🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🇪🇺 Mastercard partners with Kraken to enable European users to spend crypto at over 150 million merchants worldwide.
🔥 BlackRock partners with Anchorage Digital for crypto custody services, a move aimed at addressing the rising demand for digital assets from retail and institutional investors.
🚨 According to data from Arkham, a wallet potentially linked to World Liberty Financial sold 5,471 ETH worth $8.01M at $1,465.
🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 4,120 BTC and 2,130 ETH were sold on Apr. 8.
🇨🇳 China announces an additional 84% tariff on US goods, escalating trade tensions.
🇺🇸 Apollo CEO Marc Rowan says he wouldn’t be surprised if the Fed steps in to stabilize markets amid rising volatility.
🇺🇸 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces focus on regulatory challenges for blockchain, stablecoins, and new payment systems.
🇺🇸 Executive Director Bo Hines claims that under Trump’s leadership the US will "usher in a golden age for digital assets and emerging financial technologies.”
🇺🇸 President Trump posts on Truth Social that he is raising Tariffs on China to 125%.
🇺🇸 President Trump has “authorized a 90 day pause, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%” for over 75 countries cooperating on trade talks.
⚡️ US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick claims “the world is ready to work with President Trump to fix global trade.”
⚡️ SEC Approves Options Trading on Spot Ethereum ETFs.
📊 Kalshi market projects a 53% chance of a recession this year. This is down from 70% this morning.
🇺🇸 Pro-crypto Paul Atkins has been confirmed as the new SEC chair.
🔥Crypto fundraising in Q1 of 2025 is already at 60% of 2024's total crypto fundraising.
@Cointelegraph