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Chinese exile once linked to Trump strategist gets 30-year sentence in $1 billion fraud
A U.S. judge sentenced Chinese businessman Miles Guo, the billionaire behind the fraudulent crypto venture Himalaya Coin, to 30 years in prison, long after a trial jury found the w…
US treasury secretary warns oil and gas companies to lower prices: ‘we’re watching’
Scott Bessent says he ‘encourages them to be good actors’ after Trump ranted about prices not dropping fast enough
Jefferies warns of crypto market volatility as Clarity Act faces Senate test
The Clarity Act still faces significant hurdles despite clearing the Senate Banking Committee, with investment bank Jefferies warning that political uncertainty could fuel volatili…
Circle slides 8% as Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock back rival stablecoin network
Circle (CRCL) shares were lower by 8% in Tuesday morning trading after a consortium backed by some of the biggest names in payments, banking and crypto unveiled Open USD, a new sta…
Starmer warns Burnham not to borrow to fund defence as he reveals £15bn plan
PM unveils long-awaited defence investment plan, which he says will mean hit to road, housing and energy schemes
MetaMask launches Money Account with stablecoin yield and spending in one wallet
MetaMask has launched a new self-custodial account that combines stablecoin yield, payments and trading in a single product, as wallet providers increasingly compete to become broa…
Trains disrupted again across Britain as herd of cows wanders on to tracks
London to Manchester among routes affected after cows blocked west coast mainline for more than three hours
Tokenized securities need competition, not gatekeepers
Paper certificates gave way to book-entry records. Trading floors gave way to electronic markets. Manual processes gave way to faster settlement, automated clearing, and global acc…
Hospitality VAT cut: can it help the sector and at what cost to UK taxpayer?
Drop to 10% for pubs and eateries would be in line with most of Europe, but critics say it favours multinationals
Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash – yet
The markets are souring on artificial intelligence, but is this the bubble being burst? Meanwhile, California proposes a tax on billionaires
Nasdaq expands distribution of its market data into blockchain infrastructure
Nasdaq is expanding the distribution of its market data into blockchain infrastructure, making one of its flagship equity data products available through the Pyth Network as financ…
UK ‘minded’ to intervene in Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
Lisa Nandy to ask regulators to assess mega-merger involving Channel 5, CNN and TNT Sports on grounds of media plurality and competition
UK housebuilders face class action suit over alleged collusion to inflate prices
Britain’s biggest housebuilders, including Barratt Redrow and Taylor Wimpey, face a multibillion-pound class action lawsuit over claims that they colluded over higher prices for ho…
Bitcoin’s quiet $59,000-$60,000 range is starting to look dangerous
The range itself is normal. Bitcoin spent much of 2024, from March to October, consolidating between $55,000 and $70,000 with occasional overshoots in both directions. What makes t…
New York Life makes tokenization debut with onchain high-yield bond fund with Centrifuge
New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), the $807 billion asset management arm of major life insurer New York Life, is bringing its first investment strategy onto blockchain ra…
Bitcoin $4.4 billion supply overhang emerges as institutional demand wilts
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