Softer CPI Weighs on Sterling, Ahead of Budget Statement north Overview: Uncertainty over next week's US tariff announcement continues weigh on markets and undermines near-term conviction. The dollar is mostly consolidating against the G10 currencies. Sterling is the heaviest, off about 0.3% after a soft CPI report and ahead of the Spring Budget [...]
Celo L2 Is Now Live! A Note From Our Founders north I think we can agree. Since its genesis block on Earth Day 2020, Celo has always been built different.Built different devs, shipping products in over 150+ countries from Korea to Kenya.Built different apps, from zk identity to microcredit loans to onchain FX markets.Built different tech, as [...]
FX Market Calm on the Surface, Angst Below north Overview: The US dollar is consolidating its recent gains against the G10 currencies in quiet and relatively uneventful turnover. There continue to be mixed signals about the US tariffs threatened for next week. President Trump himself said that auto tariffs were coming soon as in days, while [...]
Checkpoint - March 2025 north Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this "Checkpoint" series aims for brief high-level updates with a target cadence of every 4-5 calls, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the initial update here. All subsequent updates will be hosted [...]
Celo x Alchemy: Powering the Future of Scalable Web3 north We’re excited to announce that Alchemy will support Celo at the time of the L2 mainnet hardfork, bringing powerful developer tools to the ecosystem ahead of Celo’s upcoming launch as an Ethereum Layer 2.As Celo becomes an Ethereum-secured L2 built on the OP Stack, this integration gives [...]
The Possibility that the US is Toning Down its April 2 Tariff Threat Helps Lift Equities north Overview: Investors are finding some comfort in a signal from some senior US official that toned down the double-barrel threat of reciprocal and sectoral tariffs on April 2. The focus is said to be on the former, with some exemptions. Although the administration is two-months old, there have [...]