Month: May 2023

Mortgage Demand Swells amid Suspended Interest Rate Hikes

The Mortgage Bankers Association said there was a 10% jump in homeownership demand last week in anticipation of paused rate hikes.  Mortgage demand in the US recently climbed considerably after the Federal Reserve signaled that it could pause interest rate hikes. The increase in applications for home-buying was a direct result of reduced mortgage rates last week. Although last week’s drop in mortgage rates was not substantial, it was enough to induce current homeownership demand. As it stands, more homeowners look to refinance their mortgages to lower rates. Mortgage refinancing…

We Need Regulatory Clarity to Keep Crypto Exchanges Onshore and DeFi Permissionless

Therefore, our framework calls for strictly voluntary, not mandatory, DEX registration to embrace the competitive benefits of rapid DEX development without prior restraint. DEXs that want to signal their compliance with the same standards as CEXs – for example, through automated controls – can do so with voluntary registration. But making registration optional allows for greater experimentation in consumer protections, as DEXs need not seek pre-approval from inherently risk-averse regulators before launching novel technical safeguards. In addition, voluntary registration avoids creating adverse selection, where low natural barriers to entry in…

Cryptocurrency Hearing in U.S. House Opens With Discord

In his own brief opener, House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) said, “the purpose here is to make law.” His Democratic counterpart, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), seemed to agree, talking of the need to “quickly return to developing legislation together.” Source

Binance Launches Capital Connect for VIP Program Users

Binance noted that it will provide crucial information through Capital Connect including assets under management (AUM) of different funds, their performance records, and minimum investment amounts. The leading centralized exchange with more than $38 billion in daily traded volume Binance has continued to re-invent the financial markets for the betterment of the globally unbanked population. The exchange takes pride in more than 120 million global registered users who actively trade more than 350 digital assets. With its huge global reach, the crypto exchange has worked to separate high-net-worth investors to get…

PEPE Whale Puts Attention to Turbo

Memecoin Turbo, created entirely from scratch using ChatGPT 4, has gained massive momentum with its market cap reaching $100 million within 10 days of launch. A whale holding a massive quantity of the frog-themed memecoin PEPE has recently generated a new trade in a token dubbed Turbo (TURBO), created by using ChatGPT’s language model for just $69. A whale, who was an early investor in Pepe coin and earned $14.5 million in profits, has been aggressively buying Turbo since the beginning of the month, May 3, as per data provided…

Grayscale Investments Files for 3 New Exchange Traded Funds – Bitcoin News

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On May 9, digital currency fund manager Grayscale Investments announced the establishment of the Grayscale Funds Trust and submitted registration filings for three exchange-traded funds with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Grayscale Introduces Grayscale Funds Trust and Files for 3 ETFs As the leading digital currency fund manager, in terms of assets under management (AUM), Grayscale Investments unveiled the Grayscale Funds Trust launch. The trust is a Delaware statutory trust structure designed to strengthen the company’s worldwide asset management capabilities. “A registration statement relating to Grayscale Funds Trust has…

BNB Chain L2 Boba Network Achieves Record Transaction Volume in April

Boba said its users on BNB Chain are saving around 80% on transaction fees by using its network. Boba Network said today its Layer-2 scaling solution had achieved mass adoption on Binance’s BNB Chain, with its transaction volume more than quadrupling in April compared to the previous month. The network’s developers revealed that Boba processed 2,863,240 transactions throughout April, averaging around 100,000 per day. The network handled 585,818 transactions in March, up from just 99,362 in February. What’s driving this transaction growth is the rate at which BobaBNB attracts new…

Stock Futures Slump as US Inflation Remains Pegged at 4.9%

Despite the fall off of the US stock futures, there is no doubt that the fight against inflation is yielding a relatively positive fruit in the United States. The US stock futures are seeing a very concerning slump today following the release of the latest inflation figure for the month of April. According to the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of April increased by 0.4% when seasonally adjusted, and by 4.9% over the last 12 months when not seasonally…

How memecoins performed first time hitting $1B market cap

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Memes, internet jokes, and popular culture references have become an integral part of online communities. Because of this, cryptocurrencies inevitably gave birth to a new wave of assets called “memecoins.” While some argue that these coins are just a fad, others might also believe in their potential to bring financial gain to their investors.  One of the most popular memecoins that was recently launched is a frog-themed token called PEPE. The token has gained traction amid the bear market and garnered a lot of support from various members of the…

Mods purge crypto from the original meme subreddit

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Moderators on Reddit began to take action on crypto-related Pepe the Frog hype flooding into the meme’s original subreddits after the explosion of the $PEPE memecoin. On May 9, a moderator for the “r/pepethefrog” pinned a post in which they declared that all “cryptocurrency promotion and all similar schemes such as NFTs” will be banned from the subreddit.  “This subreddit is for pepe the frog art to be shared and created and not for currency trading.” The moderator also said that several other moderators will be added as “they are…