Bitcoin
Gold versus Bitcoin – a battle for portfolio diversification
[SINGAPORE] As US President Donald Trump’s eye-watering tariffs triggered a tanking of the world’s markets in the past week, the paths of two alternative assets diverged.One was gold, which...
Tariffs disrupt Bitcoin mining supply chain rooted in Asia
[KUALA LUMPUR] Lauren Lin is in a hurry. She has less than 48 hours to ship about 5,600 Bitcoin mining machines from Thailand to the US before tariffs imposed...
What to know about Trump’s plans for a ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to establish a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” and a stockpile of U.S. digital assets.The move came after Trump’s proposal for a crypto...
Bitcoin down 25% from all-time high as crypto sell-off deepens
The sell-off underscores a swift change of fortunes for digital assets, which boomed after Trump’s election winTHE rout in Bitcoin worsened during Asian trading hours on Friday (Feb 28),...
Bitcoin ETFs are hit by a record US$1 billion outflow in one day
INVESTORS yanked more than US$1 billion from spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Tuesday (Feb 25), marking the biggest one-day outflow since the cohort’s debut last January.Fidelity Wise Origin...
US Bitcoin miners disrupted by Chinese supplier under scrutiny
CRYPTO miners in the US are experiencing delays receiving deliveries of new equipment, threatening their competitiveness and profit margins, as the Chinese juggernaut that supplies the bulk of their...
Who Is Alexander Vinnik? Trump Agreed to Swap Russian Bitcoin Fraud Suspect in Exchange for Release of American Teacher Marc Fogel
President Trump agreed to swap Russian detainee Alexander Vinnik, a suspected cybercrime kingpin and Bitcoin fraud, in exchange for the release of American educator Marc Fogel, the New York...
Bitcoin hoarder’s stock soars 4,000% in Japan on crypto rally
THE ripple effects of US President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda are fuelling a surge in Bitcoin demand in Japan, where one hotelier’s pivot to stockpiling the cryptocurrency is delivering...
