Finance and Investment

According to the minutes published on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve plans two additional key rate cuts by the end of the year. Chairman Jerome Powell and most board members fully support this decision. The only remaining debate is whether to cut twice or three times. The meeting on September 16–17 ended with a vote of…

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated that the 4-year crypto cycle really no longer works — but according to him, the reason is not the one usually mentioned. “As the fourth anniversary of the current cycle approaches, traders are trying to use the old model again and predict the end of the bull market,” he wrote…

Excitement is growing in the crypto community — Polymarket is hinting at a possible POLY token airdrop that could break the records of Pi Network and Uniswap. The platform already has over 1.35 million users, and a recent valuation of $9 billion after institutional investments has only increased interest. If the airdrop does happen, it…

Investment company Roundhill Investments is reviving the MEME ETF — a fund based on stocks popular among retail traders. After closing in 2023 due to weak demand, Roundhill is making a second attempt, counting on renewed interest in speculative assets. The new version of MEME ETF will be actively managed Unlike the previous version, the…

According to top managers of Bitwise Asset Management and Aspen Digital, it is large capital that now sets the direction for the crypto market. They discussed this in an interview during the Token2049 conference in Singapore. Bitwise co-founder and CTO Hong Kim noted that the base of bitcoin investors has changed — funds and institutional…

Canary Capital is about to get the green light to launch its ETFs for Litecoin and HBAR. The company has submitted final documents with key amendments, including fees and tickers. However, since the US government has partially shut down, the launch is delayed. On Tuesday, Canary filed updates for its spot ETFs on Litecoin and…

The ZKsync team has launched the Atlas update for its technology stack, ZK Stack. It is designed to provide higher speed and flexibility — primarily for companies and organizations transitioning to on-chain formats. A key element is the new sequencer. It can process from 25,000 to 30,000 transactions per second and supports compatibility with Ethereum-based…

After updating its previous all-time high in mid-August, bitcoin has set another record, reaching $125,506 in the first days of October. The coin continues to rise with no sign of a correction, entering the historically strongest quarter. At the same time, one of the fastest Layer-2 projects based on BTC — Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) —…

S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched a new index called S&P Digital Markets 50, which combines 15 cryptocurrencies and 35 stocks of companies related to the digital asset industry. The project aims to provide investors with broad access to the tokenized instruments market and the growing blockchain technology sector. The index was created in partnership…

The market was expecting a traditional altseason — when after bitcoin’s growth, capital flows into alternative tokens. But according to Alana Levin, former Boston Consulting Group analyst and partner at Variant fund, this time it has already started. Only not on the blockchain, but in the stock market. Institutional investors are increasingly investing not in…