Although Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell didn't explicitly state "mission accomplished" last week, that's essentially what the markets took in on Wednesday.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in December revealed 75 basis points of cuts anticipated in 2024, which caused the Dow to reach an all-time high and the 10-year yield to drop below 4% for the first time since late July.
The market euphoria eased a bit on Friday, but the Fed's pivot will drive markets for the rest of the year and next.
The HKMA handed its first approvals to the banks that already print the Hong Kong dollar. That tells you everything about what these tokens are meant to be.
Binance is relocating staff from the UAE as the Iran war upends one of the industry's most important hubs. The question is where the talent goes next.
The Blockstream CEO "emphatically denies" the claim — but a trail of decade-old emails makes him the most credible suspect in years.
Polymarket's infrastructure overhaul is the most visible signal yet that prediction markets are evolving from a crypto sideshow into institutional-grade financial infrastructure. But professionalisation brings its own risks.
The HKMA handed its first approvals to the banks that already print the Hong Kong dollar. That tells you everything about what these tokens are meant to be.
Geopolitical pressure from the Strait of Hormuz standoff continues to weigh on BTC, which has failed to sustain gains above $72,500 even as whale selling dries up and leveraged shorts accumulate.
BTC retreated from a weekend high near $73,000 after the U.S. announced naval interdiction of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, compounding an already fragile market structure.
DRW founder Don Wilson's blunt critique of MEV cuts to a deeper flaw: blockchain market design has drifted into engineering complexity that extracts value without improving price discovery or capital allocation.
