Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor. The benchmark S&P 500 closed 0.4% higher, while the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite recouped some losses © Brendan McDermid /Reuters US stocks and bond yields rose on Monday ahead of a busy week of central bank meetings and corporate earnings reports. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 closed
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The Connext cross-chain bridging protocol has announced a new token standard to reduce losses from bridge hacks. According to a July 24 announcement, the new “xERC-20” standard allows token issuers to maintain a list of official bridges and control how many tokens can be minted by each. In addition to Connext, decentralized finance (DeFi) platform
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Municipals were relatively steady throughout most of the curve Monday, while U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended the session up. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Monday was at 58%, the three-year at 60%, the five-year at 61%, the 10-year at 65% and the 30-year at 88%, according to Refinitiv MMD’s 3 p.m. read. ICE Data
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s executive board last week approved a $15.7 billion capital plan for 2023 to 2028. Approximately 60% of capital spending called for is “focused on improving the reliability and resiliency” of the existing infrastructure, MassDOT chief Gina Fiandaca wrote in an introduction to the plan, with an additional 23% going towards
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Maker has gained 53.5% over the past month, and the cryptocurrency witnessed a remarkable 28.1% surge between July 15 and July 22, achieving its highest daily close in nearly a year. While the gains are impressive, the real question is: Can the cryptocurrency sustain its current trajectory, or were short-term factors behind the price pump? Average
Worldcoin (WLD), the native token of the “privacy-preserving digital identity (World ID)” project founded by OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, soared after listing on major crypto exchanges on July 24. At the time of writing, WLD trades at $2.22, reflecting a 33% gain on the day. Despite criticism from nearly every corner of the crypto sector,
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma has hired two more deputy state treasurers to fill out her senior leadership team. Stephanie Tom and Khaim Morton were named deputy state treasurers, joining Patrick Henning, chief deputy state treasurer and Juan Fernandez, deputy treasurer for public finance. Ma was reelected in November. Several executives decided not to continue
Housebuilders have said that the UK government’s latest plan to boost the number of new dwellings in England is unlikely to help ministers reach their manifesto target on homes. Prime minister Rishi Sunak and levelling-up secretary Michael Gove on Monday insisted that the Conservative administration would meet its 2019 election pledge to “build at least
Bitcoin (BTC) plunged to $29,000 on July 24, signaling that bears are trying to seize control. It looks like the failure to hold on to the higher levels may have tempted short-term bulls to book profits and aggressive bears to initiate short positions. Although the near term looks bearish, long-term investors remain unfazed and they
A top US banking regulator has accused some US lenders of misreporting deposit data at a time of industry tension over how deposit levels will be used to assess the cost of this year’s failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in an open letter to bank chief executives
Credit Suisse has been fined $388mn by US and British regulators for “significant failures in risk management and governance” related to the collapse of Archegos Capital, which caused a $5.5bn trading loss and helped bring about the demise of the Swiss lender. The US Federal Reserve imposed a $269mn penalty on the bank for “unsafe
XRP (XRP) price is down today, mirroring trends elsewhere in the cryptocurrencymarket as traders await the Federal Reserve rate decision in the week. XRP price drops amid rising dollar strength On July 24, XRP price dropped 8% to $0.68, underperforming the crypto market’s 3.5% decline on the same day. The XRP/USD pair declined amid growing
Miami-Dade County, Florida, is selling almost $178 million of new money bonds this week to finance a variety of projects and initiatives around the county. Going up for competitive bid on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., ET, will be $177.66 million of Series 2023 capital asset acquisition obligation bonds. “The Aa2 issuer rating reflects the county’s
Abundant oil and natural gas-related taxes continue to flow into the coffers of Southwest states, which are positioned to weather volatile energy prices amid slower growth in overall tax revenue. Fitch Ratings in a recent report said it doesn’t expect any negative rating implications for energy producing states directly resulting from short-term declines in oil
Bitcoin (BTC) whale buying and selling in 2023 is mostly from speculative investors, new data reveals. In the latest edition of its weekly newsletter, “The Week On-Chain,” analytics firm Glassnode shows that contrary to popular belief, opportunistic entities are the most active whales. The birth of the Bitcoin “short-term holder” whale Since BTC price action
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While it’s clear the Fed will raise the fed funds rate target by 25 basis points to a range between 5.25% and 5.50%, there’s less clarity about whether this will end the hiking cycle. The Federal Open Market Committee meets Tuesday and Wednesday. In its latest Summary of Economic Projections, most FOMC members saw rates
The writer is director of Public First Consultancy and senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s extension of the UK capital’s ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) was poorly designed and poorly timed. And the Labour party has paid the price — the policy cost them last week’s Uxbridge by-election.
Climate change is not a distant threat, but a present danger that is already wreaking havoc on our lives and homes. From devastating floods to scorching heat waves to raging wildfires, homeowners need to prepare for the consequences of our warming planet. Preparing for these challenges requires investments at both the household and government levels.The