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Bitcoin Pops and Drops as Markets Swing Wildly on Tariff News

The White House denied a report that it was mulling a 90-day delay on imposition of tariffs.

Price bounce (Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops Below $79K as Cryptos Plunge, Stock Futures Fall Another 5%

Hedge funder Bill Ackman called President Trump's tariff plan "economic nuclear war" and urged a Monday pause.

Bitcoin plunges below $40K (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. SEC Staff Clarifies That Some Crypto Stablecoins Aren't Securities

In its latest what's-not-a-security statement on digital assets, the Securities and Exchange Commission has added dollar-based stablecoins, but may snub Tether.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Jerome Powell Makes No Promise to Ease Policy; Fed to Stay Focused on Inflation

The Fed chair spoke Friday with markets in full blown panic following the Trump tariff announcement.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Markets

U.S. March Jobs Growth of 228K Blows Through 135K Forecast

Bitcoin has been showing very faint signs of resilience as markets tumble in response to tariffs.

The U.S. released January jobs numbers Friday morning (Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. House Committee Advances Stablecoin Bill, While Dems Warn of Trump Conflicts

Though many Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee voted with Republicans to move the bill, they raised flags about the Trump-tied stablecoin.

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Markets

President Trump to Order 'Reciprocal Tariffs' to Begin This Week

Bitcoin retreated to $86,000 in volatile action as the announcements were made.

Trump in the Oval Office

Markets

GameStop Raising $1.3B Via Convertible Debt to Buy Bitcoin

The offering comes 24 hours after the company announced its intention to begin adding bitcoin to its balance sheet.

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Markets

GameStop to Add Bitcoin to Balance Sheet

Company CEO Ryan Cohen had teased possible purchases weeks ago, notably sharing a photo of himself and Strategy's Michael Saylor at a Mar-a-Lago event

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Finance

Derivatives Trading Giant CME Group to Test Tokenization with Google Cloud

The company aims to modernize financial markets through asset tokenization using Google Cloud Universal Ledger.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

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