Senin, 08 September 2025

Rate cuts ahead in 2025


Plus, Trump Media teams with Crypto.com for $6.4B CRO treasury.	͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏	View in browser

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Interest Rate Cuts Forecasted for 2025, Trump Media to Build $6.4B CRO Treasury, & More

Aug. 31 – Sept. 6

#1

Banking giants now forecast at least two interest rate cuts in 2025

Several financial institutions and market analysts are now projecting the US Federal Reserve, the country's central bank, will slash interest rates from the current target rate of 4.25%-4.5% at least twice in 2025.

The banking forecasts followed a weak August jobs report that saw only 22,000 jobs added for the month, versus expectations of about 75,000.

Analysts at Bank of America, a banking and financial services company, reversed their long-held stance of no rate cuts in 2025 and are now projecting two 25 basis point (BPS) cuts — one in September and another in December — according to Bloomberg.

Economists at investment banking firm Goldman Sachs are projecting three 25 BPS cuts in 2025, beginning in September and continuing throughout October and November.

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#2

Trump Media closes Crypto.com deal to build $6.4B CRO treasury

Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of US President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, finalized an agreement with crypto exchange Crypto.com on Friday that establishes a new entity to accumulate the exchange's native Cronos token, beginning with an initial purchase of 684.4 million CRO as part of a joint treasury strategy.

In a Friday notice, Trump Media said it would buy the tokens at a price of approximately $0.153 each, bringing the total initial purchase to nearly $105 million. The transaction will be carried out as an equal exchange of stock and cash between the companies.

The announcement followed Trump Media Group CRO Strategy, a joint venture established by Trump Media, Crypto.com and Yorkville Acquisition Corp., to establish a $6.4 billion crypto treasury of the CRO token.

According to the company, the agreement will allow Truth Social users to potentially acquire CRO on the platform as part of a rewards program.

#3

Justin Sun urges Trump-linked WLFI to unlock 'unreasonably' frozen tokens

Tron founder Justin Sun is urging World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto project linked to the Trump family, to unfreeze his token allocation. His wallets were blacklisted after suspicious transactions flagged by blockchain trackers sparked accusations of selling.

Sun's WLFI token address was blacklisted on Thursday, after blockchain data from Nansen and Arkham flagged the address for a $9 million transfer, Cointelegraph reported.

In a Friday response to the blacklisting, Sun said his pre-sale tokens were "unreasonably frozen," urging the team behind World Liberty Financial to unlock his investment, in respect to the principles of decentralized blockchain technology.

World Liberty's decision to block his tokens is a violation of investor rights and risks "damaging broader confidence in World Liberty Financial," wrote Sun in an X post.

Prediction of the Week

BitMine buys $65M of ETH as chairman touts '1971 moment' for Ethereum

On Wednesday, BitMine chair Tom Lee appeared on the Level Up podcast, where he reaffirmed his stance that ETH will reach $60,000 in the long term.

Lee said Wall Street's interest in ETH might become a "1971 moment," which could propel the asset higher. The New York Stock Market exploded on Aug. 17, 1971, setting records for volume and single-day gain as then-President Richard Nixon froze wages and prices for 90 days, along with other moves to fight inflation and strengthen the dollar.

"Wall Street moving onto crypto rails, I think, is like a 1971 moment for Ethereum. So I think it's creating enormous opportunities to move a lot of things onto the blockchain. And Ethereum won't be just the only winner, but it's one of the primary winners," Lee told Level Up co-host David Grider.

FUD of the week

'Too few guardrails,' CFTC's Johnson warns on prediction market risks

Outgoing Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson warned that prediction markets pose increasing risks to retail investors. She cited a lack of oversight and regulatory clarity as primary concerns.

In her farewell public address on Wednesday, Johnson voiced concern that some market participants are offering leveraged prediction market contracts to retail investors without clear regulatory boundaries.

"As of today, we have too few guardrails and too little visibility into the prediction market landscape," she said in a farewell speech at the Brookings Institution. "There is an urgent need for the commission to express in a clear voice our expectations related to these contracts," she added.

FUD of the week

Venus Protocol recovers user's $13.5M stolen in phishing attack

Decentralized finance lending platform Venus Protocol helped a user recover stolen crypto following a phishing attack tied to North Korea's Lazarus Group.

On Thursday, Venus Protocol announced that it had helped a user recover $13.5 million in crypto after the phishing incident that occurred on Tuesday. At the time, Venus Protocol paused the platform as a precautionary measure and began investigating.

According to Venus, the pause halted further fund movement, while audits confirmed Venus' smart contracts and front end were uncompromised.

An emergency governance vote allowed the forced liquidation of the attacker's wallet, enabling stolen tokens to be seized and sent to a recovery address.