US Wages Share of GDI at 75 Year Low(fred.stlouisfed.org)
74 points by omgwtfbyobbq | 30 comments
FRED data series page showing wage and salary disbursements as a percentage share of US gross domestic income, annually since 1948 (42.0% in 2025).
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Show HN: I put employees inside S&P 500 market-cap bubbles(bigwhalehunting.com)
157 points by vfxGer | 47 comments
Interactive bubble chart of S&P 500 companies sized by market cap, filled with stick figures representing employee counts, grouped by sector.
No signs of AI payoff outside the tech sector(apollo.com)
501 points by the-mitr | 557 comments
Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok's Daily Spark note with charts arguing AI has shown no revenue, margin, or productivity payoff outside the Mag 7 tech firms.
Getting ready to operate GNU Taler in Germany(taler.net)
346 points by dewey | 159 comments
GNU Taler news post announcing Taler Operations AG in Bochum, which will seek a BaFin e-money licence to operate Taler in Germany after GLS Bank withdrew, and is seeking investors.
Revolut down as users report app not working(bbc.com)
76 points by baal80spam | 88 comments
BBC News report on a Revolut outage affecting multiple services, with thousands of users reporting problems with the banking app.
Gold is now the top U.S. export(numismaticnews.net)
375 points by iamnothere | 211 comments
Numismatic News market update article reporting that gold has become the top U.S. export.
Show HN: Stoke Money – Personal finance app built around a cash flow forecast(stoke.money)
18 points by _wesley | 13 comments
Landing page for Stoke, a personal finance app that projects account cash flow from recurring transactions instead of using budgets.
Inside Polymarket's paid quote-retweet esports program(readergrev.com)
80 points by paimapi | 53 comments
A Readergrev investigation into Polymarket's program paying esports accounts to quote-retweet its posts while making the promotion appear organic.
Market selloff, rising rates test AI data centre deal boom(reuters.com)
43 points by tartoran | 29 comments
Reuters article on how a market selloff and rising interest rates are testing the boom in AI data centre financing deals; page showed a device verification screen.
Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwrote(startupfortune.com)
341 points by smartmic | 237 comments
Startup Fortune article reporting that JPMorgan, MUFG and other banks are struggling to distribute $38 billion in construction debt for Oracle-leased AI data centers.
CPI-U rises 7.2% annualized in September (3.7% YoY)(bls.gov)
44 points by JumpCrisscross | 39 comments
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics news release summarizing the September 2026 Consumer Price Index, which rose 0.6% for the month and 3.7% year over year.
Why Sweden is abandoning its cashless society(uk.news.yahoo.com)
35 points by nephihaha | 25 comments
A Yahoo News UK article on why Sweden is moving away from its push toward a fully cashless society.
Show HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models run on your machine(pulseos.finance)
102 points by niztk | 55 comments
Landing page for Pulse Local, a free Mac budgeting app that answers spending questions using small AI models running entirely on the user's machine.
Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF(theguardian.com)
75 points by novaRom | 69 comments
Guardian article reporting the IMF's warning that a crash in AI-related share valuations, plus government debt and cyber-attacks, threatens global financial stability.
Muse DAU dropped and Meta insiders decided to sell(theinference.org)
10 points by richardttang | 2 comments
The Inference article reporting that Meta's Muse agent app saw daily-user growth fall 62% in three weeks while insiders made 172 stock sales and no purchases.
An AI agent's $20 Kalshi account, with an exact reward model(github.com)
4 points by mirabilisagent | 2 comments
GitHub repository documenting an AI agent trading a $20 Kalshi prediction market account, including a model of Kalshi's liquidity incentive rewards.
How to Build Wealth as a Career Person(asheradeniyi.com)
121 points by doppp | 120 comments
A blog post by Asher Adeniyi on how salaried professionals can build wealth; the capture shows only a browser-check interstitial.
Data Center Darling's $30B IPO Dream Crushed in 48 Hours(bloomberg.com)
23 points by mfiguiere | 7 comments
Bloomberg Markets article and video about the collapse of a planned $30 billion IPO by data center company Firmus within 48 hours.
Vitalik Buterin backs crypto ‘bunker mode’ amid rapid AI math advances(cointelegraph.com)
40 points by firstcomm | 27 comments
Cointelegraph news article reporting that Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum researchers urge a crypto 'bunker mode' migration of funds, warning AI could threaten private-key security.
Smart contracts: Ship the parachute in v1(medium.com)
7 points by giladha | 2 comments
A Medium article arguing that smart contract upgradeability and disaster recovery mechanisms should be built into the first version rather than deferred.
Visa, Mastercard, major banks facing new litigation over 'anticompetitive' fees(classaction.org)
530 points by DeepLogin | 383 comments
ClassAction.org news article on a new lawsuit (The Pizza Standard LLC v. Visa Inc.) accusing Visa, Mastercard and major banks of anticompetitive merchant card fees.
