This may sound crazy but I see these hackings as a big positive for the crypto environment. We're watching real-time exercises in what is essentially forensic accounting, largely focused in the most convoluted and confusing area of crypto (DeFi), ...

Crypto Crowdfunding Platform DAO Maker Hacked for $7 Million

Because the hacker wasn't smart enough to actually get away with it. (Source)

Poly Network attacker starts returning the $611 million in stolen cryptocurrency

On a more serious note, it looks like the market largely ignored this news. From what I understand, the hang-up was this: (Source) From where we stand now the concern will likely be two-fold: 1) how the IRS translates this into tax code, and 2) the ...

US Senate passes trillion-dollar infrastructure bill with unamended crypto tax language

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US Senate passes trillion-dollar infrastructure bill with unamended crypto tax language

After seeing images of rocks sell for 100k earlier this week, I'm much more accepting of NFT sports memorabilia.

First Tom Brady NFTs Launch on DraftKings Marketplace This Week

Here, I fixed it.

A senator blocks quick adoption of crypto amendment

There seems to be a good chance Powell will be reappointed. In this environment, it would be a bad move to replace him since so much of that role relies on the market's ability to interpret the communicated messages and depend on them. In my ...

Fed's Bullard: Q4 2022 interest rate increase is my best case

And there it is: url That's quite a bit of demand for bonds to be made-up if the Fed is out of the picture by March '22. The currently-disjointed global recovery and delta variant emergence may actually help the market out a good bit here as it ...

Fed's Bullard: Q4 2022 interest rate increase is my best case

Great point here - I agree. Seems like there is an increasing likelihood that the tapering, followed by rate increases, is going to happen on a swift schedule once that pivot is made. Bullard pointing to Q4 '22 as "best case" doesn't leave much ...

Fed's Bullard: Q4 2022 interest rate increase is my best case

Bullard is going to be a voter in 2022. url These are pretty significant statements from him.

Fed's Bullard: Q4 2022 interest rate increase is my best case

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US Lawmakers Want to Avoid Chinese-Like Surveillance With Digital Dollar

Here's the statement: url I may be too dense to understand international tax-law.. seems like there is a lot to be determined in when it comes to executing this statement.

The US wins international backing for global minimum tax

"We expect Fed asset purchases to slow in the first half of 2022" That's awfully conservative but I'm sure the IMF would vouch for the-later-the-better. August seems more likely.

IMF: We see the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in late 2022 or early 2023