Author: Leslie Stewart

Opinion: Tim Haldorsson, founder of Lunar StrategyWhen President Donald Trump announced the US strategic crypto sanctuary on March 2, the focus was immediately on a surge in the prices of attached coins. Behind the market excitement is a much larger story that goes far beyond the designated assets themselves. The real opportunity is not to hold Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA). This is based on these newly legalized platforms.This government support creates fertile ground for the entire project ecosystem, unlocking innovation across multiple sectors and creating investment opportunities that can define the next wave of…

When President Donald Trump wanted to claim the success of his first term in an interview last month, he relied on the stock market. “I was extremely proud to hand over the country when the stock market was higher than before before before before before before,” he told Fox News in a February 9 interview. “It was an incredible achievement.”And in his second term he promised that the trend would continue.”The stock market is going to be great,” he told the crowd at an investor meeting on February 19.But his tone changed last week after stocks began spiraling downwards in…

President Donald Trump and other senior White House officials have been covering Americans over the past few days due to potential economic slowdowns, and they say they’ll move forward.Fear fostering potential tariff impacts has slowed the labor market, and indicators pointed to potential negative growth in the first quarter.”What we’re doing is so big, so there’s a transition period,” Trump said Sunday on the Fox News show “Sunday Morning Futures.” “We’re bringing wealth back to America. That’s a big deal. …It takes a little time, but I think it should be great for us.”When asked if he thought the recession…

US President Donald Trump will attend the White House Script Summit on March 7, 2025 at the White House in Washington, DC. Evelyn Hockstein |ReutersPresident Donald Trump’s return to the White House, volatility and geopolitical turbulence in global markets has led to warnings that the US economy could be heading towards a recession, but economists say the recession is not on the card yet.”I don’t think we’ll talk about the US recession. The US economy is resilient despite Donald Trump,” Holger Schmeading, chief economist at Belenberg Bank, told CNBC’s Squawk Box Europe on Monday.Dubbing Trump as “Agent of Confusion and…

LONDON – An oil tanker and a freighter collided on Monday off the British coast in the North Sea, the British Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard under HIS, which serves as the UK’s national maritime emergency service, said it is coordinating its response to reports of collisions between tankers and cargo ships off the coast of East Yorkshire in the UK.It said an alarm was raised warning the incident at 9:48am ET (ET). British government marines and coast guard agencies said in a media statement that Coast Guard rescue helicopters were last dispatched to respond to the collision, responding…

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder and former CEO of Binance, shares financial tips on how crypto investors can build wealth. According to an X post yesterday, the founder of Binance criticized Crypto for focusing on the short-term benefits. He highlighted that many investors spend huge amounts of money seeking small and quick profits. In particular, investors who use this strategy are often referred to as “degen.” A quick profit search will make them invest in what looks promising. However, they completely ignore the risks associated with tactics, which sometimes leads to huge losses. CZ Tips for Building Wealth According to CZ,…

If the Trump administration does not resume sharing military aid and intelligence news with Eastern European countries, Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday warned of potentially disastrous consequences for Ukraine.”As long as there’s fighting going on, pulling the plug in Ukrainian would be worse than Afghanistan,” Graham said in an interview with Fox News Sunday.”We will give Ukraine what it takes in terms of intelligence and weapons to protect ourselves until a ceasefire occurs,” Graham added. “As for Russia, we will introduce sanctions on their banking and energy sectors next week, urging them to reach the table. If they are not…

“The volume is too small. In fact, it’s only this Chinese who buys them. So there’s no way they can create a factory and make it in the US. It’s not big enough,” Tang says. “So certainly they have to import. There’s no way out.”Tang added that it will take several weeks for taxes to reach retail levels, so consumers will not immediately feel the full impact of the tariffs.Opened in 1925 and the longest operating facility in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Lum’s Store sources most of its goods from Jingdezhen, a southern Chinese city known for its porcelain. She said she…

Disclosure: The opinions and opinions expressed here belong to the authors solely and do not represent the views or opinions of the crypto.news editorial. In the United States, over the years, policymakers have researched, discussed and published multiple reports on whether the Federal Reserve should create a central bank digital currency without reaching a critical course of action. The CBDC is a digital version of the traditional, government-supported paper Fiat currency, issued to promote broader access to financial services with economic inclusion and symbolic payment efficiency. CBCD improves the monetary policy of the global payment system, instead of increasing tokenized…

WASHINGTON – Imagine President Bill Clinton creating a strategic Beanie Baby Reserve.Or if President Joe Biden created a stockpile of Hunter Biden painting assets and encouraged investment in products that happened to be like that to enrich his son. Here, on a real world planet, President Donald Trump is lucky to have the worst world of both worlds, corruption, creating strategic Bitcoin reserves and digital assets stockpiling cryptocurrencies that are even more volatile than Bitcoin.Trump’s plan sparked rage across the political spectrum from people who actually know how the economy and money work.”We’re looking forward to seeing you in the…