🚨 Theo Launches Yield-Bearing Tokenized Silver onchain 🪙🥈
Blockchain finance platform Theo has introduced thSLVR, a tokenized silver product backed by $40M+ in active silver leases.
Key highlights: • Investors retain exposure to silver prices • Earn income from lending silver to institutional borrowers • Backed by leases to refiners, mints and manufacturers • Initially available to institutions and whitelisted investors • Broader access planned later
The launch expands tokenized real-world assets beyond gold, Treasuries and private credit.
As physical silver supply tightens, silver lease rates could become an important source of yield.
Will tokenized commodities become the next major RWA narrative?
🚨 U.S. House Advances Bipartisan Crypto Tax Bill 🇺🇸📊
Less than 24 hours after the CLARITY Act failed in the Senate, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee advanced the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act.
📌 Committee vote: 38–5 The bill aims to simplify crypto taxation by addressing: 🔹 Small everyday crypto payments 🔹 Stablecoin transactions 🔹 Crypto income recognition 🔹 Transfers and wash-sale rules 🔹 Mining and staking taxes 🔹 Broker reporting requirements
One key proposal is a $10 de minimis threshold for qualifying crypto transactions, potentially making small payments easier to use without complex tax accounting.
The legislation would also seek to bring digital assets closer to the tax treatment of traditional financial assets.
⚠️ However, the bill still faces a tight congressional timeline and political pushback before it can become law. Crypto market structure hit a roadblock , but tax clarity efforts are still moving.
🚨 Fed Hikes Rates by 25 BPS , First Increase Since July 2023 🇺🇸📈 The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, bringing the fed funds target range to: 📊 3.75%–4.00%
Key takeaways: • First Fed rate hike since July 2023 • Decision was unanimous • Fed projections signal one more hike in 2026 • Officials say inflation remains elevated • Economic activity continues to expand at a solid pace
Bitcoin remained volatile but was little changed around $75,700 after the decision.
U.S. stocks traded modestly higher, while bond yields moved slightly lower.
Markets now turn to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference for clues on the next policy move.
Will another hike in 2026 keep pressure on risk assets, or is the market already pricing it in?