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Economists Say Fed Could Shrink Balance Sheet in 2023, Critics Insist Central Bank Hasn’t Reduced QE at All
26.7.2022
With inflation soaring in the U.S., economists from monetary policy analytics and forecasting firm LH Meyer say the U.S. Federal Reserve could stop shrinking its balance sheet earlier than expected. However, critics have said the U.S. central bank hasn’t really shrunk the Fed’s...
White House Reporter Says Inflation Has Become ‘Biden’s Political Nightmare’ as Critics Slam Government Spending
17.7.2022
While the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI) report indicates U.S. inflation has continued to print perpetual new highs, U.S. president Joe Biden is losing ground on his climate bill. The Biden administration’s recent budget negotiations and tactics toward dealing...
Celsius is bankrupt with $1.2B balance sheet hole, Su Zhu returns to Twitter and OpenSea purges 20% of employees: Hodler’s Digest, July 10-16
16.7.2022
CEL Jumps While Celsius’ Bankruptcy Protection Filing Reveals a Billion-Dollar Hole in Balance Sheet
15.7.2022
More troubling news is coming out regarding Celsius (CEL), as its so-called Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing on July 14 has revealed a deficit of close to USD 1.2bn for the crypto lender.
According to a new document filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York...
Celsius Acknowledges $1.2B Hole in Balance Sheet
14.7.2022
The news comes after the ailing crypto lender filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday
FTX Passed on Deal to Purchase Celsius Due to Deficient Balance Sheet: Report
30.6.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX passed on a deal to purchase beleaguered crypto lender Celsius after examining the sorry state of its finances
Risk of ‘Significant Drawdowns’ Pushes Cypherpunk Holdings to Sell Entire Stash of Bitcoin and Ethereum
30.6.2022
On Tuesday, the Canada-based investment firm Cypherpunk Holdings Inc. announced that the company has sold all of its bitcoin and ethereum due to the “risk of further significant drawdowns.” The company has transitioned its treasury to cash after selling 214.72 bitcoin and 205.82...
Warren Buffett-Backed Nubank Now Offers Crypto Trading to 54 Million Customers
30.6.2022
Warren Buffett-backed Nubank, one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, is now offering cryptocurrency trading to all of its 54 million customers. Nubank also holds bitcoin on its balance sheet. Nubank’s Crypto Service Now Available to All Customers Nubank, one of...
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Warns More Crypto Company Insolvencies Are Coming
29.6.2022
In a recent interview, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the popular exchange FTX, warned that some crypto exchanges are “secretly insolvent” and may soon fail. Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alameda Research have already helped Blockfi and Voyager Digital as the 30-year-old...
Crypto Lender Blockfi Secures $250 Million Line of Credit From FTX, CEO Says Capital Will Bolster Its Balance Sheet
21.6.2022
The crypto lender Blockfi detailed on Tuesday that the company secured a $250 million line of credit from FTX. Blockfi’s CEO Zac Prince announced on Twitter that the company will use the capital to bolster Blockfi’s “balance sheet and platform strength.” Blockfi Obtains...
Cybersecurity firm supports Bitcoin ‘mission,’ converts balance sheet to BTC
7.6.2022
Octagon Networks, a global cybersecurity company, announced it would adopt a Bitcoin standard, offering half-price discounts for Bitcoin payments
Czech Central Bank Plans Tenfold Increase in Gold Holdings, New Governor Says Precious Metal ‘Good for Diversification’
4.6.2022
The incoming governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB), Aleš Michl, has said he plans to increase the institution’s gold holdings almost tenfold from the current 11 tonnes to 100 tonnes. Michl also said he will ask the bank’s foreign exchange reserves management team to invest...
Warren Buffett-Backed Nubank Launches Crypto Trading — Holds Bitcoin on Balance Sheet
13.5.2022
Warren Buffett-backed Nubank, one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, has launched cryptocurrency trading. Starting with bitcoin and ether, the bank explained that its 54 million customers can “buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency all from the same app, with no need to open...
New York digital media company the latest to add Bitcoin to balance sheet
11.5.2022
Whilst the purchase won’t cast a shadow on the billions worth of Bitcoin owned by other firms, the company said it could have made $1.2 million if it sold its holdings at the end of the first quarter
Fed Hikes Rate at Fastest Pace in 22 Years, Will Start Shrinking Balance Sheet
4.5.2022
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that the central bank will start shrinking its balance sheet and lift the fed-funds rate by a 0.5 percentage point
Swiss National Bank: ‘Buying Bitcoin Is Not a Problem for Us’
1.5.2022
Switzerland’s central bank, the Swiss National Bank, says buying and holding bitcoin as a reserve currency is not a problem for the bank. “We can arrange the technical and operative conditions relatively quickly, when we are convinced we must have bitcoin in our balance sheet,”...
Bitcoin retests $40K after stocks sell-off meets Fed balance sheet bust
22.4.2022
Macro-induced mayhem costs Bitcoin bulls dearly as Ethereum also loses key $3,000 support
Tesla Hodls Bitcoin: Balance Sheet Shows $1.26B in Digital Assets
22.4.2022
Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla, is hodling bitcoin. The company’s balance sheet shows $1.261 billion in digital assets. Tesla has neither purchased nor sold any crypto assets since the first quarter of last year. Tesla Continues to Hodl Bitcoin Tesla released its earnings...
Ethereum Foundation’s Financial Report Discloses It Holds $1.6 Billion in Assets, 80.5% Held in Ether
18.4.2022
On Monday, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) published a financial report that shows the foundation currently holds $1.6 billion in its treasury. $1.3 billion of the treasury’s assets are held in cryptocurrencies while the rest of the treasury is composed of non-crypto investments and assets....
MicroStrategy subsidiary adds another 4,197 BTC to balance sheet
5.4.2022
The business intelligence firm now owns a total of 129,218 BTC