Ian Bremmer on the Risks America Poses to the World

After industry objections, President Trump signed a revised AI executive order requiring only voluntary prerelease government reviews of advanced models.

Surging demand is overwhelming interconnection systems, forcing a scramble to modernize the grid before ratepayers absorb the cost.

The political risk analyst Ian Bremmer argues that the greatest driver of risk in the world right now is President Trump.

The post A Baltic Pressure Campaign For President Trump To End Russia’s War appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Netherlands F-35 aircraft and ships during Operation ‘Baltic Sentry’ Royal Netherlands Navy The Strategic Opportunity President Trump has an opportunity to accelerate an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Drawing on the logic of his pressure campaign against Iran, he could initiate a Baltic air and maritime pressure campaign that incentivizes Vladimir Putin to move to the bargaining table. The United States need not choose between accepting stalemate, providing aid to Ukraine indefinitely, or escalating directly against Russian forces. It can instead lead NATO and EU partners in a disciplined sanctions-enforcement campaign in the Baltic Sea that takes action on the vessels, cargoes, port services, insurance arrangements, and financial networks that are sustaining Russia’s war machine. That is the central strategic point: a Baltic Sea pressure campaign would give Washington

The post How President Trump’s Immigration Order Will Feed the Stablecoin Economy, Bitcoin ATMs appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief A new executive order tasks federal regulators with tightening fraud screening and limiting credit lines for undocumented immigrants. Experts say the policy mirrors an alleged plot under the Biden administration to choke crypto firms—and the driving force behind the creation of World Liberty Financial. Critics warn that freezing millions out of the traditional banking system could backfire by benefiting organized crime or provoking future retaliation. When President Donald Trump’s family faced growing pressure from banks, it embraced crypto. Now, immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally face a similar choice under what policy experts describe as a move that could force people out of the traditional banking system. On May 19, the president issued an executive order “to restore integrity to America’s financial system.” In the name of national secur

When the Trump family faced pressure from banks, it embraced crypto. Now, immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally face a similar choice.

The CFTC just took its most significant crypto action in years.

Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty said crypto is moving deeper into mainstream American finance, citing a new National Cryptocurrency Association report that found 67 million Americans now own or use digital assets. Speaking with NYSE on May 28, Alderoty, who also serves as president of the National Cryptocurrency Association, framed crypto adoption as increasingly […]