Bitcoin miners scrambled to pull machines out of Southeast Asia before Trump's tariffs hit — then he delayed them https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/us-tariffs-sparked-rush-to-get-bitcoin-btc-mining-gear-out-of-asia?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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US Tariffs Sparked Rush to Get Bitcoin Mining Gear Out of Asia
For about a week, Bitcoin mining firms in Southeast Asia faced an all-consuming deadline: midnight, April 9.
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More than nine years after the Liberals swept to power on a platform of environmentalism, legalized marijuana and more immigration, many younger voters in Canada are frustrated https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/canada-s-gen-z-voters-turn-to-conservative-poilievre-in-race-against-carney?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Canada’s Gen Z Voters Turn to Conservative Poilievre in Race Against Carney
Giancarlo Zorrilla attended a campaign rally for the first time in his life in March. It was a rainy night near Vancouver — typical weather for Canada’s west coast — but that wasn’t stopping the 29-year-old Canadian from seeing Pierre Poilievre speak.
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China's Xi called for unity among the “Asian family” during a trip to Southeast Asia, trying to deter countries from cutting deals with the US at Beijing’s expense: Here is your Evening Briefing. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-17/xi-calls-on-asian-family-to-unite-against-us-trade-pressure?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Xi Calls on ‘Asian Family’ to Unite Against US Trade Pressure
Get caught up.
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Traders looking to bet on a calming of the tariff-fueled turbulence in the stock market should focus on energy, financial and tech shares, according to 22V Research. Also, Netflix has been a haven in 2025 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-17/calmer-volatility-points-to-gains-for-energy-tech-stocks?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Calmer Volatility Points to Gains for Energy, Tech Stocks
Financials, too, likely to benefit most in a rebound, 22V says
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Hidden Road received a license to operate as a broker-dealer, part of the firm’s expansion of its prime-brokerage business to reach more institutional investors https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/hidden-road-wins-broker-dealer-license-after-ripple-acquisition?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Hidden Road Wins Broker-Dealer License After Ripple Acquisition
Hidden Road received a license to operate as a broker-dealer, part of the firm’s expansion of its prime-brokerage business to reach more institutional investors.
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America’s top consumer financial watchdog has spelled out its priorities under the Donald Trump era, including a dramatic cut to supervision and a shift away from financial technology firm oversight https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/cfpb-to-cut-financial-firm-supervision-shift-focus-off-fintechs?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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CFPB to Cut Financial Firm Supervision, Shift Focus Off Fintechs
America’s top consumer financial watchdog has spelled out its priorities under the Donald Trump era, including a dramatic cut to supervision and a shift away from financial technology firm oversight.
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With Jerome Powell ruling out a rescue mission this week and incurring the wrath of Donald Trump, Wall Street is desperate for a lifeline as tariff-lashed markets slide anew https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/once-hot-wall-street-funds-unravel-fast-with-no-savior-in-sight?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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A token's 90% price crash shows what's old in crypto is new again, @MuyaoShen writes in the @Crypto newsletter https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-17/a-token-s-90-crash-shows-some-things-never-change-in-crypto?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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A Token’s 90% Crash Shows Some Things Never Change in Crypto
Muyao Shen takes a look at the latest high-profile token crash, and decides that what’s old is always new in crypto.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Asian Stocks Trade in Tight Range, Japan Edges Up: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks notched up small gains as investors largely adopted a wait-and-watch approach on tariff negotiations before taking long-term bets.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren said that President Donald Trump’s moves to cut federal regulatory agencies would leave consumers and markets vulnerable to fraud and corruption https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/warren-says-wall-street-cops-are-gone-after-trump-overhaul?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Warren Says Wall Street ‘Cops are Gone’ After Trump Overhaul
Senator Elizabeth Warren said that President Donald Trump’s moves to dramatically cut federal regulatory agencies would leave consumers and markets vulnerable to fraud and corruption, magnifying vulnerabilities to a financial system already beset by uncertainty…
