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The bill establishes a regulatory framework for digital commodities—“defined by the bill as digital assets that rely upon a blockchain for their value”—and would enable the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to regulate cryptocurrencies. The Senate is planning a crypto markup later this month.Shares in Circle Internet Group (CRCL) rose over 18% in afternoon trading on Monday at the time of this writing, while Coinbase Global (COIN) surged 7%. Coinbase is a distributor in Circle’s USDC stablecoin.After months of negotiation between bank and cryptocurrency lobbies, Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) finalized a…

Ashley Owens was the maid of honor at her friend’s Las Vegas wedding on Saturday, but when she woke up that morning, her Spirit Airlines flight home no longer existed. Spirit Airlines shut down at 3 a.m. Saturday after bondholders rejected an 11th-hour $500 million bailout from the Trump administration, ending a 34-year run. Owens had to leave the wedding early to catch a 1 a.m. Frontier flight to Dallas, and her bridal party nearly missed their hair and makeup appointments because they were rebooking flights. “We were scrambling,” she told The New York Times. “It’s insane.” The collapse cost…

Published May 4, 2026 05:21PMWhen I first started cycling, I didn’t see many women.In terms of how the bike industry moved and shaped, the key players looked mostly male. Bike shops, mechanic spaces, bike races, group rides, Strava commenters. It’s a lot of guys. But that perspective began to change as I met women who were not only in the cycling industry, but were shaping it. In 2024, I traveled to Taipei to attend one of the largest bike tradeshows in the world, the Taipei Cycle Show, where the industry looks ahead at what’s next and showcases some of its…

Hours before Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos take their places as sponsors and honorary chairs of the Met Gala—fashion’s glittery annual fundraiser in support of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute—a different kind of fashion event was unfolding across town.Ahead of the gala, hundreds of workers, organizers, and advocates gathered in the Meatpacking District in downtown New York for the Ball Without Billionaires, a worker-led fashion show designed to contrast the one at the museum.Organized by a coalition of labor groups including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Strategic Organizing Center, and the Amazon Labor Union, the…

Subway cut another 729 U.S. stores in 2025, marking the 10th straight year of decline, according to QSR. Since 2016, Subway has closed 8,345 restaurants. Management says the closures are part of a “rightsizing” strategy. In a statement, Subway said it “focused on ensuring restaurants are in the right locations with the real estate, visibility and operations that set franchisees up to succeed long-term. Translation: fewer stores in better spots beats market saturation with underperforming units. Subway still leads the U.S. by store count, ahead of Starbucks and McDonald’s. Its franchise disclosure documents project 100 new U.S. openings in 2026,…

The glory days of self-serve fountain drinks at McDonald’s are almost over, and people are not happy.Self-serve soda fountains have been a staple of fast-food restaurants like McDonald’s for decades, allowing visiting customers to self-pour, refill, and even customize their order by mixing all available soda options. But as fast-food chains look to optimize their operations, not all beloved features are making the cut, and the beverage stations are quietly disappearing.In September 2023, McDonald’s announced it was eliminating the self-serve soda fountains, with a goal to remove them all by 2032, a decision made to drive consistency for staff and…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Most businesses don’t fail because they can’t sell. They fail because they grow at a pace that exceeds their capacity to manage what they sold. There are seven specific operational ceilings — materials, labor, subcontractors, market, fixed costs, working capital and facilities — and all must be evaluated simultaneously before pursuing growth. The goal is not to stop growing. It is to understand precisely where your limits are so that growth happens safely, profitably and in sequence. I have sat across the table from more than 88,000 small business owners…

Since he was 7 years old, voice actor and social media influencer Hunter Peterson has told people that his biggest dream was to start and run an airline. In the wake of Spirit Airlines’ recent shutdown, he believes his golden opportunity has arrived at last—and the internet appears to agree.On May 2, Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc., the company that owns Spirit Airlines, announced what it called “an orderly wind-down of operations,” effective immediately—in other words, Spirit is going out of business. The news followed years of financial struggles for the airline, multiple bankruptcies and, most recently, an untenable rise in…

Key Takeaways AI agents are technologies that can autonomously perform multi-step tasks. Jai Das, cofounder and president of venture capital firm Sapphire Ventures, believes AI agents will take on more of the workload over time as they prove reliable. He says that agents excel in areas like financial analysis. AI can already summarize emails and schedule meetings to make work easier. AI agents, however, go further by handling tasks on their own without needing you to step in. They act like junior teammates, not like simple assistants, and can follow instructions, adapt to feedback and improve over time.  “We are…

We tested the viral social media stunt of ice-shoe-skiing, where teens glide down grassy hills on blocks of ice. It was actually thrilling; here’s how you can do it at home.Listen to this articleListenCarter Markey ice-shoe-skiing (Photo: Courtesy Carter Markey)Published May 4, 2026 02:12PMMy doctor friend hates it when I send him texts that start with, “Hey, how bad of an idea would it be…” But while there’s nothing like launching an activity with the disapproving wince of a medical professional who loves you, there are also bad ideas that I’m capable of trying on my own, thank you very…