The Ecash (ECX) hard fork, which splits from Bitcoin (BTC), will proceed in three stages: Alpha, Beta, and Mainnet. Users holding BTC in self-custody wallets will receive an amount of ECX equal to their balance at the time of the fork.

Grayscale has identified structural adoption trends, market cycles, and macroeconomic risks as variables for assessing Bitcoin (BTC) prices. However, they noted that there remains a possibility of further declines depending on the Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory.

The Insurance Research Institute has diagnosed that the short-term liquidity burden on insurers may increase during periods of rising market interest rates, highlighting the need for enhanced risk management systems. Insurers with a high proportion of long-term bond holdings face potential challenge...