MakerDAO, the team behind the DAI stablecoin, has taken its first step in allocating $500 million worth of funds to the U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, thereby diversifying its balance sheet. The a...
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MakerDAO initiates $500 million investment in US treasuries, how will this affect MKR token?
MakerDAO has initiated an investment, where $500 million of the funds that are collateralizing the Dai (DAI/USD) stablecoin will be relocated to US Treasuries and corporate bonds, with the main goal o...
Stablecoin Issuer MakerDAO Invests $500m into U.S Treasuries & Corporate Bonds
MakerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) tasked with the governance and issuance of stablecoin DAI, on Thursday allocated $500 million for investment in U.S. short treasuries and corpor...
MakerDAO to Move $500 Million Into U.S. Treasuries and Bonds
The decentralized stablecoin protocol MakerDAO has committed to converting $500 Million of its DAI reserves into bonds and U.S. treasuries. This marks the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)’...
Treasuries Liquidity Problem Exposes Fed to ‘Biggest Nightmare’
(Bloomberg) — The latest bout of global financial volatility has heightened concerns about regulators’ continuing failure to resolve liquidity problems with US Treasuries — the debt that serves as a b...
Bond Market Turmoil Could Last a While. How to Ride It Out.
It is an exciting time for fixed income—and a terrifying one, too. Central banks are in the midst of the most dramatic tightening of monetary policy in a generation, which has helped push yields on so...
Despite the Crypto Market Downturn, DAO Treasuries Grew by $700 Million Since January – Defi Bitcoin News
Since January 2022, the entire crypto economy has shed $1.36 trillion in value, as the market capitalization dropped from $2.34 trillion to today’s $979 billion. While the crypto economy is down in va...
Buy US Treasuries to Prepare for 2023 Downturn, Citi Strategist Says
(Bloomberg) — Citigroup Inc.’s Steven Wieting says buying US Treasuries is the way to prepare for 2023, when an economic downturn will cut earnings and employment. Most Read from Bloomberg “We h...
The Stock Market Is Getting Crushed Again. But the Pain Is Almost Over.
Text size The Fed is trying to stamp out inflation by reducing economic demand, which is hurting the stock market. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The stock market has once again gone into selloff mo...
SEC Proposes Centralizing the $24 Trillion US Treasuries Market – Trustnodes
The Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has put forward a proposal to incentivize the trading of US Treasuries, a market estimated at $24 trillion, through a clearing house. “These rules would r...
Buy I Bonds Now at 9.6%. A New Rate Comes in November.
Text size The rate on I bonds hit a record 9.6% for bonds purchased starting in May and continuing through the end of October. Dreamstime One of the best current deals in the bond market—Treasury Seri...
This Is a Good Time to Buy Short-Term Bonds
Until recently, short-term bonds were a yield wasteland: A two-year Treasury note yielded 0.21% a year ago and just 1% in January. Today, the yield is over 3.8% and could soon touch 4%, thanks in good...
Treasuries Suggest Fed Can Tame Inflation Without Killing Growth
(Bloomberg) — The bond market is signaling that in the matter of the Federal Reserve versus inflation, its money is on the US central bank. Most Read from Bloomberg Demand for inflation protecti...
Quantitative Tightening Is About to Ramp Up. What It Means for Markets.
The Federal Reserve now owns about a third of both the Treasury and mortgage-backed-securities markets as a result of its emergency asset-buying to prop up the U.S. economy during the Covid-19 pandemi...
Bonds Are in a Bear Market. How to Play What Happens Next.
Text size A shift in Federal Reserve monetary policy has helped ratchet up bond yields, hitting prices. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Red-hot inflation and rising interest rates have hammered the globa...
After a Brutal Bond Selloff, Opportunities Have Emerged for Income Investors
For many years, dividend stocks were one of the few places where investors could find decent yields in a world of ultralow rates. A 10-year Treasury bond was dealing out an emaciated 1.3% a year ago, ...
Is There Anywhere to Hide in This Market? One Word: Cash
(Photo by Wodicka/ullstein bild via Getty Images) ullstein bild via Getty Images Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. One of the simplest ways to tell if you are in a bull market is to study the 50-day...
Dow Futures Fall as Wall Street Parses Mixed Signals on Pace of Rate Hikes
Text size Investor focus remains on the Federal Reserve’s pace of future interest-rate increases. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Stock futures pointed to a lower start for Wall Street Friday as inve...
Warren Buffett Loves T-Bills. You Should Consider Them.
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has $75 billion in Treasury bills. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Text size Warren Buffett parks most of Berkshire Hathaway’s cash in ultra-safe...
These Funds Hold Just 1 Bond. Why They’re Revolutionary.
Text size Since bonds don’t trade on exchanges, investors need to trade through one of the broker-dealers over the counter. Al Drago/Bloomberg Investors may still be scratching their heads about...
The Inverted Yield Curve Is Back. What Investors Need to Know.
Text size The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg The Treasury yield curve continues to widen, with no signs that the trend is nearing an end. The Federal Reserve raised t...
EarthFund taps Coinshift to help ecosystem DAOs manage treasuries
Coinshift, a leading treasury manager and infrastructure provider, will secure and manage the treasuries of major decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) signed up with blockchain-powered crowdf...
The Stock Market Had a Great July. Why August Could Be Tougher.
Text size Expectations for future rate hikes changed, hinging largely on two sentences from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s news conference. Ting Shen/Bloomberg Stocks rallied this past week ...
Want Steady Monthly Income? These Funds Offer It, With Some Risk.
Text size The sharp selloff in the credit markets during the year’s first half has created some attractive opportunities. Dreamstime.com Trickle-down economics lives on for individual investors trying...
The Stock Market Rallied on Hopes That Rate Hikes Will Soon Wind Down
Text size While the markets and many consumers are worried about inflation, other people, like these skaters at Rockefeller Center in New York, are still spending. Richard Levine/Alamy Markets can sta...
How to Build a Bond Ladder for Income
While stock prices typically rise and fall from year to year, bond prices have historically been quite stable. Yet 2022 is shaping up to be a year of infamy for fixed income. Since bond prices move in...