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Several financial institutions and market analysts are now projecting the US Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank, will slash interest rates from the current target rate of 4.25%-4.5% at least twice in 2025. The banking forecasts followed a weak August jobs report that saw only 22,000 jobs added for the month, versus expectations of about 75,000. Analysts at Bank of America, a banking and financial services company, reversed their long-held stance of no rate cuts in 2025 and are now projecting two 25 basis point (BPS) cuts, one in September and another in December, according to Bloomberg. Economists at Investment…

Key Highlights U.S. SEC has issued a “No-Action Letter” to DoubleZero for its token ‘2Z’ The letter means that the SEC will not go for enforcement action, and the project does not have to register as a class of “equity securities.” This decision shows a positive U.S. regulatory environment that could encourage more infrastructure and utility-based The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a major U.S. financial regulator, has given a major project a green light, declaring that its digital token is not a security. (Source: sec.gov) The project, called DoubleZero, received a “No-Action Letter” from the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Corporate clients, mainly small and medium enterprises, account for between 10% and 15% of all assets under custody on Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil’s largest crypto exchange, according to Daniel Cunha, the firm’s head of corporate development. “These companies barely move more than 10% of their holdings at any given time,” Cunha told CoinDesk in an interview at the exchange’s DAC 2025 conference. “They’re here to hold, not trade.” The firms are primarily using bitcoin to protect their cash reserves from global volatility, he said, citing growing concern over inflation, currency devaluation and geopolitical instability. The trend grew when companies like Strategy…

When we talk about trustless systems, we’re implying some kind application that doesn’t require users to trust it. The idea is that it just works, accurately and fairly, every single time, without ever cheating users. They’re designed in such a way that there’s no need for users to trust any single human or entity. Trustless systems are an alternative to the centralized applications in use today, which are totally reliant on trust. Take your mobile banking application, for example. No doubt, you’re fairly confident that nobody is going to steal your life savings, because you trust that the bank itself…

Bitcoin became a core part of Starknet’s ecosystem on Tuesday, as the Ethereum layer-2 network began using the asset as a way to secure itself, according to a press release. Starknet users can now participate in the process of validating transactions by delegating Bitcoin to the network in order to earn rewards, StarkWare, the network’s developers, said. Previously, Starknet users could only stake its native STRK token. The company also said that RE7, a London-based investment firm, is building a Bitcoin-denominated yield product on Starknet. The Starknet Foundation is planning on using 100 million STRK to encourage Bitcoin-related activity on…

Whales rushed to make plasma deposits into Plasma’s vaults, as the new chain immediately offered DeFi opportunities. An Ethereum whale moved funds from their wallet for the first time in four years to join the liquidity rush. An Ethereum whale moved coins from their wallet for the first time in four years, to join the liquidity rush to Plasma vaults. The chain, which only launched a day ago, is now drawing active deposits, expanding the value locked on multiple DeFi apps. The early-bird Ethereum whale acquired their ETH through mining and Bitfinex purchases. Arkham identified the wallet, noting the entity…

The Central Bank of Bolivia announced that its national CBDC, the digital boliviano, will be launched later this month. The move is part of a push to modernize the Bolivian payment pipeline and offer a regulated option to counter other alternatives. Central Bank of Bolivia to Launch CBDC This Month Latam countries are increasingly looking to integrate digital currencies as part of their financial systems. The Central Bank of Bolivia recently announced that it is taking the final steps to launch the digital boliviano, a national central bank digital currency (CBDC). The initiative, announced in May and slated for an…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has signalled that it won’t take enforcement action against tokens tied to blockchain-based Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN). In a no-action letter on Monday, SEC Division of Corporation Finance chief counsel Michael Seaman said he “will not recommend enforcement action” to the SEC for the planned token launch of the DePIN project DoubleZero. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce separately added that the “economic reality of DePIN projects differs fundamentally from the capital-raising transactions Congress charged this Commission with regulating.” The rare no-action letter from the SEC is the agency’s latest example of its crypto enforcement…

A trader opened a $154M XRP short on Hyperliquid, already facing steep losses. XRP slipped to $2.70, marking monthly lows before a slight recovery. A high-stakes move has re-emerged on Hyperliquid after a trader known for massive positions opened fresh shorts against Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP. On-chain data shows the wallet “0x9018” returned to the exchange with 4.22 million USDC before immediately deploying it into leveraged bets. Gambler @qwatio created a new wallet “0x9018” and returned to #Hyperliquid with 4.22M $USDC. He shorted 1,366.67 $BTC($150M) with 40x leverage and 2.78M $XRP($7.7M) with 20x leverage, resulting in a loss of over…

MathWallet, a prominent multi-chain cryptocurrency wallet, has announced support for Plasma Mainnet, a well-known stablecoin infrastructure platform. By supporting Plasma Mainnet, MathWallet lets wallet holders smoothly shift to Plasma Mainnet via the MathWallet app. As disclosed in the official social media announcement shared by MathWallet, the development provides a wide set of diverse blockchain interactions to the users. Hence, the move is anticipated to improve usability, accessibility, and provide a robust basis for noteworthy decentralized finance (DeFi) operations. MathWallet now supports Plasma Mainnet @Plasma !Open your MathWallet, you may:❤️Switch to Plasma Mainnet☑️Create or Import wallet📩Transfer & Deposit💪Access dApphttps://t.co/qPRMJGVR7H$MATH #Plasma pic.twitter.com/hDDBikql5C…