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-20/asian-stocks-set-for-mixed-open-us-futures-dip-markets-wrap?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stocks, Bonds Sink in Broad Retreat From US Assets: Markets Wrap
Heavy selling lashed Wall Street anew Monday, with longer-dated Treasuries joining stocks and the dollar in a deepening slump, after President Donald Trump’s censure of Jerome Powell’s interest-rate policy sowed angst among investors already coping with a…
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Bitcoin rallied to its highest level since Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcements, as the dollar slumped on renewed fears over his efforts to remove Fed Chairman Jerome Powell https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/bitcoin-btc-rebounds-as-trump-s-push-against-powell-weakens-dollar?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Bitcoin Rallies as Trump’s Push Against Powell Weakens Dollar
Bitcoin rallied to its highest level since Donald Trump’s tariff announcements in early April as the dollar slumped amid renewed fears over the US president’s efforts to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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Cyber crime syndicates that run multi-billion-dollar scam operations across Southeast Asia are still expanding despite recent law enforcement crackdowns, the UN warns https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/crime-syndicates-in-southeast-asia-go-global-defying-crackdowns?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Crime Syndicates in Southeast Asia Go Global, Defying Crackdowns
Cyber crime syndicates that run multi-billion-dollar scam operations across Southeast Asia are still expanding despite recent law enforcement crackdowns, building links from Ireland to Mexico and reaching a potentially irreversible global spillover, the United…
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Traders are getting a fresh reason to bail on US markets — the possibility that President Donald Trump will try to oust the head of the Federal Reserve https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-21/trump-s-powell-threats-stoke-sell-america-trade?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump's Powell Threats Stoke 'Sell America’ Trade
The risk of Powell’s firing is eroding investor confidence in US assets.
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Upexi is raising $100 million as part of a pivot that will see the company start to accumulate the cryptocurrency Solana https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/upexi-says-it-is-raising-100-million-to-buy-solana-crypto-token?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Upexi Says It Is Raising $100 Million to Buy Solana Crypto Token
Upexi Inc. is raising $100 million as part of a pivot that will see the company start to accumulate the cryptocurrency Solana, according to a Monday statement. The company’s shares surged more than 300% in early trading.
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Banking is getting narrower, but crypto might be getting broader. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-04-21/crypto-might-get-some-banks?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Crypto Might Get Some Banks
Also Upexi, AI boss bots and quant gap years.
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Circle, the issuer of the second-largest stablecoin, is launching a payments network designed to allow financial institutions and technology firms to settle cross-border transactions in stablecoins https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/circle-plans-stablecoin-powered-cross-border-payments-network?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Circle Plans Stablecoin-Powered Cross Border Payments Network
Circle Internet Group Inc. is launching a payments network designed to allow financial institutions and technology firms to settle cross-border transactions in stablecoins.
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The SEC is asking staff to send along ideas to help streamline agency operations following the arrival of Elon Musk’s DOGE https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/doge-asks-sec-staff-for-efficiency-ideas-promises-anonymity?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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DOGE Asks SEC Staff for Efficiency Ideas, Promises Anonymity
The Securities and Exchange Commission asked staff to send along ideas to help streamline agency operations following the arrival of Elon Musk’s government efficiency group at the regulator.
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Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to block investors from using Puerto Rico as a cryptocurrency tax haven https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/democrats-take-aim-at-puerto-rico-tax-perks-for-crypto-investors?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Democrats Take Aim at Puerto Rico Tax Perks for Crypto Investors
Democratic lawmakers on Monday introduced a bill to block investors from using Puerto Rico as a cryptocurrency tax haven — a proposal unlikely to advance without Republican support and as Congress prioritizes extending the 2017 tax cuts.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stocks Rebound as Traders Bet on Tariff Progress: Markets Wrap
US stocks jumped, wiping out Monday’s plunge, as traders unleashed risky bets that the White House will clinch crucial trade deals with top economic partners. The dollar recovered slightly from Monday’s lows while short-term Treasury yields climbed.
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