Analysis: Cryptocurrencies

Crypto's Continued Trump Momentum

Aya Kantorovich, August Markets co-founder, discusses the 2025 crypto market as President-elect Donald Trump hints at a friendlier environment for digital currencies. She joins Tim Stenovec on...

Europe, a world leader in crypto ETP - Crypto Recap

Financial products backed by crypto-assets, such as ETPs , are growing by leaps and bounds in both Europe and the United States. While the United States dominates in terms of volumes, Europe is...

New US House banking chair wants to strip 'calcification' from regulations

The U.S. House banking committee's incoming chair said on Friday he would seek to remove calcification and reduce regulations in the sector when the next Congress convenes in January, showing an...

Blackrock recommends bitcoin portfolio weighting of up to 2% for interested investors

Blackrock recommends that interested investors consider allocating as much as 2% of their portfolio to bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, the giant asset manager said in a report on...

The dawn of a crypto-friendly era in U.S. governance

Treasury, SEC, DOJ, and the new “AI and crypto czar”: pro-crypto leadership is coming to Washington

Trump crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants

A crypto venture recently unveiled by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his new Middle East envoy, billionaire Steve Witkoff, has partnered with a crypto platform that authorities and financial...

Sheila Warren on Potential For US Bitcoin Reserve

Crypto Council for Innovation CEO Sheila Warren discusses the potential for a US Bitcoin reserve after Lawrence Summers dismissed the idea of a national Bitcoin reserve, calling it crazy. She...

Italy to scale back tax hike on cryptocurrency capital gains, lawmakers say

Italy will scale back plans to increase taxes on cryptocurrency capital gains, ruling politicians said on Tuesday, following criticism from the affected industry and rows within the party of the...

Bitcoin falls 5% to $95,519

Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, fell 5% to $95,519 at 2103 GMT on Monday. Bitcoin is down 7.1% from the year's high of $103,647 on Dec. 5. ...

Binance still to choose location for global headquarters, CEO Teng says

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has yet to decide where to base its global headquarters, its CEO told Reuters on Monday, years after it flagged a decision was imminent, but the executive pointed to...

At Gulf bitcoin gathering, Trump family and allies to bask in crypto industry's euphoria

Several key players in President-elect Donald Trump's new cryptocurrency venture head to Abu Dhabi on Monday for the largest bitcoin gathering in the Gulf region as the digital currency sets record...

Will Microsoft soon be investing in Bitcoin? - Crypto Recap

MicroStrategy has struck another blow, having added 15,400 BTC to its portfolio, reaching an impressive total of 402,100 bitcoins, or almost 2% of all BTC ever created. Michael Saylor, the company's...

Cash draws biggest weekly inflow since March 2023, BofA says

Investors ploughed $136.4 billion into cash in the week to Wednesday, the biggest weekly inflow since March 2023, when markets were rattled by a regional banking crisis, according to a report from...

Currency markets look to steady amid political turmoil, eye US jobs report

Major currencies steadied on Friday as markets considered the impact of a politically turbulent week that saw the collapse of France's government and the brief imposition of martial law in South...

Australian regulator moves to curtail criminal use of cryptocurrency

Australia's agency for monitoring financial crimes said on Friday it had established an internal cryptocurrency task force to identify and take action against crypto ATM providers that do not comply...

Nouriel Roubini: Don't Think Bitcoin Will Ever Become a Currency

Nouriel Roubini, chief executive officer at Roubini Macro Associates, and portfolio manager at Atlas America Fund, weighs in on the rise of Bitcoin, which he sees as a speculative asset and not a...

Hedge fund Monolith returns 53% year to date on AI, data centre and China bets

Monolith Management, a Hong Kong-based tech-focused hedge fund, has returned 53% so far this year, benefiting from investments in semiconductors, data centres and a rally in Chinese investments in...

Bitcoin's clean break

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook One bitcoin will now set you back six figures. The cryptocurrency's break above the $100,000...

Bitcoin surges above $100,000

Bitcoin hit a record high above $100,000 on Thursday as the election of Republican Donald Trump as U.S. president fuels expectations that his administration will usher in a friendly regulatory...