Markets Outlook

“Markets Daily” explores a potential undercurrent of demand for crypto markets despite regulatory uncertainty. Plus: a look at the IMF’s blueprint for cross-border CBDCs.Today's Stories: IMF Official Presents Blueprint for Cross-Border CBDCsEU Legislation for Digital Euro Is Put on Hold: SourceEthereum Scanner Etherscan Adds OpenAI-Based Tool to Analyze Smart Contract Source CodeDo Kwon Sentenced to 4 Months Jail in Montenegro Document Forgery CaseMarkets Links: BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch First Mover Asia: Bitcoin 'Looks Vulnerable': AnalystBitcoin Is Becoming Illiquid at 147K a Month in Signal of Steady AccumulationTokenization Could be a $5T Opportunity Led by Stablecoins and CBDCs: BernsteinThis episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

An attempt at classifying decentralized, open-source protocols as regulated exchanges is a "gussied up ban on blockchain in the U.S.," ConsenSys lawyer Bill Hughes writes.Featured Story: An opinion piece by Bill Hughes, titled: “SEC’s DeFi Rulemaking Do-Over May Be Unconstitutional”This episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

Who needs blockchain when you have a blockade?Featured Story: An opinion piece by Daniel Kuhn, titled: “Blockades and Blockchains: What the Reddit Boycott Has to Do With AI and Crypto”This episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

Plus, “Markets Daily” takes a look at the future of commercial real estate, with San Francisco as a case study.Today's Stories: Park Hotels stops payments on $725M CMBS loan, plans to cut San Francisco exposure San Francisco hit again as large mall owner walks away | Reuters Central Banks Successfully Test Over 30 CBDC Use Cases, Including Offline Payments Markets Links: BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch First Mover Americas: BlackRock Files for a Spot Bitcoin ETFBitcoin Correlations Continue On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Traditional FinanceThis episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

The Fed’s stagnant core interest rate decision is being characterized as a “pause” rather than an end. Featured Story: An opinion piece by Daniel Kuhn, titled: “Ripple Does Not Care Whether XRP Is 'Sufficiently Decentralized'”Markets Links: BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch USDT Selling on Curve, Uniswap Spooks Traders Amid Bitcoin DropFirst Mover Americas: Bitcoin Tumbles Below $25KThis episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

Comparing to consensus expectations, the latest inflation report appears positive. But it’s not all good news. “Markets Daily” takes a look at the numbers.Today's Stories: U.S. CPI Inflation Slowed to 0.1% in May; Bitcoin RisesPrime Trust Unit Banq Files for BankruptcyU.S. Judge Rebuffs SEC Request for Binance.US Asset Freeze for NowBankrupt Crypto Exchange Bittrex U.S. Set to Allow Withdrawals Starting Thursday     Markets Links: BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatchThis episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

U.S. law doesn't let appointed regulators override elected official. But the SEC head may be doing exactly that.Featured Story: An opinion piece by David Z. Morris, titled: “The New Crypto Bill Gary Gensler Doesn't Want You to Know About”This episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

And a key metric tracking market liquidity tanked over the weekend, potentially indicating increased volatility on the horizon.Today's Stories: Crypto Custody Firm BitGo Reaches Preliminary Agreement to Buy Prime Trust: SourcesBitcoin Payments Firm Strike Moves Custody In-House After Ditching Third-Party ServicesCrypto.com Winding Down U.S. Institutional BusinessEthereum $ETH Blockchain's Vitalik Buterin Releases Roadmap Addressing Scaling, Privacy, Wallet SecurityCustodia's Suit Against Fed Over Denial of Master Account Can Proceed, Court RulesMt. Gox's Hackers Are 2 Russian Nationals, U.S. DOJ Alleges in Indictment      Markets Links: BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatchThis episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

Recent moves by Saudi Arabia, Russia and China have raised fears that the U.S. dollar could lose its preferred status for oil trading. And yet alternative national currencies aren’t that appealing. Could a Bitcoin-like currency do better?Featured Story: An opinion piece by David Z. Morris, titled: “The Petrodollar and Its Discontents Point to Bitcoin's Role in the Financial Future”This episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

Crypto needs a fresh start: new exchanges that can avoid the ever-present threat of SEC enforcement by being structured correctly in the first place, writes Preston Byrne.Featured Story: An opinion piece by Preston J. Byrne, titled: “How to Build a Compliant Crypto Exchange Post-Coinbase”This episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.