The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield climbed above 4.4% this week, its highest level in eight months, before retreating to around 4.32% Wednesday as reports of potential de-escalation in the Middle East eased investor nerves. Bond Market Selloff Pushes 10-Year Yield The move reflected a sharp repricing of inflation and fiscal risk. Bond prices fell as
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 2025 – The intersection of political power and digital asset markets has created one of the most significant wealth transformations in modern financial history. According to financial disclosures and market analysis, the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures generated approximately $1.4 billion in profits during the first year of the current presidential term. Consequently,
SEOUL, South Korea – Major agricultural financial institutions are now evaluating participation in South Korea’s emerging won stablecoin ecosystem, signaling a significant expansion of institutional interest in digital currency adoption. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (Nonghyup) has initiated formal consultations regarding stablecoin response strategies for its mutual finance division, according to reports from SBS Biz.
SEOUL, South Korea – December 2025. New regulatory data provides a definitive snapshot of who is investing in cryptocurrency within one of the world’s most dynamic digital asset markets. The findings reveal a compelling demographic story: men in their 30s are the dominant force among South Korean crypto investors, while the vast majority of accounts
DTCC’s Tokenization Push and Ripple Prime’s NSCC Entry Signal a New Era in Institutional Finance Market attention is shifting toward a bold claim from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), entailing a future where global markets are fully tokenized, and potentially much sooner than expected. In a recent interview, the DTCC leadership suggested that
In a significant development for decentralized artificial intelligence, the Walrus storage protocol has unveiled MemWal, a groundbreaking memory layer specifically designed for AI agents operating on the Sui blockchain network. This announcement, made via the project’s official X account on March 15, 2025, represents a major advancement in how AI systems store, recall, and share
McLaren Racing, which competes in Formula 1 and IndyCar, has joined the Hedera Council to help govern the enterprise blockchain network. The Surrey, UK-based racing team—which won the last two F1 team championships, and last year’s driver title with Lando Norris—will contribute to Hedera software and services governance, actively participate in the network, and hold
Obex, the stablecoin incubator administered by Framework Ventures and backed by a $2.5 billion mandate from the Sky ecosystem, on Tuesday announced its inaugural cohort of eight projects and began deploying up to $1 billion in USDS across them. The first class includes Maple, USDAI, Daylight, Centrifuge, Securitize, River, TVL Capital, and Better. All eight
China has chosen an official Chinese name for the basic building block of the AI industry, and the name itself reflects Beijing’s view of the road ahead for artificial intelligence. The government has chosen “ciyuan” as the Mandarin word for “token.” The term combines “ci,” which means word, with “yuan,” the base unit of China’s
After collapsing approximately 54% from October highs just under $154, Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) stock suddenly rallied 3.69% in the Wednesday, March 25, pre-market from $69.08 at the latest closing bell to $71.63 at press time. The main driver of the rally came from the decision reached by the online brokerage to approve a $1.5 billion