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According to a newly released Chainalysis blog post, contrary to popular opinion, organized crime groups have adopted cryptocurrency because they think it is more efficient, fast and the perception that it affords them anonymity. However, they have limited intent or expertise for any sophisticated o

Senator Cynthia Lummis and other Senate Republicans have expressed concern over President Trump’s dinner offer to the top holders of the $TRUMP memecoin. Lummis called for a pause on the offer as it raises ethical and legal complications
Trump is once again in the middle of controversy following h

The White House has completed a fresh batch of sanctions against Russia, aimed at hitting banks and energy companies, in a move to force President Vladimir Putin to support President Donald Trump’s demand for a ceasefire in Ukraine, according to Reuters.
The targets include Gazprom, the massive

Deputy director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Michael Ellis, says that the agency is increasingly incorporating Bitcoin as a tool in its operations. According to him, working with Bitcoin is a matter of national security.
On the market analyst and investor’s show, Ellis told

Stocks surged on Friday after the April nonfarm payrolls report beat Wall Street’s expectations, pushing the S&P 500 toward its longest run of gains in over two decades. The index rose 1.5%, putting it on track for its ninth straight win, a streak not seen since November 2004.
The Dow Jones

Prime Minister Mark Carney will head to Washington on Tuesday for his first face‑to‑face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, trying to patch up a trade relationship he warned last week was “over.”
The trip comes just days after Carney’s Liberal party won the general election, ending a

President Donald Trump wants to cut federal government spending by a huge amount. He released a budget plan asking Congress to cut the nation’s overall spending on non-defense programs by more than $163 billion to $557 billion.
The plan came out on Friday. It is putting pressure on Republican

Today, regulatory filings have shown that the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, wants to sell up to $4.75 billion worth of shares in the e-commerce business over the next 12 months.
Bezos, who quit as CEO of the Seattle-based tech company in the middle of 2021,

Former chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, said she is still bullish on the opportunities for green tech investors in the U.S. The economist also warned of severe risks that Trump’s war is creating for the entire national economy.
Yellen previously chaired the Federal Reserve and

Goldman Sachs has announced its intention to expand its digital asset operations with an emphasis on tokenization and crypto lending
Within the traditional financial sector, there has been a growing interest in offering cryptocurrency services to clients. Goldman Sachs is joining the ranks of

President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration will revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, saying the school deserves it after what he described as repeated failures to act in the public interest.
“It’s what they deserve!” Trump posted on Truth Social, escalating his campaign

The Fed might actually slash rates next week after the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report on Friday showed that nonfarm payrolls increased a seasonally adjusted 177,000 for the month, slightly below the downwardly revised 185,000 in March but above the Dow Jones estimate for 133,000.
Vicky Pryce, w

Warren Buffett is finally expected to talk about the tariffs and economic mess that’s had Wall Street choking for months.
The 94-year-old CEO of Berkshire Hathaway will face investors at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha this Saturday. He hasn’t said a thing yet about the chaos

Japan’s top five trading houses, all backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, are predicting their earnings will plummet due to the uncertainty that US President Donald Trump’s trade policy has caused global markets, according to a Nikkei Asia Friday exclusive.
The five,

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to cut funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The order also directed the CPB to cease all indirect funding by making sure that licensees of TV and public radio stations don’t use federal funding for th

President Donald Trump signed a minerals agreement with Ukraine this week, but it hasn’t brought the U.S. any closer to getting Vladimir Putin to accept the White House’s peace offer.
Trump’s administration pushed the deal as a major win, but no one inside the West Wing agrees on what the next

In April 2025, the US added 177,000 jobs, surpassing forecasts despite trade tensions. Unemployment remained at 4.2%. Markets reacted cautiously as the Federal Reserve meeting approached. China expressed willingness to resume trade talks but demanded the US lift tariffs first. Bond yields rose as investors awaited the Fed's decision.

Ripple initiated its monthly rebalancing on May 1, transferring 1 billion XRP across several internal addresses. Two main wallets, labeled Ripple (26) and Ripple (27), moved in coordination in two transactions to four receiving addresses, with Ripple later locking 700M XRP in escrow.
While

Japan just pulled out the sharpest blade it’s got in the drawer — $1.13 trillion in US Treasury bonds. That’s what Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato waved in America’s face on Friday, right on national television.
Asked if Japan would ever use its role as the world’s biggest foreign holder of US