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Wall Street bounced higher after the Fed chair’s speech.

The alarm bells are ringing louder in markets

There are cracks appearing in share and crypto markets across the globe.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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Wall Street’s bull rally has at least been interrupted.

The AI spending frenzy is giving investors anxiety

While Wall Street bankers think there could be a 10 to 20 per cent market correction, one of the world’s most famous investors bets on something more traumatic.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Billionaire Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty in 2023 to anti-money laundering failures, has been laying out his blueprint for policing the industry.

‘Biggest name in crypto’: Trump pardons billionaire who admitted to money laundering

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and his company Binance have been key supporters of some of the Trump family’s crypto enterprises.

  • Will Weissert and Alan Suderman
The $US400 billion cryptocurrency crash from Friday has raised suspicions of insider trading.

Crypto anger as investors claim insider trading in $600b Trump crash

The cryptocurrency crash triggered by the US president’s threat of 100 per cent tariffs on China on Friday has unleashed fresh claims of insider trading.

  • Eir Nolsoe
Ross Ulbricht, who created Silk Road, a dark web market that used Bitcoin to facilitate millions of dollars in drug sales, takes the stage to speak at Bitcoin 2025.

‘A disgrace’: Crypto rebel’s controversial comeback after Trump pardon

Ross Ulbricht seemed destined to spend the rest of his life inside a cell. But now he is free, and making a spectacular return to the crypto world.

  • Ryan Mac and David Yaffe-Bellany
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‘Asset of the future’: Meet the companies ditching cash for bitcoin

Companies are adopting crypto in a demonstration of forward-thinking strategy – yet the risks of past financial crises are never out of the picture.

  • Chris Zappone
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Do Kwon, co-founder and chief executive officer of Terraform Labs.

‘What I did was wrong’: 33-year-old crypto mogul pleads guilty over $61 billion collapse

The implosion of Terra in 2022 helped trigger the meltdown of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and sparked an international manhunt for Do Kwon.

  • Bob Van Voris
Bitcoin’s value dipped slightly after the publication of the China rumours.

China did not ban crypto this week, so why is the internet saying it did?

Posts and articles claiming the implementation of a new ban were viewed millions of times on Sunday, though they are seemingly based on lies.

  • Tim Biggs
Eric Trump holds a large stake in closely held American Bitcoin, which he co-founded in March.

‘No conflicts of interest’: Eric Trump eyes $570 million windfall from four-month-old company

The Trump family’s push into cryptocurrency is paying off in spades but the White House denies there is any conflict of interest.

  • Zachary R. Mider and Annie Massa
Trump is staunch supporter of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Why is bitcoin soaring? And is it time to invest?

Once seen only as a “safe haven” asset isolated from the fluctuation of markets, institutional investors are now flocking to the cryptocurrency.

  • Dominic Powell

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