Tagged: us

October 4, 2026 @ 4:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With roughly two weeks remaining before the October 15, 2026 cutoff, US holders of digital assets who requested more time earlier in the year face a final chance to submit their 2025 federal returns. That date marks the end of the automatic six-month extension available… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Government bond markets worldwide came under renewed strain at the start of October as investors reassessed the path of inflation and growth, pushing sovereign yields to levels not seen in decades and lifting borrowing costs across major economies. The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield briefly… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Evernorth Holdings has cleared a decisive shareholder hurdle on the way to a planned Nasdaq listing, after investors in its blank-check merger partner backed the deal that would turn the firm into a publicly traded vehicle centered on XRP. Evernorth and Armada Acquisition Corp. II… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: HOOD) crypto leadership says the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new on-chain equity pathway may limit, rather than immediately clear, a US launch of the firm’s stock tokens. Johann Kerbrat, senior vice president and general manager of crypto and international, made the… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York and Wyoming regulators have agreed to coordinate supervision of virtual currency and digital asset businesses, including a pathway that aims to produce licensing decisions within six months for certain established firms. On October 1, 2026, the New York State Department of Financial Services… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Friday’s September employment report is expected to show that US hiring cooled after August’s unexpectedly strong gain, even as the labor market remains broadly intact. Economists surveyed ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics release look for roughly 90,000 nonfarm payroll jobs to have been… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Valley National Bancorp has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Bluevine Inc., a digital banking platform built for small businesses, in a transaction valued at about $340 million. The announcement, made on September 28, 2026, positions the deal as a way for Valley to strengthen… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is preparing to give US retail traders two capabilities that have long been more common in crypto markets than in traditional brokerage apps: perpetual futures and weekend trading in selected stocks and ETFs. The company outlined the plans at its HOOD Summit…. Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain.com, one of the longest-standing firms in digital-asset services, is preparing a push toward public markets this year as conditions in cryptocurrency trading begin to improve. According to people briefed on the discussions, the company has been approaching potential investors with plans for a listing… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) has recently secured registration from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization, a step that closes a long-running gap in the company’s regulated US derivatives business. The CFTC recorded the status as registered… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has added his voice to a growing push for government oversight of artificial intelligence, arguing that companies cannot be left to police themselves as the technology becomes more powerful. In a recorded conversation with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” later… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aave V4 has opened a dedicated Equities Hub on Base that lets eligible users outside the United States post Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) tokenized U.S. stocks as collateral and draw USDC loans against them. The first seven assets are AAPLc, AMZNc, GOOGLc, METAc, MSFTc, NVDAc and… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OG.com Markets has asked US commodity regulators to let it list a new class of equity derivatives that never mature: cash-settled perpetual futures on individual American stocks. The request, submitted last week to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), would allow the platform to offer… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Washington and Beijing have opened a formal conversation on advanced computing while stretching their latest commercial ceasefire, a pairing that looks modest on paper and more consequential in practice. After a three-day leadership visit in the US capital, the two governments said they would keep… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hut 8 (NASDAQ: HUT) has been designated the winning bidder for two West Texas campuses formerly used by Poolin, according to filings in Poolin’s Chapter 11 cases. The proposal is valued at $140 million in cash and other consideration for the Pyote and Tarbush sites…. Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 12:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US securities staff have offered a more precise reading of how existing law applies to two common crypto practices: token repurchase programs and tokens issued in liquid staking. In staff-level FAQs released September 25, 2026, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance said that, in defined… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay has taken a notable step toward regulated onchain capital markets by agreeing to acquire North Capital Investment Technology, a US private-markets infrastructure firm active in the securities crowdfunding sector. The companies announced a definitive merger agreement on September 23, 2026. Once the transaction closes,… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has surfaced as a leading candidate to serve as President Donald Trump’s next artificial intelligence coordinator, according to people familiar with internal discussions. The reports come days after Trump said he would name an “AI czar” and stand up an “AI… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional demand for Bitcoin has reasserted itself with striking speed. U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds absorbed about $1.7 billion in net inflows across two trading sessions as the price of Bitcoin climbed above the estimated average cost basis of ETF holders. The move put the… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 6:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US derivatives regulators have drawn a sharper line around a fast-growing corner of prediction markets: contracts that pay out based on what a named person says, where that person appears, or whom that person meets. On September 22, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC)… Read More