According to reports, Western Union is developing a prepaid stablecoin payment card aimed at countries experiencing severe inflation. The company’s CFO, Matthew Cagwin, stated at the UBS Global Technology & AI Conference that the product is designed to help address scenarios of rapid local currency depreciation and provide users with more stable purchasing power.
Taking Argentina as an example, where inflation exceeded 200% last year, stablecoin cards denominated in US dollars help remittance recipients better preserve value. Previously, Western Union also announced plans to launch the USD-peg

According to BlockBeats, on December 6, KobeissiLetter released data showing that the leading economic indicators in the United States continue to deteriorate, with the ratio of leading economic indicators to coincident economic indicators dropping to 0.85, the lowest since 2008.
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) tracks forward-looking data, including consumer expectations and new manufacturing orders. At the same time, the Coincident Economic Index (CEI) measures current economic conditions, such as non-farm payrolls. Historical data shows that whenever this ratio drops signif

APRO: The Intelligence Layer—A New Foundation for Verifying Reality in Web3
The original dream of blockchain—pure and perfect—has collided with the chaotic reality of the world it seeks to digitize. Early oracles, though pioneering, essentially served as passive data pipelines, ferrying raw, undifferentiated price feeds from exchanges to smart contracts. While revolutionary at the time, this model proved acutely sensitive to data entropy—information naturally tended to become inaccurate, delayed, or manipulated as it traversed centralized nodes. The inevitable result was systemic failures: liq

Tom Lee made a bold prediction for Ethereum, estimating its future value will reach $62,000, assuming it achieves a 0.25 ratio relative to Bitcoin. Traders have shown confidence in Ethereum by purchasing $6,500 call options on Deribit, with total open interest exceeding $380 million. In addition, Tom Lee's Bitmine acquired 41,946 Ethereum worth $130.78 million. These actions indicate a positive market outlook on Ethereum's future potential.