Bitcoin's all-time high reveals the true nature of crypto

Tech Insider : Economy, Crypto
Photo collage featuring bitcoins, money, and a Boom And Bust Cycle graph
Bitcoin investors are stuck in a perpetual boom-and-bust cycle where they get back on the bitcoin horse every few years only to get burned.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

I used resume spammers to apply for 120 jobs. Chaos ensued.

Tech Insider : Economy
Robots filling out stacks of resumes.

Hugo Herrera for BI

One woman saw the Great Recession coming. Wall Street's boys club ignored her.

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Illustration of a woan stopping a bomb.
As chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Brooksley Born saw the financial crisis coming. But no one listened.

Andrius Banelis for BI

This is an excerpt adapted from "WOMEN MONEY POWER: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality."

Turns out sports gambling was a gateway drug

Tech Insider : Economy, Sports
Hand holding a smartphone with falling casino chips, playing cards, and money, symbolizing sports betting
Sports betting apps are betting that Americans want to gamble on more than just sports.

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His artisanal marshmallows were the greatest. Then he tried to scale them.

Tech Insider : Business
A factory making square shaped marshmallows

Liam Eisenberg for BI

Jon Sebastiani saw fancy marshmallows for the first time in Paris, and thought they looked like money.

Google is the new IBM

Tech Insider
Google going from colorful to gray
The downstream consequences of Google's graying loom large: a talent exodus, stale products, and an overreliance on its advertising cash cow.

Rebecca Zisser/BI

Wall Street's next big bet could revolutionize homeownership

Tech Insider : Economy
Photo illustration of a mailbox with the wall street bull.
American homeowners saw the value of their houses boom over the past few years — and big Wall Street investors want in on the action.

PM Images/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

It was shortly before Christmas 2021 when Kennis Schummer received a letter that changed his life.

The price of your favorite fast food is about to become a giant guessing game

Tech Insider : Economy
Wendy with quarters for eyes
Wendy's is going to start experimenting with surge pricing — and people are really mad about it.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

It's weird to think about walking into a fast-food restaurant without knowing how much your burger and fries combo will cost you. It may also be the future.

'Something has gone very wrong': the truth about DEI

Tech Insider : Economy
Photo collage featuring a diverse group of employees: a businessman walking with a briefcase, a black woman in a wheelchair reading from an iPad, and a rear-view of a woman wearing a hijab surrounded by bar charts and circles
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are under attack. But DEI is crucial for a better America.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Maybe you've heard you don't need a college degree in today's job market. Don't believe it.

Tech Insider : Economy
Photo collage featuring close up of two businessmen handshaking and a group of students looking very happy on their graduation day
If you're on the market for a new job, it's still much better to have a college degree than not.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Employers are increasingly saying you don't need a college degree to get hired, but secretly, you still kind of do.

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