Federal court’s decision heightens the risks that Silicon Valley behemoth will need to sell assets

Barry Silbert, the CEO of Digital Currency Group, said he would have secured higher investment gains by just holding the Bitcoin that he invested in early-stage crypto projects around 2012. During an April 17 appearance on Raoul Pal's Journey Man podcast, Silbert said he discovered Bitcoin (BTC) in 2011, purchasing BTC at $7-$8 per coin.…

Homeland Security threatens to revoke university’s ability to admit foreign nationals

The World Bank’s Banga is speaking and says: Foreign aid is a temporary method to help challenged countries, but will not be the long-term solution for development The right regulatory environment must be created to encourage private investment in developing countries and to create jobs The ‘all of the above’ energy strategy will…

Fitch is out on global turmoil and says: Deep cuts to growth forecast as global trade war escalates. Still expects Federal Reserve to wait until Q4 before cutting rates despite deteriorating US growth outlook. We now expect deeper rate cuts from ECB and in emerging markets. Expect some additional US tariff revenues to be…

Opinion by: Mārtiņš Beņķītis, co-founder and CEO of Gravity Team As crypto adoption plateaus in some developed nations, emerging markets have led the charge for adoption. Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America have become rapid growth centers, with new activity driven by limited banking options, local currency instability and growing smartphone use. The need for…

The amount of Bitcoin held on the books of publicly traded companies rose by 16.1% in the first quarter of 2025, according to crypto fund issuer Bitwise. Total company Bitcoin (BTC) holdings rose to around 688,000 BTC by the end of Q1, with firms adding 95,431 BTC over the quarter, Bitwise reported in an April…

Ex BOJ official says Bank to hold, not hike: "will be in a wait-and-see mode for a while” Goldman Sachs are wary of 500K of US job losses due to tariffs UBS has cut its China GDP growth forecast to 3.4% for 2025 Survey of firms shows efforts to revive U.S. manufacturing through tariffs…

Goldman Sachs sought out academic studies on how tariffs impact: The broader statistical evidence points to negative net employment effects. While the range of estimates is wide, academic studies generally find that a 1Opp increase in tariff rates raises employment in protected industries by 0.2-0.4% but that each 1pp increase in tariff-driven costs lowers…

UBS has cut its China GDP growth forecast to 3.4% for 2025 Downgraded on assuming current tariff hikes will remain and China rolls out additional stimulus UBS say the forecast comes with high margins of error more to come …