196,000 new jobless claims in the U.S. exceed market expectations New jobless claims in the US this week exceeded market expectations, turning to an increase for the first time in six weeks. Data released by the U.S. Department of Labor showed 196,000 new jobless claims filed this week, 6,000 more than the 190,000 expected by

NFT Market ‘Blur vs Open Sea’ Chicken Game… Shrimp bursting creator The NFT marketplace ‘Blur’ is challenging the stronghold of the global No. 1 NFT marketplace ‘Opensea’. Blur is an NFT market that puts forward ‘Zero Royalty’ (transaction fee exemption policy), and on the 14th it drew attention by airdropping its own token BLUR to

[ Global NFT Trend ] – The market capitalization of the NFT market increased by 4.5% from last week to $23.1 billion (2% of the market capitalization of virtual assets of about $1.13 trillion), and the trading volume also increased by +301%. – This week, MechMinds NFT recorded a higher trading volume than the sum

The Bank of Korea “current interest rate tightening level”… freeze preview for this month The Bank of Korea evaluates the current base rate of 3.5% per annum as “a tightening level”. “We will closely examine the ripple effect of the interest rate hikes so far,” he said. Analysts suggest that the policy rate will be

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decided last year to tax all investors who receive, acquire, transfer, or sell digital assets for the purpose of generating revenue. Eligible persons are subject to a regular income tax between 10% and 37% for digital assets held for less than one year, and 0% to 20% depending on

FSB “Most of the stablecoins do not meet the regulations being prepared” On the 20th, FSB Chairman Klaas Knot said, “Most stablecoins do not meet the regulatory guidelines we are preparing.” The Financial Stability Board (FSB) will regulate virtual assets and stablecoins by July. announced plans to complete

FSB “Most of the stablecoins do not meet the regulations being prepared” On the 20th, FSB Chairman Klaas Knot said, “Most stablecoins do not meet the regulatory guidelines we are preparing.” The Financial Stability Board (FSB) will regulate virtual assets and stablecoins by July. announced plans to complete

This week (20-24), the New York stock market paid attention to the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) in early February and the January Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) price, which the Federal Reserve prefers, narrowly. expected to move in Concerns that the market misjudged the Fed’s

The SEC is taking further action. **Exchanges and stablecoin issuers will receive a Wells Notice in the coming days or weeks. (Wells Notice: A notice issued by a regulatory authority to inform an individual or company of an investigation when a violation is discovered) **Specifically mentioned Circle and Paxos

“The core of token securities is preoccupation”… Securities company “Hey you too? Hey me too” ‘Token securities’ is the biggest issue in the securities industry this year as the financial authorities recently allowed the distribution and issuance of token securities within the institutional system. Token securities are a new opportunity for securities companies that have

[ Global VC investment trends ] – A total of 17 new VC investments were confirmed this week, and by sector, 8 Infra, 6 Web3, 2 NFT, and 1 DeFi – With expectations that the Fed will adjust the pace of rate hikes due to slowing inflation, the number and scale of investments in the

BUSD regulation increases Tether market cap by $1 billion The news of Binance USD (BUSD) suspension recently increased the market cap of the stablecoin Tether by about $1 billion. According to CoinGecko data, Tether’s market cap has increased from $68.5 billion to $69.5 billion since Monday. This is the highest since June of last year,

[ Weekly price trend ] – Key personnel at the Fed also adhere to the position that austerity should continue, and anxiety continues. As a result, the US stock market and the cryptocurrency market showed a slowdown last week. – Confusion is aggravating as the aftermath of the SEC’s staking regulation overlaps with the regulatory

Amid the US SEC’s plan to prosecute Paxos for violating the Investor Protection Act, claiming that BUSD is an ‘unregistered security’, Paxos issued a statement contradicting the SEC’s claims. “We cannot agree with the SEC’s assertion because Binance USD is not a security under federal securities laws,” Paxos said in a statement. “The SEC’s Wells

**Exchanges and stablecoin issuers will receive a Wells Notice in the coming days or weeks. (Wells Notice: A notice issued by a regulatory authority to inform an individual or company of an investigation when a violation is discovered) **Specifically mentioned Circle and Paxos

– This week, a total of 18 new VC investments were confirmed, and by sector, Web3 6, Infra 5, CeFi 1, DeFi and NFT recorded 3 each. – Recently, the virtual asset market and the number of VC investments have shown a significant increase due to expectations of the Fed’s easing of austerity, and this

High-ranking officials of the US Central Bank (Fed) all at once revealed ‘hawk claws’ on the 8th. The market warned of the dangers of accepting Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments the previous day as a dovish message. It made it clear that the Fed will not take its foot off the rate hike pedal until

Higher-level warnings for reopenings longer than market expectations indicate concerns that a strong job market, symbolized by January’s job figures that nearly tripled expert forecasts, could fuel spending and demand upward pressure on prices. In the December press release, the median base rate forecast for this year is 5.1%, implying the possibility of two reversal