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Michael Saylor’s Strategy Suspends Bitcoin Buying

Michael Saylor’s Strategy Suspends Bitcoin Buying

Key Takeaways: Strategy’s halt on Bitcoin purchases marks a rare moment of restraint for Saylor’s famously aggressive crypto strategy—suggesting the firm may be recalibrating its long-term playbook amid headwinds. Trump’s sweeping tariffs are no longer just shaking up traditional markets—they’re pulling the crypto space into the fray, with Bitcoin’s 10% drop underscoring how digital assets […]

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Global Market Turmoil Hits Gold, but Precious Metal Recovers

Global Market Turmoil Hits Gold, but Precious Metal Recovers

Gold, which had seen a strong first quarter in 2025, experienced a temporary dip below $3,000 per ounce on April 7, amidst global market turmoil fueled by trade war fears. Safe-Haven Asset Credentials Questioned as Gold Drops Nearly 3% After a rally that saw it reach new milestones in the first quarter of 2025, gold

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Elon Musk Swipes at Trump’s Tariff Guy

Elon Musk Swipes at Trump’s Tariff Guy

Elon Musk advocates for no tariffs on international trade between the United States and the European Union. During an event hosted on Saturday by Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, Musk said: I hope it is agreed that both Europe and the United States should move, ideally, in my view, to a zero-tariff situation, effectively

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Bitcoin Drops 7% as Wall Street Futures Slide Before Monday’s Open

Bitcoin Drops 7% as Wall Street Futures Slide Before Monday’s Open

Bitcoin dipped to an intraday low of $77,098, mirroring the downturn in futures markets as the Dow Jones Industrial average plunged more than 1,500 points. Dow Tanks 1,500 Points; Bitcoin Sinks as Economic Anxiety Spreads Between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday, Apr. 6, the digital asset economy contracted by another $50 billion, falling

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Bitcoin Price Crashes Below K in Anticipation of ‘Bloody’ Monday Open for Stock Markets

Bitcoin Price Crashes Below $80K in Anticipation of ‘Bloody’ Monday Open for Stock Markets

Bitcoin’s price dropped suddenly in the past few hours, tanking from slightly less than $83,000 to below $79,000. In doing so, the market saw a spike in liquidation levels, as leveraged positions worth almost $600 million were wiped off, according to data from CoinGlass. Source: TradingView The move comes following a few ‘calm’ days during

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S&P 500 Closes Worst Week Since COVID, Tech Giants Bleed

S&P 500 Closes Worst Week Since COVID, Tech Giants Bleed

It’s the fourth day after US President Donald Trump’s announcement of retaliatory tariffs on April 2nd, the so-called “Liberation day.” Stock markets across the world are tanking in what seems to be clear anticipation of an extended international trade war. Trump Slaps 10% Tariffs on All Countries As CryptoPotato reported on April 2nd, Donald Trump’s tariffs were imposed on

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Crypto Investors React to Trump’s Tariffs Announcement: Here’s What Happened

Crypto Investors React to Trump’s Tariffs Announcement: Here’s What Happened

The trade tariffs confirmation announcement by United States President Donald Trump on April 2 triggered a flurry of reactions from cryptocurrency investors, who anticipated market turbulence driven by the policy change. According to a weekly report by the on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, the crypto market witnessed a sell-off before and during the press conference held

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Recession Odds Surge to 61% on Kalshi After Trump’s Tariff Order

Recession Odds Surge to 61% on Kalshi After Trump’s Tariff Order

Traders on the Kalshi prediction market are placing a 61% probability on the United States entering a recession in 2025, following President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff order announced on April 2. The figure is based on the standard definition of a recession—two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth—as tracked by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Wall Street Bleeds, US Banks Cleared for Crypto, and More — Week in Review

Wall Street Bleeds, US Banks Cleared for Crypto, and More — Week in Review

Wall Street bleeds, US Banks cleared for crypto, SEC commissioner calls for 7 crypto reforms, and more in this Week in Review. Week in Review Wall Street shed $2.85 trillion in value amid growing recession fears, following Trump’s new tariffs. Meanwhile, over 5,000 U.S. banks are now cleared to offer crypto services. In Washington, an

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JPMorgan and Polymarket Align on Rising 2025 Recession Probability

JPMorgan and Polymarket Align on Rising 2025 Recession Probability

After two consecutive days of steep declines on Wall Street, forecasts of a looming recession have grown even more prevalent—intensifying even more so since the moment U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs across global markets on April 2. Trump’s Trade Policy Sparks Economic Anxiety, Recession Predictions Jump Based on the activity on Polymarket, the

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