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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorials. Institutional Bitcoin (BTC) holders started 2025 trading at around $94,000. By October, they watched it soar to an all-time high of $126,200, a move that confirmed macro theories about digital scarcity and institutional adoption. Corporate treasuries that held out through the volatility, miners that resisted divestitures, and funds that held on to their quotas all recorded their gains on paper. summary Bitcoin’s 2025 round trip exposed hidden taxes on financial institutions. Prices ended flat, but storage fees…

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New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani was officially sworn in as the 111th mayor of the nation’s largest city early Thursday, aiming to implement the innovative and progressive platform he campaigned on.New York State Attorney General Letitia James swore in Mandani, the city’s first Muslim mayor, in a small ceremony with his family shortly after midnight. Supporters counted down the seconds.”This is truly an honor and a once-in-a-lifetime privilege,” Mamdani said during the swearing-in ceremony at the Old City Hall IRT subway station, which closed in 1945. Mamdani ran on a platform supporting public transport. He said the brilliant station…

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, said a weak labor market, uncertainty over inflation and political pressure will lead the Federal Reserve to cut rates aggressively in early 2026.Although markets and Fed officials themselves expect only modest easing over the next year, Zandi expects the central bank to cut rates by a quarter of a percentage point three times by mid-year.”The decision to further ease monetary policy will be driven by the continued weakness in the jobs market, particularly in the first half of 2026,” the economist said in his recently published outlook for the year ahead. “It will…

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The final bill largely inherits the core architecture discussed in April, leaving the list of newly regulated activities essentially unchanged. However, a number of important changes have been made, including clarifications regarding definitions and the addition of new provisions governing the public offering, disclosure, and market abuse of cryptoassets.At the same time, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published three consultation papers on the regulation of crypto-asset activities, the crypto-asset admission and disclosure and market abuse regime, and the crypto-asset corporate prudential regime. We will discuss these in another blog post.Overview of the new systemThe Financial Services and Markets Act…

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Asked about the presence of the wreckage, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was “a matter for our military.” He called Zelensky’s dismissal of the attack and the allegations raised in Western media “completely insane.” Peskov said Russia’s diplomatic position “will become tougher” as a result of the attack. “Our military knows when and how to respond,” he added.The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, also vowed that “there will be no forgiveness” for Zelensky. The story received enthusiastic coverage and made headlines on national television channels’ news programs.President Putin has made no secret of his determination…

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