40 h. ago Trading firm Tower Research to launch fund for outside investors

High-frequency market makers are seeking new avenues for growth as competition rises

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58 h. ago Crypto's hottest new trend: publicly traded companies buying bunches of bitcoin

It’s one of crypto’s hottest trends: publicly traded companies buying bitcoin and then buying even more

Politics

3 d. ago Massive slum introduces Bitcoin where workers paid and vegetables bought with crypto

Around 200 people use bitcoin in Soweto West, a neighborhood of the Kibera slum in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. It's part of an initiative to extend financial services to one of the country's poorest and most under-banked areas

Politics

3 d. ago UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use automation for risk checks

Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AIInternet safety campaigners have urged the UK’s communications watchdog to limit the use of artificial intelligence in crucial risk assessments after a report that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was planning to automate checks.Ofcom said it was “considering the concerns” raised by the campaigners’ letter, after a report last month that up to 90% of all risk assessments at the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp would soon be carried out by AI. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago 'Bitcoin Family' take drastic measures to protect themselves amid crypto kidnappings

A Dutch family that famously bet their entire lives on bitcoin has taken extreme measures to protect themselves and their digital assets amid an alarming string of high-profile crypto kidnappings.

Events

4 d. ago UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use AI for risk checks

Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AIInternet safety campaigners have urged the UK’s communications watchdog to limit the use of artificial intelligence in crucial risk assessments after a report that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was planning to automate checks.Ofcom said it was “considering the concerns” raised by the campaigners’ letter, after a report last month that up to 90% of all risk assessments at the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp would soon be carried out by AI. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Bitcoin and crypto funds on their way for UK investors, as watchdog plans to lift its ban

The FCA banned the sale of bitcoin and other crypto ETNs to UK retail investors alongside crypto derivatives in 2020, arguing they were not appropriate.

Economics

8 d. ago Thames Water faces weeks of uncertainty as watchdog reviews £4bn creditor plan

Senior bondholders propose injecting equity to match KKR’s defunct bid but plan needs approval from Ofwat and courts

Economics

1 week ago Cash is no longer king? Nigel Farage vows to lead a 'crypto revolution' bringing Britain 'properly into the 21st century' after vowing to protect hard currency before election

The Reform leader, who is facing accusations of having 'fantasy' economic plans, told Bitcoin 25 in Las Vegas he wanted to 'bring our country properly into the 21st century'.

Politics

2 w. ago Trump says he will be negotiating the ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill after Musk criticizes it – live

Trump says the bill ‘needs to get a lot of support’ in Congress, adding ‘we have to get a lot of votes’Musk says Trump tax bill weakens Doge cost-cutting measuresThe vice-president, JD Vance, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Vegas, which will set out the Trump administration’s turbocharged approach to the US crypto industry.If you cast your minds back, it’s the same conference Trump spoke at last year in Nashville calling for America to become a “bitcoin superpower” and the “crypto capital of the planet” under his leadership.At 4:30pm ET, Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr will speak at the very same conference in Vegas. It’s presumably an industry they feel invested in, given they back a major Bitcoin venture themselves, per Reuters. And it comes just a day after a separate family-linked business, the Trump Media & Technology Group, announced its intention to raise $2.5bn to invest in bitcoin, as the Wall Street Journal reports. A...

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2 w. ago Warning over rise of violent ‘wrench attacks’ on wealthy crypto holders

Wrench attacks are on the rise thanks in part to cryptocurrency’s popularity

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2 w. ago Marco Rubio announces visa restrictions for foreigners ‘complicit in censoring Americans’ – US politics live

US secretary of state makes announcement that appears to take aim at other countries’ enforcement of social media regulationsMusk says Trump tax bill weakens Doge cost-cutting measuresThe vice-president, JD Vance, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Vegas, which will set out the Trump administration’s turbocharged approach to the US crypto industry.If you cast your minds back, it’s the same conference Trump spoke at last year in Nashville calling for America to become a “bitcoin superpower” and the “crypto capital of the planet” under his leadership.At 4:30pm ET, Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr will speak at the very same conference in Vegas. It’s presumably an industry they feel invested in, given they back a major Bitcoin venture themselves, per Reuters. And it comes just a day after a separate family-linked business, the Trump Media & Technology Group, announced its intention to raise $2.5bn to invest in bitcoin, as the Wall Str...

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2 w. ago Musk criticises Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’, saying tax plans undermine Doge measures – US politics live

Tesla billionaire calls legislation a ‘massive spending bill’ that will add to the federal deficitMusk says Trump tax bill weakens Doge cost-cutting measuresThe vice-president, JD Vance, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Vegas, which will set out the Trump administration’s turbocharged approach to the US crypto industry.If you cast your minds back, it’s the same conference Trump spoke at last year in Nashville calling for America to become a “bitcoin superpower” and the “crypto capital of the planet” under his leadership.At 4:30pm ET, Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr will speak at the very same conference in Vegas. It’s presumably an industry they feel invested in, given they back a major Bitcoin venture themselves, per Reuters. And it comes just a day after a separate family-linked business, the Trump Media & Technology Group, announced its intention to raise $2.5bn to invest in bitcoin, as the Wall Street Journal reports. And th...

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2 w. ago Saudi AI company courts US tech investors and plans $10bn venture fund

PIF-backed Humain plans to use kingdom’s financial might to become global AI hub

Economics

2 w. ago Bitcoin price surge encourages more companies to acquire crypto

Many digital asset firms are trying to emulate software group Strategy’s success

Politics

2 w. ago Saudi AI company courts US tech investors and plans $10bn fund

PIF-backed Humain plans to use kingdom’s financial might to become global AI hub

Economics

2 w. ago Why it's now time to jump on the Bitcoin bandwagon: As crypto booms, our world

Bitcoin is hitting new all-time highs once again and is up by close to 50 pc in the last year alone.

Politics

2 w. ago Trump Media says investors will fund a company 'bitcoin reserve' through share purchases

President Donald Trump’s media company says institutional investors will buy $2.5 billion of the company’s stock, with the proceeds going to build up a bitcoin reserve

Economics

2 w. ago Capital investor makes critical £200 million funding pledge to Scottish businesses

“Our new commitment builds on a strong foundation and is focused on unlocking even more opportunities for Scottish scale-ups to thrive” – Paddy Graham, BGF

Economics

2 w. ago Trump’s media company plans to raise $3B to buy crypto as conflict of interest claims deepen: report

Trump owns a majority stake in TMTG, which is held in a trust managed by his son, Donald Trump Jr, for as long as he is president.

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