Bond trustee UMB Trust has hired Lighthouse Management Group to serve as a receiver for a defaulted mining project.AdobeStock A Florida mining project that defaulted on its municipal bonds was put into receivership. The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida appointed Lighthouse Management Group, Inc., to be the receiver for the
At 9am on Saturday morning, a group of women spread across the busiest street in central Kyiv and stopped traffic to observe a minute of silence. A loudspeaker counted 60 ticks before blaring the opening lines of the national anthem — “Ukraine’s glory and freedom have not yet perished”. Drivers and passengers stepped out of
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21870451/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were quiet Friday ahead of an $11 billion new-issue calendar as U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended up. The bond market’s attention has shifted from inflation and tariffs to economic growth issues, said BofA Global Research’s Yingchen Li and Ian Rogow. “Weak January retail sales and a
“It is totally counter-intuitive that a Republican district would be thinking about eliminating a tool that finances the very infrastructure and economic development and affordable housing in their district,” said Toby Rittner president and CEO of the Council of Development Finance Agencies. ”But this is a math game. The President wants certain things, and they have
US President Donald Trump has claimed he is “in the middle” of Russia and Ukraine as he greeted Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House for talks on ending the conflict, adding that he was “for both Ukraine and Russia”. Trump said the Ukrainian president “will have to make compromises”, adding that Kyiv “will not go
The Bybit exploiter managed to launder over 50% of the stolen funds within a week since it exploited the exchange, despite onchain analysts pursuing the identity of the exploiters. Centralized crypto exchange Bybit was hacked for over $1.4 billion worth of crypto on Feb. 21, marking the largest hack in crypto history The Bybit exploiter
Dave Sanchez has been head of the SEC Office of Municipal Securities since 2022. While Dave Sanchez, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities has repeatedly expressed concern regarding joint powers authorities, there is no certainty of following enforcement action although that risk always can be heightened in situations where bond
In this article SOL.CM= DOGE.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A visual representation of dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission issued long sought after guidance Thursday evening saying it does not deem most meme coins securities under U.S. federal law. Meme coins “typically have limited or
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images There’s a new ETF in town. SPDR SSGA Apollo IG Public & Private Credit ETF (PRIV) will trade Thursday at the NYSE. This fund intends to invest at least 80% of its net assets in investment grade debt securities, including a combination of public credit and private credit. What’s
“For Sale” and “Sale Pending” signs in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. The National Association of Realtors is scheduled to release existing homes sales figures on June 21. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images High mortgage rates and elevated home prices combined to crush home sales
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed fiscal 2026 general fund budget is 9% higher than the existing fiscal 2025 general fund budget.Bloomberg News Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget includes $930 million in bonds in what may be the first of several years of increased state bonding. The bonds would be general obligation bonds
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump said on Thursday he would impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on imports from China and press ahead with levies on Mexico and Canada from next week, raising the spectre
Solana (SOL) price is down nearly 9% on the day and is close to trading below $130 for the first time since Sept. 18, 2024. Two key indicators on SOL’s daily chart are on track to complete a bearish crossover, and if this happens, new lows under $100 could be in the cards. The 50-day
Litecoin (LTC) demonstrated a V-shaped recovery of 20% after dropping to $106 on Feb. 25. After a brief decline below the 50-day and 100-day exponential moving averages (EMAs), the altcoin has regained a bullish position and is currently outperforming a majority of assets within the crypto market. Litecoin 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Litecoin has “one
XRP (XRP) price declined by 16.8% between Feb. 23 and Feb. 26, leading to $79 million in leveraged long futures liquidations. Notably, the correction occurred despite a largely positive regulatory outlook and increasing odds of approval for a spot XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. At the same time, open interest in XRP
Litecoin (LTC) has outperformed the broader crypto market vastly in the last 24 hours, rising over 9% to reach $127.85 on Feb. 27. LTC/USD four-hour price chart. Source: TradingView In contrast, the crypto market’s combined valuation has dropped by 3% amid a sour risk-on mood led by underwhelming Nvidia earnings and US President Donald Trump’s
