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Open Interest has ballooned from $9.89 million to $13.64 million since Monday, which is about as subtle as a troll with a megaphone. Traders are piling in like they’ve spotted a free pie at a feast. Pair that with funding rates climbing faster than a goblin up a beanstalk, and you’ve got a market where long positions are as crowded as a pub on Hogswatch Eve. Traders aren’t just optimistic-they’re paying through the nose to stay in the game. And that, my friends, usually means expectations are higher than a dragon’s ego.

Moody’s Corporation announced this week that it launched its Token Integration Engine (TIE), a network-agnostic system that allows the firm to ingest analytical data and publish credit insights on blockchain networks.

The Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting, a ritual as ancient as the pyramids and just as likely to end in a flurry of panic, concludes today with the rate decision at 2:00 p.m. ET (11:30 p.m. IST), followed by Chair Jerome Powell speaking at 2:30 p.m. ET (12:00 a.m. IST). The Fed is expected to hold … Read more

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has announced a temporary moratorium on crypto political donations. They’ve slapped in new identity checks so hard it’ll make even the most seasoned KYC wizard sweat. In plain English: if you want to support a party with coins, you’ll need a passport, a bank statement, and a psychic’s forecast of your future wealth.

The USDA, in an admirable attempt to navigate the turbulent waters of cryptocurrency, announced an interpretation that clarifies the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets, boldly dubbing this move a “major step” towards illuminating the shadows cast upon markets, investors, and innovators alike. One might imagine the SEC standing atop a hill, arms outstretched, basking in the glow of their own brilliance.

Santiment (the oracle of crypto data) tells us there are now 83 wallets holding more than 1 million TRUMP tokens. That’s $3.7 million worth of tokens, which is either a lot or a little, depending on whether you’re paying for a Mar-a-Lago luncheon or a latte.

The Core Team, ever the optimists, insisted that this new protocol was a ‘groundbreaking’ step towards smart contracts, but as we all know, even the most exciting news can’t stop a cryptocurrency’s price from plummeting like a poorly aimed arrow.

The CFTC, not to be outdone in this theater of regulation, joined the fray, declaring its intent to apply the Commodity Exchange Act to these digital curiosities. Together, they unveiled a “token taxonomy”-five categories, no less-as if the world needed yet another classification system to muddle through.

This update, born from the ashes of a hastily introduced feature, is the digital equivalent of a band-aid on a bullet wound. The Batch amendment, a feature meant to expand the ledger’s transaction capabilities, turned out to be more of a Trojan horse than a savior. Early adopters, those brave souls who dared to embrace innovation, were met with a flaw so cunning, it could bring servers to their knees under the right (or wrong) conditions.

U.S. stocks, ever the optimists, opened higher Tuesday, their risk appetite as unshakable as a Victorian maiden’s resolve. Gate data via ChainCatcher confirm the Dow Jones Industrial Average leapt 0.66%, the S&P 500 rose 0.42%, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.33%-a testament to the market’s belief that long-duration assets are the only things worth holding longer than a conversation at a dinner party.