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eToro has paused its preparations for an upcoming public listing on Nasdaq as President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs wiped out $6.6 trillion in two sessions, Bloomberg and Axios reported. However, according to industry sources, the company has not altered its plans to go public in Q2 this year. Instead, it will continue to evaluate market conditions given the recent market volatility. Volatility Sparks IPO Concerns President Trump’s tariffs last week caused major disruption to the global stock market. While the S&P 500 had been trading at an all-time high last February, the index lost almost 10.5 per cent in the…

Binance founder CZ has hiked the fee for messaging him on ReachMe, a paid chat platform he recently adopted, after being flooded with messages. On Mar. 27, CZ shared an update on X about his experience with ReachMe, a platform that helps influencers monetize direct messages. Initially setting the fee at 0.04 Binance Coin (BNB), about $24 per message, he was quickly overwhelmed with spam and irrelevant questions. Raising the price to 0.1 BNB ($60) still didn’t deter the flood of messages, leading him to set the fee at the current 0.2 BNB ($120) per message. CZ claims that his…

As Bitcoin continues to reflect bullish signals, recording an intraday high of $87,892 on April 2nd, Whale Alert has detected a large Bitcoin transfer involving 1050 BTC from leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance to an unknown wallet. The blockchain tracking service uncovered the movement on Wednesday. It revealed that the transaction links to the wallet address “bc1qcpflj68”. While the wallet does not reveal much, it appears to have conducted various large transfers with multiple unknown addresses, reflecting up to 223 transaction counts. As reported by U.Today, has also uncovered a mysterious Bitcoin movement between a wallet address that is closely similar…

Ondo brings real-world assets like Treasuries and ETFs onchain with trusted institutions. Over 15,000 users access tokenized Treasuries across nine blockchains and 80+ integrations.. Ondo Global Markets will offer programmable, onchain access to public stocks and ETFs. Imagine moving Wall Street onto the blockchain. Not as a copy—but as a smarter, more open version. That’s the vision behind Ondo Finance. This isn’t another crypto project chasing trends. This is a serious push to rebuild global finance using new rails. Ondo teams up with big names. Franklin Templeton, WisdomTree, Wellington Management, Google Cloud, and McKinsey are all in. These firms aren’t…

Ripple has just initiated its latest round of token unlocks from escrow, where the company is scheduled to release 1 billion tokens in April. As of April 1, the blockchain firm’s distribution strategy recorded the release of the first 500 million XRP, which has already been executed, according to on-chain data retrieved by Finbold from XRPScan. The month’s first tranche of XRP was moved from an escrow wallet to a Ripple-controlled wallet in a transaction executed at 00:00 UTC. The wallet in question has already scheduled 11 future escrow releases. Ripple’s escrow system was established to manage the controlled release…

It’s a risk-off day in Asia as traders look to Beijing’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs on China and other Asian nations. On Wednesday, Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on imports from 180 nations, including higher taxes on trading partners identified as worst offenders, such as China and the European Union. Trump imposed a new 34% tariff on goods from China in addition to the existing 20% tax, bringing the total levy to 54%, the highest for any nation. Meanwhile, the latest action did not affect Canada and Mexico. Observers say the ball is now in China’s…

Top crypto stocks performed better than the broader stock market this week, helped by relatively stable cryptocurrency prices. After President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs on April 2, the stock market experienced two days of turmoil. By Friday evening: The S&P 500 closed down 6% The Nasdaq Composite dropped 5.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 2,200 points, or about 5.5%. The Russell 2000 Index, a small-cap stock index, slipped 4%. Since its December high, the Nasdaq is down 22%. Since its February high, the S&P is down about 17%. Some crypto-related stocks did better than these equities…

X user and a SHIB enthusiast from Japan @kuro_9696_9696 has attracted the Shiba Inu community’s attention to a change in the data displayed on Shytoshi Kusama’s X bio. The mysterious SHIB team lead has changed his geo location status but this geo mark looks rather cryptic and seems to express a bullish mood, hinting that big changes are coming. Shytoshi’s new “geo location” shared on X @kuro_9696_9696 published a screenshot of Kusama’s profile, where he spotted a new location status. Unlike previously, when it always showed an actual city in an actual country, now it says “Cracking the Chrysalis.” Shytoshi…

Amid the recent implementation of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” policies, the US Dollar Index (DXY) has plummeted to its lowest level since mid-October 2024. This signaled a turbulent time for the greenback. Despite the downturn, some analysts believe the weakening dollar could fuel short-term gains for Bitcoin (BTC). Could Bitcoin Benefit From a Weaker Dollar? The DXY, a key measure of the US dollar’s strength against a basket of major currencies, has been under pressure amid a combination of factors. Growing concerns over a potential recession and escalating global trade tensions have contributed to this downtrend. After reaching a two-year…

HBAR Foundation has officially joined the ERC3643 Association, a strategic move that demonstrates their commitment to expanding the adoption of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. This collaboration paves the way for broader collaboration with various institutions on the use of ERC-3643, a standard that is widely used in the issuance and management of blockchain-based assets in a compliant manner. The ERC-3643 standard is not a new player. It has been used in various cases, including the tokenization of green bonds by major banks such as Citi and ABN AMRO. With its permission-based characteristics, ERC-3643 allows for the issuance of digital assets…