Pudgy Penguins, BAYC rally masks a shrinking NFT market as volumes and users fall

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are rallying, and to those fixated on rising prices, the market may seem to be booming. Overall activity, however, tells a different story. Leading the rally are Bored Ape Yacht Club and Pudgy Penguins. Their floor prices, the lowest possible acquisition cost, have climbed double digits in recent weeks, and their tokens…

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Budget 2026 for the investor: Time to fix the flawed tax design on share buybacks

For high-income taxpayers, buyback proceeds may now be taxed at slab rates up to 35.88%, despite the fact that the shareholder is surrendering and extinguishing their rights in the shares. (AI image) When the Finance Act, 2024 rewired the tax treatment of share buybacks, it upended a long-standing system that had—with all its imperfections—at least…

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The banking lobby is wrong about stablecoins and community banks

Stablecoins are no longer a fringe market. Their total supply has exceeded $300 billion, and USDT₮, the largest stablecoin, briefly overtook Ethereum by market capitalization to become the second-largest digital asset behind bitcoin. Banks are right to pay attention. But paying attention is different from pressuring Congress to slow the market down. Stablecoins create new…

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A bitcoin whale that went silent in 2013 moves $40 million in BTC

A bitcoin whale came back to life Sunday, moving coins worth $40 billion to a new address after more than a decade of inactivity. The transfer took place at around 19:16 UTC, according to blockchain tracking service Whale Alert. The coins were moved from address “1KAA8GGhVjjUjVTz1HKAjCyGNzAKQd882j” to “bc1qm6m6d33d02edr0k8yj9jgt027zl6dvx6thjrxy.” The wallet had remained inactive since November…

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