Digital-asset exchange Blockchain.com hired Justin Evans, the former head of crypto investment banking at Goldman Sachs, to serve as the company’s new CFO https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-14/goldman-point72-alumni-hired-at-blockchain-com-amid-ipo-plans?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Goldman, Point72 Alumni Hired at Blockchain.com Amid IPO Plans
Digital-asset exchange Blockchain.com hired Justin Evans, the former head of crypto investment banking at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., to serve as the company’s new chief financial officer.
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ETF IQ: The Distinct Possibility of a Single-Stock Fund Blow Up https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-14/etf-iq-the-distinct-possibility-of-a-single-stock-fund-blow-up?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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ETF IQ: The Distinct Possibility of a Single-Stock Fund Blow Up
Welcome to ETF IQ, a weekly newsletter dedicated to the $14 trillion global ETF industry. I'm Bloomberg News reporter and anchor Katie Greifeld.
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Tesla and SpaceX relied on work by undocumented immigrants while Elon Musk advocated for a border crackdown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-02-14/elon-musk-s-tesla-spacex-relied-on-undocumented-immigrant-workers?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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The Undocumented Workers Who Helped Build Elon Musk’s Texas Gigafactory
Tesla and SpaceX both relied on their labor while Musk advocated for a border crackdown.
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After struggling to win much sway in a Biden-era Washington, some of the biggest fintech firms are now getting a lot more facetime on Capitol Hill https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-14/trump-s-washington-is-opening-its-doors-to-eager-fintech-firms?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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President Javier Milei advertised a crypto token meant to help local Argentine businesses, but his support was met with widespread concern about a potential scam and he deleted the post https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-15/milei-pushes-crypto-token-then-deletes-post-amid-fears-of-scam?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Milei Pushes Crypto Token, Then Deletes Post Amid Fears of Scam
President Javier Milei advertised a crypto token he said was meant to help local Argentine businesses, but his support was met with widespread concern about a potential scam and he deleted the post.
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Here's all you need to know about what's moving markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-16/asia-set-for-cautious-open-as-us-eu-tensions-rise-markets-wrap?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Europe Defense Spending Lifts Stocks, Bond Yields: Markets Wrap
European bonds slipped and shares in defense companies rallied on the likelihood of greater military spending, which could force governments to step up borrowing in the coming years.
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Javier Milei is trying to recover from a political black eye as prominent members of the crypto world point fingers at each other over the Argentine president’s aborted endorsement of a memecoin https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/milei-stumbles-into-crypto-memecoin-scandal-before-key-us-trip?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Milei Stumbles Into Crypto Memecoin Scandal Before Key US Trip
Late Friday night, prolific social media user Javier Milei directed followers to a site that purported to raise money for small businesses in Argentina using crypto.
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Europe is scrambling for relevance after Donald Trump’s abrupt dismantling of transatlantic guarantees in place since 1945 put the future security of the continent at stake https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-17/trump-s-new-world-order-leaves-europe-floundering?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump’s New World Order Leaves Europe Flailing
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Here's all you need to know about what's moving markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stock Rally Slows as S&P 500 Hovers Near Record: Markets Wrap
A rally in chipmakers drove stocks to all-time highs, while US-Russia talks raised hopes of an end to the war in Ukraine.
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Javier Milei speaks out for the first time about a cryptocurrency scandal that’s dented his reputation in Argentina https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/milei-denies-wrongdoing-in-his-first-defense-of-crypto-debacle?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Milei Denies Wrongdoing in His First Defense of Crypto Debacle
President Javier Milei spoke out for the first time about a cryptocurrency scandal that’s dented his reputation in Argentina, triggering lawsuits and even calls for his impeachment.
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Robinhood Markets plans to launch crypto offerings in Singapore by the end of 2025 through an entity of European cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/robinhood-expects-to-launch-crypto-products-in-singapore-in-2025?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Robinhood Seeing Rising Memecoin Demand, Plans Singapore Crypto Launch
Robinhood Markets Inc. plans to launch Singapore crypto offerings in 2025 through an entity of European digital-assets exchange Bitstamp Ltd., which it recently acquired.
