It’s no secret that Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack has staked out a spot as perhaps the most hawkish member of the U.S. Federal Reserve since her appointment in 2024 after a career at Goldman Sachs. Next year, however, she will be in a more prominent position to advance those views. The Fed’s Federal Open
Federal Reserve member Beth M. Hammack said that monetary policy may already be below the neutral level, providing additional stimulus to the economy. Hammack noted that the November inflation data may have underestimated reality due to data collection problems caused by the government shutdown in October and the first half of November. The U.S. Bureau
Bitcoin (BTC) walks to close 2025 with more than $112 billion locked in US spot ETFs, exchange reserves at a record low of 2.751 million BTC, and perpetual futures open interest of nearly $30 billion. Every single one of those data points would have sounded constructive in 2022. In late 2025, they map to the
Octav integrates Chainlink oracles to deliver neutral on-chain NAV, restoring trust during volatile DeFi markets. October shocks exposed DeFi operating without shared NAV, pushing demand for independent valuation infrastructure. Octav announced the integration of Chainlink oracles, a decentralized service that connects blockchain smart contracts, to provide verified on-chain NAV data for digital assets. This enables
Atleta Network, a modular Layer 1 blockchain built for the sports industry to bring Web3 innovation, has announced its strong bonding with Abo Obinnaya, Africa’s first legal-tech generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform. The main purpose of this groundbreaking integration is to bring football, sport, and Web3 together for the creation of new opportunities for players.
Ramkumar, the core contributor at OpenLedger, has announced its strategic partnership with theCUBE, a Layer 1 public blockchain that facilitates faster transactions in cubes. The main purpose of this integration is to bring trust and solve data integrity problems by bridging artificial intelligence (AI) and Web3. Our core contributor @Ramkumartweet joins @theCUBE to dive into
Bitcoin has pulled back slightly again, but the bigger picture has not changed much. Prices are still moving inside a familiar range, and the market remains under pressure overall. In the very short term, Bitcoin could be close to a temporary turning point. The next 24 hours are especially important. If buyers step in, the
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox appears to be confident that Bitcoin’s closed-minded community culture will eventually cause its downfall. In a recent social media post, he cited the famous business adage, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Even if Bitcoin has a superior technical strategy or market position, a dysfunctional community (“culture”) will ultimately undermine it, which
Bitcoin (BTC) began as an open-source experiment when the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Genesis Block, setting in motion a financial system without banks or central control. More than 15 years later, that experiment has endured cycles of excitement, sharp declines, political scrutiny, and growing ties to traditional finance. The reason the cryptocurrency still matters