Analysis: Cryptocurrencies

Central African Republic's Touadera, friend of Russia and crypto, vies for third term

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera is seeking a controversial third term on Sunday after a decade in office in which he has turned to Russia for security in exchange for...

Coinbase doubles down on prediction markets with deal for The Clearing Company

Coinbase said on Monday it will buy prediction markets startup The Clearing Company, its tenth acquisition this year, as the crypto exchange looks to expand beyond its core digital assets business. ...

JPMorgan exploring crypto trading for institutional clients, Bloomberg News reports

JPMorgan Chase is considering offering cryptocurrency trading to its institutional clients, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, underscoring Wall Street banks' growing participation in the digital...

Pulte and other Trump loyalists at mortgage regulator clash with Fannie and Freddie staffers

Days after being sworn in as President Donald Trump's appointee at a top U.S. housing agency, Bill Pulte began cleaning house.  Since taking over the Federal Housing Finance Agency in...

Bitcoin's supply shock tests demand

Historic long-term BTC holder selling and miner stress weigh on price, even as institutions continue to accumulate.

US crypto industry cheers 2025 wins, but party may fizzle next year

After celebrating Donald Trump's second presidential term by swilling cocktails and partying to Snoop Dogg at a pre-inauguration event in January, the crypto industry went on to notch major...

Coinbase appoints UK ex-finance minister George Osborne to run advisory council

U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has appointed former British finance minister George Osborne to run its internal advisory council, the company said on Thursday, as it aims to expand its influence with...

Crypto exchange HashKey shares end flat in volatile Hong Kong trading debut

Cryptocurrency exchange HashKey Holdings Ltd made a flat debut in Hong Kong on Wednesday amid recent weakness in digital assets, but its management said it remains confident about the sector's...

Bank of Canada wants stablecoins to be backed by high-quality liquid assets

The Bank of Canada says regulations on future Canadian stablecoins must ensure they are backed by high-quality liquid assets and be pegged one-to-one to a central bank currency, Governor Tiff Macklem...

Crypto exchange HashKey raises $207 million in Hong Kong IPO

HashKey Group, Hong Kong's largest licensed crypto exchange, has set its initial public offering price at HK$6.68 per share, raising HK$1.61 billion , according to an exchange filing on Tuesday. ...

British regulator kicks off consultation on new crypto rules

British regulator the Financial Conduct Authority launched a wide-ranging consultation on a range of proposed rules for the crypto industry on Tuesday, a day after the government said the industry...

Pakistan to allow Binance to explore 'tokenisation' of up to $2 billion of assets

Pakistan has signed a memorandum of understanding with crypto exchange Binance to explore the tokenisation of up to $2 billion in sovereign bonds, T-bills and commodity reserves to boost liquidity and...

TerraUSD creator Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years over $40 billion crypto collapse

Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison for what a judge called...

Bitcoin's quantum scare: real risk or market overreaction?

As fears of a cryptographic doomsday spread, experts say Bitcoin has decades before quantum computers pose a genuine threat. Still, preparations must begin soon.

Hedge funds and state-backed investors bet on volatility in 2026 

Markets roiled by geopolitical tensions and diverging interest rates present money-making opportunities for the coming year, the heads of hedge funds Man Group and Brevan Howard and the Abu Dhabi...

ProShares withdraws some highly leveraged ETF plans after SEC review halt

ETF provider ProShares has withdrawn its registration request for some highly leveraged exchange-traded funds after receiving a warning letter from the U.S. securities regulator that flagged risk...

EU presents plans to overcome investment hurdles hampering competitiveness

The European Commission proposed measures on Thursday to make the European Union's capital markets more competitive by easing cross-border operations and giving broader oversight to the European...

Strategy vs. Wall Street: the pressure point linking MSTR and bitcoin's future

A 50% collapse in MSTR has exposed the fault line between bitcoin-heavy balance sheets and legacy index rules, putting both the company and BTC's future on trial.

Risk-on, risk-off, risk-on

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee There have been a couple of instances over the past month where a market rally was abruptly halted by sudden risk...