The European Central Bank should consider putting central bank money directly onto blockchain-based financial networks to ensure that the euro remains central to Europe's evolving digital financial system, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel has argued. Her comments represent a policy view...

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has given investors a clearer indication that persistent inflation could force the central bank to raise interest rates, but he stopped short of saying when such action would come. His first major speech at the annual Federal Reserve conference in Jackson Hole...

Stablecoin-linked cards are moving from a niche cryptocurrency product toward a more practical payments tool, with industry spending reaching a record monthly level and RedotPay forecasting that annual card spending could reach $50 billion by 2028. The projection is ambitious, but the underlying...

For more than a century, researchers have tried to teach the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer, but the results have rarely translated into broadly successful treatments. That history makes the latest results from Moderna and Merck significant. Their personalized messenger RNA cancer...

The six-month war involving Iran, the United States and Israel has created an unusual problem for American businesses: the cost of transporting goods is rising not only because fuel has become more expensive, but because transportation companies can pass those higher costs to customers through fuel...

The disruption of the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war is forcing Gulf governments to reconsider one of the most important assumptions behind their economic models: that energy exports and regional trade can continue to depend heavily on a single maritime chokepoint. With shipping through the...

The six-month Iran war has exposed a structural change in the global oil market: OPEC Plus can still influence production, but its ability to control the market is increasingly constrained by events beyond its direct control. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, damage to Middle Eastern energy...

The rapid spread of autonomous artificial intelligence is creating a problem for an industry whose business depends on defining exactly when a digital event becomes an insurable loss. Cyber insurers have spent years developing policies around familiar events such as ransomware, stolen credentials,...

Stablecoins and Bitcoin serve very different purposes within the cryptocurrency market, but the latest surge in Bitcoin is highlighting a broader shift in how digital assets are being used. Bitcoin's move above $80,000 has renewed investor interest in cryptocurrencies, while stablecoin card...

India's long-running debate over front-of-pack nutrition warnings has entered a more consequential phase as the country's food regulator faces pressure to decide whether packaged foods should carry clearer warnings about high levels of sugar, salt and saturated fat. The issue is no longer simply...

The United States H-1B visa program is facing several possible changes that could make hiring skilled foreign workers substantially more expensive and more selective. The most striking proposal is a new $103,265 fee for cap-subject H-1B petitions, but the potential impact extends beyond the cost of...