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The Next Career Ladder Is Business Ownership

Citizens’ Mark Valentino argues that the next generation of entrepreneurs does not necessarily need to build a company from scratch to own one. Valentino examines the succession wave facing America’s small businesses and the opportunities it creates for younger operators willing to take on the less glamorous realities of ownership.
By Mark Valentino
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The College Value Proposition Is Changing in the Age of A.I.

American University’s Casey Evans asks what parents are really paying for when A.I. can deliver much of the knowledge that once defined a college education. Evans argues that the strongest programs will be those that pair A.I. fluency with judgment, communication, adaptability and problem-solving.
By Casey Evans
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The Great Wealth Transfer Is Really a Trust Transfer

The $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer poses a major challenge for financial services beyond managing the assets themselves. Thrivent’s Terry Rasmussen argues that wealth may transfer from one generation to the next, but trust and financial relationships must be earned anew.
By Terry Rasmussen
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The Invisible Force: How Climate Signals Are Moving Markets Before the Data Does

By Edward Nikulin
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Fintech’s A.I. Adoption Race: Innovation Outpacing Institutional Readiness

By Arthur Azizov
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Rev. Jesse Jackson and Milton Friedman: The Unlikeliest Bedfellows in American Capitalism

By Roy Swan
Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO, Kraken speaks onstage during the Semafor World Economy Summit Fall Edition at Gallup HQ on October 16, 2025.

Crypto Has Been Renting Access to the Financial System. Kraken Just Bought In.

By Konstantins Vasilenko
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The ESG Era Is Over. Western Capital Must Now Choose a Side.

By Andrew King
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On-Chain Banking and the Next Phase of Financial Infrastructure

By Maksym Sakharov
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What the Next Market Shock Will Expose About Liquidity Risk

By Eugenia Mykuliak
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KYC’s Insider Problem and the Case for Confidential A.I.

By Ahmad Shadid
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The Payments You Don’t See: How Invisible Fintech Is Powering Your Favorite Apps

By Alpesh Patel
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The Future of Crypto Trading Is Hybrid: CeFi and DeFi Unite

By Ignacio Aguirre Franco
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Why Real-World Utility, Not Meme Coin Mania, Will Drive Crypto’s Next Wave

By Maksym Sakharov
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What Global Businesses Can Learn from Europe’s Long-Game Innovation

By Arturo Bris
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From Profit to Purpose: The Next Generation’s Values Are Rewriting the Rules of Success

By Ted Swimmer
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Inside the Global Race to Build Gold Vaults for the Next Monetary Order

By Mamadou Kwidjim Toure
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RWA Platforms Keep Launching—Then Hitting the Same Regulatory Wall

By Corey Billington
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Decentralizing the Dollar: A Financial System Beyond Washington

By Anurag Arjun
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The New Meaning of “Sustainable Growth” in the Post-A.I. Boom

By Chris Spratling
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The Tokenization Boom Can’t Scale Without Cross-Chain Coordination

By Edwin Mata
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Why Liquidity Risk Is the Overlooked Blind Spot in Institutional Portfolios

By Alex Tsepaev
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Tariffs, Turbulence and Tightropes: The Next Chapter in Global Energy Investment

By Igor Isaev
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Fraud Detection Fails: How Banks Break Trust—and How to Fix It

By Roman Eloshvili
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