There is hope that Americans soon won’t have to deal with long lines at many airports around the country, as senators in Washington, D.C., are sounding upbeat about a funding plan that would end a long-running partial government shutdown and restart paychecks for Transportation Security Administration agents.
Oil futures were up sharply Tuesday, with global prices topping $104 a barrel, buoyed by a report that the Pentagon plans to deploy an airborne Army unit to the Middle East to support its operations against Iran, signaling that the situation in the region is poised to intensify.
The U.S.-Israel war against Iran has been pushing up the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond in a manner that is likely to spell trouble for stock investors.
Lombard CEO Jacob Phillips announced at the Digital Asset Summit that the platform enables institutions to earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin without moving assets out of custody.
Bitcoin volatility rose as stablecoin flows surged to $440 billion over the weekend, highlighting investors’ pivot to cash as BTC spot and futures activity decreased.
Recent wild movements in the bond markets may have created an opportunity.
The companies are solidifying their positions as leaders in the AI infrastructure market, even as Big Tech companies build their own data centers.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5ZDIwNGQtNzcwZi03YWY1LWI5MjQtN2Y4ZjU1MTgxMWY2LmpwZw==.jpg" alt="Tether says ‘Big Four‘ firm to handle first audit of USDT reserves" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The stablecoin issuer did not name the accounting firm from the ‘Big Four‘ roster of Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG.</p>
Investors who are anxious about the struggling stock market amid the Iran conflict have good reason to worry, as they’re contending with all three of the primary causes of particularly bad years since 1928, according to DataTrek Research.
Microsoft is one software company that William Blair analyst Jason Ader has called out as a likely winner in the age of artificial intelligence.
The offering allows institutional investors to trade event-based contracts using crypto collateral, as regulatory scrutiny of prediction markets intensifies in the United States.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzhhOWQtOWY2OS03YmFlLTkwNjAtMDViYTI2ZWUxZGNiLmpwZw==.jpg" alt="Bitcoin hints at 'regime shift' as BTC price dips to $69.5K on Iran nerves" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>BTC price fell below $70,000 on macro tensions as analyst considered a possible bullish "regime shift" already starting to play out for Bitcoin.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDMvMDE5NTY3ODktNTdjMy03MjhjLTgyNjUtMTFkNjM5N2U1YmI4.jpg" alt="Ethereum price rally pauses at $2.2K: What will trigger breakout?" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>A resurgence in institutional demand and spot ETF inflow return could put Ethereum price in a better position to overcome the next hurdle at $2,200.</p>
Fira debuted its fixed-rate DeFi lending protocol with $450 million in pre-launch deposits, seeking to make long-term decentralized lending rates more predictable.
Resolv’s USR dollar stablecoin is trading at just $0.24 after an attacker minted 80 million unbacked tokens, forcing a full protocol pause and reopening fears over stablecoin risk.
Kalshi is facing off with state regulators around the US, who claim that prediction markets are a form of gambling and recognize that they are a significant source of potential revenue.
Apollo’s stock was down as one of its private-credit funds said it was honoring less than half of the redemption requests it received in the latest quarter.
Citi sees oil prices reaching as high as $200 in a scenario where disruptions continue through the end of June.
The potential move is a key part of the Tokyo-headquartered group’s intention to increase competition with Wall Street’s top investment banks, according to the FT.
The uptick in borrowing costs can be traced to higher bond yields since the Iran conflict began in late February, but also to the large financing needs of the AI buildout