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Christopher Perkins, President of CoinFund and a former Wall Street executive, believes the next chapter of crypto adoption hinges on clarity—regulatory, technological, and strategic. In an interview with Benzinga, Perkins discussed everything from AI-powered networks to staking yields, tokenized...

Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) introduced a bill that aims to allow Americans to pay their federal income taxes using Bitcoin. This legislation seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code, signaling a potential shift towards integrating cryptocurrency into mainstream financial systems. The bill...

To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. The Folly Of Investor Celebration Please click here for a chart of iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ: TLT). Note the following: The chart shows when The Arora Report predicted that a record supply of Treasuries was ahead...

In a move towards greater transparency, Tether Holdings, the entity behind the stablecoin Tether (CRYPTO: USDT), is said to be revising its approach to publishing reserve data reports. As the crypto community gears up for Benzinga's Future of Digital Assets conference on Nov. 14, this...

During the deliberation of the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (H.R. 5403) in the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on September 20. The bill sought to address the critical issues surrounding central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), such as the privacy of...

By Michael Lebowitz Despite surging interest rates, there are few signs they are impeding economic activity or causing distress amongst borrowers. It may seem strange that higher rates are not proving troublesome for an economy with such a high amount of leverage. Don’t breathe a sigh of...

Two major U.S. federal agencies — the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — have jointly introduced a comprehensive set of cryptocurrency regulations. The initiative underscores the growing importance of digital assets in the financial landscape and the...

Cryptocurrencies faced a downturn on Thursday, influenced by growing worries about the U.S. economic landscape. Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) value decreased by roughly 4.3% over the past 24 hours, trading at $27,770 levels, as per data from CoinGecko. This decline was triggered following the...

The U.S. Treasury said it had delivered a framework to President Joe Biden, calling for international engagement and an inter-agency approach to digital assets. What Happened: In a press release on Thursday, the Treasury said the framework called for an interagency approach to weighing the...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened: On Feb. 15, 1985, the federal government began allowing Treasury securities to be broken into STRIPS, or Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities. Where...

Despite rising inflation concerns, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield fell to its lowest level since February this week. Eight-day declines in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield don't happen very often, Bespoke Investment Group's Paul Hickey said Friday on CNBC's "Squawk...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that happened on this date. What Happened? On this day in 1997, the U.S. Treasury introduced the first Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). Where Was The Market? The S&P 500 was trading at 772.50 and...

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control will add regulations to strengthen previously imposed sanctions against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's regime. OFAC said in a Sept. 4 Federal Register notice that it will "supplement" its Nicaragua Sanctions Regulations with...

U.S. Treasury yields rose sharply on Monday after a difficult week for stocks and bonds, which on Wednesday sent what many see as a recession signal when the spread between the 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields inverted. The Yield Curve has steepened over the last two sessions and stocks have...