US Fed Finally Reveals Why It’s Refusing to Move Rates

The Federal Reserve released minutes from its February and March discount rate meetings, confirming all 12 Reserve Banks voted to hold the primary credit rate at 3.75%. The minutes cover Board meetings on February 9 and March 18, 2026. Both sessions ended with no sentiment expressed for changing the rate. Why the Fed Held Federal … Read more

From NASA to Crypto: The Unlikely Journey of Benjamin Cowen

Benjamin Cowen has spent years saying things people don’t want to hear. No hype, paid promotions, or promises of the next 100x altcoin. In a space where opinions are routinely bought and sold, he has built one of crypto’s most trusted voices on a simple, uncomfortable truth: “It’s hard to find people in this space … Read more

Coinbase Reportedly Courts Anthropic to Bolster Exchange Security Infrastructure

Coinbase is reportedly in talks with Anthropic to gain access to Claude Mythos Preview, the AI company’s restricted frontier model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities. The outreach, first reported by The Information, reflects growing urgency among crypto exchanges to defend against increasingly sophisticated AI-driven threats. Project Glasswing Raises the Stakes for Crypto Anthropic launched Project Glasswing … Read more

Kraken Confirms Confidential IPO Filing Despite Valuation Drop

Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi confirmed Tuesday that the cryptocurrency exchange has filed confidentially for an initial public offering with the SEC. Sethi made the disclosure at the Semafor World Economy summit in Washington, D.C. The filing had first been submitted around November 2025, shortly after Kraken raised $800 million at a $20 billion valuation. Valuation … Read more

Goldman Sachs Targets BTC Yield With New Bitcoin Income ETF

Goldman Sachs filed with the SEC on April 14 to launch a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, the bank’s first proprietary Bitcoin (BTC) fund product. The filing adds Goldman to a growing list of Wall Street banks building dedicated BTC investment vehicles. Morgan Stanley debuted its own spot Bitcoin ETF just days ago. How the Goldman … Read more

Anthropic’s Tokenized Shares on Jupiter Imply $850 Billion Valuation

Tokenized pre-IPO Anthropic shares trading on Jupiter now imply a market capitalization of $851 billion, more than double the company’s last official funding valuation. The synthetic tokens, launched via PreStocks on the Solana-based DEX aggregator, climbed from roughly $122 per share in October 2025 to approximately $900 by April 14, 2026. Secondary Markets Price Anthropic … Read more

US PPI Data Could be a Major Bullish Trigger For Crypto – Here’s Why

The US Producer Price Index for March 2026 came in significantly below expectations, providing a potential tailwind for crypto and other risk assets. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that wholesale prices rose 4.0% year-over-year in March, well below the 4.6% forecast by economists. On a month-over-month basis, producer prices increased 0.5%, less than half … Read more

Bitcoin Hits $76,000 After Shock US PPI, MicroStrategy Shares Rally

Bitcoin (BTC) climbed above $76,000 on April 14 after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported March producer prices well below Wall Street estimates. The data marked a sharp reversal from months of hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation prints, lifting risk assets and pushing BTC past a key institutional benchmark. March PPI Misses on Every Measure The Producer … Read more