A unit of Japanese financial services conglomerate SBI is exploring selling a minority stake in cryptocurrency market maker B2C2 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/sbi-said-to-weigh-selling-a-minority-stake-in-crypto-unit-b2c2?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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SBI Said to Weigh Selling a Minority Stake in Crypto Unit B2C2
A unit of Japanese financial services conglomerate SBI Holdings Inc. is exploring selling a minority stake in cryptocurrency market maker B2C2, according to people familiar with the matter.
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A co-founder of private equity firm Sixth Street is joining forces with a crypto entrepreneur and a former Hewlett-Packard chief executive to revitalize San Francisco’s struggling downtown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/sixth-street-co-founder-leads-effort-to-revive-san-francisco?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Sixth Street Co-Founder Leads Effort to Revive San Francisco
A co-founder of private equity firm Sixth Street is joining forces with a crypto entrepreneur and a former Hewlett-Packard chief executive to revitalize San Francisco’s struggling downtown and bolster the city’s new mayor.
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Ripple is acquiring prime-brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, marking the largest deal ever for the digital-asset company and one of the biggest in the history of the cryptocurrency industry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/ripple-to-acquire-prime-brokerage-hidden-road-for-1-25-billion?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Ripple to Acquire Prime-Brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 Billion
Ripple is acquiring prime-brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, marking the largest deal ever for the digital-asset company and one of the biggest in the history of the cryptocurrency industry.
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Praxis, a self-described “sovereign network” funded by Silicon Valley investors, is looking for at least 10,000 acres somewhere in the world to build its first city https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/altman-backed-praxis-scouts-kyiv-athens-for-tech-utopia-base?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Altman-Backed Praxis Scouts Kyiv, Athens for Tech Utopia Base
Praxis, a self-described “sovereign network” funded by Silicon Valley investors, is looking for at least 10,000 acres (40.5 square kilometers) somewhere in the world to build its first city.
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The US Justice Department will limit the kinds of cryptocurrency crimes it will investigate and prosecute https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/justice-department-overhauls-cryptocurrency-enforcement?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Justice Department Scales Back Cryptocurrency Enforcement
The US Justice Department will limit the kinds of cryptocurrency crimes it will investigate and prosecute, specifically focusing on those related to terrorism, drug cartels, victimizing investors and other limited categories.
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BlackRock has added Anchorage Digital as its second digital-asset custodian alongside Coinbase to meet growing demand from both retail and institutional clients https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/blackrock-adds-anchorage-digital-as-crypto-custodian?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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BlackRock Adds Anchorage Digital as Crypto Custodian
BlackRock Inc. has added Anchorage Digital as its second digital-asset custodian alongside Coinbase Inc. to meet growing demand from both retail and institutional clients.
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Today in Bloomberg Deals: AppLovin's CEO talks TikTok, Covid-level fear grips VCs and Continental returns to its roots https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-08/applovin-ceo-sees-super-complex-path-to-tiktok-deal?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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AppLovin CEO Sees ‘Super Complex’ Path to TikTok Deal
Hi, it’s Ryan Gould, speaking with the CEO of one of the companies eyeing a deal for video app TikTok. Elsewhere, the bedlam in global markets has added greater urgency among billionaires looking to take major portfolio companies private.
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As US equities mount a rebound, some investors look set for a win after making a bold bet on tech stocks that saw record cash shoveled into a triple-levered fund tracking the Nasdaq 100 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/gutsy-traders-make-1-5-billion-triple-leveraged-bet-tqqq-on-nasdaq-100?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Gutsy Traders Make $1.5 Billion Triple-Leveraged Bet on Nasdaq 100
Traders have shoveled record cash into a triple-levered fund tracking the Nasdaq 100, undaunted by the wild market swings of recent days.
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Donald Trump’s onslaught of tariffs on US trading partners has triggered the stock market to swing more wildly than the oldest cryptocurrency, a rare reversal of historical volatility trends https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/bitcoin-turns-less-volatile-than-stocks-as-tariffs-wreak-havoc?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Bitcoin Turns Less Volatile Than Stocks as Tariffs Wreak Havoc
President Donald Trump’s onslaught of tariffs on US trading partners has triggered the stock market to swing more wildly than the oldest cryptocurrency, a rare reversal of historical volatility trends.
