BlackRock has filed o launch a new share class of its $150 billion money market fund that is registered on a blockchain https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/blackrock-brings-blockchain-push-to-a-150-billion-treasury-fund?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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BlackRock Brings Blockchain Push to a $150 Billion Treasury Fund
BlackRock Inc. signaled its growing ambition to bring digital technology to mainstream institutional finance, filing to launch a new share class of its $150 billion money market fund that is registered on a blockchain.
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Ripple has proposed a $4 billion to $5 billion takeover of rival stablecoin provider Circle Internet, which has snubbed the offer. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/ripple-is-said-to-have-offered-to-buy-stablecoin-rival-circle?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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S&P 500 Gains for Eighth Day After Earnings: Markets Wrap
Wall Street’s risk appetite raged anew on Thursday as strong tech earnings upended the ‘sell America’ narrative that rocked global markets last month in the grip of the tariff shock.
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A blank-check company led by cryptocurrency influencer and podcaster Anthony 'Pomp' Pompliano has filed for an IPO to raise $200 million. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/crypto-influencer-anthony-pomp-pompliano-led-spac-files-for-ipo?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Crypto Influencer Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano-Led SPAC Files for IPO
A blank-check company led by Anthony Pompliano, a cryptocurrency influencer, podcaster and investor, has filed for an initial public offering to raise $200 million.
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World, the identity verification business backed by Sam Altman, is bringing its Orb to the US. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/altman-backed-startup-rolls-out-eyeball-scanning-tech-across-us?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Altman-Backed Startup Rolls Out Eyeball-Scanning Tech Across US
Tools for Humanity, a startup co-founded by OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, plans to roll out thousands of eyeball-scanning Orb devices across the US, marking a major expansion for the company and its novel identification services.
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World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s decentralized finance project, said its new stablecoin was used for a $2 billion investment in crypto exchange Binance Holdings by Abu Dhabi’s MGX https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/trump-linked-stablecoin-used-for-mgx-s-2-billion-binance-deal?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump-Linked Stablecoin Used for MGX’s $2 Billion Binance Deal
World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s decentralized finance project, said its new stablecoin is being used for a $2 billion investment in crypto exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. by Abu Dhabi’s MGX.
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Morgan Stanley plans to offer crypto trading to its E*Trade platform clients, a significant move by a major US bank, sources say https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/morgan-stanley-plans-to-offer-crypto-trading-to-e-trade-clients?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Morgan Stanley Plans to Offer Crypto Trading to E*Trade Clients
Morgan Stanley is working on a plan to add cryptocurrency trading to its E*Trade platform, in what would be the most significant move by a major US bank to help everyday customers buy into the asset class since the Trump administration began removing regulatory…
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Lockstep moves in US stocks are turning into a headache for anyone trying to beat the market https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-01/lockstep-stock-market-is-frustrating-active-managers?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Lockstep Stock Market Is Frustrating Active Managers
Equity correlations are more than double the norm for an earnings season.
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In today's Bloomberg Deals: Abu Dhabi’s ADQ plots its next act, Apollo raises fund for secondhand PE bets and Couche-Tard clinches deal to deepen Seven & i talks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-01/abu-dhabi-s-adq-looks-beyond-trade-turmoil-for-100-year-bets?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Abu Dhabi’s ADQ Looks Beyond Trade Turmoil for 100-Year Bets
Hi, it’s Adveith Nair and Nicolas Parasie in Dubai and Dinesh Nair in London, reporting on what’s next for Abu Dhabi’s fast-growing wealth fund ADQ. Also today, Apollo has a new fund to help investors cash out of private equity early.
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Cryptocurrency trading may get a boost with a plan Morgan Stanley is working on to add it to its E*Trade platform: Here's your Evening Briefing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-01/morgan-stanley-plans-to-offer-crypto-trading-to-e-trade-clients-ma5jx61j?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Morgan Stanley Plans to Offer Crypto Trading to E*Trade Clients
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Presenting 100 moments you might have missed from Trump's first 100 days https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-01/100-wild-moments-from-trump-s-first-100-days-you-probably-missed?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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100 Moments You Might Have Missed From Trump’s First 100 Days
The president generates a lot of news. You’re forgiven if any of the following stories escaped your attention.
