Welcome to the Asia Pacific Morning Brief—your essential digest of overnight crypto developments shaping regional markets and global sentiment. Grab a green tea and watch this space. Vietnam launches an international financial center with a crypto exchange pilot program by year-end. Bakkt enters Japan with bitcoin.jp rebrand. Chainlink launches US equities data. Nomura’s Dubai derivatives
Trump’s tariff threat on semiconductors appears to be accelerating tech reshoring, with Apple pledging substantial investment in U.S. investments to sidestep penalties and align with the White House’s manufacturing goals. Apple will invest an additional $100 billion in U.S. manufacturing, bringing its total domestic spending to $600 billion, CEO Tim Cook announced Wednesday alongside President
The number of crypto professionals receiving salaries in digital assets has tripled over the past year, with 9.6% now paid in stablecoins, according to a report by venture capital company Pantera Capital. Based on over 1,600 responses from crypto professionals across 77 countries, the report points to a shift toward blockchain-native payroll systems and growing
Digital asset manager Parataxis Holdings is officially going public through a SPAC deal with SilverBox Corp IV, confirming earlier plans to list, it announced in a press release on Wednesday. The new entity will be called Parataxis Holdings Inc. and aims to trade under the ticker “PRTX” on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). At
San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said today that the Fed will need to cut interest rates soon, given the slowing labor market and the impact of tariffs on inflation, which she believes will be short-term. Daly said, “Inflation is gradually declining even without customs duties. As the economy slows and monetary policy remains tight,
Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Who has joined other Federal Reserve officials in supporting interest rate cuts, saying two cuts in 2025 seem right. In a CNBC interview, he pointed to signs of a slowing US economy. Especially after the July jobs report showed a weakening labor market. This has
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. We’re 42 days away from the Fed’s next policy-setting meeting, and markets are growing more certain that committee members will make the first interest rate cut of the year. There’s currently a 91% chance the FOMC will lower rates by 25
Metaplanet stock price has crashed and entered a bear market as demand for Bitcoin treasury companies waned and investors began booking profits. Summary Metaplanet share price has plunged by 55% from the year-to-date high. The stock has dropped as Bitcoin treasury companies dive. Technical analysis points to more downside in the near term. Metaplanet shares
U.S. stocks opened higher and Bitcoin held the $114k level as Wall Street continued to cheer corporate earnings amid ongoing jitters around trade deals. Summary Stocks opened slightly higher amid investor focus on key corporate earnings results. Tariffs remain in focus amid the Aug. 7 deadline. The benchmark S&P 500 opened 0.3% higher and the