South Korea has approved plans to establish a new 20 trillion won investment account within its sovereign wealth fund to finance artificial intelligence, data centers and other strategic industries while allowing domestic investments for the first time. According to a South Korean government statement released Friday, the new account will be created under the Korea
Crypto forensics and compliance company AMLBot has launched its AI Tracer, described as a self-service blockchain analysis tool that maps visible fund movements from a transaction hash across blockchain networks. AMLBot said the tool aims to address the current need for specialist software and knowledge to trace transactions. The company said the tool also traces
The European Central Bank (ECB) said Thursday its planned digital euro app will exceed the accessibility requirements of the European Accessibility Act. The proposed design includes enhanced visual design, full keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, time-out warnings, simplified language, error prevention and reduced motion settings, among other accessibility features, the ECB said in a Thursday release.
Japan’s central bank held interest rates steady at 1.0% on Friday after a reported major intervention in the yen. Key points: Japan holds interest rates at 1.0%, following market expectations. Both Japan and South Korea’s central banks reportedly engage in currency interventions, as the JPY briefly gains 3.5% overnight. Bank of Japan warns of incoming
Ken Griffin’s Citadel reportedly bought a large proportion of the public stock portfolio of Situational Awareness, the hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner. The Financial Times first reported Thursday that Citadel bought the discounted portfolio after heavy losses during July’s artificial intelligence stock market rout. The transaction followed Aschenbrenner’s fund falling about
Tokenization has gotten nods of approval from the Larry Finks of the world. It’s top of mind for every large financial institution. Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton are just some of the many that have tokenized their assets. Over $34 billion worth of assets have already been tokenized and that’s excluding the $300 billion in tokenized
Despite recent price fluctuations in the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin, on-chain data indicates that the market has not yet reached a classic capitulation phase. Julio Moreno, head of research at CryptoQuant, stated in his assessment that there is no strong capitulation sell signal yet in Bitcoin and that it has not entered a full capitulation phase.
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned two Iranian firms behind a maritime insurance operation that accepted bitcoin, saying the scheme forced commercial vessels to buy coverage to pass through the Strait of Hormuz and funnelled the proceeds to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated the Persian Gulf Marine Insurance Company
As July ends, the options market is reflecting a major shift in positioning. The $60,000 bitcoin $BTC$63,790.14 put option, a position protecting against a price drop, is now the most popular bet on Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange. As of this writing, that put had a notional open interest of $1.17 billion. Traders
Bitcoin continues to trade sideways near $64,000 amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding US monetary policy and geopolitical risks in the Middle East. While BTC struggles to find direction, one analyst predicts that the next uptrend in Bitcoin could come after the US midterm elections. Joao Wedson, founder and CEO of cryptocurrency analytics company Alphractal, has once