Banking is getting narrower, but crypto might be getting broader. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-04-21/crypto-might-get-some-banks?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Crypto Might Get Some Banks
Also Upexi, AI boss bots and quant gap years.
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Circle, the issuer of the second-largest stablecoin, is launching a payments network designed to allow financial institutions and technology firms to settle cross-border transactions in stablecoins https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/circle-plans-stablecoin-powered-cross-border-payments-network?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Circle Plans Stablecoin-Powered Cross Border Payments Network
Circle Internet Group Inc. is launching a payments network designed to allow financial institutions and technology firms to settle cross-border transactions in stablecoins.
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The SEC is asking staff to send along ideas to help streamline agency operations following the arrival of Elon Musk’s DOGE https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/doge-asks-sec-staff-for-efficiency-ideas-promises-anonymity?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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DOGE Asks SEC Staff for Efficiency Ideas, Promises Anonymity
The Securities and Exchange Commission asked staff to send along ideas to help streamline agency operations following the arrival of Elon Musk’s government efficiency group at the regulator.
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Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to block investors from using Puerto Rico as a cryptocurrency tax haven https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/democrats-take-aim-at-puerto-rico-tax-perks-for-crypto-investors?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Democrats Take Aim at Puerto Rico Tax Perks for Crypto Investors
Democratic lawmakers on Monday introduced a bill to block investors from using Puerto Rico as a cryptocurrency tax haven — a proposal unlikely to advance without Republican support and as Congress prioritizes extending the 2017 tax cuts.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stocks Rebound as Traders Bet on Tariff Progress: Markets Wrap
US stocks jumped, wiping out Monday’s plunge, as traders unleashed risky bets that the White House will clinch crucial trade deals with top economic partners. The dollar recovered slightly from Monday’s lows while short-term Treasury yields climbed.
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The CFTC is asking for public comment on allowing round-the-clock trading in derivatives markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/cftc-seeks-input-on-24-7-derivatives-trading-perpetual-futures?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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CFTC Seeks Input on 24/7 Derivatives Trading, Perpetual Futures
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking for public comment on allowing round-the-clock trading in derivatives markets, according to a statement Monday.
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Canada has seen a boom in political books created with generative AI, adding to concerns about how new technologies are affecting the information voters receive during the election campaign https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/ai-floods-amazon-with-strange-political-books-before-canadian-election?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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AI Floods Amazon With Strange Political Books Before Canadian Election
Canada has seen a boom in political books created with generative artificial intelligence, adding to concerns about how new technologies are affecting the information voters receive during the election campaign.
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Gold just passed $3,500 an ounce for the first time, underscoring how the sell-the-US narrative is gaining traction https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-22/gold-is-hitting-record-after-record-as-us-confidence-cracks?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Gold Is Hitting Record After Record as US Confidence Cracks
The moves underscore how the sell-the-US narrative is gaining traction
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Bitcoin advances to the highest level since early March, fueling optimism that the biggest digital token is finally breaking free of a longstanding tendency to move in tandem with US tech stocks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/bitcoin-rallies-20-during-market-turmoil-to-diverge-from-tech?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Bitcoin Rallies 20% During Market Turmoil to Diverge From Tech
Bitcoin advanced above $90,000 for the first time since early March, fueling optimism that the biggest digital token is finally breaking free of a longstanding tendency to move in the same direction as US tech stocks.
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Wall Street veteran Kelly Loeffler is gutting diversity, equity and inclusion at a federal agency that Congress designed to help disadvantaged businesses https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-22/trump-sba-head-kelly-loeffler-guts-dei-for-small-businesses?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Wall Street Veteran Kelly Loeffler Guts DEI for Trump
Her marching orders set up a clash at the federal Small Business Administration, an agency obligated by Congress to help disadvantaged businesses.
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To break into the cryptocurrency mining industry, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are teaming up with executives who previously founded a miner with the backing of investors implicated in an illegal penny-stock pump-and-dump operation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/trump-sons-bitcoin-mining-partners-had-run-ins-with-regulators?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump Sons’ Bitcoin Mining Partners Had Run-Ins With Regulators
To break into the cryptocurrency mining industry, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are teaming up with executives who previously founded a miner with the backing of investors implicated in an illegal penny-stock pump-and-dump operation.