After bankruptcy, he was banned from sports betting sites. Then he found Kalshi(npr.org)
49 points by momentmaker | 39 comments
NPR report on a man banned from sports betting sites after bankruptcy who turned to the prediction market Kalshi to keep gambling.
French Bond Risk Hits Euro-Crisis Levels [video](youtube.com)
8 points by thelastgallon | 2 comments
A YouTube video reporting that the risk premium on French government bonds has risen to levels last seen during the euro-area debt crisis.
Crypto Capture of Foreign Aid(nber.org)
77 points by bko | 23 comments
NBER working paper examining whether foreign aid diversion shifted to cryptocurrency after the 2016 Panama Papers tightened offshore banking enforcement.
Venice’s failed war against Constantinople led to the first bond market(bigthink.com)
143 points by RickJWagner | 40 comments
Big Think article by Robin Wigglesworth on how a failed 12th-century Venetian crusade against Constantinople led Venice to create the world's first bond market.
European payments groups join forces to challenge US dominance(rte.ie)
20 points by vrganj | 15 comments
RTÉ news article reporting that European payment groups, including Bizum, are joining forces to challenge the dominance of US payment companies.
Big Tech's Capex Is Half of Wall Street's Profit Growth(inlevel9.com)
3 points by speckx | 0 comments
An article arguing that Big Tech's capital expenditure accounts for roughly half of Wall Street's corporate profit growth.
10-year Treasury yield climbs above 5.3% to a level not seen in 24 years(wsj.com)
68 points by kaycebasques | 79 comments
Wall Street Journal article on the 10-year US Treasury yield rising above 5.3%, its highest level in about 24 years.
A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal(spectrum.ieee.org)
363 points by rbanffy | 153 comments
An IEEE Spectrum history-of-technology article by Allison Marsh on the origins and development of the Bloomberg Terminal used by Wall Street traders.
Parmiagiano and Financialisation: Cheese as Gold for the Gold of Cheese(developingeconomics.org)
3 points by paimapi | 1 comments
A Developing Economics blog post on how Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese wheels are used as collateral and financial assets, examining cheese in the context of financialisation.
When oil prices spike, where does the money go?(theconversation.com)
135 points by thelastgallon | 126 comments
The Conversation article explaining who captures the extra revenue when oil prices spike, from producers to governments and traders.
Profit Margins of the Largest Companies(visualcapitalist.com)
16 points by teleforce | 4 comments
Visual Capitalist infographic ranking the world's 30 largest companies by profit margin, shown as profit per $100 in revenue.
LP Voting and Investor Consent for AIFs(taghash.io)
4 points by koolhead17 | 0 comments
Taghash blog post explaining a workflow for managing LP voting and investor consent in AIFs, covering voting rules, weighted approvals, reminders and audit records.
Show HN: How long do I need to work at my salary before I can coast, or retire?(github.com)
35 points by karmanyaahm | 38 comments
GitHub directory for a FIRE simulator in the budget-tools repo that models years of work and salary needed before coasting or retiring.
Liquid Network Security Incident Assessment(blog.blockstream.com)
7 points by greyface- | 0 comments
Blockstream blog post assessing a security incident affecting the Liquid Network, its Bitcoin sidechain.
Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom(nytimes.com)
32 points by mikhael | 34 comments
New York Times article on Wall Street investors growing skeptical of AI data center IPOs; the capture shows only a captcha page.
San Francisco Onion Futures Company(onionfutures.com)
374 points by z-mach9 | 160 comments
Website of the San Francisco Onion Futures Company, which sells private transferable contracts for future delivery of yellow onions, with an order form and legality FAQ.
What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks(tautology.town)
631 points by evakhoury | 378 comments
A blog post explaining what card networks like Visa and Mastercard do, distinguishing them from card issuers, banks, and payment processors.
Gloomberb(gloom.sh)
381 points by rbanffy | 193 comments
Landing page for Gloomberb, an open-source, keyboard-driven, extensible finance terminal available as a desktop app or TUI.
Deutsche Bank becomes first foreign yuan clearing bank in Europe(tradersunion.com)
349 points by Markoff | 381 comments
Traders Union news article reporting that Deutsche Bank has become the first foreign bank in Europe approved to clear yuan transactions.
SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status(ft.com)
474 points by youngtaff | 417 comments
FT Alphaville article on SpaceX bonds falling below issue price, with yields rising toward junk territory; shown behind a registration gate.
Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources(reuters.com)
470 points by rvz | 277 comments
Reuters report that Stripe and private equity firm Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal, according to sources; the page showed a device verification screen.
Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Nebius: Inside the Circular Financing of the GPU Boom(io-fund.com)
354 points by adletbalzhanov | 153 comments
An I/O Fund blog post analyzing the circular financing relationships among Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Nebius in the AI GPU boom.
