BJ Cryptocurrencies jumped on Wednesday on news that Donald Trump stepped back some tariff burdens on countries — except for China. According to Trump’s post on Truth Social, he issued a 90-day delay on tariffs and a substantially lowered 10% rate of reciprocal tariff for this period against all countries except China. Meanwhile, he said he … Read more
The digital asset class is highly technical. Powered by blockchain technology and globally traded 24/7, digital asset markets are fast-moving and awash in data. A systematic investment approach may lend itself well to such a market. Systematic investing can also unlock a critical and particularly well-suited feature for multi-asset crypto portfolios: automated tax-loss harvesting. You’re … Read more
EY-Parthenon and Coinbase conducted a survey of more than 350 institutional investors globally in January of 2025. While regulatory clarity will loom large over developments in the digital assets landscape in 2025 — investors in the survey called it the #1 catalyst for growth — the survey illustrated underlying enthusiasm and an appetite for innovation … Read more
Tokenization of funds is booming, but their rapid rise comes with serious risks that investors should not overlook, credit agency Moody’s Ratings said in a Wednesday report. Several major financial institutions, including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton, have made their mark in the world of tokenization and inspired others to follow the latest trend. For example, … Read more
EMB: April 9, 16:00 UTC A blockchain-based startup in London said it closed a $50 million funding round to forward its goal of “reinventing social media.” Wunder.Social raised the funds in a round led by Rollman Management, according to an announcement shared with CoinDesk on Wednesday. The project uses blockchain technology to verify users, thereby … Read more
Virgil Griffith, a former Ethereum developer jailed for attending a crypto conference in North Korea in 2019, was released from prison and is on his way to a halfway house, according to his lawyer, Alexander Urbelis. Urbelis, general counsel of the Ethereum Name Service who has also been serving as Griffith’s outside counsel, posted a … Read more
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee checked the next box in moving toward what Representative Bryan Steil referred to as the “second half” of President Donald Trump’s crypto agenda: a bill to set U.S. crypto market rules for a fully regulated domestic industry. Steil, the Republican chairman of the panel’s crypto subcommittee, said that the … Read more
Bootstrapping decentralized finance (DeFi) on any blockchain usually requires a mix of builders with big ideas and funders to back them. That much is as true for baselayers as it is for the financial protocols launching atop them. Arch Labs, whose eponymous network is one of the many projects trying to bring DeFi to Bitcoin, … Read more
European Union (EU) member states have approved the European Commission’s proposal to introduce retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. The bloc’s executive made the proposal as a countermeasure against the U.S.’ imposition of tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium from the EU. Duties will be collected from April 15 once the implementing act is published, … Read more
Global Economic Tensions Impact SHIB The cryptocurrency market experienced significant turbulence as escalating trade tensions between the United States and China sent shockwaves through global financial markets. Shiba Inu (SHIB) was not spared from the selloff, plummeting to $0.00001038 – its lowest level since February 2023 – as investors fled risk assets following President Trump’s … Read more
