JPMorgan sees little impact on bond markets from the $1,000bn loss of equity market value triggered by DeepSeek on Monday, although fears of a broad rise in volatility could have a negative impact on credit spreads. Despite the falls in equities, spreads on high-rated bonds widened by an average of 1 basis point and the CDX investment-grade bond index widened by 0.7 basis point. JPMorgan credit strategists such as Eric Beinstein and Nathaniel Rosenbaum wrote in a note that "this is a logical out...
Baker Hughes Oil Service: The number of oil and gas rigs in the United States has fallen to its lowest level since December 2021.
Data from decentralized options exchange Deribit shows that as much as $6 billion of nominal value will expire or have no value when the contract closes at 08:00 UTC on January 31st. Fully 50% of these are put options, which give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell BTC at a predetermined price for a specified period of time. Bitcoin (BTC) options worth about $7.80 billion are set to expire at the end of this month, with hopes of achieving profitability as the largest cryptocurr...
According to Binance's announcement, Animecoin (ANIME) was originally scheduled to start trading at 22:00 (Beijing time) on January 23, 2025, but has now been postponed to 23:00 (Beijing time).
Cantelopepeel, the core developer of Solana, announced his departure and founded Unto Labs to develop the new Layer 1 blockchain. As the core engineer of the new Firedancer client, he led the team to demonstrate the performance of 1 million transactions per second and 1 billion computing units per second at Breakpoint 2024. Unto Labs will adopt a new architecture, redesigning from virtual machines to consensus mechanisms, but will not create SVM chains. Cantelopepeel expects tens of millions of ...
According to The Block's aggregated data, the craze triggered by Original Trump (TRUMP) has fueled the use of the Solana decentralized exchange (DEX). Solana DEX's trading volume reached an unprecedented 268% compared to Ethereum in January, compared to only 53% in the same period last year. Solana handled $122 billion in trading volume compared to $45 billion for Ethereum. Raydium leads the Solana ecosystem with $32 billion in weekly trading volume, followed by Orca with $17 billion.
The market had expected an executive order to support the digital asset sector, but it did not appear in a series of actions on Trump's first day in office, instead focusing on topics such as immigration, trade, energy and TikTok. TD Cowen analyst Jaret Seiberg said that the crypto market has been expecting a relevant order, but Trump may sign an executive order related to cryptocurrency that is not substantive. Richard Galvin, co-founder of hedge fund DACM, believes that...
The market had expected an executive order to support the digital asset sector, but it did not appear in a series of actions on Trump's first day in office, instead focusing on topics such as immigration, trade, energy and TikTok. TD Cowen analyst Jaret Seiberg said that the crypto market has been expecting a relevant order, but Trump may sign an executive order related to cryptocurrency that is not substantive. Richard Galvin, co-founder of hedge fund DACM, believes that in light of Trump's...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: The Gaza ceasefire, originally scheduled to begin at 6:30 GMT (14:30 PM Beijing time), will not begin unless Hamas provides a list of hostages to be released.
On January 19, Tachi, founder of Playgrounds, the team behind arc (AI Rig Complex), said that the team has migrated 5 million ARC tokens from multi-signature to metora pool to provide liquidity. The fees generated will be used to fund operating expenses and support growth plans.
According to NBC News, the inauguration of Trump's first term sparked street riots in Washington and protests by millions of people around the world, including what is estimated to be the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. This year, thousands of people are expected to attend ahead of Trump's second-term inauguration, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
US billionaire Ramaswamy had planned to co-lead the Department of Government Effectiveness with Musk, but could now enter the US Senate. Trump wants Ramaswamy to replace the Ohio seat left by Vice President-elect Vance, and Ramaswamy is open to it, according to a person familiar with the matter. (Kim 10)