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Duolingo Just Torched Its Own Margins. Wall Street Didn’t Take It Well.

Meta description: Duolingo crashes 22% after pivoting from monetisation to user growth — targeting 100M DAUs by 2028 but guiding bookings 7% below consensus.

Anthropic Just Called the Pentagon’s Bluff. The Deadline Is Today.

Anthropic rejects Pentagon's final offer before Friday 5:01pm deadline — Amodei won't allow Claude for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.

DOT Just Ripped 37% in a Day. The Halving Hype Is Real — But Is It Enough?

Polkadot surges 37% past $1.70 as traders front-run the March 14 Pi Day halving that will slash DOT issuance by 53%.

El Mencho Is Dead. Now the Real Risk for Mexico’s Markets Begins.

El Mencho's killing sparks cartel retaliation across Mexico, rattling the peso, disrupting freight and tourism, and raising succession-crisis risk for investors.

Trump’s Midterm Machine Builds One Economic Script While the President Writes Another

White House runs two parallel midterm campaigns as Trump's Georgia speech veers off-script, with approval at 36–37% and economy dominating voter concerns.

OpenAI Enlists McKinsey, Accenture, BCG, and Capgemini in Multiyear Frontier Alliance and SaaS Stocks Are Feeling the Pressure

OpenAI signs multiyear Frontier Alliance deals with McKinsey, BCG, Accenture, and Capgemini as SaaS stocks crater amid AI agent disruption fears.

Crypto’s Cash Problem Just Got Real: USDT Is Shrinking, Bitcoin Crashed to $64,000, and Nobody’s Buying the Dip

Tether's USDT posts worst monthly contraction since FTX as Bitcoin crashes to $64,300 and Trump tariff escalation hammers weekend crypto liquidity.

Bitcoin’s Triple Threat: $4.5 Billion in ETF Bleeding, Fading Network Activity, and the $60,000 Liquidation Cliff

Bitcoin faces $4.5B in ETF outflows, fading network activity, and a $60,000 liquidation cliff as leveraged positions risk cascading sell-offs in 2026.