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View More NewsKevin Warsh is President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Trump has grumbled publicly about current Fed Chair Jerome Powell practically since the beginning of his second term. Now, the president has named a replacement. Not surprisingly, Warsh is a prominent critic of the Fed—and Powell. Warsh was a Fed governor during the financial crisis, and like Trump, he favors lower interest rates in the short term. During the pandemic, Warsh also warned that ongoing expansions of the central bank’s balance sheet could spark inflation. As The Wall Street Journal notes, he’s usually been…
The crypto market’s tight links with traditional markets laid bare Friday as a sharp slide in metal prices shook out millions in leveraged bets on blockchain versions of gold, silver, and copper.Three-month copper futures on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell nearly 4% from Thursday’s peak above $14,500 a ton, settling closer to $13,000 amid technical disruptions at the LME, and a sharp shift in positioning by Chinese traders. The move marked a pause after a relentless run driven by Chinese demand, energy transition optimism and a weaker U.S. dollar. Gold and silver prices fell by 4% and 5.9%, respectively.…
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It’s a scenario that students of history will find familiar. Greenland’s strategic importance becomes front-page news. Statesmen demand access to the island’s resources. Arcane principles of international law are rediscovered and weaponised. Rancour grows over the question of who will control the world’s biggest island, threatening to open a rift between otherwise friendly powers.This is spring 1940. While the Second World War rages in Europe, Canada, and the (still officially neutral) United States became embroiled in a diplomatic stand-off in the North Atlantic. More than eight decades later, the echoes of their dispute resonate in a world that leaders from…
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In brief Bitcoin and the broader equity markets declined amid a global risk-off move, driven by a mix of macro and geopolitical factors. Next…
from the inch-by-inch dept I’ve been talking about the Stop Killing Games movement for some time now, so important is its mission to me.…
Bitcoin just crashed through a price milestone it’s been holding on to for two months, and sellers are calling the shots now.That trusty milestone?…
Unclaimed Ethereum tokens from the infamous 2016 hack on The DAO will be redirected into a new security fund aimed at strengthening the network,…
from the wut? dept The travesty that is RFK Jr. in charge of American health and what he’s done to the CDC’s ACIP committee…
Yesterday, my Civitas Outlook column discussed Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christian Zionism on the right. The piece led off with Kevin Roberts’s infamous defense of Tucker Carlson, but…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, a decision that capped a sharp reversal in market expectations that had once favored an…
Bitcoin price breakouts fail to hold due to insufficient bid-side liquidity. Glassnode analysis identifies the key metrics that are likely to mark the next…
In brief Tokenized stocks and bonds remain subject to existing U.S. securities laws, regardless of whether ownership records are maintained on-chain or off-chain, the…
The media does not fairly cover the conservative Supreme Court justices. But it is not enough to criticize their written opinions. Rather, pundits feel…
With another $25 million from Ripple and $24 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the crypto industry’s chief campaign-finance fund, the Fairshake political action committee,…
Key takeaways:HYPE surged 60% to $34.90, fueled by institutional investor accumulation from Hyperliquid Strategies and reduced selling after staking unlocks.Bearish liquidations exceeding $20 million…