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It’s not my fault, because the AI did it independently, and it’s not the AI’s fault, because it is nonsensical to ascribe fault to an AI. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-05-01/can-you-blame-the-chatbots?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Can You Blame the Chatbots?
Defamation, piracy, Tesla’s CEO search, Worldcoin and a Ponzi.
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Bitcoin is fast approaching $100,000 once again, after reaching its highest level since late February, with investors’ appetite for risk being rekindled across financial markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/bitcoin-approaches-100-000-after-breaking-through-10-week-high?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Bitcoin Approaches $100,000 After Breaking Through 10-Week High
Bitcoin is fast approaching $100,000 once again, after reaching its highest level since late February, with investors’ appetite for risk being rekindled across financial markets.
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Block, the digital-payments company led by Jack Dorsey, posted first-quarter results below analysts’ estimates and lowered its full-year profit guidance as a result of a more challenging macroeconomic environment https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/block-lowers-full-year-profit-guidance-on-macroeconomic-concerns?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Block Lowers Full-Year Profit Guidance on Macroeconomic Concerns
Shares of Block Inc. are on a downward spiral after the parent of the popular money-transfer app Cash App reported results that suggest weakness in the company’s efforts to convert millions of active users into full-fledged banking customers.
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Progress on legislation in Washington isn't the only thing driving demand for stablecoins, @RyanJamesWeeks writes in the @Crypto newsletter https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-01/tether-and-blackrock-s-tokenized-fund-catch-tailwind-from-ethena?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Tether and BlackRock’s Tokenized Fund Catch Tailwind From Ethena
Ryan Weeks unpacks the reasons behind this year’s growth in market value for stablecoins and stablecoin-like tokens.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stocks Rise for Second Week as Tariff Shock Fades: Markets Wrap
Wall Street’s risk-on brigade pushed the S&P 500 to its longest winning streak in two decades, with scars from April’s tariff shock healing on fresh signs of US-China diplomacy.
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A key valuation metric touted by legendary investor Warren Buffett suggests the scorching rebound in US stocks has room to run https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-02/as-stocks-charge-ahead-a-warren-buffett-metric-say-buy?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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As Stocks Charge Ahead, a Key Warren Buffett Metric Says Buy
Warren Buffett has called the indicator the “single best measure of where valuations stand.”
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Moty Cristal honed his talent for high-stakes negotiations dealing with Hamas and Hezbollah before expanding to talks with ransomware gangs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/how-an-israeli-hostage-negotiator-outsmarts-ransomware-hackers?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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How an Israeli Hostage Negotiator Outsmarts Ransomware Hackers
Moty Cristal honed his talent for high-stakes negotiations dealing with Hamas and Hezbollah before expanding to talks with ransomware gangs.
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EToro is considering launching its US IPO as soon as next week, after pausing its listing plans amid tariff-related volatility. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/etoro-is-said-to-weigh-launching-us-ipo-as-soon-as-next-week?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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EToro Is Said to Weigh Launching US IPO as Soon as Next Week
EToro Group Ltd. is considering launching its US initial public offering as soon as next week, after the trading and investment platform paused its listing plans amid tariff-related stock volatility, according to people familiar with the matter.
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A small logistics company’s plan to hold President Donald Trump’s memecoin as a treasury asset is fueling its blistering stock rally https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/tiny-logistics-firm-s-shares-surge-on-plan-to-buy-trump-memecoin?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Tiny Logistics Firm’s Shares Surge on Plan to Buy Trump Memecoin
A small logistics company’s plan to hold President Donald Trump’s memecoin as a treasury asset is fueling its blistering stock rally.
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