Story Highlights Kazakhstan’s central bank plans to invest $350 million in cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and related digital assets. The National Bank of Kazakhstan will fund the crypto investment using its gold and foreign exchange reserves. Officials say the crypto investment plan will begin around April or May after selecting suitable companies. Kazakhstan, known as
At the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Jensen Huang said Nvidia is likely done investing in AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic. The $30 billion investment it just finalized into OpenAI was a steep drop from the $100 billion deal announced last September, and will likely be the last
Mark your calendars: March 26, 2026. That’s when the European Central Bank and its allies gather in Frankfurt (or wherever the bureaucrats prefer their canapés) for the Digital Euro Conference 2026 — a full-day affair dedicated to “shaping the future of digital money.” — DEC26, as it’s being branded, will bring together policymakers, central bankers,
Inflation concerns in the US have resurfaced due to the ongoing US-Iran conflict. While it is predicted that the continuation of this conflict could raise inflation, it is also stated that the Fed may even raise interest rates if necessary. At this point, JPMorgan revised its FED interest rate forecasts. According to US banking giant
A significant development has occurred in the US regarding cryptocurrency companies’ access to the Fed’s payment infrastructure. Investment bank TD Cowen predicts that more crypto companies could gain access to FED master accounts this year following Kraken’s approval. Jaret Seiberg, Managing Director of the TD Cowen Washington Research Group, stated in a note published today
At least four DeFi protocols recorded negative revenue in March 2026, according to DeFiLlama data, signaling that transaction fees are no longer sufficient to cover operational costs across several networks. The underperforming protocols include Zora, Blast (BLAST), HumidiFi, and Kairos Timeboost, each posting revenue figures that fell below zero for the month. Negative Revenue Signals
The U.S. Federal Reserve and other regulators told bankers that they need to maintain the same amount of capital to back tokenized securities as they do regulator securities. “The technologies used to issue and transact in a security do not generally impact its capital treatment,” according to the agencies, also including the Office of the
5 March 2026 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset industry, today announced a strategic investment in Axiym, a fintech innovator with a globally distributed treasury and settlement infrastructure. This initiative marks a significant milestone in Tether’s mission to expand access to global financial systems and empower individuals and businesses with modern, reliable
Berkshire Hathaway has resumed repurchasing its own shares for the first time since the second quarter of 2024, according to a new regulatory filing that signals the conglomerate again sees its stock trading below intrinsic value. The company disclosed it began buying back Class A and Class B shares on March 4 under its long