Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

“The main instrument we have at the moment is neither monetary nor fiscal, it is vaccinations.”
— Italian central bank governor Ignazio Visco, in a Financial Times interview, on what’s needed for a global economic recovery.

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

More lies we live by: How exactly did America come to love billionaires so much?

Our fawning attitude toward the super-rich would once have been anti-American. Now it’s the essence of our nation.

Grayscale Says It’s ‘100% Committed to Converting GBTC Into an ETF’

Crypto industry got more funding in Q1 2021 than all of last year

Politics:

Inside the Plan to Sell Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal

As one person close to the White House put it, in their mind, Republicans will be viewed as ‘profoundly out of touch’ if they don’t get on board with backing the next round of spending. … Part of the sales pitch to Americans will be an appeal to suburban women, who have been particularly battered by the pandemic, leaving the workforce in droves and often carrying the burden of caretaking amid schools and childcare center closures.

Trump Abandons His Brand for a Number

NEWS: The Trump operation refunded $122 million — more than 10% — of what it raised online in 2020.

Prechecked boxes withdrew $$$ weekly from unwitting supporters. Scores were ensnared. Fraud claims to banks soared.

My investigation into what happened:https://t.co/vu10yWJaEs
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) April 3, 2021