• Mar 18, 2025

Global Silver Market Faces Strains as Trump’s Tariffs Hit

(Bloomberg) -- The silver market faces mounting stress as trade-war concerns intensify, with higher rates to borrow metal adding to signs of global dislocation.Most Read from BloombergICE Eyes Massive California Tent Facility Amid Space ConstraintsHow Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got BuiltThe Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged CitiesWashington, DC, Region Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts from CongressNYC Plans for Flood Protection Without Federal FundsA surge in lease rates for the precious metal

• Mar 18, 2025

Wall Street Firms Plunge Into Europe’s Booming Active ETF Market

(Bloomberg) -- US investment firms are rushing to grab a greater chunk of Europe’s market for active exchange-traded funds, an industry projected to grow to $1 trillion in assets over the coming years.Most Read from BloombergICE Eyes Massive California Tent Facility Amid Space ConstraintsHow Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got BuiltThe Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged CitiesWashington, DC, Region Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts from CongressNYC Plans for Flood Protection Without Federal FundsJPMo

• Mar 18, 2025

ECB Governor Warns Trump's Pro-Crypto Policies Could Trigger Global Financial Instability

Francois Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France and a key member of the European Central Bank (ECB), has warned that the U.S.’s increasing embrace of cryptocurrencies.

• Mar 18, 2025

The Fed is expected to hold rates steady, as investors white-knuckle it through a brutal selloff and recession fears. ‘Policymakers aren’t providing any encouragement’

The Federal Reserve is expected to maintain interest rates at their current level.

• Mar 18, 2025

Crypto ETPs Face $1.7 Billion in Outflows as Bitcoin Products See Continued Decline for Fifth Consecutive Week

Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw significant outflows last week, with $1.7 billion withdrawn, continuing a streak of negative flows for the fifth consecutive week.

• Mar 17, 2025

Robinhood Stock Jumps 8% as It Launches Betting Markets Hub With Kalshi

Robinhood’s stock rose 8% on the Nasdaq after it announced a new betting markets hub in partnership with Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated prediction market platform.

• Mar 17, 2025

Metaplanet Continues Bond Issuance for Bitcoin Buys

Metaplanet has raised 2 billion yen ($13.4 million) through zero-interest bonds, allocated to Evo Fund and backed by stock acquisition rights, to purchase more BTC.

• Mar 17, 2025

Bitcoin Storm Could Be Brewing, Crypto OnChain Options Platform Derive Says

BTC currently faces low volatility, but a storm could be coming, Derive's Nick Forster said.

• Mar 17, 2025

'Bull crash' has driven the biggest ever drop in allocation to US stocks: Bank of America

Allocation to U.S. stocks saw the biggest drop ever in March with concerns over stagflation, trade wars and end of U.S. exceptionalism driving a "bull crash" in sentiment, a survey of investors from BofA Global Research showed on Tuesday. Global investors raised their allocation to cash to 4.1% from 3.5%, ending a "sell signal" triggered in December, with the speed of the downturn in sentiment being "consistent with end of equity correction", BofA said. Global growth expectations saw the second biggest drop on record, but, at the same time, allocation to euro zone stocks was the highest since July 2021, with banks becoming the world's favourite sector, according to the survey.

• Mar 17, 2025

Bitcoin's Bull Market Cycle Is Over, CryptoQuant's Ki Young Ju Says

CryptoQuant's founder is concerned about liquidity drying up.