A “180” hardly does justice to the recent shift in market expectations regarding central bank monetary policy. Expecting multiple rate cuts from the Federal Reserve in 2026 just weeks ago, markets have begun in earnest to price in rate hikes this year. Current prices on CME FedWatch Tool show that there is almost a 30% […]
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The latest version of the Clarity Act crypto bill is in the spotlight mainly because of its stable coin rules. In practice, according to a report by 10x Research, this could hit decentralized finance (DeFi) and related tokens harder. At the center of the proposal is the ban on offering a yield – or anything
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A group of Ethereum projects have announced a new effort aimed at solving a growing problem in Ethereum: its ecosystem is becoming too fragmented. Revealed at the EthCC conference in Cannes, the project – called the “Ethereum Economic Zone” (EEZ) – is designed to allow Ethereum’s many complementary networks (called layers 2 or L2) to
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Bittensor’s TAO is up 90% so far this month, and the tokens in its ecosystem are rising even more. The network’s subnet token category reached a combined market capitalization of $1.47 billion on Monday, with a 24-hour trading volume of $118 million, according to CoinGecko data. This increase follows TAO’s own run from $180 to
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Funding spikes and liquidations indicate positioning buildup, with direction dependent on the ability of buyers to defend their support.
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For months, Aave, one of the largest lending protocols in decentralized finance (DeFi), has been at the center of a very public debate over what it is supposed to be. At heart, much of the community wants the network to be a decentralized financial layer governed by token holders, while a fraction warns that it
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Canada’s federal government has decided to ban cryptocurrency donations to political campaigns, shutting down a fundraising channel that appears to have seen little to no real-world use in the country’s previous elections. Bill C-25, the Strong and Free Elections Act, introduced on March 26, would ban political contributions made in BTC and other cryptoassets, as
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Since Bitcoin’s all-time high of $127,000 in October 2025, the first quarter of 2026 has gotten off to a rocky start, with Bitcoin crashing to a low of $60,000 in less than five months. While this whiplash can be painful, it looks worse than it actually is: the market is actually doing exactly what it
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Washington state became the latest to sue a prediction markets provider, after it alleged Friday that Kalshi violated state gambling laws through its products. According to the complaint, Washington state has a tightly regulated gambling market, including a ban on online gambling, but Kalshi’s products circumvent those regulations. “Kalshi’s website and app show consumers a
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Prediction market platform Kalshi has been allowed to offer margin trading to professional clients, a move intended to make its platform more attractive to institutional investors. The license, granted to Kalshi subsidiary Kinetic Markets, allows it to operate as a commission trader of futures contracts, according to a filing with the National Futures Association. Before
