The new product aims to give access to T-Bill investments for individuals and organizations who were previously unable to invest in these products, the press release said.
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari, who previously called the cryptocurrency industry "worthless" and "nonsense," still isn't an uber-bull, though.
Bitcoin's {{BTC}} latest failure to surpass $70,000 has analysts scrambling for an explanation, with some worrying the ongoing rise in the U.S. Treasury yields could lead to an extended drop. The concerns, however, may be overblown, and the path of least resistance for bitcoin remains on the higher side, consistent with the upcoming coveted "golden cross" price pattern.
Last week?s inflation report did little to change the Federal Reserve?s easing cycle. Over the last few weeks, the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds has quickly jumped from 3.6% to 4.1%. The underlying driver of the change has been a swap by quant-driven fund managers. But that hasn?t stopped the stock-market doomsayers from trying to capitalize.
Bitcoin's boring price action, characterized by continued accumulation by small investors, is being attributed to several reasons. including the U.S. election uncertainty and renewed uptick in the U.S. Treasury yields.
Inflation came in stronger than expected in the U.S. in September, according to the government's Consumer Price Index report released Thursday morning. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% in September versus economist forecasts for 0.1% and a 0.2% rise in August. Core CPI ? which excludes more volatile food and energy costs ? rose 0.3% in September versus forecasts for 0.2% and 0.3% in August.
The employment picture in the U.S. heated up in September, with the government reporting the addition of 254,000 jobs last month, flying past economist estimates for just 140,000.
Real-world asset tokenization company Digital Asset said Tuesday that it completed a pilot initiative to tokenize U.K. bonds, Eurobonds, and gold for financial transactions using the Canton Network protocol.
Investors tend to focus on monetary policy from the major central banks and Canada, Sweden, and Switzerland have each cut rates three times this year. Lower borrowing costs going forward should boost the price outlook for crypto, says Scott Garliss.
A lack of interoperability poses an existential threat to central bank digital currencies, as it does to Web3 itself, says Temujin Louie, CEO of Wanchain.
On Sept. 24, financial assets soared to record levels, among them the S&P 500, which reached a record high of 5,735 and gold, which climbed to $2,670 an ounce. But what is driving these continual rallies in financial markets? Central bank policies have significantly contributed to injecting liquidity into the global economy.
People?s Bank of China governor Pan Gongsheng announced a cut to the amount of money banks must hold in reserve, taking it to the lowest level since 2020.
Bitcoin may have outperformed stocks in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve?s decision to lower interest rates on Wednesday, but the true winners in the crypto universe are altcoins.
For all the talk of central banks launching digital versions of national currencies, only three projects have fully launched. For a host of reasons, we likely won?t see a global rollout of these difficult-to-build and not-particularly-wanted initiatives, says Fiorenzo Manganiello, co-founder and managing partner of investment firm LIAN Group.
More than 40 financial firms will join central bank group the Bank for International Settlements to explore how tokenization can enhance wholesale cross-border payments in Project Agor?, the BIS said on Monday.
A decent jobs report last week and speedier than expected inflation data this week had most assuming the U.S central bank would initially proceed cautiously as it begins a monetary easing cycle.
The brief rally in the cryptocurrency markets following Friday's U.S. jobs report quickly reversed in volatile trading, sending bitcoin {{BTC}}, the largest cryptocurrency, to its lowest in a month. Bitcoin {{BTC}} jumped to $57,000 following the report, only to erase the gain and tumble below $54,000 to the lowest since Aug. 5. It is down nearly 3% over the past 24 hours.
U.S. job growth was slightly less than expectations in August, but probably not weak enough to prompt the Federal Reserve to begin its rate-cutting cycle later this month with a 50 basis point move. According to Friday morning's Nonfarm Payrolls report from the government, the U.S. added 142,000 jobs in August versus economist forecasts for 160,000 and July's 89,000.
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The approval of the bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs could represent a similar change in market to what central banks caused in gold markets post-2022 ? a new factor that, at least temporarily, overwhelms traditional narratives, including the ?store of value? concept.
The August reading of the Institute for Supply Management?s manufacturing index slumped for a fifth straight month with a rebound from July but remaining below the 50 threshold.
A key metric by which officials set rates shows the potential to cut rates by 175 basis points over the next nine months. If so, that?s likely to drive the prices of bitcoin and ethereum higher, says Scott Garliss.
India's central bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has said that while their retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot has over 5 million users, there should not be in any rush to roll out a system-wide CBDC.
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