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Senators this week began to circulate a draft viewed as unfriendly to Coinbase and stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group, helping to push shares of Coinbase down about 8% and Circle nearly 20% on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The exchange went down after the unfriendly parties apparently spotted one another on a Delta flight from San Francisco to New York’s JFK airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Until recently, achieving big impact at close range in unfriendly territory generally required putting elite career operatives directly in harm’s way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Looking ahead: “The labor market is holding on, though it remains fairly unfriendly to job seekers,” said Elizabeth Renter, senior economist at NerdWallet.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

“Those open paths had an old-fashioned elegance to them. It is part of an old and fading spirit of community. Blocking them off is an unfriendly and antipublic thing to do.”

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times