Cryptocurrencies
- Wealth fund inflows decreased compared to the previous week, but the $43 million inflow was the 11th consecutive week.
- Akbank’s investment arm, Ak Yatırım, announced that it acquired the majority shares of the cryptocurrency platform Stablex Bilişim Teknoloji Anonim Şirketi. Stablex operates under Ak Yatırım and offers cryptocurrency services in Turkey.
- The world’s first Bitcoin bond received regulatory approval in El Salvador.
- Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, known for her criticism of digital assets, announced that five more senators will support anti-money laundering legislation.
- Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales faced intense reactions for his criticism of Bitcoin.
- Bonk (BONK), a dog-themed meme coin on the Solana network, surpassed Pepe on December 8 to become the third largest meme coin by market cap.
- AVAX stands out amid the market downturn. The stock rose nearly 12% the previous day, bringing the annual increase to 165%. This increase in AVAX started to benefit the ecosystem’s tokens and platforms.
- In a blog post published on November 21, Tether said it had frozen 116 Ethereum accounts related to criminal charges.
- The investment arm of British pension fund M&G has invested $20 million in Global Futures and Options Holdings (GFO-X), the country’s first regulated Bitcoin derivatives exchange.
- Web3 gaming platform Immutable has officially announced a partnership with Transak, a third-party provider that enables seamless digital transactions.
- The Sandbox added a new Catalyst token. Catalyst tokens are now available on Polygon and can be used in place of gems in NFT mining.
Domestic Markets
- In the open market, the dollar opened at 28.9960 lira and the euro opened at 31.2270 lira.
- Istanbul Stock Exchange BIST 100 index started the day with a horizontal course at 7,727.37 points.
- According to TÜİK, the construction cost index increased by 2.2 percent in October compared to the previous month and by 65.93 percent compared to the same month last year.
- Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) canceled the operating license of Mercedes-Benz Finansal Kirarama Türk Asu. The decision was published in the Official Gazette and as a result of the merger, the company’s operating license was cancelled.
FED
- Analysts stated that it is certain that the policy rate will be kept constant in the range of 5.25-5.50 percent at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, which will start today and whose decisions will be announced tomorrow, and that the verbal guidance of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is also of great importance. expressed.
Global Markets
- Expectations that the US Federal Reserve (FED) will start reducing interest rates in March remain strong and global markets seem optimistic.
- Investors are following the inflation statistics that will be announced in the USA today at 16.30 Türkiye time.
- Before the inflation data, the New York Fed announced the results of its November consumer expectations survey. As a result, US consumers’ short-term inflation expectations fell to 3.4% in November, the lowest level since April 2021.
- The US 10-year bond interest rate decreased by 4.2 percent and the dollar index decreased by 0.1 percent to 104. .
- Yesterday in the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq index increased by 0.20 percent, the S&P 500 index increased by 0.43 percent and the Dow Jones index increased by 0.39 percent. US index futures had a positive start to the day.
- Yesterday a positive trend was seen in Europe (excluding the UK) but today the focus for the entire region is on the ZEW Expectations Index.
- Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) board completed the second round of review of the $15.6 billion loan plan for Ukraine yesterday and allocated 900 million pieces of payment.
- European index futures contracts started the new day positively. Positive performance was also seen in Asian markets.
- Internationally recovered Brent crude oil is trading at $76.53 a barrel.
Teknoloji ve Hisse Senetleri
- Google recently announced changes to its advertising policies regarding cryptocurrencies and related financial products. The new policy will come into force on January 29, 2024. Monetary institutions of this policy, crypto trust companies will be able to create ads on Google.
- US-based video game company Epic Games won the antitrust case against Google.
