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📺 Latest Episode: Here’s Why Everyone Waiting For $40K Bitcoin Is Wrong
📰 News: Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Middle East Conflict
🌟 Narrative of the week: Regulatory Clarity Lands
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🏦 Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Middle East Conflict
The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates steady at 3.5-3.75% as it navigates economic uncertainties and inflationary pressures exacerbated by the ongoing war in the Middle East. Following this decision there was a massive decline in prices of risk assets like Bitcoin and commodities.
📈 Nasdaq Secures SEC Approval for Tokenized Stock Trading
The US SEC has officially approved Nasdaq's pilot program to trade tokenized versions of major stocks alongside their traditional counterparts on the same exchange. This initiative, limited initially to the Russell 1000 index and select ETFs, allows eligible participants to trade blockchain based securities with the exact same ticker, price, and rights as regular shares.
⚡ Tempo’s Mainnet Goes Live
Backed by Stripe and Paradigm, the payments focused Tempo blockchain has officially launched its mainnet to facilitate high volume, low cost stablecoin transactions. The launch introduces a new Machine Payments Protocol designed to let AI agents and software autonomously pay for services, reflecting a growing trend among TradFi giants to incorporate blockchain rails into everyday infrastructure.
🦑 Kraken Haults IPO Plans
Kraken's parent company, Payward, has officially paused its IPO plans and will wait for broader crypto market conditions to improve before proceeding. The major exchange had previously filed confidentially with the SEC in November shortly after securing $800 million in strategic investments that valued the firm at an impressive $20 billion.
💸 FTX to rollout 4th Reimbursement to Creditors
The FTX Recovery Trust has announced a fourth distribution round of $2.2 billion to creditors scheduled for March 31, 2026, bringing the total amount returned to victims to approximately $10 billion. Meanwhile, former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried continues to serve his 25 year prison sentence and is reportedly attempting to lobby for a presidential pardon as he awaits transfer to a new facility.
Here’s Why Everyone Waiting For $40K Bitcoin Is Wrong
In this video, I breakdown why everyone who is calling for a $40K Bitcoin might be on the wrong side of the market. I breakdown why Bitcoin is rising despite heavy macro fear, what eight straight green days actually signal, and why the $40K–$50K narrative might be missing something important.
Narrative of the Week: Regulatory Clarity Lands
The US just dropped one of the most important crypto frameworks to date, with the SEC and CFTC finally drawing clear lines around how digital assets are classified and regulated. Here's what you need to know
Clear Classifications: Crypto is now split into defined categories like digital commodities, stablecoins, collectibles, tools, and securities, ending years of confusion.
CFTC Takes Over: Oversight for these assets shifts largely to the CFTC, reducing SEC pressure on exchanges and protocols.
More Guidance: On chain staking and mining are generally not securities activities, a major win for validators and users. While airdrops, bridging, and token wrapping now have clearer rules for builders and participants.
This is the clarity the market has been waiting for. With regulation no longer a guessing game, institutions can step in with confidence and builders can actually operate without fear of getting into legal battles. It doesn’t guarantee instant inflows, but it removes one of the biggest blockers to growth and sets the foundation for the next real expansion phase.
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