PANews reported on December 18th, citing Business Wire, that ALT5 Sigma (NASDAQ: ALTS) CEO Tony Isaac released a shareholder letter stating that the company holds approximately 7.3 billion $WLFI tokens, valued at approximately $1 billion at current prices, while the company's market capitalization is approximately $156 million. ALT5 Pay and ALT5 Prime have processed over $5 billion in digital asset transactions. ALT5 is partnering with AlphaTON and PagoPay in Mastercard's crypto spending program and is exploring integrating World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin into its payment platform. The company outlined four initiatives: strengthening financials and disclosures, demonstrating business strength through transaction volume and customer growth, optimizing the $WLFI treasury to generate revenue, and providing quarterly operational data and progress reports.



Market participants are eagerly anticipating at least a 25 basis point (BPS) interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, is expected to begin slashing interest rates on Wednesday, with analysts expecting a 25 basis point (BPS) cut and a boost to risk asset prices in the long term.Crypto prices are strongly correlated with liquidity cycles, Coin Bureau founder and market analyst Nic Puckrin said. However, while lower interest rates tend to raise asset prices long-term, Puckrin warned of a short-term price correction. “The main risk is that the move is already priced in, Puckrin said, adding, “hope is high and there’s a big chance of a ‘sell the news’ pullback. When that happens, speculative corners, memecoins in particular, are most vulnerable.”Read more