation' risk puts Federal Reserve in tricky spot as it meets this week

When Federal Reserve officials last met in late January, things looked pretty good: Hiring was solid. As the Fed prepares to meet Tuesday and Wednesday, the central bank and its chair, Jerome Powell, are potentially headed to a much tougher spot. Stagflation, should it emerge, is hard for the Fed because typically policymakers would lift rates — or keep them high — to combat inflation.