Minority Mindset

In a LinkedIn soliloquy that could only be described as Shakespearean in its ambition, Nasdaq’s President Tal Cohen extolled the virtues of marrying tokenization and blockchain with the staid old guard of traditional markets. “Friction, begone!” he cried, as if banishing a particularly stubborn stain. “Settlement times, hasten thy pace! Processes, automate thyself!” One can almost hear the chorus of accountants weeping into their ledgers. 📜💨

Picture this: HSBC and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), two banking colossi, are about to elbow their way into Hong Kong’s bustling stablecoin rodeo. Yeehaw, or maybe just “ow”-depending on how strict the rules feel when they hit.

In a world where the digital and the tangible often collide, Binance, that grand marketplace of the ethereal, has deigned to welcome yet another sovereign into its realm-Ethena’s USDe stablecoin. As the dawn of September 9, 2025, broke over the horizon, the gates of Binance opened to the trading pairs USDe/USDC and USDe/USDT, like a … Read more

Mr. Greaves holds that the continent’s blend of necessity-driven innovation, grassroots entrepreneurship, and a surge in venture capital interest is transforming it into the world’s most authentic crypto growth narrative. Indeed, it seems the spirit of the African entrepreneur is not just alive but thriving, much to the amusement of those who once doubted the continent’s technological prowess.

The market’s somnolent state follows the recent revelation of a weaker-than-forecast U.S. jobs report. August nonfarm payrolls, a mere 22,000 positions, fell far short of expectations, sparking dreams of rate cuts and sending Treasury yields into a tailspin. Equities, ever the opportunists, seized the moment and soared. Yet, crypto traders, ever the skeptics, remain on tenterhooks, their eyes fixed on Thursday’s CPI release and the European Central Bank’s impending rate decision-two events poised to dictate the mood of global risk assets.

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