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Crypto Sees Second-Best Year Ever: 2024 Trading Hits $18.4 Trillion
AltIndex’s report showed that this growth was driven by Bitcoin's rally, spot ETF approvals, increased DeFi activities, and regulatory clarity in key regions. Binance dominated the market by reportedl...
Decentralized exchange volume hits record high of $462B in December
Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) set a record high in December, with monthly trading volume soaring to $462 billion, according to decentralized finance (DeFi) data platform DefiLlama. Data released on D...
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF sees record outflow as funds bleed $1.5B in 4 days
BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) saw its largest-ever single-day outflow as Bitcoin funds notched a fourth straight trading day of outflows totaling more than $1.5 billion. BlackRock’s i...
Blockchain vs. SWIFT: Why Traditional Systems Can't Keep Up in the Global Economy
Cross-border payments keep the world connected, fueling everything from international trade to daily transactions. However, in the rapidly developing world, traditional systems like SWIFT might find t...
Blackstone, KKR, CVC curbed by China’s IPO clampdown
Major private equity firms have faced significant obstacles in selling or listing their China-based portfolio companies in 2023, with Beijing’s tightening restrictions on IPOs and a decelerating econo...
North Korea hackers behind 60% of all crypto stolen in 2024
The total value of crypto stolen in 2024 was up 21% on the previous year, although still way down on the $3.7 billion nabbed in 2022. Hackers linked to North Korea have become notorious for their soph...
Why BlackRock is shelling out $12bn for private credit shop HPS
HPS Investment Partners could hardly be more different than its suitor, BlackRock. Whereas BlackRock, an $11.5tn powerhouse, is best known for investing clients’ funds across huge swaths of public mar...
US fintech Chime reportedly submits confidential filing for potential 2025 IPO
Chime Financial has reportedly confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the US, according to a report by Bloomberg. The Bloomberg report, citing sources familiar with the matter, s...
Russian central bank surprises markets by holding key rate at 21%
Russia’s central bank on Friday unexpectedly left its key interest rates unchanged at 21%, citing improved monetary tightness that had created the conditions to tame sky-high inflation.
Markets had wi...
China keeps benchmark lending rates steady as Fed signals fewer cuts ahead
China kept its main benchmark lending rates unchanged on Friday, as Beijing faces the challenge of bolstering economic growth while backstopping a weakening yuan. The People’s Bank of China said it wo...