FINANCE

Advertising on social media: Why building your brand on rented land puts your future at risk

Advertising on social media and the case for building something you control.

Advertising on social media has become so common that many businesses now treat it as the centre of their online presence rather than one part of a wider strategy. For small businesses, creators, community groups and even established brands, platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok and X feel familiar, busy …

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Why is the price of Bitcoin dropping? Inside the banking strategy targeting Strategy Inc (MSTR)

Why is the price of Bitcoin dropping? The hidden role of Strategy Inc and Wall Street.

The experience is familiar to many Bitcoin holders. Confidence was high as prices surged past US$120,000 in October 2025. Exchange-traded funds had arrived. Household names in asset management were involved. Strategy Inc, long known by its former name MicroStrategy, continued to accumulate Bitcoin at scale. Then the price stalled, slid, …

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Gold standard: Why the world abandoned it and why it still matters today

The gold standard explained: Origins, collapse and continuing impact.

An idea that shaped global finance For centuries gold was seen as the purest expression of wealth. It glittered in riverbeds, resisted corrosion and could be moulded with simple tools. Entire civilisations treated it as a universal language of value, and eventually modern economies built their monetary systems on it. …

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