US stocks take another beating from Japan, while Canada’s new leader needs friends in the White House.

Deutsche Boerse’s post-trade unit Clearstream said it will offer cryptocurrency settlement and custody services to institutional clients later this year, marking the latest push into the digital asset class by a major European financial institution.

Asian stocks fell, headed for a third day of losses, as investors sold risk assets amid growing concern over US economic growth, with disappointing data from Japan also weighing on sentiment.

Bitcoin recovered from a four-month low as falling Treasury yields encouraged some traders to snap up cryptocurrencies hit by the recent selloff in risk assets.

Coinbase Global Inc. has registered with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), allowing the cryptocurrency exchange to offer trading services in the country.

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European crypto regulators are scrutinizing the use of a service offered by OKX, one of the largest digital-asset exchanges, by hackers to launder proceeds from a $1.5 billion heist on trading platform Bybit, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Mexico-based fintech Plata joined the ranks of Latin America’s most valuable startups following a $160 million Series A equity round at a $1.5 billion valuation.

Cryptocurrency investors are locking in returns from digital assets they’re ostensibly barred from selling by entering into complex arrangements with specialist trading firms.

Cboe BZX Exchange Inc. is asking regulators to open the door for staking on a number of Ether-based exchange-traded funds, joining another platform in the race for investors to potentially earn passive income on their crypto holdings.

Olga Kharif provides some color on what it was like inside the White House crypto summit.

Cooler-than-forecast February inflation pushed stocks higher after two days of heavy losses. A kneejerk rally in bonds quickly reversed and yields rose across the curve amid concerns over an escalating trade war.

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Binance said Abu Dhabi’s MGX has acquired a minority stake for $2 billion, the first institutional investment in the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Stark Bank SA, the Brazilian online-only bank backed by Bezos Expeditions, is looking to the country’s crypto startups as one of its focus areas this year, in a bet that a sector shunned by traditional lenders will bolster growth.

Fintech company Mercury Technologies Inc. said it is cutting ties with longtime banking partner Evolve Bancorp Inc. The decision comes after a slate of operational issues at the bank unfolded in public view.

In addition to being the world’s most-traded cryptocurrency, Tether Holdings SA’s stablecoin has been dogged by questions for years over its reserves and use by criminals.

Steve Witkoff, a long-time Trump confidant and fellow Manhattan real estate mogul, is taking center stage in some of America’s biggest geopolitical negotiations.

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