UpDown Brings Leveraged FX Futures to Celo north The foreign exchange (FX) market moves more than $9.6 trillion every day. It is the largest financial market in the world, exceeding equities, bonds, and crypto combined. Yet for most people worldwide, access to the market is blocked by brokers, account minimums, and geographic [...]
The Dollar is the Only Game in Town north If this is World War 3, the world wants dollars. The greenback has is broadly higher but hardly anything else is. Other safe haven, like gold, the Swiss franc, and US Treasuries are lower. Equity markets have been sold off and the rally in oil is taking a toll on bond markets. The Middle East [...]
Dollar Jumps on War, but Treasuries are No Safe Haven north There is one fundamental driver today and that is the Middle East war. After finishing last week on a soft note, the greenback has rallied. It is up by 0.5% or more against most of the G10 currencies. The Canadian dollar, which often performs relatively better in a strong US dollar environment [...]
How Cards Became the Trojan Horse for Stablecoin Adoption north How Cards Became the Trojan Horse for Stablecoin Adoption Rain's Nick Pinto explains why stablecoin-backed cards are scaling quickly, how Rain settles with Visa in USDC, and why cards may be the distribution layer that brings digital dollars into everyday commerce. Read article
Solana Ecosystem Roundup: April 2026 north Case Studies Institutions Solana Ecosystem Roundup: April 2026 A deep dive into everything that shaped the Solana ecosystem in April 2026, from institutional adoption and tokenized RWAs to stablecoins, DeFi infrastructure, AI agents, and consumer apps. Read article Solana Foundation Launches [...]
March 2026 Monthly north March seems to be more about the unfolding of current forces driving the capital markets, rather than new forces or policies. All the G10 central banks but the Reserve Bank of New Zealand meet in March, and none are likely to change policy. China formalizes its next Five-Year Plan. In the US, [...]
Celo Integrates Morpho, with Institutional-Grade Vaults Curated by Feather north Morpho Markets and Vaults are now live on Celo, the Ethereum Layer-2 designed for fast, low-cost transactions and built for real-world applications. This integration brings Morpho’s immutable money markets and expert-curated vaults to Celo’s global ecosystem, bringing yield to 700k+ daily [...]