The odds of a recession are rising, markets are crashing and President Donald Trump is forging ahead with tariffs.This volatile playbook is eerily similar to Trump’s first term, which started with a bang before giving way to one of the biggest bull markets in recent history. However, this time, Trum

The agency responsible for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales announced that a National Crime Agency (NCA) officer was due to be charged with the alleged theft of Bitcoin worth roughly $75,000 in 2017.In a March 14 notice, the Crown Prosecution Service said it had authorized the M

Apparent demand for Bitcoin has hit the lowest level in 2025, dropping down into negative territory, as traders and investors take a cautious approach to risk-on assets due to macroeconomic uncertainty. According to CryptoQuant's Bitcoin Apparent Demand metric, demand for Bitcoin has dropped down t

TORONTO, March 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) released its 2024 Annual Report.In 2024, OBSI responded to 16,420 public inquiries – a 5% decrease from the record levels reached in 2023. OBSI opened 3,202 investigations in 2024, compared to last

REX Shares has launched a first-of-its-kind convertible-bonds exchange-traded fund (ETF), allowing investors exposure to the convertible debt issued by corporates to add bitcoin to their balance sheet.Called the REX Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Convertible Bond ETF (BMAX), the fund is necessarily most

Bolivia’s state-owned energy firm YPFB is planning to use cryptocurrency to pay for energy imports, according to a March 13 report from Reuters. The move comes as the South American nation faces a shortage of foreign currency reserves and a dwindling supply of domestic gas production.A spokesperson

US President Trump’s outspoken acceptance of near-term economic hardship has placed risk assets—including Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto market—under mounting pressure. According to a thread by The Kobeissi Letter on X, President Trump’s strategy revolves around tolerating significant “short t

RedotPay, a crypto payment platform aimed at allowing users to spend digital assets with ease, has raised $40 million in a Series A funding round led by Lightspeed, the company said on Friday.Founded in 2023, RedotPay has over 3 million users across the globe, according to a statement. The "crypto c

In the first three months of his presidency, Donald Trump has ignited trade tensions by announcing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China and the result has been unexpected turmoil in US and global markets.The fallout from the tariffs has been relatively swift, and the impact has been felt across the

The Delaware bankruptcy court handling the FTX estate approved a petition on Thursday from Three Arrows Capital (3AC) to significantly expand its claim against the estate from $120 million to $1.53 billion, marking a major development in the ongoing fallout from the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s c

XYZ Investors with Losses Encouraged to Contact the Firm Before Mar. 18th DeadlineSAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 14, 2025 / Investors in Block, Inc. (NYSE:SQ) n/k/a began to learn of potentially adverse information about the company and its Square and Cash App platforms on Mar. 23, 202

The UK's Crown Prosecution Service has authorized charges against National Crime Agency officer Paul Chowles related to an alleged bitcoin theft in 2017."We have authorised Merseyside Police to charge National Crime Agency officer Paul Chowles with 15 offences relating to the alleged theft of 50 bit

Bit Digital Inc reported quarterly adjusted earnings of 1 cent​​ per share for the quarter ended December 31, higher than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of -2 cents. The mean expectation of six analysts for the quarter was for a loss of 4 cents per share. Wall Street exp

The cryptocurrency market has faced a significant downturn since the start of 2025, with some investors calling it the most painful cycle in history.Some were disappointed about industry policy changes and the memecoin craze in the United States, while others even speculated about talent leaving the

Asia's middle distillates markets rounded off the week with upbeat trading activity on the window, while April spot sale levels by refiners edged down, with sentiment turning slightly cautious. Discussions for the week mostly circled around April spot cargoes from key northeast Asian refiners, a

Middle East crude benchmark Dubai extended gains on Friday with Vitol receiving another two Upper Zakum cargoes from PetroChina bringing its tally this month to 12 cargoes.PetroChina has delivered 11 of the 12 cargoes to Vitol so far with the remaining one from Hengli Petrochemical, trade source

Aleksej Besciokov, alleged Russian operator of crypto exchange Garantex, has been arrested by Indian authorities. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Besciokov in Kerala, where he was vacationing with his family, and stopped him from escaping the country. Brian Krebs, an infosec analy

The memecoin frenzy on Pump.fun is hitting a wall, with the platform’s “graduation rate” sinking below 1% for a fourth straight week.“Graduation rate” is the memecoin launchpad’s term for tokens that make it through the incubation phase and become fully tradable on a Solana decentralized exchange (D

Aptos will unlock 11.31 million tokens. Usually, token unlocks mean more coins in circulation, often leading to price drops. Investors might fear dilution and decide to sell, placing downward pressure on the price. However, if demand for Aptos grows at the same rate or faster, the price might stabil

The Morning Risk Report: Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange's Guilty Plea By Richard VanderfordGood morning. Representatives of President Trump's family have held talks to take a financial stake in the U.S. arm of crypto exchange Binance, according to people fami