An effort by House Republicans to recoup unspent pandemic aid is unlikely to reach into local coffers, a move that would be politically unpopular and difficult to implement, according to municipal market advocates. “The political reality is that’s impossible and no Republican wants to do that,” said Emily Brock, federal liaison for the Government Finance
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said it’s a “close call” for him if the central bank should raise interest rates next month or pause while it monitors the outlook for inflation. “I think right now it’s a close call, either way, versus raising another time in June or skipping. What’s important to
Thirteen years after the world’s first Bitcoin (BTC) pizza purchase, the pioneer cryptocurrency network faces a new wave of disruption thanks to the advent of Ordinals, the recently launched protocol that allows adding digital content such as art — i.e. nonfungible tokens — in the Bitcoin blockchain. Since the launch of Ordinal NFTs on the
Illuvium CEO Kieran Warwick has once again been in the thick of a controversy, this time taking aim at applicants seeking to join Illuvium DAO’s marketing sub-council. Warwick, who is not coincidentally also the game studio’s chief marketing officer, took to Twitter on May 9 to say that the DAO faced a “significant challenge,” with
Bitcoin (BTC) continues with its sideways BTC price action under $27,000 on May 22 as the bulls and bears find it hard to break the stalemate. Which way Bitcoin? Notably, BTC price has fluctuated inside a narrowing ascending triangle range since May 11, defined by a horizontal resistance around $27,500 and a rising trendline support
Limited offering exemptions, once a common exemption from the official statement requirements under the federal securities laws, may soon be rarely utilized by underwriters for fear that compliance risks are too high. That’s according to representatives from dealer groups speaking at the 2023 GFOA Annual Conference, who bemoaned the speed and volume with which the
With advance refunding currently dead in the water, muni leaders see a change in the regulation of bank-qualified bonds as low-hanging fruit that could help attract more Republicans to get involved in public finance issues. The Government Finance Officers Association federal advocates advanced this position during the meeting of the group’s Committee on Governmental Debt
It’s been 13 years since programmer Laszlo Hanyecz made the first commercial transaction with Bitcoin (BTC) on May 22, 2010, buying two supreme pizzas from Papa John’s for a whopping 10,000 BTC, or $266 million at current prices. That day is known and celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day. To commemorate the occasion, Cointelegraph sought to
Members of the crypto community celebrated the anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day; the first notable exchange of Bitcoin (BTC) into physical goods. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz made the first documented purchase of a good with BTC. The exchange involved 10,000 BTC — worth $41 at the time — and two pizzas from a
Apple phones on display in an Apple store on May 04, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Apple — Shares of the iPhone maker fell about 1% premarket after Loop Capital downgraded Apple’s stock to hold from buy. Loop predicts that
Laura Allen, budget analyst for the Maryland Department of Budget and Management, takes over as president of the Government Finance Officers Association from Terri Velasquez in a role she feels can be instrumental in bringing members together and addressing the most pressing challenges for the industry. “We’re in a really rapidly changing world and public
A sharp credit contraction caused by the banking crisis and rising interest rates will fuel a wave of defaults, said Pete Briger, co-founder of Fortress Investment Group, which on Monday was sold by SoftBank to an arm of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund and the asset manager’s own employees. In an interview with the Financial
Macro Markets, hosted by crypto analyst Marcel Pechman, airs every Friday on the Cointelegraph Markets & Research YouTube channel and explains complex concepts in layperson’s terms, focusing on the cause and effect of traditional financial events on day-to-day crypto activity. The latest Macro Markets show discusses the impact of the United States debt crisis as
Ukraine has just had a diplomatic triumph. Now the country is under pressure to follow up with a military triumph. After the pomp of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, the focus will switch back to the brutal realities of warfare in eastern Ukraine. The diplomatic and military support offered to Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7
Credit Suisse directly disputed the Swiss financial regulator’s basis for writing down $17bn of its additional tier 1 bonds, in a private letter aimed at sparing staff bonuses that were tied to the debt. Investors representing at least $4.5bn of wiped-out Credit Suisse AT1 bonds filed a lawsuit against Finma last month, seeking to overturn
Troubled cryptocurrency exchange Gemini is considering a forbearance option against the Digital Currency Group (DCG), which missed a $630 million repayment last week. When a lender grants forbearance, the borrower can temporarily reduce its mortgage payment or temporarily stop making payments. The borrower must subsequently pay the reduced or paused payments. In its updated response,
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in a price range that frustrates traders and leaves little to the imagination — what next? After precious little activity over the weekend, the largest cryptocurrency lacks direction, and even macroeconomic triggers have failed to shift the status quo. At around 10% below the $30,000 mark, BTC/USD is treading
Meta has been hit with a €1.2bn fine by the EU and ordered to suspend transfers of user data to the US, in the largest penalty to be imposed against a Big Tech company in the bloc over privacy violations. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, which oversees the General Data Protection Regulation, on Monday handed down
European stocks opened marginally lower on Monday as investors balanced caution over US debt ceiling talks with the possibility that the Federal Reserve would soon pause its monetary tightening campaign. Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 fell 0.1 per cent, ending its rally from the previous week, while France’s Cac 40 and Germany’s Dax each lost 0.2
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a lengthy blog post warning of the dangers of “stretching” Ethereum’s consensus past its core functions of validating blocks and securing the network. Ethereum consensus is the process whereby blocks are validated by the proof-of-stake mechanism implemented in September 2022 with “the Merge.” In a May 21 blog post
Just a day after an attacker sparked community-wide panic after hijacking the Tornado Cash governance, a new proposal hints at the possible restoration of the state of governance. On May 21, the passing of a malicious proposal allowed an attacker to gain complete control over Tornado Cash’s governance. With total control over the governance of