Arthur Hayes, co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange BitMEX, argued in a Substack essay published Friday that the Federal Reserve’s new “reserve management purchases” (RMP) program is effectively a rebranded form of quantitative easing. Hayes argues that by buying short-term Treasury bills and recycling liquidity through money markets, the Fed is effectively financing government
Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper envisioned a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system,” but Bitcoin’s biggest proponent seems to have an entirely different view of its purpose. Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor, whose company has been buying Bitcoin aggressively for nearly five years since adopting a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury strategy, presented what many described as plans for
The cryptocurrency market is reeling from Bitcoin’s (BTC) pullback and the confusion created by macroeconomic data. In the Wolf Of All Streets podcast, Scott Melker and Bloomberg senior strategist Mike McGlone discussed the market’s “bottom” and their predictions for 2026. One of the broadcast’s focal points was the recently released US Consumer Price Index (CPI)
As the year comes to a close, the outlook for Bitcoinand the broader crypto market is cautious at best. However, a bullish surprise may be in store for investors in 2026, according to some analysts. After a sustained selloff from the October 6 peak of $126,080, Bitcoin stabilized around $84,000 on November 22, signaling an
Economist Raoul Pal offered his assessment of the background to the recent decline in Bitcoin. According to Pal, the current pullback began with the sharp drop and widespread liquidations on October 10th and is still ongoing. Raoul Pal stated that the events of October 10th were critical in terms of market structure, drawing attention to
Key Takeaways Klarna will raise short-term funding from institutional investors in USDC via Coinbase’s digital infrastructure. The move adds stablecoins to Klarna’s funding sources, which already include deposits, loans, and commercial paper. Klarna, the global digital bank and payments platform, has partnered with Coinbase to raise USDC-denominated short-term funding from institutional investors. The initiative adds
Key Takeaways TRON has partnered with Base to provide TRX access on Coinbase. The integration expands TRX’s reach to more users via Base’s infrastructure. TRON DAO has integrated with Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 network incubated by Coinbase, enabling users to bridge TRX to Base via LayerZero. The integration allows TRX to be accessed and
Key Takeaways Mangoceuticals is launching a $100 million digital asset treasury strategy focused entirely on Solana. Cube Group will manage the strategy, targeting annualized SOL staking yields of 7-20% for investors. Mangoceuticals (MGRX), a telemedicine-focused health and wellness company, has partnered with Cube Group, a digital asset treasury firm, to establish a new digital asset
The U.S. Federal Reserve took a first step toward establishing a more limited version of its so-called master accounts, welcoming input on how the central bank might formulate “payment accounts” that would grant access to its payment rails without firms having to jump through the considerable hoops that would grant fuller services. The Fed said