A new wave of firms is using the DAT model based on in-kind funding with newly launched tokens. Unlike playbook companies buying assets on the open market, those companies propose to build the treasuries with existing reserves of tokens or altcoins. New companies are trying to raise funds for digital asset treasuries (DAT) by supplying
Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid, who dissented in favor of keeping rates unchanged at the October FOMC meeting, has again raised concerns over rising inflation. He suggested that he was once again likely to vote against another Fed rate cut because of the negative impact it could have on inflation. This comes as hopes
Japan is advancing custody rules, Hong Kong is standardizing digitally native bond issuance, and Singapore has approved the first retail tokenized fund. The sequence is rules, issuance, and cash-like instruments. The link to crypto is not narrative but plumbing that reduces friction for collateral and settlement near BTC and ETH venues. Japan’s Financial Services Agency
Key Takeaways Major technology companies, particularly those focused on AI, lost $1.5 trillion in market value within 48 hours. Prominent firms affected included Nvidia, Microsoft, Palantir, Tesla, Amazon, Intel, AMD, Oracle, Alphabet, and IBM. Major technology companies lost $1.5 trillion in market value over 48 hours as investors dialed back expectations of a December interest
Alibaba’s cross-border arm is exploring an alibaba deposit token to speed up international payments as Beijing tightens control over stablecoins. Summary What is the alibaba deposit token plan? Why is China saying no to stablecoins? Offshore yuan stablecoins: what’s allowed? What comes next for Alibaba and Hong Kong? What is the alibaba deposit token plan?
The crypto community on X has been dominated by prominent figures advocating for the adoption of Zcash as privacy becomes increasingly threatened by governments and regulators. While the Winklevoss twins, Naval Ravikant, and Balaji Srinivasan back the adoption of Zcash (ZEC), its success could spur the Bitcoin ecosystem to push for more privacy features by
Real estate investor Grant Cardone is expanding its multifamily housing fund strategy that pairs a traditional commercial property with Bitcoin allocations, offering a hybrid approach to real estate and digital asset exposure. The company recently launched its fifth commercial multifamily investment property, a 366-unit multifamily housing complex that was purchased for about $235 million, with
Publicly traded Bitcoin treasury and mining company American Bitcoin’s stock is on the rise Friday—despite other major miners taking a hit. The Nasdaq-listed firm, which trades under the ABTC ticker and is fronted by President Donald Trump’s sons, dropped Friday morning New York time to as low as $4.50 before shooting upwards to its most
Strategy’s co-founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor denied rumors that Strategy is selling its Bitcoin on X, after describing the firm’s hunger for BTC as insatiable—no matter how far its price faults—in a Friday interview on CNBC. The Bitcoin-buying firm will continue adding to its $62.3 billion stockpile, and remains undeterred by the asset’s recent