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Louis Velazquez
Louis Velazquez is a dynamic force at the crossroads of technology, finance, and media. As the founder of MegaHoot Technologies, Managing Partner of FGA Partners and a financial industry veteran, Velazquez has built a reputation for identifying disruptive trends and turning them into profitable ventures. His diverse career spans from his early days as a competitive athlete to becoming a pioneering tech innovator and influential radio show host.
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Bitcoin ETFs sink into October outflows with $643M exit after Binance hack
US spot Bitcoin ETFs ended October with $515 million in net withdrawals, while Ether funds posted a record $1.61 billion in monthly outflows.
US midterms 2026: Is Trump about to lose his grip on Congress?
I reckon that US president Trump might be in for a rude awakening after tomorrow. Or perhaps he is already aware of his current predicament,
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THORChain halts swaps after block reorg bug, slowing Binance hackers
THORChain node operators paused swaps involving assets on 10 networks, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Tron.
China private factory PMI at 52.0 beats forecasts, output growth fastest since April
The beat offers some relief after Saturday’s weak official survey and may give modest support to China-sensitive assets such as the yuan, the Australian dollar
Japan weighs ¥5,000 annual payment for low-income workers under new benefit plan
The benefit itself is modest in scale, but it sits alongside a proposed two-year cut to the consumption tax on food, which keeps Japan’s fiscal
Japan factory PMI slips to 53.3, a seven-month low, as cost pressures pick up
The survey keeps Japan’s factory sector in solid expansion while showing price pressure starting to build again, which supports the case for continued policy normalisation
US clocks fall back: Wall Street opens an hour later for traders in Asia and Europe
The change doesn’t alter exchange hours, but it does shift when global liquidity overlaps. Asia-Pacific desks now see US cash trading start and finish an
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- Binance, NYSE, ICE, Hyperliquid, HootDex, Trade XYZ
On this episode of Money Never Sleeps Radio with Louis Velazquez we are focusing on digital assets, defi and tradfi, the $6.3B Binance hack, the parent company of the NYSE, ICE, striking a deal with Hyperliquid, and Trade XYZ to bring their tech to the US markets, we go over HootDex, the decentralized exchange that is built on the Pecu Novus […]
- Why the ICE-Hyperliquid Partnership May Signal a New Era for Global Markets
For years, the perpetual futures market existed largely on the fringes of traditional finance. While crypto-native traders embraced perpetual contracts as one of the most efficient ways to gain leveraged exposure to digital assets, the world’s largest financial institutions largely remained observers, watching from a distance as a parallel […]
- When a Hack Becomes a Market Event, The Real Cost of Crypto’s Confidence Crisis
When news broke of the massive security breach impacting Binance, the immediate focus was understandably on the exchange itself. Headlines centred on the billions of dollars involved, questions regarding security infrastructure, and whether the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange could absorb the damage. But the real story extends far […]
- The $6.3 Billion Binance Hack, A Defining Moment for Cryptocurrency Markets
The cryptocurrency industry has endured exchange collapses, regulatory crackdowns, market crashes and some of the largest cyber thefts in financial history. Yet the reported $6.3 billion security breach affecting Binance may ultimately be remembered as one of the most significant tests the industry has ever faced. According to Binance, the […]
- Reimagining the Exchange for the On-Chain Era With HootDex
For years, digital asset trading has been defined by a compromise. Market participants could choose the speed, liquidity and polished user experience of a centralised exchange, or they could choose the transparency and self-custody offered by decentralised finance. Rarely could they enjoy both in a single platform. Centralised exchanges rose to […]
- Why Elon Musk’s Warning May Be About More Than AI Infrastructure
Sometimes a market warning resonates not because it introduces a new idea, but because it confirms a fear investors were already beginning to sense. That is what happened when Elon Musk recently warned that “200+ neoclouds” could face what he described as “guppy-level death and consolidation,” arguing that debt markets have largely closed […]
- How Britain’s Financial Watchdog Is Preparing for an AI-Driven Market
A quiet but profound debate is unfolding inside the United Kingdom’s financial system. While much of the public conversation around artificial intelligence has focused on chatbots, image generators and workplace automation, regulators are increasingly confronting a more consequential question: what happens when AI stops merely assisting humans […]
- From Greenhouses to Digital Assets, BNB Standard Corporation Rings Nasdaq Opening Bell
Few corporate reinventions are as striking as the one that played out on Nasdaq this morning. As the opening bell echoed across Times Square, the company formerly known as CEA Industries marked not only a name change but a wholesale redefinition of its purpose. Now operating as BNB Standard Corporation, the Nasdaq-listed firm used the ceremonial […]
- The NFL’s Weekend of Reality Checks
The NFL has always been a league obsessed with certainty, yet every season serves as a reminder that certainty is often an illusion. This weekend’s slate of games delivered another chapter in that story, producing results that strengthened the cases of some teams, exposed weaknesses in others, and further demonstrated why professional football […]
- Why Wall Street Is Moving On-Chain
A fundamental shift is quietly reshaping global finance. While public attention often remains focused on cryptocurrency prices, exchange-traded funds, and market speculation, some of the world’s largest financial institutions are concentrating on something far more profound: transforming how investment products are issued, managed, transferred, […]