Nasdaq bets big on tokenized stocks with $100 million investment in Kraken parent Payward The investment reportedly pushes Kraken’s valuation to $21 billion. Fortune · Sep 10
'The global economy as we know it would come to a sudden halt': Shipping authorities from 18 countries warn of a 'two-tier' system imperiling trade The Consultative Shipping Group said the emergence of shadow fleets have created a split in maritime systems: “one governed by rules, the other by opacity.” Fortune · Sep 10
Why did this AI doomer moment break the internet when so many others didn't? A researcher's resignation post over AI extinction risk has drawn over 100 million views, telling us something about ourselves and AI. Fortune · Sep 10
Scott Bessent dared the $32 trillion bond market with 'I am the house now' statement. It didn’t listen After helping lift the yen, Bessent is finding the much larger Treasury market harder to tame as yields push toward 5%. Fortune · Sep 10
Inflation won’t die. Now the bond market is daring the Fed to do something about it The 10-year Treasury yield is nearing 5% as oil, tariffs and sticky service prices raise fears that Kevin Warsh may have to restart the rate-hiking cycle. Fortune · Sep 10
Trump’s $5,000 pledge and the bond market revolt shows it's a voter bribe — costing every American $8,000 Bill Clinton learned about the bond vigilantes within a week. Donald Trump and Scott Bessent keep refusing to do so. Fortune · Sep 10
It's not just food: The plastic packaging your food comes in may carry cancer-linked chemicals, and most go untested The government is replacing harmful chemicals in your food packaging—but they may be unknowingly making it worse. Fortune · Sep 10
OpenAI courts Wall Street with ChatGPT for financial services, developed with Morgan Stanley The product will compete with a similar offering from Anthropic, but OpenAI says it's version is 'the one product' big banks will ever need. Fortune · Sep 10
Trump's first term had real stimulus checks. His second has promised ones tied to problems he started The $5,000 pledge follows a DOGE dividend that failed and a tariff rebate that never arrived, both stemming from policies Trump created himself. Fortune · Sep 10
Trump's $5,000 'dividend' is really a $1.15 trillion hole in the deficit, top economist estimates Penn Wharton's Kent Smetters says the payout, floated at the GOP's midterm convention, could add up to $1.35 trillion to the $40 trillion national debt. Fortune · Sep 10
This former Navy SEAL spent 5 years in private equity working 100-hour weeks before quitting and building a $9 billion startup Dino Mavrookas went from Navy SEAL to private equity before quitting to launch Saronic, now a $9.25 billion firm. Fortune · Sep 10
Current price of oil as of Sept. 10, 2026 When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why. Fortune · Sep 10
A string of controversies hits OpenAI, Anthropic Multiple scandals in the past week have raised questions about the frontier labs’ methodologies and actions. Fortune · Sep 10
Disney CFO says this one sector is critical for driving customer lifetime value: 'It's just on fire' Hugh Johnston also revealed where the company is drawing hard lines on spending. Fortune · Sep 10
Fortune · Sep 10 My ethical will was supposed to be a simple insurance policy — then we lost our daughter An ethical will is not a legal document, and it does not replace a traditional estate plan. It complements one by capturing the human side of a legacy.
Fortune · Sep 10 As Treasury shells out $95 billion a month in interest to cover deficits, Trump pitches $1.3 trillion payout to voters if Republicans win midterms For the past 11 months, the CBO reported yesterday, the U.S. Treasury has spent $1.05 trillion servicing national debt—approximately $95 billion every month.
Fortune · Sep 10 Trump says he’ll give everyone $5,000 if you vote Republican—but it’s questionable whether he can deliver on the promise Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
Fortune · Sep 10 The AI writing debate is eerily similar to the one that rocked ancient Greece 2,700 years ago Theater scholar Drew Lichtenberg explained the backlash to Euripides, a playwright that people found "creepy and scary, the way people do with AI."
Fortune · Sep 10 Aflac President: why AI shouldn't drive your healthcare Among Gen Z adults, 76% turn to AI before seeing a doctor. Among millennials, it's 63%.
Fortune · Sep 10 CEO of an automation platform explains how he wrote a 168-page book with AI: 'It was like a Socratic dialogue' Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Fortune · Sep 10 Inside the Bahamas island quietly selling $18 million villas—where the vast majority of the land will never be developed The owners of Highbourne Cay turned down a luxury brand's resort pitch. They're betting that scarcity is worth more than density.
Fortune · Sep 10 'We worry now': Oil tops $100, diesel hits record highs amid Iran war escalation Benchmarks for crude oil and diesel hit warning thresholds as the war in the Middle East escalates.
Fortune · Sep 10 Wealthy parents are buying their kids $75,000 AI schooling with guardrails as schools grapple with a literacy crisis Alpha School has AI tutor core subjects and afternoons devoted to life skills workshops as schools nationwide face historically low reading scores.
Fortune · Sep 10 Trump's 'America First' national park fees for foreign tourists have raised a quarter of what was promised The Department of Interior says foreign-tourist fees raised $22.5 million this year, a quarter of what it was supposed to bring in.
Fortune · Sep 10 Billionaire Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says most charities are 'net negative'—and that he has no plans to make his own foundation The crypto billionaire says he has a donor-advised fund but no plans to start a foundation, joining Elon Musk in casting doubt on traditional giving.