US Bitcoin ETFs record their longest run of weekly net outflows since listing in January last year as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs drive a wider retreat from riskier assets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/us-bitcoin-etfs-shed-5-5-billion-in-longest-run-of-outflows?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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US Bitcoin ETFs Shed $5.5 Billion in Longest Run of Outflows
US Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their longest run of weekly net outflows since listing in January last year as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs drove a wider retreat from riskier assets.
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Abu Dhabi's crypto ambitions are growing, and PwC’s rivals are looking to gain ground in Saudi Arabia. Read the Mideast Money newsletter https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-17/abu-dhabi-uae-deepens-crypto-push-with-binance-deal-pwc-s-saudi-ban-impact?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Abu Dhabi’s $2 Billion Binance Deal Signals Growing Crypto Ambitions
Welcome to the Mideast Money newsletter, I’m Adveith Nair. Join us each week as my team and I chronicle the intersection of money and power in a region that's become one of the most influential in global finance. You can sign up here.
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy said it bought $10.7 million of Bitcoin, a week after unveiling plans to issue up to $21 billion of preferred stock to acquire more of the cryptocurrency. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/strategy-buys-more-bitcoin-after-announcing-preferred-offering?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Strategy Buys More Bitcoin After Announcing Preferred Sales
Michael Saylor’s Strategy said it bought $10.7 million of Bitcoin, a week after unveiling plans to issue up to $21 billion of preferred stock to acquire more of the cryptocurrency.
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Gemini, the crypto exchange backed by the billionaire Winklevoss twins that recently filed confidentially to go public, has named Dan Chen chief financial officer https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/winklevoss-s-gemini-names-dan-chen-as-cfo-of-crypto-exchange?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Winklevosses’ Gemini Names Dan Chen as CFO of Crypto Exchange
Gemini, the crypto exchange backed by the billionaire Winklevoss twins that recently filed confidentially to go public, has named Dan Chen chief financial officer.
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World Liberty Financial, the crypto project promoted by President Donald Trump, has completed its second set of token sales and raised a total of $550 million in gross proceeds https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/trump-s-crypto-project-has-raised-550-million-in-token-sales?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump’s Crypto Project Has Raised $550 Million in Token Sales
World Liberty Financial, the crypto project promoted by President Donald Trump, has completed its second set of token sales and raised a total of $550 million in gross proceeds, according to a press release.
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At a conference attended by some of the biggest names in traditional finance, @KatLeighDoherty gets a vibe check on all things crypto. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/how-wall-street-thinks-about-crypto-s-future-under-trump?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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How Wall Street Thinks About Crypto’s Future Under Trump
Today on the Big Take podcast: The financial old guard is embracing digital assets anew and it’s considering giving core products a crypto update.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Tech Stocks Swoon to Halt Wall Street’s Rebound: Markets Wrap
Heavy selling resumed in Wall Street’s largest technology companies, with American shares snapping a two-day rebound amid signs investors are paring exposure in US risk assets. European stocks gained.
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German lawmakers are on the verge of unlocking hundreds of billions of euros in debt-financed defense and infrastructure spending. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-18/germany-set-to-embark-on-defense-spending-spree?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Germany Set to Embark on Defense Spending Spree
Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.
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We asked top Wall Street executives for their thoughts on what would help speed up blockchain and digital asset adoption in traditional finance. Read their answers: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-18/wall-street-tradfi-blockchain-bosses-call-for-education-new-rules-in-2025?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Turkish authorities arrest dozens of suspects, including BankPozitif chairman Erkan Kork, after seizing the boutique bank in a sweeping crackdown on illegal online betting https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/turkish-banker-accused-of-turning-payment-firm-into-gambling-hub-arrested?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Turkish Banker Accused of Turning Payment Firm into Gambling Hub Arrested
Turkish authorities arrested dozens of suspects, including BankPozitif chairman Erkan Kork, after seizing the boutique bank in a sweeping crackdown on illegal online betting.
