Bonds


Markets

Bitcoin Retakes $50K as Powell Eases Market Jitters, Bond Yields Drop

"The economic recovery remains uneven and far from complete, and the path ahead is highly uncertain," the Fed chairman said.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Stabilizes After Margin Calls Fuel Biggest Plunge in Month

After a lot of drama, bitcoin’s back to trading where it was a few days ago.

CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Steadying Around $52K, Ether Surges on Rising Institutional Interest

Bitcoin and ether continue to rise, but that could create problems for overheated derivatives markets.

Bitcoin Price Index on CoinDesk 20

Markets

Bitcoin Hits New High Above $51K, Shrugging Off Rising Bond Yields

Rising bond yields are a threat to prices of hedge assets, but bitcoin is soaring as gold falls.

Bitcoin prices for the last 24 hours.

Markets

Bitcoin, Bank Coins and Bonds, feat. George Goncalves

A macro and bond specialist joins NLW to discuss the economics of 2021.

Breakdown 2020-12-28 - George Goncalves

Finance

Standard Chartered, Philippines Bank Issue $187M Blockchain Bond

The proof-of-concept issuance of tokenized bonds was carried out on a blockchain platform built by Standard Chartered's fintech investment unit.

Manilla, Philippines

Markets

China Construction Bank Pulls Planned Listing of Bitcoin-Tradable Bond

The "Big Four" Chinese bank has suspended the listing of a $3 billion bond issuance that was intended to be tradable for bitcoin and U.S. dollars.

China Construction Bank

Markets

Record Levels of Negative-Yielding Debt Strengthen Case for Bitcoin: Analysts

With negative-yielding bonds at a new high, investors are looking elsewhere for returns.

dripping tap faucet

Markets

World's Second-Biggest Bank to Issue $3B in Bonds Tradable for Bitcoin

China Construction Bank will issue the debt securities over a blockchain, with trading to be available against bitcoin and U.S. dollars via an exchange partner.

China Construction Bank

Markets

Thai Central Bank’s New Blockchain-Enabled Bond Infrastructure Passes Test With $1.6B Bond Sale

The central bank of Thailand has launched a blockchain-enabled platform for the issuance of government saving bonds

Bangkok