While Bitcoin struggles to break new ground, another country is racking up its Bitcoin holdings, albeit illegally. According to research group Arkham Intelligence, hacking group Lazarus (which is famously funded by the regime of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un) has now laundered the money they stole from the Bybit hack, making Pyongyang a real […]
Late last year, the Federal Reserve ruined a planned Christmas rally for both Bitcoin and the stock markets when they (as expected) announced they would cut long-term interest rates by a quarter but warned (and that was a surprise) that they would only do so twice in 2025 (investors were counting on four or even […]
Unless you’ve been investing in European defense stocks since the beginning of the year (Germany’s Rheinmetall, France’s Thales and Britain’s BAE Systems are having a stellar year), you’re likely to have a bad year with your stock market or crypto portfolio. While January looked promising, February turned out to be nervous, and March has been […]
Russia’s economy is suffering because of the US and EU sanctions imposed on it because of the invasion of Ukraine. One way for the Russians to still make some money is to sell their oil and gas to India and China rather than to Europe and the US. Of course, the Chinese and Indian governments […]
Geopolitically it sounds quite strange and exceptional when you read it, but yes, this actually happened yesterday. India arrested a man from Russia (who also had Lithuanian nationality) on its territory at the request of the United States. According to the indictment from Washington DC, Alexei Besciokov is suspected of being one of the directors […]
Bitcoin investors are increasingly thinking that a rapid crash is possible. With stock markets falling in anticipation of major economic data from the US and a global trade war looming, major investors are increasingly cautious. The options market, where investors buy contracts to bet on or protect themselves against future price movements, shows that crypto […]
After the markets of both crypto coins and classic stocks had a really bad day on Monday, there was a small turnaround on Tuesday, although it is currently unclear whether this recovery will last. One person who is already not waiting is Cathie Wood, the CEO of Ark Invest. With her fund she bought crypto-related […]
The mood surrounding Bitcoin and the global stock markets has been particularly bearish for a few weeks now. According to crypto analysts, the support line of $70,000 could soon be tested. That would be the first time since early November 2024, but we are not there yet of course. Yesterday, Bitcoin did fall below $80,000 […]
David Sacks, the Trump administration’s so-called “crypto czar,” claims that the United States lost some $16 billion by selling its Bitcoins too early under the previous administration, aka Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration. That’s easy to claim in hindsight, of course, but given what happened to Germany, he could be right. Germany Last summer, the […]
Bitcoin is down around 7 percent since the start of the year, and even Donald Trump’s official signing of a “strategic crypto reserve” during his White House ‘Digital Asset Summit’ couldn’t turn the tide. Although the largest digital currency is still trading at a very high price level between $80,000 and $90,000, investors are clearly getting […]