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A 325% Stock Surge Greets a Tiny Company’s Strategy to Buy Solana https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-22/a-325-stock-surge-greets-a-tiny-company-s-strategy-to-buy-solana?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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A 325% Stock Surge Greets a Tiny Company’s Strategy to Buy Solana
Suvashree Ghosh sizes up the risks inherent in the latest efforts to turn public companies into crypto piggybanks.
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Here's what you need to know to start your day https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-22/tesla-hits-brakes-on-growth-outlook-after-profit-miss?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Tesla Hits Brakes on Growth Outlook After Profit Miss
Good morning. Tesla profit misses as the EV maker warns of more tariff pain ahead. Trump says the levies on China may come down “substantially.” Bitcoin’s latest bounce revives the bull case for “digital gold.” Listen to the day’s top stories.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stocks Notch Back-to-Back Gains as Dollar Climbs: Markets Wrap
Signs Donald Trump is rethinking the most-aggressive elements of his combative stances on trade and the Federal Reserve spurred back-to-back gains in stocks and the dollar, while soothing volatility across asset classes.
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Cantor Fitzgerald LP, Tether Holdings Ltd. and SoftBank Group are in talks to form a $3 billion special purpose acquisition vehicle that would absorb billions of dollars in cryptocurrency https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-23/cantor-in-talks-on-3-billion-crypto-spac-with-tether-xdt-softbank?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Cantor in Talks on $3 Billion Crypto SPAC With Tether, SoftBank
Cantor Fitzgerald LP, Tether Holdings Ltd. and SoftBank Group are in talks to form a $3 billion vehicle that would absorb billions of dollars in cryptocurrency.
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Bitcoin continued to climb after US President Donald Trump said he had no intention of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, easing concerns over the central bank’s autonomy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-23/bitcoin-btc-climbs-higher-as-trump-seeks-to-ease-trade-fed-tension?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Bitcoin Climbs Higher as US Seeks to Ease Trade, Fed Tensions
Bitcoin continued to climb after US President Donald Trump said he had no intention of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, easing concerns over the central bank’s autonomy.
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Top European Central Bank official Francois Villeroy de Galhau warns that Trump's trade policies will weaken financial stability and dampen economic growth, including in the US https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-23/trump-should-stop-lose-lose-game-on-trade-ecb-s-villeroy-says?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump Should Stop ‘Lose-Lose Game’ on Trade, ECB’s Villeroy Says
President Donald Trump has signed up the whole world to a “lose-lose game” on trade based on flawed economic arguments, according to a top European Central Bank official.
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India is considering reducing tariffs on large-engine motorcycles to zero as part of New Delhi’s efforts to cut a trade deal with President Donald Trump without conceding too much of its own protectionism: Here is your Evening Briefing. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-23/india-considers-offering-trump-harley-davidson-concession?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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India Considers Offering Trump Harley-Davidson Concession
Get caught up.
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Wall Street is getting a shot of relief after President Donald Trump backpedaled even further on the battles that have roiled global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-23/as-trump-backs-down-wall-street-gets-a-shot-of-relief?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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As Trump Backs Down, Wall Street Gets a Shot of Relief
The big picture story for investors seems to be one of constant U-turns.
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PayPal plans to offer rewards to its users on their holdings of its stablecoin, in a bid to encourage more usage of the digital token in an increasingly competitive market https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-23/paypal-aims-to-boost-stablecoin-use-by-offering-3-7-on-balances?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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PayPal Aims To Boost Stablecoin Use By Offering 3.7% on Balances
PayPal Holdings Inc. plans to offer rewards to its users on their holdings of its stablecoin, in a bid to encourage more usage of the digital token in an increasingly competitive market.
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Cantor Fitzgerald is teaming up with Tether and SoftBank to create a new company called Twenty One Capital, with the goal of accumulating Bitcoin https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-23/cantor-to-start-crypto-firm-with-backing-from-tether-softbank?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Cantor Starts Crypto Firm With Backing From Tether, SoftBank
An affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald LP is teaming up with stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings SA and SoftBank Group to create a new company called Twenty One Capital Inc. with the goal of accumulating Bitcoin, the latest company to emulate the business model…
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