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Stablecoins Are Not a Dollar Substitute Yet

A smart contract flaw dropped one stablecoin from $1.00 to $0.025 in 17 minutes. Accounting frameworks want to call these instruments cash equivalents. The safety record does not support that classification.

By Marcus Cole · 3 min read

Finance

Wells Fargo Paid $6.7 Billion in Fines. Its Executives Paid Almost Nothing

Wells Fargo closed 13 consent orders and got its asset cap lifted in March 2026. The executives who built the fraud culture that harmed 16 million customers paid a fraction of what the bank paid. That gap is a policy choice, and it keeps getting made.

By Ray Vega · 3 min read

Finance

The OCC's Stablecoin Yield Ban Will Create the Exact Shadow System It Claims to Prevent

The OCC's proposed anti-evasion framework for stablecoin yield follows the same script as Regulation Q's deposit rate caps. The money didn't stay then, and it won't stay now. The only difference is that the exits are global and instant.

By Ray Vega · 3 min read