Israel’s fifth election in four years ended Tuesday with no clear winner, exit polls showing the opposition bloc leading 52-50 but both falling short of 61 seats for a majority, as turnout hit a 27-year high of 77.7% and Arab parties projected a historic 18 seats. The result rebukes Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition but confirms the structural limits of electoral change for Palestinian citizens, as Mu’s earlier analysis explored. Meanwhile, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted final approval for Ripple to charter a national trust bank, while encouraging community banks to issue stablecoins, a dual move that Treasury Secretary Bessent framed as crypto’s role in keeping the dollar on top. Robinhood, despite a 55% revenue drop, will offer Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin alongside its rival USDG, while Brazilian firms used stablecoins to hedge the real on election day. In the UK, Chancellor Healey’s Budget tomorrow will scrap the Carer’s Allowance cliff-edge, a reform Mu characterised as justice for unpaid carers. The humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine’s Kherson region was extended, offering a fragile window for Oleshky residents. Pakistan’s defence minister expressed optimism that Tehran talks on ending the Saudi-Houthi conflict have reached a conclusion. In Kosovo, former president Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years for war crimes. The Federal Reserve is expected to hike rates Wednesday, and JPMorgan warned the AI label alone no longer wins lenders, even as Anthropic’s $131.7 billion cash pile underscores the capital still flowing into the sector. The quiet mercy of a pause, the wisdom of measured generosity, and the stubborn limits of elections—progress lives in the details.
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