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The basis trade is one of the purest examples of the US being good at making financial assets. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-04-08/people-are-worried-about-deleveraging?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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People Are Worried About Deleveraging
Also a $2.4 trillion tweet, Strategy’s income, Shopify’s hiring and Elliott’s podcasting.
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There was a heavy dose of schadenfreude among the crypto market's meme-wielding traders during the stock market's wild swings on Monday, @EmilyJNicolle writes in the @Crypto newsletter https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-08/crypto-s-battle-hardened-humor-lightens-trump-tariff-mania?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Crypto’s Battle-Hardened Humor Lightens Trump Tariff Mania
Emily Nicolle’s doomscrolling finds an undercurrent of political betrayal — and some schadenfreude — simmering behind the latest crypto market storm.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Best Stock Rally Since 2008 Boosts Wall Street: Markets Wrap
Donald Trump’s pledge to pause tariffs on some trading partners ignited the biggest burst of buying Wall Street has seen since 2008.
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Second-ranked cryptocurrency Ether led a fresh wave of selling in digital assets as US President Donald Trump insisted on pushing ahead with 104% tariffs on many Chinese goods, dimming hopes that a brutal trade war might be avoided https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/ether-eth-leads-latest-crypto-selloff-as-trump-ramps-up-trade-war?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Ether Leads Latest Crypto Selloff as Trump Ramps Up Trade War
Bitcoin surged and most smaller cryptocurrencies gained even more after President Donald Trump surprised markets by saying he would pause so-called reciprocal tariffs on dozens of non-retaliating countries.
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A selloff in longer-dated Treasuries accelerated, worsening the slump in bond equivalents across the globe, as an escalation in the trade war sowed doubts over its haven status https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/treasuries-fire-sale-sends-long-term-yields-soaring-worldwide?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Bond Markets Retreat as US Treasuries Lead Yield Jump Worldwide
A pullback from US Treasuries sent longer-term yields surging by the most since pandemic struck in 2020, deepening losses in what’s supposed to be a haven from financial turmoil and roiling markets abroad as investors sold government bonds.
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President Donald Trump said he would pause reciprocal tariffs on dozens of non-retaliating countries for 90 days, while raising duties on China to 125%. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/trump-pauses-higher-duties-on-most-nations-hikes-china-tariffs?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump Puts 90-Day Pause on Higher Tariffs, But Hikes China Rates
President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher tariffs that hit dozens of trade partners after midnight, while raising duties on China to 125%.
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Five gut-wrenching days after Donald Trump’s America-versus-the-world trade war threw stock and bond markets around the world into disarray, he backpedaled and, in the process, pulled the financial system back from the brink https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/markets-turn-from-fear-to-euphoria-as-trump-backpedals-on-tariffs?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Markets Turn From Fear to Euphoria as Trump Backpedals on Tariffs
Five gut-wrenching days after Donald Trump’s America-versus-the-world trade war threw stock and bond markets around the globe into disarray, he backpedaled and, in the process, pulled the financial system back from the brink.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stocks Plunge as US-China Trade Tensions Deepen: Markets Wrap
Economic angst enveloped every corner of Wall Street as US-China trade tensions escalate, sparking a slide in stocks, the dollar and oil, with liquidations in US assets pointing to disorder in the financial system.
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The Senate confirmed Paul Atkins as chair of the SEC, ushering him into the role only a week after Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs unleashed market turmoil https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/wall-street-consultant-paul-atkins-confirmed-to-lead-trump-s-sec?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Wall Street Consultant Paul Atkins Confirmed to Lead Trump’s SEC
The US Senate confirmed Paul Atkins as chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, ushering him into the role only a week after President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs unleashed market turmoil.
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With markets gone crazy, we asked some of Hong Kong's best investment minds for their strategies, best bets and what assets to avoid at all costs. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-10/hong-kong-investing-pros-rethink-stocks-bonds-and-memes?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Hong Kong Investing Pros Rethink Stocks, Bonds and Memes
Amid such a confounding week in markets, Hong Kong Edition asked some finance professionals how they’re refining their investment strategies with the trade war kicked into higher gear. And for the review: One of the city’s most unique dining experiences returns…
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For all of the attention paid to the slump in stocks since Donald Trump announced his tariffs, in the end it was the bond market that prompted him to reverse course https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-10/bond-vigilantes-make-their-presence-known-at-the-white-house?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Bond Vigilantes Make Their Presence Known at the White House
Trump’s reversal lifts stocks and bonds, though maybe not for long
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