Crypto News
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A key player in Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle has been absent from public view since the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in late 2022. A year and a half later, Sam Trabucco has emerged to lend his support to a former colleague ahead of their sentencing. “I will be missing the funniest, most passionate, most supportive friend I’ve ever had,” wrote ...
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Two brothers who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been arrested following claims they carried out a cutting-edge scheme to exploit the Ethereum blockchain's integrity and steal $25 million worth of cryptocurrency. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan called the scheme allegedly perpetrated by Anton Peraire-Bueno, 24, and James ...
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When the yield curve flattens and eventually inverts, you worry. But it’s when a recession hits, the Fed cuts rates and the curve steepens that you become s**t scared. Yield curve dynamics represent a crucial macro variable, as they inform us on today’s borrowing conditions and on the market future expectations for growth and inflation. An inverted yield ...
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Industrial production in the United States in April remained unchanged in April compared to the month prior, the Federal Reserve shared in its report posted on Thursday. The industrial output fell 0.4% year over year. Manufacturing production edged down 0.3% month on month and 0.5% compared to April 2023. Mining lost 0.6% compared to March and saw an annual ...
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The Fed hiked rates above 5%, and yet the US economy doesn't break. Back in 2022 already, the yield curve inverted and it has stayed inverted ever since. The lags looked relatively short, and the US economy was going through a soft patch in 2023 when it became consensus that a recession was gonna happen. Something even broke in markets (regional banks), and ...
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CME Group CME.O, the world's largest futures exchange operator, plans to launch bitcoin trading to expand its portfolio, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The Chicago-headquartered exchange has been holding discussions with traders who want to buy and sell bitcoin on a regulated marketplace, the newspaper said, citing three people with direct ...
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Many central banks are currently exploring the possibility of issuing retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). While the primary objective varies between jurisdictions, many ...
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Here are some things I think I am thinking about this week: 1) CPI comes in soft: Wednesday’s CPI report was a big relief for the Fed after 4 consecutive upside surprises. The key ...
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The new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, semiconductors and medical supplies announced by the Biden administration on Tuesday raised questions for U.S. consumers and prompted ...
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In the week ending May 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 222,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's ...
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.4 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...
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post: Fed’s Mester: It Will Take Longer to Gain Confidence Inflation’s Moving Toward 2% Fed’s Mester: Current Restrictive Policy Will Help Lower Inflation Fed’s Mester: Welcomes CPI Data Sign of Cooling Inflation Fed’s Mester: Expects Gradual Progress on Lowering Inflation post: FED’S MESTER: RISKS TO THE INFLATION SIDE OF FED MANDATE HAVE INCREASED. post: <=USD>:*FED'S MESTER: PRUDENT TO HOLD RATES 'FOR LONGER' TO ASSESS DATA *MESTER: INFLATION PROGRESS WILL DEPEND MORE ON EASING DEMAND *MESTER: DATA SUGGEST RISKS TO FED'S INFLATION GOAL HAVE RISEN *MESTER: READINGS ON SHORT-TERM INF. EXPECTATIONS HAVE RISEN
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The release of US inflation data sparked a surge in risk asset purchases, with cryptocurrencies leading the charge. This follows a period of prolonged consolidation, which provided enough pent-up energy to fuel increased volatility. chart Over the past 24 hours, the crypto market has added 5.3% to $2.39 trillion – its highest in ten days. But much more ...
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The price of Bitcoin made a bullish breakout after the soft US inflation numbers sparked a risk-on sentiment in the financial market. The BTC/USD pair surged to a high of 66,000, its highest swing since April 24th. Risk-on sentiment has prevailed Bitcoin jumped sharply after a report revealed that inflation moderated in April, raising the probability that ...
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Although Robinhood may face enforcement actions in the United States for its cryptocurrency offerings, it is expanding its services in Europe further. Today (Wednesday), the brokerage has announced its first crypto staking services for Solana holders, which will be available only to its customers in Europe. Apart from staking, the American-headquartered ...