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JPMorgan to allow crypto trading for institutional clients in latest embrace of the sector — fortune.com
JPMorgan is making another big bet on crypto. The Wall Street giant is considering letting institutional clients trade cryptocurrency, according to reporting on Monday from Bloomberg. These products and services may reportedly include spot and derivatives
Bitcoin’s buzz is gone. Investors chose real gold in 2025 — theguardian.com
Gold is up 70% while the cryptocurrency is down 6% after it failed to bounce back from a rapid October sell-off Another week, another record high for the price of gold. And another blow to the bitcoin fan club’s hopeful thesis about owning “digital gold”.
Russia Moves to Legalize Domestic Crypto Deals for Retail Buyers — bloomberg.com
Russia’s central bank has prepared a framework to regulate cryptocurrencies on the domestic market that will allow retail investors to buy them in addition to qualified investors, in a fresh sign of how sanctions have reshaped its approach to the assets.
A huge chunk of U.S. GDP growth is being kept alive by AI spending ‘with no guaranteed return,’ Deutsche Bank says — fortune.com
We will get a new estimate of Q3 U.S. GDP growth today. The consensus among analysts is for a rise of 3.2% year-on-year. That’s pretty decent growth. No wonder then, that the S&P 500 ticked up another 0.88% yesterday, to come within half a percentage point
Todd Blanche nixed enforcement against crypto firms while holding over $150K in crypto investments — salon.com
Before Todd Blanche could be confirmed as the second-highest official at the Justice Department, he had to satisfy the concerns of ethics officials. Blanche, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney during his New York criminal trial last year, was a
Trump’s 10 Biggest, Most Shameful Billionaire Toadies — newrepublic.com
As we are in the season of giving, here is a list of the billionaire businessmen—plus one widow of a billionaire businessman—who gave President Trump everything he wanted this year. Their avarice puts Ebenezer Scrooge to shame and would even make the
Biography to tell story behind Russian Telegram founder Pavel Durov — theguardian.com
The Populist by Nikolay Kononov traces science protege’s rise to tech visionary and free speech defender Tech visionary, Kremlin dissident, FSB agent, free speech absolutist, health guru. These are just some of the labels admirers and critics have attached
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