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Imagine Lakshmi, a school teacher in Bangalore. For years, she’s worked two jobs and prudently saved most of her salary, imagining a stable home and future success for her young daughter. Given the jargon and high fees surrounding traditional investments, many of them seem completely off-limits. Might XRP ETFs be...

Okay, let's be real. We've all seen Bitcoin's wild ride. This way, that way, all around – frankly, it’ll make you dizzy. Something feels different this time. We’re not referring to yet another pump and dump driven by online casino—er, stock—trading. Now we are starting to see real institutional money—you...

The whispers are getting louder. $200,000 Bitcoin. It’s the new digital gold rush promising fortunes beyond imagination. More importantly, who is going to get rich exactly? More importantly, at whose expense? I see plenty of hype around this trend. It genuinely frightens me for my friends, family, and others who...

I still think back to what Mrs. Gupta told me, who owns a little spice shop in Bangalore. She told us about her confrontation with inflation, how it’s rapidly decimating her profits. Now, with inflation continuing to rise, it’s getting harder for her to make ends meet. She was stuck,...

Let’s face it, Bitcoin is likely one of those things you’ve heard of that your smart nephew goes on and on about at Thanksgiving. You smile and politely nod, perhaps even mumble something about “blockchain” and then go for another piece of pumpkin pie. What if I told you that...

Schwab's wading into crypto. Big deal, right? Another institutional giant recognizing the inevitable? Maybe. But scratch beneath the surface and ask yourself: whose inevitable are we talking about? If we’re serious about empowering you, the everyday investor, to take part in the future of finance, then 🤑 Or merely Wall...