Trump’s defence secretary uses Tokyo trip to call for a strengthening of the deterrence against China

Former TSMC executive Chiang Shang-Yi says Intel is no longer a chip industry leader and should stop chasing cutting-edge nodes, instead merging with mature chipmakers like UMC or GlobalFoundries to stay competitive. read more

Boycott Tesla if it makes you feel better — but the best critiques of Trump and Musk will come from the US itself

Stepping in to save the media outlet after US cuts could help European democracies develop a wider strategy for combating Russian disinformation, argues Peter Pomerantsev

Ether's (ETH) declining appeal as an investment comes from layer-2’s draining value from the main network and a lack of community pushback on excessive token creation, a crypto venture capitalist says. “The #1 cause of this is greedy Eth L2s siphoning value from the L1 and the social consensus that excess token creation was A-OK,”…

Just a heads up on that as this will affect the timing of economic data releases and market open hours, all being an hour earlier. That is if you're not from the region itself of course. …

The dollar is keeping steadier so far on the day, with the antipodes lagging among the major currencies. EUR/USD is still hugging levels under 1.0800 with large option expiries in play while AUD/USD is seen down 0.3% to 0.6285 with month-end considerations in focus as well. Meanwhile, gold continues to shine brightly as it races…

Influencer Logan Paul should be allowed to continue a lawsuit accusing the YouTuber known as “Coffeezilla” of making defamatory remarks about Paul’s failed CryptoZoo project, a Texas magistrate judge said. In a March 26 report filed in a San Antonio federal court, Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad recommended that federal Judge Orlando Garcia, overseeing the case,…

Bitcoin will break past its $109,000 all-time high sooner than expected despite recent volatile US macroeconomic conditions, according to a crypto analyst.  “The market may be underestimating how quickly Bitcoin could surge – potentially hitting new all-time highs before Q2 is out,” Real Vision chief crypto analyst Jamie Coutts told Cointelegraph.  He said this forecast…

China data: January - February Industrial profits -0.3% y/y (prior -3.3%) China tends to announce January / February data as one, to account for the moveable Lunar New year holidays each year. …