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The Electric

The Electric: A Chinese AI Expert On What It Will Take For Cars To Go Completely Autonomous

By Steve LeVine · Oct 20, 2025 4:30am PDT · 1 comment
Global automakers agree that very soon consumers will expect all new cars to function autonomously, requiring little or no attention from the driver. But they are sharply divided about how to get there. Global automakers agree that very soon consumers will expect all new cars to function...
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Borrowed Money Fueled Crypto’s $700 Billion Sell-Off

By Yueqi Yang · Oct 13, 2025 1:44pm PDT · 2 comments
The flash crash that rumbled across the crypto market on Friday can be traced to an unusual token that aims to track the dollar, a fast-growing exchange that allows investors to borrow heavily and speculative tokens that traders buy using debt. That combustible mix of borrowed money was ignited Friday by President Donald Trump’s announcement of... The flash crash that rumbled across the crypto market on Friday can be traced to an unusual token...
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New Stablecoin Law Is Spurring Competition and Threatening Profits

By Yueqi Yang · Oct 8, 2025 6:00am PDT
In just over two months, the new stablecoin law has upended crypto markets, giving a group of new competitors a chance to wrest control from the industry’s two dominant companies, Tether and Circle. The biggest disruptor has been Stripe, which is benefiting from its well-timed $1.1 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure startup Bridge... In just over two months, the new stablecoin law has upended crypto markets, giving a group of new...
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Squaring Away Circle’s IPO

By Yueqi Yang · Jun 4, 2025 5:00pm PDT · 3 comments
One of the longest running stories in crypto, Circle Internet Group’s effort to go public, is finally wrapping up. After four years of trying, the stablecoin firm priced its initial public offering tonight at $31 per share, above its preliminary range of between $27 and $28, and valuing the company at $6.9 billion based on outstanding shares.... One of the longest running stories in crypto, Circle Internet Group’s effort to go public, is...
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BNY Boosts Business With Circle, as Banks Warm to Crypto

By Yueqi Yang · Mar 12, 2025 10:57am PDT
BNY, the nation’s oldest bank, is expanding the services it handles for stablecoin giant Circle, the latest sign that U.S. banking access for the crypto industry is easing under a friendlier regulatory environment. The bank will allow some clients to send money to and from Circle through BNY for purchase or sale of Circle’s stablecoins, people... BNY, the nation’s oldest bank, is expanding the services it handles for stablecoin giant Circle,...
Circle CEO, Jeremy Allaire. Photo via Bloomberg/Art by Shane Burke.

How Stablecoin Giant Circle Can Battle Rate Cuts

By Yueqi Yang · Aug 2, 2024 6:00am PDT
Higher interest rates have been a boon for Circle Internet Financial’s business. Now, with the threat of a Federal Reserve rate cut looming and timing for a planned initial public offering up in the air, the stablecoin issuer is finding ways to branch out. Boston-based Circle generates revenue mostly from earning interest on the tens... Higher interest rates have been a boon for Circle Internet Financial’s business. Now, with...