Lutnick Plays Down Recession Fears at Bitcoin Lingers in 80K Range

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Treasury Secretary Howard Lutnick insists the U.S. economy is on solid footing despite concerns from Wall Street that a recession is in the cards. “Absolutely not,” he said on a Sunday edition of Meet the Press when asked if Americans should prepare for a downturn. “There’s going to be no recession in America,” he continued. […]

Bitcoin Staking Platform Core Seeks APAC Expansion Through Custodian Cobo

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Bitcoin (BTC) staking layer Core has teamed up with Singapore-based custodian Cobo to expand its institutional reach into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Core, issuer of the liquid-staking token lstBTC, will enable Cobo’s institutional clients to earn a return on BTC holdings while maintaining full control over their assets, according to an emailed announcement shared with […]

Trump Signs Order Setting Up Bitcoin ‘Fort Knox’ and Digital Assets Stockpile

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President Donald Trump has directed his administration to establish a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve to hold the assets that have been seized by the government, and he’s additionally called for a crypto stockpile of other types of assets. At this point, all of the assets contemplated by the order would be those seized in civil or […]

U.S. Bitcoin ETFs Post Year’s 2nd-Biggest Outflows, More May Be on the Way

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U.S. spot-listed bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced the second-biggest outflows of the year on Monday, dropping $516.4 million, Farside data shows. The withdrawals, the ninth net outflow in 10 days, reflect a growing discomfort with the largest cryptocurrency, which has traded in a narrow price range between $94,000 and $100,000 for most of this […]