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2023 Hangover Entails A Terrible Start For Markets Since 2003
Wall Street has a rough start to the year, Bitcoin slips, and China's Zhongzhi Enterprise Group bankruptcy heightens anxiety whilst the USD remains strong
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Fed Tells Markets - No Rate Cut in March, Deal With It
This week's financial digest explores the global markets' adjustment to the mantra of "higher for longer" interest rates, amid robust US economic data challenging rate cut expectations. The focus shifts to hedge funds' windfall from catastrophe bonds and the USD's resurgence to pre-Fed pivot levels
Multi-Factor Dangers of Crypto's Billion-Dollar "Restaking" Bet
Restaking is drawing significant attention, with platforms like EigenLayer drawing over $3 billion in ETH and token derivatives from speculators, alongside millions from investors chasing early adopter airdrops. However, the resurgence of speculative investment chasing high rewards raises concerns.
Important Arbitrage Trade Closes in the Spot Bitcoin ETF Era
The launch of 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US has led to a 24% drop in open interest for Bitcoin futures, signaling a shift in investor preference from futures to direct crypto holdings.
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BIP-110 Is Dead. Bitcoin's Governance Just Answered Its Own Question.
The soft fork Blockhead flagged as a breaking-point dispute three weeks ago split off with 0.15% of the network's hashpower, mined two blocks in eight hours, and stalled — settling, for now, who actually gets to change Bitcoin's rules
DTCC Completes Its Tokenization Pilot. The IMF Wants Everyone to Slow Down.
A four-hour trial with 40 major Wall Street firms puts real securities on blockchain rails ahead of an October rollout — just as transfer agents lobby the SEC and the IMF warns tokenization could speed up the next financial crisis
Robinhood Brings Crypto Trading to the UK, Two Years After Buying the License to Do It
More than 50 tokens, zero trading fees, and an AI-generated explainer tool arrive in Robinhood's main app — the payoff from a $200 million Bitstamp acquisition made specifically to unlock markets like this one
Wall Street Is Getting Pickier About Which Bitcoin Miners Actually Execute on AI
MARA and CleanSpark both posted double-digit revenue declines this earnings season, but Bernstein split their ratings — and new research shows the market's honeymoon with AI-pivot announcements is fading fast