Bitcoin consolidated this week as the market sharply reduced its expectations for another near-term rate hike. The catalyst was New York Fed President John Williams, who argued that September’s 25bp hike had reduced the urgency for further tightening and that the Fed now has time to assess incoming data. The implied probability of an October […]
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Earlier this year, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) completed a “Stablecoin Sprint” to better understand the emerging digital currency market. The initiative included about 75 participants, including traditional finance and Fintechs, addressing payments and transfers. This past week, the regulator provided an update on what they learned during the Sprint. Insights gleaned from the…
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law. Under the OBBBA, the federal estate, lifetime gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption amounts increased to $15 million per individual, indexed for inflation. For many clients, this level of exemption eliminates the need for additional complex transfer tax planning….
Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let (BTL) tracker mortgage range with the launch of 11 new products while reducing rates on selected existing tracker deals by up to 15 basis points (bps). The new products have been added across its core, premier, small house in multiple occupation (HMO) and product transfer ranges. The move comes…
Lawsuit accuses North Korea and Lazarus Group of orchestrating the $1.5 billion theft, as court-ordered asset freeze supports recovery efforts and Bybit expands collaboration with law enforcement and industry partners to strengthen accountability for crypto-related cybercrime DUBAI, UAE, Aug. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced that it…
Three claims are on the table: a securities-law claim for misleading investors after shares hit the secondary market, a claim that shareholders were treated unfairly, and an ordinary negligence claim. Because the securities-law claim needs a judge’s sign-off before it can proceed, the shareholder also asked for that permission, known as leave, at the same…
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