Coinbase returns to India: Crypto exchange confirms securing FIU regulatory nod The announcement comes more than a year after Coinbase ceased operations in India due to regulatory challenges with UPI services.

#Crypto exchange #Coinbase, which backs Indian exchanges #CoinSwitch and #CoinDCX, is returning to #India after scoring necessary regulatory approvals. #Binance   scored its regulatory approvals last year. $COIN #Bitcoin #Ethereum indianexpress.com/article/tech...

US toughens sanctions on Russian energy payments The Trump administration has toughened sanction on Russia's oil and gas industry on March 13 by not renewing an exemption that allows Russian banks to access U.S. payment systems to conduct energy tra...

By allowing a key exemption to lapse, the U.S. has tightened sanctions on #Russia while seeking a ceasefire agreement. The exemption allowed Russian banks to access U.S. payment systems to facilitate energy transactions. #energy #RussiaUkraineWar kyivindependent.com/us-toughens-...

Crypto Stages a Comeback After Trump Reserve Announcement YouTube video by Coinage

#CryptoOptions trader Irman Lahka believes that, "once we get out of the other side of March then I think we can feel probably a bit more confident in general of a risk asset rally and crypto will participate in that.” #ETH #BTC #DonaldTrump $ADA $SOL$BTC youtu.be/Rg6XYVeXrBk?...

It kind of feels like #SBF is trying to position himself for something. #FTX #SamBankmanFried #crypto #BTC #ETH

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Trader makes $7 million in one day going 50x long bitcoin, ether ahead of Trump's crypto reserve announcement At one point early Sunday, if the price of ETH had fallen only $54 more, the trader would've been liquidated for millions of dollars.

Someone trading on #DeFi protocol #Hyperliquid allegedly made $7 million in 24 hours after entering a 50x #BTC trade prior to #DonaldTrump’s announcement prodding along work on a #Crypto Strategic Reserve by a presidential working group. $ETH $ADA $XRP
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Vietnam Court Jails Journalist for 30 Months Over Facebook Posts A Vietnam court has sentenced independent journalist Truong Huy San to 30 months in prison for posting articles on Facebook that were critical of the government.

A #journalist in #Vietnam has been sentenced to 30 months in prison over #Facebook posts critical of the government. $META www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, upends a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman traditionally remains in place as administrations change.

Friday night after many Americans started their weekend, President #DonaldTrump fired the U.S.'s top military officer, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. Announcing it, on his for-profit social media platform, he thanked Brown for his 40 years of service.
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Bybit Hit by Crypto’s Worst Hack With Almost $1.5 Billion Stolen Crypto exchange Bybit said it was hacked, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of almost $1.5 billion worth of tokens in the biggest theft ever committed in the industry. Researchers belie...

Researchers believe that the Lazarus Group, a hacker group alleged to be run by the #NorthKorean government, is behind the hack of #Bybit, the world's second largest #crypto exchange. #ETH #BTC www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Associated Press Sues White House Officials to Restore Access The Associated Press sued three White House officials after its reporters were banned from covering events at the White House and traveling aboard Air Force One over President Donald Trump’s objection...

Three #WhiteHouse officials have been sued by the Associated Press after their reporters were banned from covering White House events. A federal court will decide if the ban is constitutional. #DonaldTrump #Constitution www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bybit crypto exchange hit with record $1.4 billion Ethereum hack Ethereum fell 5% after the world's second-largest crypto exchange suffered a $1.4-billion exploit

The world's second-largest crypto exchange, #Bybit, was drained of about $1.4 billion worth of Ethereum and staked Ether by a hack. #BTC #ETH #crypto
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Hochul to Seek New Oversight, but Won’t Remove Adams for Now Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York is said to be planning to announce that she will not remove Mayor Eric Adams at this time, but she will seek to increase the state’s supervision of New York City’s affair...

Governor Kathy Hochul is said not to be seeking NYC Mayor #EricAdams' removal but to increase the state's oversight. Under NY state's constitution, the governor is can remove NY City's mayor, but this power hasn't been used in the state's 235-year history.
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Binance.US restores fiat deposits and withdrawals for the first time since 2023 Fiat functionality was paused in June 2023 after the SEC sued Binance.US, alleging violations of securities laws.

For the first time in almost two years, Binance.US is allowing customers to deposit and withdraw U.S. dollars. This ability was suspended after the SEC sued #Binance, Binance.US, and the firm's co-founder CZ. #crypto #BTC #Eth
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Fed’s Waller Favors Pausing Rate Cuts Until Inflation Bump Fades Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said recent economic data support keeping interest rates on hold, but if inflation behaves as it did in 2024, policymakers can get back to cutting “at some ...

Chris Waller, a voting member of the U.S. #FederalReserve’s Federal Open Market Committee believes rate cuts should be paused until #inflation rates come down. This view is bearish for risk assets, but the question is whether this is priced in. #Fed #FOMC
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UK-based trader wins fight against extradition to US on insider dealing charges A British-Lebanese securities trader wanted in the United States for alleged insider dealing on Wednesday won his fight against extradition at the United Kingdom's Supreme Court.

A British Court rejected the extraterritorial reach of United States securities law by barring the extradition of a man to the U.S. wanted on allegations of insider trading, overturning 20-year-old precedent. #InsiderTrading
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Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Prewar Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’ In his first trip abroad, the new U.S. defense secretary told allies, including NATO officials, that a durable peace could only come “with a realistic assessment of the battlefield.”

