The Federal Reserve has released the minutes from its latest meeting, where interest rates were kept unchanged. The released texts contain noteworthy assessments regarding both the inflation outlook and the impact of geopolitical risks on the economy. According to the minutes, Fed economists revised their expectations for the U.S. economy downwards. Compared to the January
A trader successfully leveraged Claude AI to make a $10,000 profit on Polymarket with $2,000 in capital in one night. In a 17-second snippet analyzed by Finbold on April 8, the Anthropic-backed chatbot helped developer Mary Evan create a custom interface for Polymarket, a blockchain-based prediction market. As such, the trader earned approximately 500% on
Stablecoins have crossed a threshold that traditional finance can no longer dismiss. The global stablecoin market now exceeds $300 billion in market capitalization. Annual transaction volume has approached $15 trillion, a figure comparable to Visa’s yearly payment volume. What began as a settlement tool for crypto traders now processes value at a scale that rivals
A cluster of traders on cryptocurrency betting platform Polymarket walked away with outsized gains after correctly betting on a sudden U.S.–Iran ceasefire announced on April 7. The nature of the trades has raised questions regarding the identities of the traders and the possible use of insider information to place bets. On-chain data shows that four
Although a two-week ceasefire was reached between the US and Iran, the war’s impact on the US economy by driving up oil prices has increased. This has raised the risk of inflation and pushed back the possibility of a Fed interest rate cut until the end of the year. Besides postponing the move, it has
Standard Chartered is reportedly weighing a restructuring of its majority-owned crypto custodian Zodia Custody, as large banks look to bring more digital asset infrastructure inside their core banking operations. The United Kingdom-based lender plans to fold Zodia’s crypto custody business into a division inside its corporate and investment bank that already offers similar services, while
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has increased its exposure to Robinhood Markets, purchasing roughly $13 million worth of shares after the trading platform secured a role in a new government-backed savings initiative. ARK’s Tuesday trade disclosures show a fresh accumulation of Robinhood shares across multiple funds. ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) led the charge, purchasing 132,116 HOOD
Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan (JPM) said the pace of capital flowing into digital assets slowed markedly in the first quarter of 2026, with total inflows estimated at around $11 billion. That implies an annualized run rate of roughly $44 billion, about one-third of the pace seen in 2025, according to the report published last
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2027.7, up 4.7% (+91.47) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: ICP (+12.1%) and NEAR (+8.9%). Laggards: BNB (+1.1%) and CRO (+2.5%). The
Two months after UAE regulated UAE regulated Ctrl Alt, a tokenization provider was approved to participate in the Bank of England’s Digital Securities Sandbox and Synchronization Lab program as a Synchronization Operator (SO), it has now secured a direct authorization for the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which will enable it to offer regulated investment