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It’s starting to feel like the old superpower days for the Kremlin in relations with the US https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-18/trump-s-us-russia-talks-bring-putin-in-from-the-cold?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump Brings Putin in From the Cold With Ukraine Talks
Welcome to Balance of Power, bringing you the latest in global politics. If you haven’t yet, sign up here.It’s starting to feel like the old superpower days for the Kremlin in relations with the US.
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Nigeria is amending regulations to allow cryptocurrency trading and digitized transactions to be taxed as it seeks to boost revenue https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/nigeria-amending-digital-asset-rules-to-tax-cryptocurrency-deals?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Nigeria Amending Digital Asset Rules to Tax Cryptocurrency Deals
Nigeria is amending regulations to allow cryptocurrency trading and digitized transactions to be taxed as it seeks to boost revenue.
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A pair of veterans from the quantitative trading world have launched a blockchain startup that wants to help other crypto projects seeking to replicate the success of the Solana network https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/hudson-river-amber-crypto-quant-vets-want-to-take-on-solana?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Hudson River, Amber Crypto Quant Vets Want to Take on Solana
A pair of veterans from the quantitative trading world have launched a blockchain startup that wants to help other crypto projects seeking to replicate the success of the Solana network.
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Fidelity Investments, the world’s third-largest asset manager, saw assets in its funds rise by $1 trillion over the past year and revenue jump to a record high https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/fidelity-assets-hit-5-9-trillion-as-revenue-jumps-to-record?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Fidelity Assets Hit $5.9 Trillion as Revenue Jumps to Record
Fidelity Investments, the world’s third-largest asset manager, saw assets in its funds rise by $1 trillion over the past year and revenue jump to a record high.
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Javier Milei stumbles in his bid to downplay his role in a crypto scandal in which he touted a memecoin that later crashed, with fallout spreading to Argentine assets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/milei-s-crypto-defense-backfires-after-aide-interrupts-interview?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Milei’s Crypto Defense Backfires After Aide Interrupts Interview
President Javier Milei stumbled in his bid to downplay his role in a crypto scandal in which he touted a memecoin that later crashed, with fallout spreading to Argentine assets after investors returned from a US holiday.
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Crypto fraud prevention platform Blockaid has raised fresh funding in a round led by Ribbit Capital https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/ribbit-leads-50-million-investment-in-crypto-security-platform?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Ribbit Leads $50 Million Investment in Crypto Security Platform
Crypto security firm Blockaid has secured fresh funding as the platform gears up to tackle rising cyber-crime risks in the digital-asset space.
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One of the original founders of Tether is backing a new stablecoin project — one that will compete with the world’s most traded cryptocurrency https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/tether-co-founder-is-working-on-yield-bearing-stablecoin-rival?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Tether Co-Founder Is Working on Yield-Bearing Stablecoin Rival
One of the original founders of Tether is backing a new stablecoin project — one that will compete with the world’s most traded cryptocurrency.
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Adecoagro said stablecoin issuer Tether has submitted a proposal to acquire a majority stake in the South American agricultural and energy production firm, in a transaction valued at around $385 million https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/adecoagro-says-tether-submits-bid-to-acquire-majority-stake?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Farming Company Adecoagro Says Tether Submits Bid to Buy Majority Stake
Adecoagro SA said stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings SA de CV has submitted a proposal to acquire a majority stake in the South American agricultural and energy production firm, in a transaction valued at around $385 million.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was left casting around for scraps of second-hand information today after US and Russian officials convened today in Riyadh to discuss the future of his country: Here's your Evening Briefing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-18/zelenskiy-left-in-the-dark-about-us-russia-talks?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Zelenskiy Left in the Dark About US-Russia Talks
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