This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . On Friday, the SEC filed suit against Nova Labs, the developer behind the Helium Mobile crypto-enabled cell network. The agency charged Nova Labs with fraud and registration violations. The litigation wound up being the last of Gary Gensler’s four-year tenure as
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This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . Congressional Republicans are working to reverse new IRS guidelines that require so-called “custodial brokers” to report transactions. Rep. Mike Carey and Sen. Ted Cruz this week introduced corresponding resolutions seeking to “roll back the disastrous IRS broker rule.” The legislation
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . As expected, Donald Trump has backed off a bit on the ambitious tariff goals he touted on the campaign trail. “I think we’ll do it Feb. 1,” Trump said during a Monday press conference, referring to tariff increases on Canada
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . If you’ve been reading Forward Guidance, you know the last few days in crypto land have been — to put it mildly — eventful. Bitcoin surged to a new all-time high the day Donald Trump was sworn in. After a
This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . The Ethereum Foundation is going through a bit of civil unrest, but work on the world computer continues. Ethereum researcher Justin Drake published on the ethresearch forums yesterday a compilation article on a new rollup design known as “native rollups.” If
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . In a real 11-hour move, Congressional leaders have unveiled a stopgap bill to fund the government for three more months. Should it pass, lawmakers will narrowly avoid a government shutdown. However, the new deadline to agree on a budget would
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . Industry insiders have predicted more crypto IPOs in 2025. In a possible preview, today we saw a segment player uplisted to a major exchange. Shares of crypto wallet provider Exodus became available on the NYSE American stock exchange Wednesday. It
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . The FOMC today, as expected, lowered interest rates by 25 basis points. Committee members cited a commitment to achieving “maximum employment” and getting inflation closer to its 2% target as reasons for the decision. It’s the central bank’s third consecutive
This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . Focusing on EVM chains, the Flipside’s Onchain Users Report tracked both record growth and emerging challenges in maintaining engagement quality. Here are a few trends to watch in 2025. Record user growth Newly acquired users reached a record 19.4 million in
This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . MicroStrategy is sucking most of the air out of the room right now. But there are even bigger forces at play. As debate rages over whether Saylor is a once-in-a-lifetime financial genius or just another overleveraged trader, stablecoins are bringing even