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Market's Bet On Aggressive Fed Cuts Clash With Short Rate Market Data: Next Fed Chair Could Initiate 'Cutting Cycle,' Says Expert
Monday, May 5, 2025 - 8:37am | 905Financial markets are currently pricing in a significant and rapid cycle of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve starting as early as July, according to the CME data. However, this expectation stands in stark contrast with the prevailing short-term rate market data, which suggests a different...
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Bitcoin Defies Gravity: Grayscale's Bold Prediction Amid Rate Increase Fears
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 2:38pm | 382As the price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) experiences fluctuations ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's upcoming interest rate decision on Wednesday, Grayscale has suggested cryptocurrency prices could still benefit from a rate increase, provided that the outcome aligns with market expectations...
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Bitcoin, Ethereum Derivatives Trading Skyrocket in February — And You Won't Believe The Numbers
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 6:34pm | 510Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) derivatives trading volumes in dollar terms continued to soar in February and the increase comes as spot volumes continue to rise amid a hot regulatory backdrop. What Happened: The growth in trading activity is indicative of the growing...
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Samsung Takes Lead In Hong Kong's Crypto Market With Upcoming Bitcoin Futures ETF
Thursday, January 12, 2023 - 11:09am | 433Samsung Asset Management Hong Kong, a division of the South Korean technology giant, is planning to introduce a new Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) futures ETF on Jan 13. The ETF, named "Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF," aims to provide investors with similar returns as investing in the spot...
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Fintech Focus For June 29, 2021
Monday, June 28, 2021 - 5:51pm | 1864Quote To Start The Day: “Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” Source: John D. Rockefeller One Big Thing In Fintech: Randal Quarles, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, is out with a new speech on digital money and the main gist is that he...
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Fintech Focus For May 13, 2021
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 5:34pm | 1867Quote To Start The Day: “Man is the cruelest animal.” Source: Friedrich Nietzsche One Big Thing In Fintech: In addition to new venues, more new order types are likely in the US equity market this year. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the introduction of periodic...
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Fintech Focus For May 6, 2021
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - 5:11pm | 1583Quote To Start The Day: “Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” Source: C.E.M. Joad One Big Thing In Fintech: CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will not reopen its physical trading pits that were closed last...
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Fintech Focus For April 30, 2021
Thursday, April 29, 2021 - 6:45pm | 2175Quote To Start The Day: “My fantasy is to break up the big banks. I wish we would end 'too big to fail' in our banking system.” Source: Kenneth C. Griffin One Big Thing In Fintech: Per a CB Insights compilation of Q1 2021 fintech venture capital data from around the world, the...
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Fintech Focus For April 22, 2021
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 8:13pm | 2370Quote To Start The Day: Big Brother is watching you. Source: George Orwell One Big Thing In Fintech: Apart from supporting firms like Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc, and Microsoft Corporation, from their earliest stages, Nasdaq offers numerous other products and services, all of which increase market...
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Fintech Focus For April 20, 2021
Monday, April 19, 2021 - 7:52pm | 2247Quote To Start The Day: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Source: Thomas A. Edison One Big Thing In Fintech: Earlier this month, Bakkt, a digital-currency fintech that specializes in concurrency, rewards and...
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Fintech Focus For March 31, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 5:35pm | 2414Quote To Start The Day: Making renewable energy from solar isn’t that complicated anymore. Source: Greg Barron-Gafford One Big Thing In Fintech: The technology needed to support ETF trading has advanced considerably in the last decade. In the past it was necessary to build in-house, but now...
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Fintech Focus For February 4, 2021
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 7:32pm | 1893Quote To Start The Day: We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. Source: Helen Keller One Big Thing In Fintech: Seedrs and Crowdcube were created as forward-thinking Fintechs leveraging technology to match investors with private firms in a sector traditionally dominated by...
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Fintech Focus For January 25, 2021
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 12:47am | 3113Quote To Start The Day: You can't be a real networker unless you’re connected. Source: Michael Gruen One Big Thing In Fintech: Experts say 2021 is poised to see greater adoption and venture capital investment in blockchain technology. That prediction comes as more financial services apps...
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Fintech Focus For December 17, 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 6:26pm | 2091Quote To Start The Day: Pricing an IPO is more of an art than a science. Source: Ran Ben-Tzur One Big Thing In Fintech: A massive delta exists between public and private assets. That’s according to Solomon Tesfaye, the vice president of business development and capital markets at tZero Group...
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Fintech Focus For December 1, 2020
Monday, November 30, 2020 - 6:07pm | 1524Quote To Start The Day: Whatever you do, do it well. Source: Walt Disney One Big Thing In Fintech: Business information provider S&P Global Inc agreed on Monday to pay $44 billion in stock to acquire IHS Markit Ltd in the year’s biggest acquisition that will create a new data powerhouse...