March 26: Japan's two-year government bond yield rose to its highest level since 1996, driven by market expectations of central bank rate hikes. The ten-year JGB yield also increased, with rising oil prices fueling inflation expectations and reinforcing market expectations of monetary policy tightening by the central bank. Markets are pricing in a 64% probability of a rate hike in April.
Bitcoin price continues to stay below $72,000 USD, with weakening market demand, investors beginning to sell off positions, and limited upside potential in the short term. On-chain activity and mining hash rate have declined, miners' profitability has weakened, and market concerns about miner sell-offs are intensifying.
Kairos Labs completes $2.4 million seed round funding, launching a permissionless, non-custodial interest rate swap protocol based on EVM, with plans to deploy on Ethereum mainnet and Base. The protocol will optimize interest rate risk management in the DeFi market, driving the development of fixed income products.