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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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Circle's Claimed Impotence
Circle tells a Wisconsin court it can’t seize USDC, while regulators argue it’s choosing not to, setting up a rare, real-time clash between technical design, contractual wiggle room, and outright defiance of a seizure order.
Celsius Restructuring Vehicle Ionic Digital Forecasts Up to $195M Revenue Ahead of July 28 Nasdaq Debut
Celsius creditors received about 37 million Class A shares in Ionic as part of the lender's bankruptcy plan, and Friday's direct listing will be the first public pricing of what that partial recovery is actually worth.
Poolin, Once the World's Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool, Files Chapter 11 to Sell Texas Assets
The Singapore-based pool's U.S. units lined up a $52 million stalking-horse bid for their West Texas sites, four years after Poolin's wallet arm froze withdrawals and left customers holding $163.7 million in IOUs.
Thailand's SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitkub Over Alleged Cover-Up of 2021 Hack
Bitkub says its founders quietly covered the loss to prevent a bank run and that no customer was ever harmed, but the SEC's case rests on the argument that concealing the theft from regulators was itself the violation.