Day: March 24, 2023

White House report takes aim at Bybit — and forgot about Deribit

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The White House released its annual economic report on March 20, and it dedicated an entire section to digital assets.  The authors should be commended for doing so. I largely agree with the report’s assessment that certain aspects of the digital asset ecosystem are causing problems for consumers, financial systems and the environment. However, as a builder in the digital asset space, I cannot disagree more with its conclusion that “crypto assets currently do not offer widespread economic benefits.” To understand how the White House plans to regulate digital assets,…

Moody’s Warns of Potential Financial Disruption Spillover Beyond US Banking Sector – Bitcoin News

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Roughly ten days ago, the credit agency Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the U.S. banking sector from “stable” to “negative.” In a recent update on Thursday, the company stated that there is still a risk to the U.S. economy. The managing director of credit strategy at Moody’s explained that the country “will be unable to curtail the current turmoil,” and it could spread “beyond the banking sector.” Moody’s Analysts Anticipate Greater Financial and Economic Damage From U.S. Banking Spillover Effects In a note sent out on Thursday, Moody’s managing director of…

Crypto Pundits Romance the Hyperinflation and Dollar Death Narrative. Is It a Real Scare?

“In the event of a widespread banking panic, which seems unlikely at this time, there will probably be the typical rush by investors into safe assets such as the U.S. Treasury securities. That is likely to help than hurt the dollar in the short term,” Eswar Prasad, professor at Cornell University, told CoinDesk, calling the hyperinflation forecasts “unduly hyperbolic.” Source

US Treasury’s Financial Stability Oversight Council held unscheduled, closed meeting

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The United States’ most powerful financial regulators gathered on March 24 by video conference for an unscheduled, closed meeting of the Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), the department announced in a statement. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen convened the meeting. Details were sparse in the Treasury statement, but it said Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff gave a presentation on market developments. The gist of the presentation was reassuring: “The Council discussed current conditions in the banking sector and noted that while some institutions have come under stress,…

Shares of Deutsche Bank, Other Euro Lenders Tumble – Finance Bitcoin News

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Deutsche Bank shares plunged on Friday, along with the stocks of other European banks, amid investor concerns over the stability of the global banking sector. The drop comes in the aftermath of the recent emergency rescue of Credit Suisse and follows losses in U.S. banks on Thursday. Deutsche Bank Credit Default Swaps Jump to 4-Year High Shares of European banks, most notably Deutsche Bank, fell before the weekend amid persisting concerns among investors about the state of the banking industry on the Old Continent, across the Pond and beyond. Having…

Animoca Brands cuts metaverse fund target to $800M: Report

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Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands, a developer of blockchain gaming technology, has reportedly cut its target for its metaverse fund by a further 20% to $800 million, Reuters reported citing sources familiar with the matter. The blockchain gaming technology company reportedly scaled back on its billion-dollar goal due to volatility in the crypto sector. The company had previously announced in November 2022 that it was working on a new Animoca Capital fund with a target of $2 billion but then halved that target to $1 billion in January 2023.  In recent developments,…

Mastercard opens network to USDC, OKX departs Canada, Bitcoin climbs

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Take, for example, the recent issues that Circle-issued USD Coin (USDC) faced when it depegged from the U.S. dollar following Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. Two weeks later, Mastercard boldly integrated the stablecoin into its infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, allowing users to spend USDC through its network. It’s happening, folks! And let’s not forget about Bitcoin (BTC) — that digital gold is still on the rise and decoupling from Wall Street, once again proving its value proposition and prompting calls for a hedge against equity markets in the long run.…