The John Hancock Preferred Income Fund (HPI) provides a high current income yield of 9.17% by investing in a blend of preferred stocks and corporate bonds, with over 40% of its portfolio in bonds. This mix affects both the fund's yield and risk profile. Most of the fund's distributions are covered by net investment income and realized gains, though there is some reliance on unrealized gains, which investors should watch. Despite its attractive yield and short duration, the fund faces challenges in delivering real returns amid ongoing fiscal dominance and inflation pressures.
A Coldcard hardware wallet exploit first identified in March 2021 has resulted in the theft of roughly 714.8 Bitcoin from 192 victims, with most losses occurring between 2021 and 2022. The attack exploited a seed-generation flaw in the Coldcard firmw...
In August 2026, XRP saw a 280% surge in whale transactions exceeding $1 million within 24 hours, with over 38 such transfers recorded. This spike follows a week where whales accumulated more than 380 million XRP, indicating increased large-holder eng...
Moscow Exchange (MOEX), Russia's largest stock exchange, plans to introduce perpetual futures contracts for Bitcoin and Ethereum starting September 2026, coinciding with a new digital asset law taking effect. These futures allow traders to hold posit...
Tom Lee of BitMine highlights that the ETH/BTC ratio has broken above a long-term downtrend, signaling rising market demand for Ethereum over Bitcoin. This shift is attributed to growing interest in tokenization and agentic AI applications, which ben...
Jane Street disclosed owning more than $1 billion in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF shares as of June 30, 2026, with about $828 million invested in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). This represents a significant rebound from the previous quarter when ...