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Michael Jordaan, the former chief of one of South Africa’s biggest consumer lenders, is considering partnerships to grow Bank Zero https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/winemaker-jordaan-mulls-linkup-to-grow-south-africa-s-bank-zero?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Winemaking Banker Jordaan Mulls Linkup to Grow Bank Zero
Michael Jordaan, the former chief of one of South Africa’s biggest consumer lenders, is considering partnerships to grow Bank Zero as the app-driven firm seeks to challenge the country’s biggest finance institutions.
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Here's what you need to know to start your day https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-18/president-trump-talks-of-dividing-ukraine-assets-before-putin-call?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump Talks of Dividing Ukraine Assets Before Putin Call
Good morning. There’s a crunch call scheduled today between the White House and the Kremlin. Terra firma beckons for NASA astronauts. And colorful changes are coming for your steak au poivre. Listen to the day’s top stories.
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Strategy plans to sell $500 million of dollar-denominated perpetual preferred stock. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/strategy-plans-500-million-preferred-stock-deal-to-buy-bitcoin?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Strategy Plans $500 Million Preferred Stock Deal to Buy Bitcoin
Strategy plans to sell $500 million of dollar-denominated perpetual preferred stock.
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A pioneer of the $100 billion options-powered ETF industry has filed for over 70 new funds on bets that leveraged investing will get another boost https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/wall-street-s-options-etf-craze-heightens-with-record-71-filings?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Wall Street’s Options-ETF Craze Heightens With Record 71 Filings
A pioneer of the $100 billion derivatives-powered ETF market has filed for more than 70 new funds in one go, in a bet that amped-up investment products will boom anew despite fears of industry overcrowding and investor exhaustion.
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What Will Your Job Be on the Martian Colony? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-18/what-will-your-job-be-on-the-martian-colony?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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What Will Your Job Be on the Martian Colony?
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent developments in markets, finance and the economy. And sometimes…
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In today's Bloomberg Deals, we look at the promising M&A outlook for Europe, while Google clinches a long-sought megadeal. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-18/goldman-mckinsey-strike-optimistic-tone-on-europe-m-a?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Goldman, McKinsey Strike Optimistic Tone on Europe M&A
Hello, it’s Dinesh Nair again. Today, I’m bringing you highlights of my conversation with top Goldman bankers and McKinsey executives on why we can be optimistic about European M&A. Elsewhere, Google finally agreed to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz, while Swiss…
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President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the agency that regulates Wall Street has yet to be confirmed, but the sweeping changes to the watchdog from his temporary stand-in are starting to pile up. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/acting-sec-head-remakes-agency-even-before-trump-pick-confirmed?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Acting SEC Head Remakes Agency Even Before Trump Pick Confirmed
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the agency that regulates Wall Street has yet to be confirmed, but the sweeping changes to the watchdog from his temporary stand-in are starting to pile up.
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Most of the so-called memecoins that are flooding the $2.6 trillion cryptocurrency space will probably end up “worthless,” according to Cathie Wood https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/cathie-wood-says-most-memecoins-will-end-up-worthless?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Cathie Wood Says Most Memecoins Will End Up ‘Worthless’
Most of the so-called memecoins that are flooding the $2.6 trillion cryptocurrency space will probably end up “worthless,” according to Cathie Wood.
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Stablecoin Act Raises Big Questions About the Future of Banking https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-18/stablecoin-act-raises-big-questions-about-the-future-of-banking?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stablecoin Act Raises Big Questions About the Future of Banking
Emily Mason takes a look at what the stablecoin bill in Congress means for the future of banking.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stocks Bounce Back Just Hours Before Fed Decision: Markets Wrap
Stocks climbed and bond yields fell as Jerome Powell calmed tariff-obsessed investors, signaling the Federal Reserve saw no need for drastic action in the face of Donald Trump’s trade war.
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