Sen. Elizabeth Warren leads a bipartisan bill to make the Fed and SEC investigate "Epstein connected" firms and executives, with fines or bans for wrongdoers. Barclays has already offered her a vetting defence over ex-CEO Jes Staley. She said it was not sufficient.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 5%
- Operator
- Operator 50%
- Investor
- Investor 45%
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives60
- Confidence78
Kalshi and its investor Paradigm sat with Coinbase, Ripple and Chainlink at the White House, one day before the CFTC's new advisory committee met. The seating chart is the substance.
Perspective Coverage
9 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 19%
- Operator
- Operator 38%
- Investor
- Investor 43%
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives65
- Confidence55
IRS Revenue Procedure 2026-20 lets exchange-listed crypto trusts stake and keep grantor-trust status, with six months for existing trusts to comply. Holders must receive the rewards in the same token or in cash, while the procedure leaves open how that income is taxed.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence60
Korea's financial watchdog plans to keep interim inspection findings confidential
South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service plans to publish interim inspection findings only where consumer harm is feared or a major incident could follow. For inspected firms, most publicity would then come at the sanction stage.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives55
- Confidence45
Crypto's market-structure bill finished eleven votes short of the Senate's 60
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act lost 49-50 on September 15. Coinbase fell 12% and Circle 13% the same day, at the end of an election-cycle lobbying effort cryptobriefing estimates at $100m to $225m.
Reality
- Evidence28
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives68
- Confidence32
Advisors buy the IRS enrolled-agent credential to make client relationships hard to move
The credential is being underwritten as a switching cost rather than a fee line, and the price shows up in hours that would otherwise carry fee-paying advisory relationships. Nobody in the account has measured the churn it prevents.
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+28
- Incentives62
- Confidence45
Supermicro clears its own CEO in a $2.5 billion smuggling case others are still investigating
A board-led probe found no evidence current management knew of an alleged Nvidia chip smuggling ring. The DOJ, an SDNY grand jury, the SEC and Taiwanese authorities have not finished.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+41
- Incentives79
- Confidence60