Janet Harrison

Janet Harrison has over 16 years experience in the financial services industry giving her a vast understanding of how news affects the financial markets, and an early adopter of blockchain technology and digital currencies. Janet is an active holder and trader spending the majority of her time analyzing blockchain projects, reports and watching new and upcoming projects and other initiatives in the industry. She has a Masters Degree in Economics with previous roles counting Investment Banking.

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Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026

The UK's financial watchdog has released its long-awaited consultation paper to bring crypto firmly under statutory law

The FCA has published a formal consultation paper proposing to bring crypto exchanges, custodians, and trading venues under the Financial Services and Markets Act, with final rules expected by early 2027. The move marks a decisive shift from AML-focused oversight to a full statutory regime covering market conduct, consumer protection, and prudential standards. Industry has until July 31, 2026 to respond, and analysts expect smaller firms to struggle with the compliance burden while institutional

Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026

ASML blows past earnings estimates and raises its 2026 outlook as AI chip demand rewrites the semiconductor cycle

ASML reported €6.2 billion in first-quarter net sales and €3.6 billion in new orders on April 15, driven by surging demand for advanced chipmaking tools tied to AI infrastructure investment. The company raised its full-year 2026 revenue growth forecast to above 25%, well above its previously stated long-term model. The results confirm that the semiconductor equipment downturn has ended and that foundries are expanding capacity aggressively to meet AI chip demand.

Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026

Solana processed 25.3 billion transactions in Q1 2026 and it is quietly rewriting what blockchain adoption actually means

Solana processed 25.3 billion transactions in Q1 2026, leading all blockchains by a wide margin. Driven by DEX activity, DePIN networks, and memecoin trading, the milestone challenges how the industry measures adoption. The next question is whether volume converts into sustainable fee revenue.

Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026

Australia's Federal Court orders Gina Rinehart to hand a quarter of Roy Hill iron ore mine to Indigenous traditional owners

Australia's Federal Court has ordered Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting to transfer 24.5% of the Roy Hill iron ore mine to the Wangan and Jagalingou people and pay AUD 2.1 billion in backdated damages. The ruling concludes a decade-long dispute over native title equity rights diluted during the mine's financing phase and sets a binding precedent for how Indigenous Land Use Agreements must be honoured across the Australian resources sector.

Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026

X rolls out live Cashtags to connect stock and crypto conversations with real-time market data

X launched Cashtags on April 14, bringing real-time stock and crypto price charts into the app for iPhone users in the US and Canada. Canadian users also get a direct Trade button through a Wealthsimple partnership. The rollout signals X's broader push to become the dominant platform for finance and crypto communities.

Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026

Wall Street surges as US-Iran diplomacy revives and bank earnings clear the bar

Wall Street rallied on April 15 as reports of progressing US-Iran diplomatic talks pushed oil prices lower and JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo delivered stronger-than-expected first-quarter results. The S&P 500 rose broadly, with Financials and Industrials outperforming while Energy pulled back. Bond markets also responded, with the 10-year Treasury yield dipping on reduced inflation concerns.

Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump tariffs could be fully restored by July as markets brace for a return to trade friction

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on April 15 that the Trump administration is targeting July 1, 2026, for a full restoration of sweeping tariff structures on Chinese goods, steel, and aluminum. The move signals a definitive end to years of relative trade calm and has already triggered Dollar strength and fresh uncertainty for industries built around global supply chains. Trading partners now have a narrow window to negotiate before the rates snap back into place.

Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026

YouTube's ban on Iran's Lego-style AI propaganda videos sets a new precedent for how platforms police state-sponsored synthetic media

YouTube terminated an Iranian state-affiliated channel on April 14, 2026, for distributing AI-generated Lego-style propaganda videos linked to Supreme Leader Khamenei's office. Tehran condemned the move as a violation of digital sovereignty. The ban signals a hardening of platform policy toward synthetic media from sanctioned state actors, regardless of how visually innocuous the format appears.

Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026

A $125 million NASA spacecraft burned up over Mars in 1999 because two engineering teams could not agree on units of measurement

The 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter disaster is trending again in April 2026, reigniting debate about engineering standardization as private aerospace companies take on increasingly complex deep-space missions. A unit mismatch between two contractor teams caused the $125 million spacecraft to disintegrate at Mars, and the failure mode it represents looks more relevant today than ever.

Janet Harrison · Apr 14, 2026

Inside the Mumbai training hub where women learn to mop, chop, and summon help at the touch of a button

Janet Harrison · Apr 14, 2026

Kaspa's BlockDAG architecture and imminent Toccata upgrade are turning heads across the crypto market

Kaspa's BlockDAG network leads CoinMarketCap's bullish sentiment rankings as the Toccata hard fork approaches. The mid-June upgrade would activate OP_CAT++ on L1, enabling covenants and ZK opcodes , a shift that's already driving whale accumulation in KAS.

Janet Harrison · Apr 13, 2026

Iran's threat to strike back against a U.S. naval blockade has pushed the global economy to its most precarious moment in years

Peace talks over Iran's nuclear program have collapsed and Tehran is threatening retaliation against a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices have surged, food supply chains face compounding pressure, and financial markets are flashing warnings that the global economy, already stressed by tariff uncertainty, may be approaching its limits. The margin for diplomatic error is narrower than at any point in years.

Janet Harrison · Apr 13, 2026

The engineer who built Windows Task Manager in the 90s says its 80KB footprint was a feature not an accident

Veteran Microsoft engineer David Plummer has renewed debate over software efficiency by revisiting how the original Windows Task Manager shipped at just 80KB in the 1990s, using a mutex-based technique to handle instance detection with minimal overhead. His recent commentary criticizing Windows 11 has merged with this coding history to spark viral discussion about whether modern software development has traded engineering discipline for convenience. The conversation is landing at a moment when e

Janet Harrison · Apr 12, 2026

AI's Insatiable Power Appetite Is Rewriting the Coal Phaseout While the Strait of Hormuz and a Supreme Court Seat Hang in the Balance

America's AI data center boom is forcing utilities to keep coal plants running well past their planned retirement dates, even as U.S. warships patrol a fragile Strait of Hormuz and conservative strategists push Justice Samuel Alito toward a strategic retirement. Three separate crises are converging around the same underlying tension between the infrastructure of the future and the dependencies of the present.

Janet Harrison · Apr 12, 2026

Treasury's admission that it never planned for the economic fallout of the Iran war exposes a dangerous gap between White House ambition and fiscal reality

A senior Treasury adviser admitted to Congress that the agency conducted no contingency planning for the domestic economic fallout of the Trump administration's Iran war. The disclosure, which came as oil prices surged well beyond initial projections, contradicts Secretary Bessent's recent public assurances that the U.S. has ample resources to sustain the conflict. The admission raises pointed questions about whether economic safeguards were ever part of the decision to escalate.

Janet Harrison · Apr 12, 2026

The Fed Is Stuck, and So Are You