7% mortgage rates are already here some buyers, mortgage experts say
Mortgage rates ticked up to a new high for the year, delivering more bad news for home buyers. Source:MarketWatch
Kraken parent Payward partners with SoFi on stablecoin, 24/7 settlement
The deal will bring SoFiUSD to Kraken, connect Payward to SoFi’s 24/7 dollar settlement network and give SoFi access to digital asset liquidity through Kraken…
SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Host Sept. 10 Meeting
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will host a public meeting at the SEC Headquarters in Washington D.C. on Sept. 10 at 10…
August jobs report could show a summer hiring slump. Haitian refugees are a wild card.
Is the U.S. economy enduring a summer hiring slump for the third year in a row? Wall Street expects only a small increase in new jobs in August, but the news…
VARA, Securitize sign MoU for tokenization innovation in Dubai
VARA and Securitize signed an MoU to foster more tokenization innovation in Dubai and explore how tokenized financial innovation should be regulated in the…
Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9B in push into AI software
Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, gaining a platform used by more than 18 million developers to share and deploy AI models.…
Pencil Finance completes $1M onchain lending cycle for 6.6K students in Southeast Asia
Pencil Finance said that its firstofakind loan offered financing to 6,600 students in Southeast Asia who were underserved by traditional lenders.…
Standard Chartered launches spot Bitcoin and Ether trading in UAE
Standard Chartered said it is the first major global bank to offer institutional access to spot Bitcoin and Ether trading in the UAE region.…
Coldcard hacker swaps stolen Bitcoin for ETH via THORChain
The thirdwave Coldcard exploiter moved about 10% of stolen funds through THORChain as researchers traced the assets to a new Ethereum address.…
Kalshi seeks CFTC approval for WTI crude perpetual futures: Report
Kalshi reportedly plans to file for approval of a WTI crude oil perpetual futures contract that would trade around the clock five days a week without an…
Australia warns unlicensed crypto firms of fines up to 10% of annual turnover
ASIC has recorded more than 45 digital assetrelated license applications as its temporary enforcement relief approaches Sept. 30 expiration.…
Hyperscale Data ends Michigan BTC mining as holdings fall 79%
Hyperscale Data’s Bitcoin holdings have fallen about 79% since late July to 215 BTC as it redirects capital toward its Michigan AI data center.…