PBOC Steadies the Yuan, Denmark Calls Snap Election, Greens' Win the UK Special Election north The US dollar is mostly softer today as North American participants enter the fray. Trading remains quiet and the general consolidative tone continues amid a relatively quiet news stream. Although US and Iranian talks are set to continue next week, the market remains on edge. There are three [...]
This Is Fine (Until the Grant Runs Out) north The commons called. It wants a runway. Every so often, in the blockchain world’s usual cycle of funding scares, a team maintaining a widely used open source public good declares mayday. Libp2p is a core infrastructure stack that powers multiple Ethereum clients (among others) and a large part of...
DeFi needs shock absorbers, not sacred pegs north DeFi’s rigid peg obsession breeds fragility. Flexi-pegs with incentives for depegging recovery build resilient stablecoins that bend, not break, under stress.
Yen and Yuan Gains Featured in Quiet FX Market north In a reversal of fortunes, the Japanese yen is the only G10 currency that is gaining on the dollar through the European morning. Yesterday, it was the only G10 currency to have weakened against the greenback. Still, the general tone in the foreign exchange market is one of consolidation. The [...]
Build Now Contest Reveals Builder Momentum north The Build Now Contest marks a key midpoint in the MasterZ × IOTA Hackathon. 63 teams submitted structured product concepts, architectures, and technical stacks built on IOTA. Submissions cluster around trade, RWA, identity, privacy, and infrastructure.
Solana Foundation Launches Pay.sh in Collaboration with Google Cloud north Case Studies Institutions Solana Foundation Launches Pay.sh in Collaboration with Google Cloud Solana Foundation In collaboration with Google Cloud introduced Pay.sh, a gateway service designed to bridge the gap between autonomous agents and enterprise infrastructure. Read article Solana’s [...]
Yen and JGBs Sold on New BOJ Nominees While Japanese Stocks Rally to Record Highs north The dollar was initially sold during President Trump’s State of the Union Address. However, against most of the G10 currencies, it remains within the well-worn ranges, which may be reinforced by a busy option expiration schedule, we discuss below. There are two notable exceptions. First, is [...]