Month: May 2026

Geopolitical tensions in key maritime routes could lead to significant economic impacts due to potential disruptions in global energy markets. The post Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten global oil supply, WTI prices may rise appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Blackstone’s lending platform could reshape the US housing market by filling financing gaps, potentially stabilizing prices and boosting supply. The post Blackstone launches lending platform to finance 50,000 US homes annually appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Liquidity is absolutely surging- but where is it actually coming from? The Surge Last week focused on the Yen Carry Trade and noted it as being one of the many marginal drivers of liquidity. With that clearly in the rear-view mirror, as yet another Yen intervention has occurred since...

USDG, still issued by Paxos Singapore and regulated by MAS, will remain in market as one of many institutionally backed dollars as regulators, banks and VCs push toward a fragmented, multi‑issuer “economic OS.” Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered crypto…...

Seven pools covering 75% of Bitcoin hashrate have joined Stratum V2, shifting block control to individual miners. Seven of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pools have joined the Stratum V2 working group, giving the open protocol a combined hashrate share…...

Australia is weighing a capital gains tax overhaul that would scrap the long‑standing 50% discount on assets held more than a year and replace it with an inflation‑indexed system, a shift that could materially raise tax bills for crypto and…...

Bank of America delays Fed rate cuts to 2027 amid inflation concerns. No rate cuts in 2026 at 57.9% YES. The post Bank of America delays Fed rate cuts to 2027 amid persistent inflation appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Peter Schiff on Monday called on the SEC to investigate Michael Saylor for marketing STRC preferred stock to retirees, arguing the 11.5% dividend is unsustainable and labeling it “a classic centralized Ponzi.” Schiff Says Saylor Violated SEC Antifraud Rules Schiff wrote on X, asking how the SEC can let...

Zcash’s sharp revival did not happen by accident, according to Josh Swihart, who argues that ZEC’s roughly 1,500% rally reflects a multi-year reset across governance, product strategy, narrative positioning and organizational structure. In a detailed update, Swihart framed Zcash’s recent strength as the result of hard decisions made in...

Polymarket now hosts “tweet markets” on Elon Musk’s weekly post count, turning his X activity into on‑chain micro‑event data with wild intraday probability swings. Elon Musk’s tweet count is no longer just a social media curiosity — it is a…...