The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s legal campaign against prediction market platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi can’t just be shut down, according to Caroline Pham, the acting agency chairman put in place by President Donald Trump. Pham said the agency will gather experts for a roundtable meeting,…
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Read MoreWe had a big downdraft in USD/JPY and yen crosses more generally yesterday with a number of factors in play. I mentioned in the wrap: Wage data from Japan former Bank of Japan executive Hideo Hayakawa Bank of Japan saying rates are going to move higher than the…
Read MoreWelcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s Opinion and Features editor. In this issue: Ethereum’s Wall Street cheerleader Avalanche cuts fees by 75% Arbitrum integrates Bitcoin UBS tests ZKSync for gold This article is featured…
Read MoreStandard Charted forecast: year-end 2025 price target US$200,000 2026 target US300,000 Bitcoin to $500,000 before Trump leaves office Citing: increased investor access the Trump administration institutional inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs diminishing volatility as the U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) market matures a hedge against issues plaguing traditional finance…
Read MoreJP Morgan cite cocnerns over Trump’s extra tariff impost on China. Says USD/CNH to rise at least 1% higher from its January closing level. analysts at the bank expect the People’s Bank of China will step in to prevent the spot rate rising above 7.4 This article was…
Read MoreUS Treasury Secretary Bessent: Failure to get the tax bill done will result in the “largest tax hike in history” Happy days. More: Trumps wants lower interest rates Trump not calling for the Fed to lower interest rates Interest rates will take care of themselves if we get…
Read MoreUS stocks shake off the early weakness Chip Stock Showdown: AMD, Nvidia & Broadcom Analysis US crude oil futures settled at $71.03 US dollar at a one-week low as the trade fears fade Fed’s Goolsbee: Ignoring supply chain impacts, like tariffs, would be a mistake Tariff front-running is…
Read MoreStrategy (MSTR) reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $3.03 per share, compared to income of $0.50 per share a year earlier. The loss incurred as the company took an impairment charge on its 471,107 token bitcoin (BTC) holdings. Those holdings are worth more than $45 billion at bitcoin’s…
Read MoreCostco shares are trading at a new record high of $1,041.57, with the next target being a topside channel trendline near $1,047. A break above this level could turn the trendline into support, opening the door for further upside potential. Looking back, on January 14, the price bounced…
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