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MakerDAO founder introduces new stablecoins: NewStable and PureDAI

MakerDAO founder introduces new stablecoins: NewStable and PureDAI

Rune Christensen, the founder of MakerDAO, has unveiled two new stablecoins, NewStable and PureDAI, as part of the protocol’s controversial Endgame plan.The new tokens are intended to eventually replace DAI, which currently commands a $5.4 billion market cap, placing it third overall in the stablecoin sector.Christensen’s goal is to reconcile the two opposing paths for […]
A Step In The Right Direction: U.S. Inflation Eases In April After Hot Start To The Year

A Step In The Right Direction: U.S. Inflation Eases In April After Hot Start To The Year

Video Length: 00:07:41 On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Director of Investment Strategies, Shailesh Kshatriya, and ESG and Active Ownership Analyst Zoe Warganz discussed the U.S. inflation and retail sales reports from April, as well as the market’s reaction. They also chatted about the improving economic outlook in Europe. U.S. inflation cools […]
5 Stocks Powering The Dow ETF Year To Date

5 Stocks Powering The Dow ETF Year To Date

Image Source: Pexels The Dow Jones Industrial Average touched the milestone of 40,000 for the first time on strong corporate earnings and renewed bets for rate cuts. SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA – Free Report), which tracks the Dow Jones Index, has gained 6.4% so far this year. While most of the stocks in the ETF portfolio have […]
There Are Good Reasons Why Consumer Confidence Is Low

There Are Good Reasons Why Consumer Confidence Is Low

Image Source: Pexels Most people have heard about statistics or polls that report on the state of the American consumer and something called “consumer confidence,” but few know what they are or what they mean or even recall what the latest reports reveal.You might have also heard that Keynesian Paul Krugman had claimed that such statistics […]
Precious Metals And Base Metals Out Of Control

Precious Metals And Base Metals Out Of Control

Image Source: Pixabay Ten days ago we mentioned in Pretiorates’ Thoughts 26: Chapter 2 should start with Precious Metals. Even if there are further consolidations and emotional sell-offs in the near future, as long as a premium is paid on physical Gold and Silver in Shanghai, the bull market is likely to continue. And who knows, investors […]
zkSync gears toward final upgrade, community eyes airdrop by end of June

zkSync gears toward final upgrade, community eyes airdrop by end of June

zkSync, an Ethereum layer 2 network, is ramping up efforts to roll out its v24 upgrade, the final protocol update before transitioning network governance to its community, said zkSync in a recent post on X. With zkSync nearing a major milestone, the community’s focus now shifts toward the project’s airdrop expected by the end of […]
AskSlim Market Week – Friday, May 17

AskSlim Market Week – Friday, May 17

Image Source: Pixabay In this video, trading pro Steve Miller and his team share unique analysis and commentary on the financial markets.Video Length: 01:21:58More By This Author:AskSlim Market Week – Friday, May 10 AskSlim Market Week – Friday, April 26 AskSlim Market Week – Friday, April 19
Not With A Bang But A Whimper

Not With A Bang But A Whimper

Image Source: Unsplash So ends the latest round of meme stock frenzy, or at least I hope so. I love discussing unusual situations in the markets – and social media-fueled buying frenzies in a seemingly unrelated cadre of stocks certainly is unusual – but after a week of actively commenting upon GameStop (GME), AMC Entertainment (AMC), […]
Bitcoin ETFs show $1.3 billion inflows and bounce back from April’s slump

Bitcoin ETFs show $1.3 billion inflows and bounce back from April’s slump

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US registered $1.3 billion in inflows over the past two weeks, shared Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas on X. This was enough to recover completely from April’s net outflows of over $343 million.The Bitcoin ETFs traded in the US now hold more than $12.3 billion under management, which […]
Historic Moves In The Utilities Sector

Historic Moves In The Utilities Sector

OK, we get it; you’ve heard enough about the Utilities sector for now, but check out these charts, they’re nuts. Starting with the ‘boring-est’ of them, the SPDR Sector ETF for the Utilities sector (XLU) has not only gone practically straight up but check out all the green bars (days where the closing price was […]