Housing Affordability Pressures Drive Crypto Mortgage Innovation Growing barriers to homeownership are prompting financial firms to redefine how wealth is evaluated, with Coinbase partnering with Better Home & Finance Holding Company to enable crypto-backed mortgages supported by Fannie Mae that allow borrowers to use bitcoin or USDC instead of cash for down payments. Access constraints…
Web3 gaming ecosystem Pixels has announced the launch of Stacked, an AI-powered engagement and rewards platform designed to provide game studios with the infrastructure to manage player retention and monetization. The platform was developed based on four years of live operational experience within the Pixels ecosystem, which the company reports has generated over $25 million…
Kiyosaki Outlines Plan to Get Richer During Market Crash Market uncertainty surrounding a potential economic downturn and market crash is leading investors to reconsider portfolio strategies, as Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki outlined his approach on X on March 27. He referenced writings by Edgar Cayce and Nostradamus in discussions of financial turmoil…
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Deepen Losses as Weekly Selling Peaks The week did not end quietly. Instead, it closed with conviction, and not the kind bulls would have hoped for. Bitcoin ETFs recorded a steep $225.48 million in net outflows, marking one of the largest single-day withdrawals of the week. The selling was concentrated, but decisive….
Court Halts Trump Administration’s Ban on Anthropic’s Claude AI for Federal Agencies U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin issued the preliminary injunction on March 26, finding that the government’s actions against Anthropic likely violated the First Amendment, denied the company due process, and exceeded statutory authority under the Administrative Procedure Act. The ruling is stayed…
Morgan Stanley Undercuts Blackrock With Low-Fee Bitcoin ETF Filing A shift in bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) pricing is emerging after Morgan Stanley filed Amendment No. 3 to its S-1 registration on March 27, outlining a proposed low-fee structure for a spot bitcoin product. The filing signals a potential inflection point for cost dynamics and competition…
Binance Drives Global Crypto Payments as More Than 21M Merchants Join Digital payment adoption is accelerating across global commerce as crypto-based systems expand their reach. Binance CEO Richard Teng posted on X this week that more than 21 million merchants now accept Binance payments, signaling increased real-world usage. The executive wrote: “21M+ merchants already accept…
Is Bitcoin About to Drop Again? BTC Tests Critical $65.5K Support Level Price action on bitcoin‘s daily chart reflected a continuation of a broader downtrend that followed a lower high near the $76,000 region. The current zone around $66,000 to $67,000 has emerged as tentative support, but the inability to reclaim higher levels underscores persistent…
WEEK IN REVIEW VIX Jumps to 27 as $1 Trillion Leaves US Stock Markets on Iran Oil Shock U.S. markets sold off sharply on Thursday as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions sent oil prices higher and pushed investors away from equities, crypto, and even gold… read more Editor’s comment: The “buy the dip” mantra that has worked…
Top 100 Holders Control 80% of DeFi Governance Tokens, ECB Study Finds The working paper, ECB Working Paper No. 3208, examined governance data from four protocols, Aave, MakerDAO (now rebranded as Sky), Ampleforth, and Uniswap, across two snapshots in time: November 2022 and May 2023. The protocols were selected for their size and representation of…
