PLUS: The Blockchain War is Heating Up ð¥ March 20, 2024 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20Milk%20Road&body=%F0%9F%A5%9B%20Happy%20FOMC%20Day%21%20%F0%9F%91%80%3A%20PLUS%3A%20The%20Blockchain%20War%20is%20Heating%20Up%20%F0%9F%94%A5%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fthemilkroad.beehiiv.com%2Fp%2Fhappy-fomc-day) Today's placement is brought to you by [Mood]( â where you can order THC as easy as ordering groceries. [Try now and get 20% off!]( GM. This is Milk Road. We drop off crypto insights right at your doorstep - no need to chase down the truck. Hereâs what we got for you today: - Itâs FOMC Day. Hereâs what to expect⦠ð§ - The Blockchain War is heating up ð¥ - BlackRock is launching a tokenized asset fund ð - AI tokens are rallying ðª
[Prices as of 12:00 PM ET. Click here for our Fear & Greed Index]( ITâS FOMC DAY! HEREâS WHAT TO EXPECT ð§ Today is investorsâ least favorite day of the monthâ¦FOMC day.Â
[Source: @CryptoCred]( Ok, you got me. That isnât really what it stands for⦠FOMC = the Federal Open Market Committee. Theyâre the group in charge of making monetary decisions to help take pressure off the economy. They come together 8 times a year and figure out 3 main things: - Maximizing employment. - Stabilizing prices (inflation/deflation). - Moderating long-term interest rates. Today, they make their decision on interest rates - lower them, keep them the same, or raise them. According to the [CME FedWatch Tool]( (a website that predicts interest rate decisions), thereâs a⦠- 99% chance interest rates stay the same. - 1% chance they drop. - 0% chance they rise. Most experts believe interest rates will stay the same, but all eyes will be on Jerome Powellâs post-game speech. His tone, and any indication of future rate cuts, will determine how the markets react. (Remember: Investors react to perception, not results). Hereâs a quick cheat sheet to scribble on your hand: A/ If interest rates stay THE SAME, Powell's speech will likely determine price movement. Hawkish speech = prices probably go down. Bullish speech = prices probably go up. B/ If interest rates go UP, prices likely go DOWN. Markets could blow up (not in a good way) if rates get hiked when 99.9% of people didnât expect it. Buckle up Roaders, things could get rocky today. [WHAT DO THC AND GROCERIES HAVE IN COMMON?]( Itâs 2024. BTC to 65k, ETH to 4k, and THC is mooning! But hereâs something you probably donât know⦠You can get federally legal THC mailed right to your door. Weâre living in a world where you donât have to shake down your nephew or meet up with that sketchy friend from college to get some flower. [Mood]( is here to save the day. Working with some of America's best farms, they offer high-quality cannabis flower, gummies, and vapes so you can get all the products you want at a great price. Get with the times â ordering THC is as simple as ordering groceries. [Try it now and get 20% off using code: XYZCODE]( THE BLOCKCHAIN WAR IS HEATING UP ð¥ Thereâs a new blockchain taking crypto by storm: [Base](. Itâs Coinbaseâs [Layer 2](. And over the last week, it has gained⦠*checks notes*... 800K+ new users.Â
[Source: Dune (@watermeloncrypto)]( So, why are so many people flocking to Base? - Cheap transactions. [Gas fees]( on Layer 2âs (like Base) have plummeted to less than $0.01 since the Ethereum upgrade. - Big-name artists/creators are starting to launch new projects on it. For example, [XCOPY]( (a well-known NFT artist) dropped a new [NFT]( collection yesterday. It got over [1M]( mints in 24 hours. - Memecoins. Because transactions are super cheap and fast, Base is witnessing its own âmemecoin maniaâ (similar to Solana). A handful of them are up 100%-400% over the last day. Watch out! The Blockchain War is getting spicier than the wings on âHot Ones.âÂ
[Source: Tenor]( BLACKROCK IS LAUNCHING A TOKENIZED ASSET FUND ð BlackRock dropped a bomb yesterday⦠the $9T investment behemoth announced itâs launching a new tokenized asset fund. Hereâs everything you need to know: - BlackRock is partnering up with Securitize, an asset tokenization firm, to launch it. - Itâs called the USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (0/10 for creativity, btw). - It isnât clear what assets the fund will be âtokenizingâ, but many are speculating it could be real-world assets ([RWAs](). - The fund will be tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain. Blockchain sleuths [pointed out]( that BlackRock sent $100M in USDC to seed the fund yesterday. - There will be a $100,000 minimum investment. #BigBallersOnly Why this matters: BlackRock is the worldâs largest asset manager and has been leading the way for institutional crypto adoption. Now it has its eyes on a new mission⦠tokenize everything. Larry Fink (BlackRockâs CEO) has even gone on a media tour to [talk all about it](. Stocks, governments bond, you name it - BlackRock wants to tokenize it. Well, it looks like the trillion-dollar asset manager just took its first big step in that direction. Funny side note: Crypto degens have been sending a ton of memecoins to BlackRockâs address since it became public⦠Including tokens like Shiba Inu, Pepe, Jesus Coin, and HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu (yes, itâs a real coin).Â
[Source: Etherscan]( The cherry on top? Some of them were sent from a wallet address named âbig-d*ck-fink.ethâ (named after BlackRockâs CEO). Never change, crypto. Never change ð BITE-SIZED COOKIES FOR THE ROAD ðª [BitcoinIRA]( is the world's first & most trusted way to access crypto in your retirement account. [Open an account today to start investing]( in 60+ cryptos and earn up to $500 in rewards.* [AI-related tokens are rallying while the rest of the market bleeds](. Only two AI-related tokens out of the top ten ranked by market cap have experienced slight retracements. [Ledger announced it's launching its new hardware wallet âvery soon.â]( The new Ledger Stax will roughly be the size of a credit card and will support a wide range of tokens - including BTC, ETH, SOL, and NFTs. [Polygon Labs, King River Capital, and Immutable are teaming up to launch a new $100M gaming fund](. The Inevitable Games Fund (IGF) has already identified a few investment opportunities - including Pixelmon and Guild of Guardians. [Solana has passed Ethereum in DEX trading volume over the last week](. Solana-based decentralized exchanges (DEX) have seen a 67% increase in volume over the last week. [Grayscale added ETH staking to its ETH ETF application](. The move comes after Fidelity made the same update in its application earlier this week. [BTC ETFs saw their biggest day of outflows earlier this week](. On Tuesday, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs experienced $326.2 million in outflows, the largest since their debut. *This is sponsored content MILKY MEMES ð¤£
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