Bitcoin outpaced gold over the past 36 hours, reaching $88,500 and climbing 4.4%, compared to gold’s 3.5% ascent to $3,445 per ounce. The move comes as the US imposed duties as high as 3,521% on Southeast Asian solar panels, reigniting fears of renewed trade friction with China and rattling cross-asset sentiment. Per BBC News, the […]
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A growing number of leading crypto firms, including Circle, Coinbase, BitGo, and Paxos, are reportedly preparing to apply for banking licenses in the United States. According to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal, the firms are leveraging a wave of pro-crypto sentiment in Washington to advance their long-term plans. The report noted that each
The White House has redirected its official COVID-19 information portal, COVID.gov, to a new landing page titled “Lab Leak: The True Origins of COVID-19.” Late Friday night, the administration dropped a post on X saying “DEFINITELY DON’T VISIT COVID.GOV,” followed by a giggling emoji. The page may not serve as conclusive evidence of the pandemic
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Bo Hines, Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, has outlined how he claims the US plans to grow its newly established Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) budget-neutrally. On Anthony Pompliano’s podcast, Hines explained that the administration is exploring several budget-neutral strategies, including leveraging tariff revenue and revaluing Treasury gold certificates. Buying Bitcoin
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A coalition of US lawmakers led by Senator Elizabeth Warren has introduced a new ethics reform bill targeting Special Government Employees (SGEs) like Elon Musk and White House crypto advisor David Sacks. The proposal, titled the Special Government Employee Ethics Enforcement and Reform (SEER) Act, seeks to apply stricter transparency and accountability standards to individuals
In the latest round of the Trump tariff saga that has economists around the world on the edge of their seats, the U.S. released updated guidelines on Friday exempting specific technology devices, such as laptops, smartphones, and machines needed to make semiconductors, from reciprocal tariffs imposed by the U.S. The new tariff guidelines exclude a
The following is a guest post and opinion of Adrian Brink, Founder of Namada. The United States is no longer a nation, it is the world’s wealthiest conglomerate, and it is in the midst of a leveraged buyout. Donald Trump’s second term agenda is reading like a private equity playbook, treating the public sector like
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Scott Bessent’s Bond Strategy: The U.S. Ten-Year, Foreign Policy & the New Monetary Order Experts from the Bitcoin Policy Institute unpack why the 10-year Treasury yield is central to Donald Trump’s policy ambitions and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s economic strategy. Featuring Bitcoin Policy Institute Executive Director Matthew Pines, Head of Policy Zack Shapiro and
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A group of US Democratic lawmakers, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren, has strongly criticized the Department of Justice (DOJ) for shutting down its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). In an April 10 letter, the group expressed concern that the move undermines efforts to combat growing criminal activity tied to digital assets. The NCET, disbanded on
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Bitcoin (BTC) fell more than 3% on April 10, slipping to a low of $78,416 as global markets unwound gains from soaring to an intraday high of $83,424 the previous day triggered by President Donald Trump’s announcement of a temporary tariff pause. The retreat reflects growing investor skepticism over the durability of the previous day’s
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