# Treasury Bonds Related Articles

HTX News Center provides the latest articles and in-depth analysis on "Treasury Bonds", covering market trends, project updates, tech developments, and regulatory policies in the crypto industry.

What Wall Street Really Wants After the Crypto Story Recedes

The tide of speculative crypto narratives has receded, revealing Wall Street's true objective: building a controlled, yield-generating, and compliant financial pipeline on distributed ledgers. They are migrating core functions onto blockchains, not for decentralization, but for efficiency and new revenue streams. Key developments include BlackRock's BUIDL fund, a tokenized treasury fund acting as a foundational reserve asset, and the rise of Securitize, which is going public and partnering with the NYSE to build a 24/7 digital securities trading and settlement system. This signals a major shift of securities clearing to blockchain technology. To make volatile assets like Bitcoin palatable for institutional investors, firms like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs are creating "covered call" ETFs (e.g., BITA). These products systematically sell options on Bitcoin holdings, transforming price volatility into stable monthly income, effectively repackaging crypto as a yield-bearing asset. Stablecoins are being positioned not as speculative tools but as efficient payment rails. Companies like Stripe and Mastercard are integrating them for instant, low-cost merchant settlements and cross-border card payments, respectively. Critically, new legislation like the GENIUS Act shapes them as non-interest-bearing, heavily regulated extensions of the US dollar system. In summary, Wall Street is quietly constructing a parallel, blockchain-based financial infrastructure featuring tokenized traditional assets, structured crypto yields, and programmable dollar pipelines—all under its control and fully integrated with existing regulatory and credit frameworks.

marsbit7h ago

What Wall Street Really Wants After the Crypto Story Recedes

marsbit7h ago

War Doesn't Just Drive Up Oil Prices, Why Is Circle's Stock Price Soaring?

A class of companies, like defense contractors and oil giants, typically benefit from global instability. Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, unexpectedly joined this group as its stock price surged over 150% in five weeks, while the broader crypto market remained down 44% from its peak. The core of Circle's business is holding US Treasuries to back each USDC in circulation. The interest earned on these bonds constitutes about 90% of its quarterly revenue, making the Federal Funds rate its primary driver. The recent price surge was triggered by geopolitical conflict in the Middle East, which drove oil prices up approximately 35%. This raised inflation concerns, leading markets to drastically scale back expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2026. Higher-for-longer interest rates mean Circle's treasury reserves continue to generate elevated yields, translating to more revenue and a rising stock price. This macroeconomic shift caused a short squeeze, as a significant portion of Circl's stock was shorted based on the expectation of falling rates. However, the bullish narrative extends beyond a macro trade. Despite a net loss for FY2025, USDC's supply has reached a new all-time high of $79 billion, and its transaction volume now surpasses that of the larger USDT. This growth is attributed to its use as a payment infrastructure for cross-border transfers, tokenized assets, and AI agent micropayments, especially in regions where traditional banking becomes unreliable during crises. A major structural challenge is Circle's costly revenue-sharing agreement with Coinbase, which took 54 cents of every dollar Circle earned in 2024. The market is currently pricing Circle as both a high-yield play and a critical piece of future financial infrastructure. The central tension remains: its profitability is currently dependent on high interest rates, but its long-term value hinges on successfully transitioning to a business model sustained by transaction fees and payment network services, independent of the Fed's decisions.

marsbit03/30 09:56

War Doesn't Just Drive Up Oil Prices, Why Is Circle's Stock Price Soaring?

marsbit03/30 09:56

The Next Phase of RWA: The Return of Productive Assets

The RWA (Real World Assets) sector has demonstrated strong growth, reaching a total value of $22.9 billion as of early 2026, up significantly from late 2025. This expansion is driven by clearer regulations, institutional participation, and maturing infrastructure, marking a shift from conceptual validation to scalable implementation. The market is dominated by financial assets like U.S. Treasuries ($9.8 billion), commodities ($4.1 billion), and private credit ($2.4 billion), which are favored for their predictable returns, regulatory clarity, and compatibility with institutional risk frameworks. Ethereum holds about 60% of on-chain RWA value, reflecting a preference for chains with strong regulatory and settlement support. While current growth is largely fueled by financialized assets like repo agreements and Treasuries—serving as low-risk yield tools in DeFi and institutional portfolios—the next phase is expected to focus on productive assets such as infrastructure, energy projects, and receivables. These assets face liquidity constraints in traditional finance but can achieve greater efficiency and accessibility through tokenization. Compliance is increasingly integral to asset value, with regulatory frameworks like MiCA in Europe and stablecoin regulations in Hong Kong providing clearer pathways. The industry must address challenges including asset authenticity, operational risk standards, secondary market liquidity, and cross-jurisdictional compliance to achieve broader adoption. The future of RWA lies not in re-engineering already-liquid assets but in unlocking capital for real-world production, transforming how assets are financed and managed globally.

marsbit02/05 02:33

The Next Phase of RWA: The Return of Productive Assets

marsbit02/05 02:33

AI Industry Welcomes a Cash-Rich Tether

Tether, the company behind the stablecoin USDT, reported a staggering $13 billion profit in 2024, significantly outperforming major AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, both of which incurred substantial losses. With only 150 employees, Tether achieved a per capita output 60 times greater than OpenAI’s. Its business model is simple: for every USDT issued, Tether holds one US dollar, primarily investing these reserves in U.S. Treasury bonds. It earns the interest income without paying any to USDT holders. In 2024, interest alone contributed $7 billion to its profits. Now, Tether is aggressively investing in AI. It loaned over $600 million to Northern Data, Europe’s largest GPU cloud provider, acquiring what is effectively an AI training base. It also released QVAC Genesis, a massive open-source AI training dataset. Furthermore, Tether invested $200 million in Blackrock Neurotech, a pioneering brain-computer interface company. Additional investments in robotics could bring its total AI-related spending to nearly $2 billion. Tether’s move into AI may be driven by both anxiety over declining Treasury yields and ambition to establish itself as a tech leader. Ironically, it promotes "decentralized AI" despite being a highly centralized company itself. While OpenAI and Anthropic struggle with profitability and continuous fundraising, Tether leverages its highly profitable stablecoin business to fund its AI ambitions risk-free, making a paradoxical case that the best business model in AI might be not to do AI at all.

marsbit01/05 09:12