Penny Smith and the Global Penny-Pinch: How One Woman’s Quest for Copper Immortalized Late-Stage Capitalism By L. Marlowe, International Desk Zurich – Somewhere between the fifteenth floor of Credit Suisse and a damp storage unit in Essex, Penny Smith—former foreign-exchange clerk, amateur numismatist, and, depending on which tabloid you read, either folk hero or cautionary…
The Ether Between Us: How a Line of Code in Zug Decides Whether Your Cousin in Manila Can Afford Dinner ZUG, Switzerland – Every morning at precisely 09:00 CET, the gnomes of Crypto Valley finish their cortados, crack their knuckles, and nudge Ethereum’s price a few basis points—just enough to make a grandmother in Lagos…
Gold: The Only Thing That Glitters When Everything Else Burns By A. Correspondent, filing from three time zones and still jet-lagged ZURICH—At 9:17 a.m. local time, the electronic board above the UBS bullion desk flashed USD 2,073.42/oz. A collective sigh rippled through the room, equal parts relief and existential dread. For the rest of the…
