In April, senior U.S. officials predicted that a naval blockade would fill Iran’s oil storage tanks within days and force the country to shut in its wells. Four months later, Iran is still producing roughly 2.5 million barrels per day. What happened between the prediction and the outcome is a case study in how a...
Author: Dominick Bianco, Editor-in-Chief
Dominick M. Bianco
Editor-in-Chief, Nexfinity News
Dominick M. Bianco is the Editor-in-Chief of Nexfinity News, where he leads editorial coverage across global finance, capital markets, emerging technologies, macroeconomic policy, and investigative reporting.
His reporting focuses on institutional trends, artificial intelligence, digital assets, ESG investing, blockchain technology, and cross-border capital flows.
Bianco emphasizes data-backed analysis, regulatory context, market transparency, and forward-looking economic implications.
He oversees editorial standards, newsroom strategy, fact-checking practices, and content integrity to ensure coverage aligns with high-trust publishing benchmarks and professional journalism standards.
Bianco is a member of the National Writers Union and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). He is also a former U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
Areas of Expertise
- Global Financial Markets
- Artificial Intelligence in Finance
- Digital Assets & Blockchain
- Carbon Credits & ESG Investing
- Macroeconomic Policy
- Investigative Financial Journalism
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Latest Posts
Blakeman Closes to 10 Points on Hochul But the Poll That Moved Changed Its Own Rules
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has cut Gov. Kathy Hochul’s lead in the New York governor’s race to 10 points, according to the Siena College Research Institute survey released Aug. 12- down from a 20-point gap in the same pollster’s June measurement. The 10-point figure has driven a week of coverage framing the contest as...
Egg Recalls and the Vaccine America Approved but Won’t Use
Introduction On July 22, 2026, Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. pulled 1,589,577 dozen shell eggs roughly 19 million eggs off the market because they might be carrying Salmonella Enteritidis. Three weeks later, the Food and Drug Administration upgraded that recall to Class I, its most severe designation, meaning the agency believes eating the product could reasonably...
Clean Air Worked. The Climate Bill Is Coming Due.
A study published this summer in the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical Research Letters found that Europe’s summers have warmed faster than comparable regions of the Northern Hemisphere in large part because the continent cleaned up its air. Within days, the finding had been rewritten in the British press as evidence that heatwaves are “caused by fall...
Grades Rise as Reading and Math Proficiency Falls: Nashville’s Grade-Change Allegations and the Accountability Gap
On Tuesday, Aug. 12, Metro Nashville Public Schools leaders presented state test data to the district’s board and described some of the highest academic achievement levels the district has recorded since Tennessee adopted more rigorous standards. Social studies proficiency in grades 3 through 8 rose 4.1 percentage points to 42.1 percent. Superintendent Adrienne Battle called...
Number of U.S. Homebuyers Falls to Record Low as Sellers Outnumber Them by Half a Million
The number of Americans actively shopping for a home fell to the lowest level on record in July, according to data released Aug. 13 by the real estate brokerage Redfin, leaving roughly half a million more sellers than buyers in the U.S. housing market. Redfin estimated there were about 966,752 buyers in the market in...
After 9/11, Congress Made Flight Schools Vet Foreign Students. Drone Schools Were Never Included.
Introduction Twenty-two months after the September 11 attacks, Congress wrote a rule into law that still governs American flight instruction. Under Section 612 of the Vision 100 – Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act, an FAA-regulated flight school may not train a foreign student until the federal government has determined the student poses no threat to...
The Governor’s Race Isn’t the Race: Why Trump Came to Garden City
President Donald Trump landed on Long Island Friday afternoon for remarks at the Nassau County Police Academy Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, joined by Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel. The stated purpose was public safety: a tour of county law enforcement facilities and an announcement built around preliminary...
Oracle Borrowed Its Way Into the AI Trade. The Credit Market Is Now Pricing the Risk.
Introduction Oracle Corporation has spent the past year converting a database and enterprise software business into one of the largest debt-financed infrastructure builds in corporate history. The bet is anchored to a single customer: OpenAI. The equity market has already repriced that bet. Oracle shares peaked at $345.72 in the third quarter of 2025 and...
The $14 Billion Story That Ate Itself: How Beyond Meat Went From the Decade’s Hottest IPO to a 1-for-30 Reverse Split
Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND) announced on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, that its board had selected a 1-for-30 reverse stock split, consolidating every 30 shares into one in an effort to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement. The split takes effect at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Aug. 13, with split-adjusted trading beginning Aug....









