MoneyArchive, page 7
Every piece we have published, newest first, across the four beats.
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CryptoMiCA pushed USDT off EU exchanges. Read what Circle won.
On July 1 MiCA's grandfathering ended and licensed EU exchanges dropped USDT. Circle's USDC and EURC stayed. The prize is smaller than it looks.
CryptoThe SEC reopened the ETF rulebook. Crypto's fast lane is the target.
On July 2 the SEC asked 27 questions about novel ETFs. The wording points at the rule that let single-asset crypto funds list in weeks. Read it.
AI moneyAI “earn” pools paid $1M to 10,000 creators. Read the split.
Higgsfield’s AI video program paid over $1M to 10,000 creators. That averages under $100 each. Here is why the pool math beats the income screenshots.
MarketsChips are 19.7% of the S&P 500. Your index fund is an AI bet.
The S&P 500 booked its best quarter since 2020. Semiconductors are now a record 19.7% of the index, and 38% of its members fell in the first half.
CryptoBitcoin ETFs bled a record $4B in June. Read the exit.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs shed a record $4B in June, most of it from one BlackRock fund. The wrapper sold as a floor became the fastest exit down.
MoneyThe median side hustle earns $200 a month. Read the AI math.
Survey data puts the median side hustle at $200 a month and participation falling. The AI income pitch sells the tail. Here is how to read the gap.
CryptoBlackRock added Ethena's USDe to Aladdin. Read the yield engine.
BlackRock added USDe to its $20T Aladdin platform and opened a $100M stablecoin facility for BUIDL. The plumbing changed. The basis-trade yield did not.
MarketsAlphabet joined the Dow. Goldman Sachs still outweighs it 3x.
Alphabet enters the Dow on June 29 as a $4 trillion company, yet the price-weighted index still gives Goldman Sachs three times its sway. Read the math.
AI moneyAI tools went metered in June. Read the new math.
Copilot, Cursor, Zapier and Notion all dropped flat seats for usage meters this year. The trigger is agents, and the heavy user now pays the bill.
MoneyGetting paid in stablecoins: what creators actually keep
Meta and YouTube now pay some creators in USDC and PYUSD. A stablecoin payout is not a raise. Check your off-ramp cost and tax tracking before you opt in.
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