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Bitcoin Rips for 8 Straight Days as Fed Signals Rate Hold — Decoupling or Just a Tease?

The Federal Reserve may be teeing up a snooze-worthy rate hold, but bitcoin is busy staging its own rebellion — eight straight days up and suddenly everyone’s asking if it’s…

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President Trump Calls for Emergency Federal Reserve Meeting to Cut US Interest Rates

On Monday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump called on the Federal Reserve to convene a “special meeting” and cut U.S. interest rates immediately, intensifying his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair…

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Fed’s Bowman Signals Basel III Proposal With 90-Day Comment Period as Bitcoin Faces 1,250% Risk Weight

Wall Street finally warming up to bitcoin? Not so fast — U.S. regulators are about to drop a Basel III rule so punishing that banks eyeing the digital asset may…

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Treasury Yields Hold Above 4% as Oil Tensions, Fed Politics Rattle Bond Market

The bond market is staring down oil shocks, political drama, and a looming Fed leadership shake-up—and the result is a Treasury market behaving like a caffeinated cat: twitchy, watchful, and…

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Federal Banking Agencies Clarify Capital Rules for Tokenized Securities, Signaling Tech-Neutral Approach

Federal banking regulators on Thursday said tokenized securities should generally receive the same capital treatment as their traditional counterparts, reinforcing that existing bank capital rules remain technology-neutral even when blockchain…

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