
When the Universe Learned to Reflect

The Great Debasement: How America Is Quietly Rewriting the Value of Money
Since 1971, the dollar has lost 85% of its value. The S&P just added $17 trillion in 6 months. Welcome to the age of monetary debasement.

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6000 exoplanets, Mars life hints, Saturn’s mystery beads, a comet on approach. The cosmos is alive—are we near first contact?
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When the Universe Learned to Reflect

The Great Debasement: How America Is Quietly Rewriting the Value of Money
Since 1971, the dollar has lost 85% of its value. The S&P just added $17 trillion in 6 months. Welcome to the age of monetary debasement.

🔎 Today’s Daily Sift: Space/Astronomy
6000 exoplanets, Mars life hints, Saturn’s mystery beads, a comet on approach. The cosmos is alive—are we near first contact?


Trump’s GENIUS Act: Stablecoins now legal tender but barred from paying yield. Alt-coins surged—ETH $3,795, SOL and XRP rallied
Senate’s 68-30 vote: Stablecoin bill forces issuers to hold liquid reserves with monthly audits. Critics warn it turbocharges crypto without guardrails
Banks dive in: BofA and Citi prepping stablecoins, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan circling . UK giants piloting tokenised deposits after BoE signaled they may be safer than private coins . Europe’s ING, UniCredit and peers plan euro stablecoin in 2026
ETF floodgates: SEC cut approval times to ~75 days . Dozens of SOL and XRP ETFs could land in October
Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade: Went live May 7. Raised validator cap to 2,048 ETH, boosted blob throughout, paving way for smart accounts and lower fees.
$1.5B Bybit hack: February’s theft was crypto’s largest . Historic heists—from Poly Network ($610M) to Wormhole ($320M)—underline security gaps .
Ripple peace deal: SEC case closed with $125M fine . Courts upheld limits on institutional XRP sales, but broader clarity emerging.
Wall Street in: Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade to offer BTC, ETH, SOL trading in 2026 . Crypto entering mainstream brokerage menus.
Tokenized future: BoE warns private stablecoins could drain bank deposits; pushes tokenised deposits as safer alternative
Trump’s GENIUS Act: Stablecoins now legal tender but barred from paying yield. Alt-coins surged—ETH $3,795, SOL and XRP rallied
Senate’s 68-30 vote: Stablecoin bill forces issuers to hold liquid reserves with monthly audits. Critics warn it turbocharges crypto without guardrails
Banks dive in: BofA and Citi prepping stablecoins, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan circling . UK giants piloting tokenised deposits after BoE signaled they may be safer than private coins . Europe’s ING, UniCredit and peers plan euro stablecoin in 2026
ETF floodgates: SEC cut approval times to ~75 days . Dozens of SOL and XRP ETFs could land in October
Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade: Went live May 7. Raised validator cap to 2,048 ETH, boosted blob throughout, paving way for smart accounts and lower fees.
$1.5B Bybit hack: February’s theft was crypto’s largest . Historic heists—from Poly Network ($610M) to Wormhole ($320M)—underline security gaps .
Ripple peace deal: SEC case closed with $125M fine . Courts upheld limits on institutional XRP sales, but broader clarity emerging.
Wall Street in: Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade to offer BTC, ETH, SOL trading in 2026 . Crypto entering mainstream brokerage menus.
Tokenized future: BoE warns private stablecoins could drain bank deposits; pushes tokenised deposits as safer alternative
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