Stablecoins issued by traditional financial institutions may face challenges in gaining significant market adoption, according to Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise. “TradFi stablecoins will find it harder than they think to win market share,” Hougan said in an X post on Feb. 26. Hougan referred to the newly announced stablecoin plans by Bank
Ripple Labs has signed a strategic partnership with BDACS, a South Korean digital asset custody provider, to support institutional custody for XRP and Ripple USD. The partnership, announced on Feb. 26, will enable BDACS to integrate Ripple Custody, the company’s institutional crypto and digital asset custody solution, to safeguard XRP (XRP), Ripple USD (RLUSD) and
THORChain, a crosschain swap protocol, is experiencing a surge in activity following the $1.4 billion exploit of cryptocurrency exchange Bybit. On Feb. 26, the protocol processed $859.61 million in swaps, marking its highest-ever daily volume, according to data from THORChain Explorer. The momentum continued on Feb. 27, adding $210 million (and counting), pushing total swap
XRP (XRP) price has dropped 17% over the last seven days and 27% in the past month, losing several key support levels along the way. This has left market participants wondering whether XRP’s price could drop further in the coming days. XRP/USD daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView XRP price levels to watch under $2.40 XRP’s latest
The US Congress is reportedly set to consider legislation that would ban the issuance of memecoins like President Donald Trump’s Official Trump (TRUMP) token. House Democrats are preparing to introduce the Modern Emoluments and Malfeasance Enforcement (MEME) Act, which would prohibit public officials from profiting from digital assets, California Representative Sam Liccardo told ABC News
Bitcoin’s sell-off continued for a third consecutive day as the price dropped to lows not seen since Nov. 11, 2024. At the peak of the correction, BTC (BTC) briefly traded at $82,256 before finding buyers but data suggests that further downside could occur before the market stabilizes. Independent market analyst Scott Melker posted the following
Bitcoin’s Market-Value-to-Realized-Value (MVRV), an indicator that measures whether the asset is overvalued or not, shows that the cryptocurrency still has room to peak this cycle, according to a crypto analyst. “I predict a peak MVRV this cycle around 3.2, meaning we have another bullish year in 2025 ahead before we reach the pico top this
A key Bitcoin and crypto sentiment tracker, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, has fallen to its lowest score in more than two years as Bitcoin plummeted below $90,000. On Feb. 26, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index slipped deeper into “Extreme Fear,” reaching a score of 10. Bitcoin falls under $85,000 That’s its lowest level
Investors in BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust pulled out a record $420 million from the fund in a day as Bitcoin sunk to yearly lows. BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF (IBIT) shed 5,000 BTC on Feb. 26, its largest outflow to date, eclipsing the $332 million it lost on Jan. 2. The massive outflow follows a
Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific unveiled plans for a $1.2 billion data center expansion in partnership with artificial intelligence startup CoreWeave. The announcement followed the company’s fourth-quarter 2024 earnings report, which showed a net loss of $265 million. On Feb. 26, the Bitcoin (BTC) mining company published its fourth quarter and full-year results for 2024.
Bitcoin may finally reach a key downside target from last year as BTC/USD edges ever closer to old all-time highs. In fresh X analysis on Feb. 27, trader and analyst Rekt Capital flagged an incoming “gap” in CME Group’s Bitcoin futures markets. Battle of the Bitcoin futures gaps begins Bitcoin (BTC) hit new multimonth lows
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has taken a major hit this week, with analysts speculating on its next move after a tumultuous period. As of Feb. 27, the cryptocurrency is down 3% over the last 24 hours and 10% over the last seven days. Traders and analysts believe in the potential for Bitcoin to drop further, specifically
Troubled cryptocurrency exchange Bybit is making preparations for a full operational license in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after recently suffering a $1.4 billion hack. Bybit received in-principle approval to set up a virtual asset platform operator in the UAE from the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the exchange announced on Thursday, Feb. 27. The
Japanese Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet issued 2 billion Japanese yen ($13.35 million) in bonds to continue expanding its BTC reserves, marking the latest move in a series of purchases that began in May 2024. On Feb. 27, Metaplanet announced the fresh issuance of 0% ordinary bonds worth 2 billion yen to purchase Bitcoin (BTC). According
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