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What We’re Reading – Week of 05/13/2022

Below you will find the articles on economics, investing, and finance that we found most interesting for the week.

NB: ($) denotes subscription site.

Cryptocurrency “stablecoins” are starting to break the buck. This is a bad sign for the health for the ecosystem.
Article via The Wall Street Journal ($)

Meanwhile, Coinbase customers found out that they would be unsecured creditors if the company goes bankrupt this week.
Article via The Wall Street Journal ($)

The FT looked at powering electric cars and the race to mine America’s lithium.
Article via The Financial Times ($)

Digital payments startup Bolt raised money on inflated metrics.
Article via New York Times ($)

Fitness trackers are getting good enough to be truly useful.
Article via The Economist ($)