How Staking Rate Benchmarks Can Build Digital Assets Markets By comparing their returns to a trusted industry benchmark, Ethereum operators can identify areas for improvement and optimize their operations, as well as to differentiate their staking products in a competitive market, says Tom Whitton, CFO, Pier Two.

How much of your liquid assets do you tap into for home purchase? I am looking to buy a house soon but usually just put 20% down. To ensure (jumbo) loan approval and payments affordability I am planning to put more than that which means I am tapping into my liquid assets significantly. I could sell my investment property but wont do that in a rush as its a builder only buy. While all this is a personal decisi…

Do lenders care what my assets are for a cash-out refi? I have a house that I need to significantly renovate. The only way I’ve understood I can fund the costs for that are with a cash-out refinance. The plan is to wait until my budget is set and then when I’m ready to go, pull rates with a bunch of lenders and go with who’s best. But prior to me doing that big work, I’d like to pay a few other rando…

Mantra to Tokenize $500M Real Estate Assets for UAE Builder MAG Group The firm will tokenize the real estate assets in several tranches.

How to Mitigate the Unique Risks of Tokenized Assets Particula’s Senior Vice President of Business Development, Axel Jester, says the growing complexity of tokenized assets demands robust risk management and continuous lifecycle monitoring.

Transferring assets from taxable account to Roth IRA I was wondering how taxes would work if I tried to sell my assets in my taxable account and then use that money to contribute to my ROTH IRA. The accounts are both in Sofi and it’s really not much, less than 2k. I’m just working on maxing out my ROTH and 401k before I do any individual investing. If the taxes aren’t worth it, then I’m fine keepi…

First Mover Americas: Crypto Assets Rally With BTC Returning to $66K The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 20, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Should Hundreds of Millions in Seized Assets Go to ISIS Victims? The State and Justice Departments disagree about what to do with more than half a billion dollars after a French company pleaded guilty to aiding militants in war-torn Syria.

How do you produce your content fast and organize your content assets for your brands on TikTok and Reel consistently? Curious about how you guys produce your content and ads fast for your brand? I feel like paid Ads are too expensive and thus tend to focus more on organic traffic on TikTok and Reel to promote my product in my channels. My video impression usually hovers around 10-50k and the CTR and CVR are okay but the outcome can be optimized. I feel like the…

Judge Orders Sale of Alex Jones’s Personal Assets but Keeps Infowars in Business The ruling will allow the conspiracy theorist to continue broadcasting on Infowars, while the Sandy Hook families continue to pursue payment of $1.4 billion in defamation damages.

Janet Yellen: Use Russia’s Assets to Support Ukraine The U.S. treasury secretary explains why America and its allies should unlock the value of Russian capital immobilized at the start of the war to give Ukraine the financing it needs.

Fringe to Forefront: the Institutional Embrace of Digital Assets Bitcoin and other major assets offer unique advantages to investors seeking growth and diversification, says Jason Leibowitz.

At the G7, Biden Will Push for Frozen Russian Assets to Help Ukraine President Biden faces the hurdle of convincing his allies that the United States plans to stay in the fight with Ukraine, no matter what happens in November.

Crypto Exchange Crypto.com Secures Spot on Ireland’s Virtual Assets Service Provider Register The company has also received approval in Dubai, U.K., the Netherlands and Spain.

What Do the EU Election Results Mean for Digital Assets? Centrist parties hold power, but a right-wing majority is active on polarizing issues. The crypto industry needs to choose what it stands for, and with whom it wants to work, says Dea Markova.

Alex Jones Seeks to Liquidate His Assets to Pay Damages to Sandy Hook Families But money to the families would fall far short of the more than $1.4 billion they were awarded by juries for Mr. Jones’s lies about the 2012 school massacre.

IOTA Kickstarts EVM Targeting DeFi, Real World Assets The EVM will let developers build applications with smart contracts that run on the IOTA network.

U.S. Lawmaker at Center of Crypto Negotiation Predicts Digital Assets Law by Next Year Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) vowed the crypto industry won’t have long to wait to get U.S. regulations, now that the U.S. House of Representatives has shown the way.

TradFi Rushes In: Goldman Sachs Digital Assets Lead Matthew McDermott on the Institutional Embrace of Tokenization The financial industry veteran discusses ETFs, tokenization and future banking blockchain opportunities at Consensus 2024.

Gemini Announces Full Recovery of Earn Users’ Digital Assets In-kind recovery of Gemini users’ funds means they’ll get 232% of the value of their assets back.