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 16, 2026 · 5:31 PM

X transforms its iOS Cashtag feature into a full real-time financial charting tool for stocks and crypto

X has upgraded its iOS Cashtag feature to deliver interactive real-time price charts for over 5,000 stocks, cryptocurrencies, and ETFs directly inside the app. Powered by partnerships with TradingView and Robinhood, the update puts X in direct competition with Yahoo Finance and StockTwits. The launch is seen as a foundational step toward potential trading integrations and premium data tiers later in 2026.

Janet Harrison · Apr 16, 2026 · 5:01 PM

Bitcoin developers want to freeze over a billion dollars in quantum-vulnerable coins and the crypto world is not taking it well

Bitcoin Core developers have published BIP-Q, a draft proposal to freeze legacy wallet addresses vulnerable to quantum decryption attacks. About 1.2 million BTC worth over $115 billion could be rendered unspendable without migration to quantum-resistant cryptography. The proposal has ignited fierce debate over monetary censorship and the limits of protocol-level intervention.

Janet Harrison · Apr 16, 2026 · 10:18 AM

HSBC is preparing to bring stablecoins to PayMe's 3.3 million users as Hong Kong's digital currency moment quietly arrives

HSBC is targeting a retail stablecoin rollout through its PayMe app for the second half of 2026, potentially giving 3.3 million users access to regulated digital currency. A parallel Standard Chartered-led joint venture is pursuing the institutional track first. Together, they signal that Hong Kong's stablecoin framework is moving from policy to live deployment.

Janet Harrison · Apr 16, 2026 · 5:39 AM

Users report sharp performance drop in Claude Opus 4.6 as Anthropic allegedly redirects compute toward next model

Users are reporting a sharp and consistent decline in Claude Opus 4.6's performance across coding, reasoning, and general tasks, with benchmark scores falling to roughly 40% compared to ChatGPT 4.5's 63%. Community speculation points to Anthropic throttling compute resources to prioritize training for an upcoming Opus 4.7 model. Anthropic has not commented.

Janet Harrison · Apr 16, 2026 · 1:21 AM

RaveDAO's $RAVE token surged 60x in a single week after a real ticketing product went live on Base

RaveDAO's $RAVE token surged 6,000% in a single week, climbing from $0.26 to $16 after the project launched its RaveScan 2.0 on-chain ticketing platform and announced a partnership with Base, Coinbase's Layer-2 network. The protocol processed over $4.2 million in ticket sales within 24 hours, generating $280 million in DEX trading volume as market makers joined the price discovery. The event is being read as a signal that utility-driven tokenization in live events may be finding genuine traction

Janet Harrison · Apr 15, 2026 · 7:51 PM

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 · 5:10 PM

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 · 3:02 PM

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 · 1:56 PM

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 · 11:03 AM

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 · 8:45 AM

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 · 7:15 AM

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 · 5:45 AM

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 · 4:15 AM

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 · 12:57 PM

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 · 10:06 AM

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.