Story Highlights Morgan Stanley now expects two Fed rate cuts in 2025, starting in September and again in December. Powell’s Jackson Hole remarks signaled a shift from inflation concerns to labor market risks. Trump’s push to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook adds political pressure ahead of the September FOMC meeting. Morgan Stanley has flipped its
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan took aim at JPMorgan, challenging America’s biggest banks’ moves to push lawmakers to curb stablecoin yields. It comes as crypto’s clash with Wall Street escalates, culminating in one of Washington’s most explosive lobbying battles in years. Bitwise Rebukes JPMorgan Amid Wall Street–Crypto Showdown The Bitwise CIO slammed JPMorgan, following comments from
U.S. Treasury has launched a buying back debt of $4 billion on August 26, 2025, which marks one of the infrequent big-scale operations of such type in the recent years. The payback process of these securities is an attempt to trial the government operational infrastructure and not as a direct result of debt management issues.
The cryptocurrency and blockchain industry constantly sees significant developments, often driven by key figures. A recent notable event involves Nano Labs CEO, Jianping Kong, making a substantial personal investment in his own company. This move has garnered significant attention, especially given Nano Labs’ existing position in the crypto space. What Does the Nano Labs CEO’s
Imagine a digital currency as stable as the Japanese yen, yet as agile and efficient as a cryptocurrency. This vision is rapidly becoming a reality, with exciting news from Japan. Monex Group, the esteemed parent company of online brokerage and crypto exchange Coincheck, is reportedly considering the issuance of a yen stablecoin. This potential move
South Korea is witnessing an extraordinary financial shift, particularly concerning its overseas financial assets. Recent reports indicate a dramatic surge in the total value of these assets, largely propelled by the booming cryptocurrency market. This trend highlights a growing engagement with digital finance among South Korean investors and signals a new era for financial reporting.
Shares in trading platform Robinhood Markets and Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy fell in after-hours trading on Monday after missing out on being included in the S&P 500, amid a broader market dip. S&P Dow Jones Indices said late Monday that brokerage Interactive Brokers Group would join the index tracking the 500 largest US companies at
As seen in The Pomp Letter Tokenization has become one of the most talked-about trends at the intersection of crypto and financial services. Daily headlines proclaim ‘tokenization is the future,’ while Wall Street executives and consulting firms project trillions in tokenized assets within the next decade. The acronym ‘RWAs’ has expanded in meaning beyond ‘risk-weighted
Crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers are likely to partner with centralized staking providers following approval, but will eventually pivot to decentralized protocols as regulatory frameworks mature. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Aug. 5 statement that liquid staking activities and staking receipt tokens do not constitute securities offerings removed the final regulatory hurdle for staking-enabled
US President Donald Trump has been saying for a long time that the Fed should cut interest rates, stating that the economic situation is good. Trump, who has frequently pressured the FED and FED Chairman Jerome Powell on this issue and called for their resignation, showed how serious he is about interest rate cuts with