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
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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
The biggest deal this week wasn’t a venture capital raise. Instead, it was the announcement that Stripe is buying stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion. There’s been a lot written about the deal and what it means, and we wrote about it from numerous angles here at Blockworks focusing on the Solana impact, what it
The co-CEO and chief technology officer of crypto market maker GSR have exited the firm, the company revealed this week. Rich Rosenblum, who co-founded the company more than a decade ago, has stepped down “to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities,” GSR said in a Wednesday X post. “His visionary leadership and innovative approach have played a pivotal
MetalCore is making a move from the Immutable zkEVM chain to Solana. Currently in closed beta, MetalCore is a futuristic shooter game involving tactical warfare on vehicular combat with prehistoric monsters in a post-apocalyptic world. MetalCore is developed by Studio369. The team will be leveraging Solana Lab’s GameShift platform that offers a marketplace with integrated
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe . We already know MicroStrategy loves bitcoin. How about Microsoft? To catch you up, a Thursday filing showed a proposal the National Center for Public Policy Research intends to submit for consideration at Microsoft’s annual meeting. It notes a corporation’s “fiduciary
Nova Labs, the company behind the Helium Mobile cell network, undertook a significant round of layoffs at the end of August, three people with knowledge of the matter told Blockworks. Nova Labs Chief Operating Officer Frank Mong confirmed to Blockworks that 36% of the company was let go. One person familiar with the situation cast