The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level(libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org)
423 points by loughnane | 438 comments
A New York Fed Liberty Street Economics blog post analyzing the post-COVID decline in the US labor share of income.
Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place(stephendiehl.com)
325 points by ibobev | 407 comments
Stephen Diehl blog post criticizing the state of crypto in 2026, citing a presidential memecoin, prediction markets on military actions, and shadow dollar systems.
Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators(wsj.com)
415 points by Vaslo | 298 comments
WSJ article reporting that Polymarket has paid creators to post deceptive social media videos promoting its prediction market bets.
S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic(arstechnica.com)
1365 points by maltalex | 472 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that the S&P 500 won't waive its profitability rule to fast-track SpaceX, also blocking quick entry for OpenAI and Anthropic.
Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen(theregister.com)
531 points by toomuchtodo | 201 comments
The Register article reporting that the UK Government Digital Service replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen for GOV.UK Pay, adding pay-by-bank options.
SpaceX, Other Mega IPOs Denied Fast Index Entry by S&P(bloomberg.com)
825 points by tristanj | 412 comments
Bloomberg article reporting that S&P Dow Jones Indices kept its rules unchanged, denying fast index entry to megacap IPOs like SpaceX after a consultation.
Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?(economist.com)
658 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 | 1120 comments
Economist Finance & economics article asking whether public stock markets can absorb giant IPOs from Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI.
Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation(reuters.com)
426 points by vrganj | 319 comments
Reuters article reporting that a Danish pension fund has excluded SpaceX from its investments, citing governance concerns and valuation.
The real cost of owning a home(ericturner.dev)
364 points by ggcr | 740 comments
A personal blog post by Eric Turner breaking down the hidden costs of owning a home, using his actual expenses, to compare buying versus renting.
Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence(reuters.com)
1037 points by thm | 477 comments
Reuters article on Spain blocking Polymarket and Kalshi for lacking gambling licences; the capture shows a captcha verification page instead of the article.
Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment(lesnumeriques.com)
886 points by healsdata | 700 comments
Les Numériques article (French) reporting that 130 million Europeans will move to a fully sovereign European payment system from 2026, reducing reliance on Visa and Mastercard.
Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard(elciudadano.com)
358 points by wslh | 295 comments
News article from El Ciudadano about Brazil's Pix instant payment system facing pressure from Visa and Mastercard.
Grand Theft Oil Futures: Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense(paulkrugman.substack.com)
403 points by Qem | 249 comments
Paul Krugman Substack post arguing that insider traders are profiting from oil futures moves, illustrated with a Brent futures price chart.
Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%(twitter.com)
453 points by adrianmsmith | 707 comments
A tweet from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announcing that the company is reducing its workforce by about 14%.
Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports markets(github.com)
456 points by m-hodges | 251 comments
GitHub repository for a bot that automatically buys "No" shares on non-sports Polymarket prediction markets, released under CC0.
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator(nytimes.com)
558 points by jfirebaugh | 692 comments
New York Times article in which a reporter investigates the identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, pointing toward Adam Back; the capture shows a captcha page.
France pulls last gold held in US(mining.com)
561 points by teleforce | 304 comments
Mining.com news article reporting that France has withdrawn the last of its gold reserves held in the US, realizing a $15B gain.
Mystery jump in oil trading ahead of Trump post draws scrutiny(bbc.com)
422 points by psim1 | 279 comments
News report on an unexplained surge in oil futures trading shortly before a Trump social media post, prompting scrutiny over possible insider trading.
US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement(reuters.com)
695 points by djoldman | 411 comments
Reuters article reporting that the US SEC is preparing to eliminate the quarterly reporting requirement for public companies, citing the WSJ.
Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story(timesofisrael.com)
1509 points by defly | 948 comments
Times of Israel piece by a journalist describing death threats from Polymarket bettors demanding he rewrite an Iran missile story; page showed a Cloudflare check.
US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says(marketscreener.com)
413 points by JumpCrisscross | 442 comments
MarketScreener news article reporting Fitch's finding that US private credit default rates reached a record 9.2% in 2025.
Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran(nytimes.com)
448 points by boplicity | 198 comments
New York Times article reporting that Binance fired employees who discovered $1.7 billion in crypto had been sent to Iran; the page loaded as a captcha check.
Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun(europeanbusinessmagazine.com)
1031 points by NewCzech | 868 comments
European Business Magazine article on Europe's efforts to reduce reliance on Visa and Mastercard for its roughly $24 trillion in payments.
Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon(wilsoniumite.com)
466 points by Wilsoniumite | 597 comments
A personal blog post revisiting the author's failed prediction of a 2025 US economic crash and arguing a crash may still be coming, using data such as FRED unemployment charts.
