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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week. This past week, the DeFi ecosystem saw two exploits, one after another, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars. First, cross-bridge token platform Nomad became a victim of …

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The GBP/USD prepares to finish the week with hefty losses of 0.78%. US labor data poured cold water on recession fears ahead of next week’s CPI. BoE’s Pill: The bank will reach its inflation target, but it “will take some time.” The GBP/USD tanks reached a fresh weekly low at 1.2002 as a reaction to …

GBP/USD dives below 1.2100 after stellar US NFP, US inflation eyed Read More »

US dollar holds onto important daily gains after NFP. Employment reports boost US dollar and yields. EUR/USD heads for a modest weekly loss. The EUR/USD bottomed on Friday at 1.0140 and then rebounded. The recovery of the euro was not strong enough to regain 1.0200. Near the end of the week, the pair looks vulnerable, on …

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The USD/CHF is snapping two consecutive weeks of losses, gaining 1.37%. From the daily chart perspective, the major is headed upwards and will test resistance around 0.9669-75. If USD/CHF buyers conquer 0.9642-50, a move towards 0.9703 is on the cards. The USD/CHF is surging during the North American session after hitting a daily low early …

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The Canadian employment reports showed an unexpected negative change in July. Analysts at CIBC point out that while the figures muddied the waters further for policymakers, the Bank of Canada will likely focus on the historic low unemployment rate and still strong wage growth to justify another non-standard rate hike at its next meeting.  Key …

Canada: BoC still likely to raise rates aggressively after employment numbers Read More »

Insider’s Banker of the Week series appears in our weekday newsletter, 10 Things on Wall Street. This week we’re highlighting Jenny Lee, who just left her position as a managing director on JPMorgan’s leveraged-finance desk to build a private-credit business for Brigade. Lee’s decision comes as cashed-up direct lenders take market share from Wall Street …

Jenny Lee left JPMorgan’s table-topping leveraged-finance desk for a gig with Brigade Capital Management. The dealmaking veteran is taking the plunge into private credit as the market shifts. Read More »

While the concerns regarding a centralized financial market are raised, the chances of decentralized finance taking over are growing too. Along with Cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Stablecoins too take a chance to meet the market’s demand. Now, one of the crypto analytics platforms, santiment santiment On-Chain Followers : 0 View profile , …

Stablecoin Sharks Hold On To Their Position, As The Supply Increase Read More »

Coinbase, an American cryptocurrency exchange firm, has announced its partnership with BlackRock, a leading asset management firm. Under the partnership, Coinbase will provide direct access to crypto trading capabilities to institutional users of Aladdin, which is an end-to-end investment management platform owned by BlackRock. Brett Tejpaul, the Head of Coinbase Institutional, and Greg Tusar, the …

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CME Group announced it will expand its crypto offering by adding Bitcoin Euro and Ethereum Euro futures on 29 August 2022 (subject to regulatory approval). The BTC EUR futures will be the size of 5 bitcoin per contract. ETH EUR contracts’ size will be 50 ETH per contract. The contracts will be cash-settled via CME …

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