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Japan’s 10-year government bond yield has surged to 2.32%, approaching its highest level since 1999 and surpassing the 2008 financial crisis peak by 30 basis points. The five-year yield climbed to 1.72%, just a basis point from an all-time record. The move comes as Brent crude trades above $113 per barrel amid the ongoing conflict in Iran, with US Treasury markets under continued pressure in recent weeks. The crisis isn’t the yield number itself — it’s the repricing of everything built on the assumption that number would never arrive. A System Designed for Zero Japan’s financial architecture was engineered around…

The European Central Bank (ECB) has warned that stablecoins and tokenized deposits need to be tied to central bank money if Europe wants digital markets to grow safely. The plan aims to improve crypto-related financial infrastructure, allow faster and safer settlement, and ensure deposits have a trusted anchor to reduce risks. ECB Pushes Tokenized Finance to Build Europe’s Digital Asset Market At a recent speech in Brussels, ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone said that tokenized markets are growing, with about €4 billion in digital bonds issued since 2021 These assets are built using distributed ledger technology, allowing issuance, trading,…

Bitcoin miners are starting to show the strain that often appears near a market washout, but one key part of the usual reset is still missing. The biggest operators are still selling enough $BTC to keep a fresh supply flowing into the market. Bitcoin miners are moving toward a classic washout point, while the selling phase still hangs over the market Bitcoin miners are closer to exhaustion than they were a few weeks ago, which has put a familiar bear-market milestone back on the table. The pressure inside the mining business has been intense. In its Q1 2026 mining report,…

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure as revenue per megawatt from serving AI workloads runs 5 to 10 times higher than from mining Bitcoin, and the post-halving squeeze has turned that gap into a strategic mandate. Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don’t!). The clearest signal so far is Bitfarms (NASDAQ: BITF), which announced it is re-domiciling, renaming itself Keel Infrastructure, and halting all new Bitcoin mining investment. “We are no longer making any investments into Bitcoin mining,” said executive Ben Gagnon, framing the company as an “infrastructure developer and owner.” We’re…

SEOUL, South Korea – Hyundai Card’s ambitious foray into the non-fungible token ($NFT) space has reached a decisive endpoint. The financial services arm of the Hyundai Motor Group, in a significant strategic reversal, is now overseeing the liquidation of Modern Lion, its high-profile joint venture with technology partner Like Lion. This move effectively shuts down the KONKRIT $NFT platform, which once served as a digital ticketing hub for Hyundai Card’s curated cultural events. Consequently, this development signals a notable retreat from the corporate $NFT experiments that gained momentum during the previous market cycle. Modern Lion Liquidation Marks Corporate $NFT Pivot…

Crypto trading is often seen as a borderless opportunity, an open market where anyone with internet access can participate. However, where you’re based still has a huge impact on how much you can actually make. In 2026, India has quietly become one of the hardest places to trade crypto. Adoption is high, and retail interest is strong, but a mix of structural problems is slowly eating away at profits. There are three factors that make the core of this problem: a falling rupee, distorted P2P (peer-to-peer) pricing, and one of the toughest tax setups anywhere in the world. Individually, each…

YZi Labs, an independent investment firm and family office that manages over $10 billion in assets for Changpeng Zhao (CZ) and Yi He, has accused CEA Industries (NASDAQ: BNC), a publicly traded company servicing the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) industry, of systemic governance failures, condemning its payment of $1.98 million to a departing CEO as compensation. Several Weaknesses Exposed in CEA Industries’ Operations In its latest statement, YZi Labs noted that BNC’s SEC filings disclosed material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. It revealed that one individual held the dual roles of CEO and Chief Financial & Accounting Officer,…

OpenAI is offering private equity firms a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5% on new joint ventures. This has drawn comparisons to the Terra Luna collapse from crypto industry leaders and Wall Street veterans. Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik and former BlackRock portfolio manager Edward Dowd question the sustainability of the structure. Why a 17.5% Floor Triggered Alarm Bells Reuters reported that the deals target firms including TPG, Advent International, Bain Capital, and Brookfield Asset Management. Each would receive preferred equity in a joint venture valued at approximately $10 billion, with the PE firms committing around $4 billion. OpenAI added the guaranteed…

Invesco, a U.S.-based asset manager overseeing $2.2 trillion in assets, will take over management of Superstate’s tokenized U.S. Treasury fund in a move that brings a large traditional asset manager deeper into blockchain-based finance. The USTB fund holds short-term U.S. government securities and represents more than $900 million in assets. It ranks among the largest tokenized Treasury funds, a fast-growing corner of the market bringing money market funds onto blockchain rails. After the transition, expected in the second quarter of 2026, the fund will be renamed to Invesco Short Duration US Government Securities Fund while keeping its ticker and token…

Institutional investors aren’t just betting on ‘number go up’ strategy for crypto anymore, they are shifting to hunting for steady sources of income. Many institutions already hold bitcoin BTC$71,021.58 and ether ($ETH) on their balance sheets. While they are holding these assets for the long-term price appreciation, investors are increasingly seeking to put them to work to earn income while waiting, said Brett Tejpaul, Coinbase’s (COIN) head of institutional, in an interview with CoinDesk, noting that this is how the next phase of institutional money entering the digital asset sector will look. “The second wave of institutions… is underway. It’s…