Thief of $90M in seized U.S.-controlled crypto is gov't contractor's son(web3isgoinggreat.com)
321 points by pavel_lishin | 64 comments
A Web3 is Going Just Great entry reporting that the alleged thief of $90M in seized U.S.-government-controlled crypto is the son of a government crypto contractor.
Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B(reuters.com)
375 points by personjerry | 307 comments
Reuters news article reporting Capital One's agreement to acquire fintech firm Brex for $5.15 billion.
De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)(jpmorgan.com)
541 points by andsoitis | 721 comments
J.P. Morgan Global Research insight piece examining whether the US dollar is losing its dominance as the world's reserve currency.
Nvidia Stock Crash Prediction(entropicthoughts.com)
396 points by todsacerdoti | 330 comments
Blog post on Entropic Thoughts estimating the probability of an Nvidia stock crash, prompted by a question in the 2026 ACX prediction contest.
Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries(reuters.com)
630 points by mythical_39 | 653 comments
Reuters news article reporting that a Danish pension fund plans to divest its holdings of U.S. Treasury securities.
Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling(theatlantic.com)
472 points by krustyburger | 454 comments
An Atlantic article, syndicated on MSN, by Saahil Desai arguing that America is sliding into a Polymarket-driven world where news becomes about betting.
Statement from Jerome Powell(federalreserve.gov)
367 points by 0xedb | 356 comments
A January 11, 2026 statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, published on the Federal Reserve Board's speeches page.
10 years of personal finances in plain text files(sgoel.dev)
446 points by wrxd | 166 comments
A personal blog post reflecting on ten years of tracking personal finances in plain text files using Beancount, importing monthly bank statements.
Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades(latimes.com)
654 points by ValentineC | 499 comments
Los Angeles Times business article reporting Warren Buffett stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway after six decades.
I wasted years of my life in crypto(twitter.com)
593 points by Anon84 | 822 comments
An X (Twitter) article by Ken Chang reflecting on having spent years of his life working in the crypto industry.
Show HN: I built a dashboard to compare mortgage rates across 120 credit unions(finfam.app)
354 points by mhashemi | 119 comments
FinFam blog post and dashboard comparing daily-updated mortgage rates from over 120 US credit unions against the national FRED benchmark.
“Captain Gains” on Capitol Hill(nber.org)
779 points by mhb | 504 comments
NBER working paper finding that US lawmakers who ascend to congressional leadership outperform matched peers in stock trades by 47 percentage points annually.
Credit report shows Meta keeping $27B off its books through advanced geometry(stohl.substack.com)
363 points by FreeQueso | 187 comments
A satirical Substack post framed as a credit rating report on how Meta keeps $27 billion in data center debt off its balance sheet.
Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor(github.com)
375 points by agreeahmed | 209 comments
GitHub repository for Flowglad, an open source payments and billing infrastructure that integrates without webhooks and exposes real-time feature and usage-credit state.
Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker(wealthfolio.app)
641 points by a-fadil | 201 comments
Landing page for Wealthfolio, an open-source, private investment tracker running locally on desktop, iOS, and as a self-hosted Docker image.
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Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf](berkshirehathaway.com)
320 points by philip1209 | 137 comments
Berkshire Hathaway news release announcing Warren Buffett's share donations to family foundations, followed by his letter to shareholders saying he is "going quiet."
Trump pardons convicted Binance founder(wsj.com)
894 points by cowboyscott | 929 comments
WSJ news article reporting that President Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had been convicted; the page showed a captcha verification.
DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia(cnbc.com)
322 points by pseudolus | 290 comments
DOJ press release announcing the indictment of Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi over Cambodian forced-labor scam compounds and the seizure of about $15B in bitcoin.
SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrated exchange in decades(cbsnews.com)
603 points by pseudolus | 425 comments
CBS News Texas article reporting the SEC's approval of the Texas Stock Exchange, the first new fully integrated U.S. exchange in decades.
Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 July 2026(riksbank.se)
474 points by sebiw | 537 comments
Riksbank press release announcing an agreement with payment market actors to enable offline card payments for essential goods in Sweden by 1 July 2026.
PayPal to support Ethereum and Bitcoin(newsroom.paypal-corp.com)
475 points by DocFeind | 363 comments
PayPal newsroom press release announcing a revamped peer-to-peer payments experience across apps, borders, and currencies, reportedly including crypto support.
The treasury is expanding the Patriot Act to attack Bitcoin self custody(tftc.io)
758 points by bilsbie | 537 comments
A TFTC Bitcoin Brief article arguing that the US Treasury is expanding Patriot Act powers to target Bitcoin self-custody.
Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo(tempo.xyz)
760 points by _nvs | 961 comments
Landing page for Tempo, a layer 1 blockchain for payments and stablecoins incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, with a request-access button.