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Treasury Yields Hit Multi-Year Highs as BOJ Shows Faster Tightening
Softer August inflation failed to arrest the bond selloff as the Bank of Japan's hawkish pivot and persistent global price pressures keep duration under pressure
10-Year Yield Nears 5% as $14M Options Bet Shows More Selling Ahead
A large institutional options trade and surge in convexity hedging accelerate Treasury losses, with the 30-year yield hitting 5.35%—its highest since 2007.
Federal Debt Interest Hits $970 Billion, Now Third-Largest U.S. Budget Item
Interest payments on the national debt surged 10.6 percent through July 2026, outpacing defense and Medicaid and forcing Washington to confront a fiscal trajectory that threatens other priorities.
Treasury's $6B Buyback Fails to Halt 10-Year Climb to 4.85%
The U.S. Treasury's debt repurchase operation disappoints bond markets, with the 10-year yield hitting a three-year high as investors signal the intervention was too small.
Tokenized T-Bills Deepen DeFi Integration as On-Chain RWA Market Grows
U.S. Treasury bill tokenization is giving DeFi protocols a yield-bearing, sovereign-backed collateral layer beyond stablecoins and crypto-native assets.
OFAC Sanctions Two Iranian Firms Over Bitcoin-Denominated Hormuz Transit Fees
OFAC targeted two Iranian entities July 31, 2026, including Hormuz Safe, for demanding Bitcoin payments from vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.