U.S. Defense Secretary, #PeteHegseth, backs appeasement to end the war in #Ukraine. On the social media platform, Truth Social, that he is majority owner of #PresidentTrump said: "this war must and will end soon.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...

Exclusive | Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI The unsolicited offer complicates Sam Altman’s plans to convert OpenAI to a for-profit company.

A group led by #ElonMusk made a $97.4 billion bid to buy the nonprofit that controls #OpenAI. #ArtificialIntelligence
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Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Crypto Exchange Gemini Looking to Go Public: Bloomberg The exchange looking at IPO listing as soon as this year, the report said.

#Crypto exchanges Gemini, Kraken, and Bullish as well as peer-to-peer payments firm #Circle appear to be planning initial public offerings as the atmosphere at U.S. regulatory agencies shifts after the election of president #DonaldTrump. #IPO $BTC #ETH www.coindesk.com/business/202...

EU prepares to hit Big Tech in retaliation for Donald Trump's tariffs The EU is planning to hit Silicon Valley with retaliatory measures if Donald Trump follows through on tariff threats. Read more.

The #EuropeanUnion has put together a retaliatory mechanism to hit U.S. companies with including big tech firms to ward off President #DonaldTrump's imposition of #tarrifs. $GOOG $APPL $META $MSFT
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Grammys 2025 live updates: Winning moments and red carpet highlights from music’s biggest night Follow our live updates on the 2025 Grammys red carpet, winning moments and highlights from the awards ceremony.

The 67th #Grammy Awards kicked off tonight. #Beyoncé, #SabrinaCarpenter, #KendrickLamar, #CharliXCX and others won awards announced before the televised broadcast. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”

Over 8,000 federal government webpages have been removed since Friday, pursuant to an order going after #diversity initiatives. However, among the pages removed were ones on scientific research, hate crimes and veteran's care. #DonaldTrump
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Andreessen Horowitz Backs Neuralink Rival in New Round Prominent neurosurgeon Edward Chang has raised about $50 million for a brain implant startup.

A rival to the #ElonMusk-backed brain implant company #Neuralink has received funding from a prominent venture capital firm. Andreessen Horowitz is funding Echo Neurotechnologies Corp. headed by neurosurgeon Edward Chang. Echo has raised $50 million. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Grayscale Bitcoin Miners ETF ($MNRS), the latest ETF offering from #Grayscale, tracks an index whose biggest constituents include the Bitcoin miners listed on the chart below:
#BTC $MNRS #Bitcoin #ETFs $MARA $RIOT $CORZ $CLSK $IREN $BTC #crypto

Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI are investigating whether data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorized manner by a group linked to Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek, ...

#Microsoft and #OpenAI are investigating whether Chinese artificial intelligence firm, #DeepSeek used OpenAI's technology without authorization. #ArtificialInteligence www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

‘Back to 1897’: Latin America scrambles to respond to Donald Trump’s aggression Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro finds little support for confrontational stance against US

At an emergency meeting Thursday, the heads of Latin American countries will discuss how to respond to the #DonaldTrump's #deportation tactics. They will meet under the auspices of #CELAC, an organization one analyst described as a platform for #China. www.ft.com/content/feaa...

Trump Says Colombia Will Accept Deportees, Ending Tariff Standoff The president has made immigration an early priority to start second term, with ICE making over 900 arrests Sunday.

#Colombia agreed to allow planes carrying Colombian migrants to land in the country, allowing its citizens to be repatriated. The #Trump administration threated to levy 25% tariffs on Colombia for barring the flights. #BreakingNews #immigration www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Hong Kong prepares for influx of listings from mainland China Bankers expect the territory to benefit from US-Chinese tensions and Beijing’s capital controls

This year investment bankers expect a raft of secondary listings in #HongKong from #Chinese companies. The offerings could raise as much as $20 billion. #China #HangSeng www.ft.com/content/ef6e...

IAG emerges as major contender for stake in Portuguese airline TAP A number of aviation firms, including Lufthansa and Air France-KLM, have also shown interest in the Portuguese carrier but BA owner, IAG, is widely viewed by analysts as the frontrunner.

#Portugal is set to sell a stake in state-owned airline #TAPAirPortugal. It appears that IAG, owner of #BritishAirways and #Iberia, is in pole positon to consummate a deal. The stake in the airline on offer is valued at around $1 billion. #TAPPortugal
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Trump defends ousting at least 15 independent inspectors general in late-night purge The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general.

15 inspector generals were fired Friday night by the #Trump administration, alarming members of congress and violating congressional checks. Congress is required to receive 30 days’ notice of the firing of Senate-confirmed inspector generals. #BreakingNews
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Russia's Ryazan oil refinery in flames after drone strike, reports say The reported strike comes two nights after Ukrainian forces launched a joint attack against the refinery that allegedly damaged multiple on-site facilities.

After a drone strike, #Russia's Ryazan #Oil Refinery, which is about 310 miles from #Ukraine's border, reportedly burst into flames. Ukraine's Security Service and Special Operations Forces began an attack yesterday. #crudeoil #energy #RussianUkrainianWar
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Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Commerce Nominee, Discloses Business Interests Howard Lutnick disclosed details of complex financial interests, including at least $800 million in assets and positions in more than 800 companies.

Howard Lutnick, #DonaldTrump's pick to be Secretary of Commerce and CEO of financial institution Cantor Fitzgerald, has disclosed at least $800 million in assets His firm has a 5% ownership interest in stablecoin issuer #Tether. $USDT #crypto
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