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View More NewsBitcoin (BTC) trades slightly above $62,000 and is down nearly 2% over the past 24 hours amid a risk-off mood across global markets. The pressure is not coming from crypto exclusively and is more so attributed to a sharp selloff in semiconductor and AI stocks. Renewed profit-taking from Samsung sent Asian markets reeling overnight, and military escalation between the US and Iran sent oil up around 5%. As a result, US stocks opened lower, and on Wednesday the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its June meeting, a report traders typically watch closely for clues on the timing of any rate…
In brief Bankers reported a £5 million ($6.7 million) gift to Nigel Farage from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne to the UK’s National Crime Agency, the Guardian has reported. They filed a suspicious activity report in May 2024, saying they could not trace where the money ultimately came from; such a report is not proof of wrongdoing. Reporting on the SAR comes amid a standards investigation into whether Farage should have declared the gift, which he says he was under no obligation to do. Nigel Farage’s £5 million gift from billionaire Tether investor Christopher Harborne was flagged to the UK’s National…
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