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Mt. Gox, the Japanese crypto exchange that went bankrupt in 2014 after a massive hack, has made its third major Bitcoin transaction this month, shifting over $1 billion in Bitcoin. On March 25, the exchange transferred 11,501 BTC to two different wallets. Of these, 893 BTC, worth approximately $78 million, went to the Mt. Gox cold wallet “1Jbez,” while 10,608 BTC, valued at about $929 million, was sent to another wallet, the Mt. Gox change wallet “1DcoA.” This follows two other major Bitcoin transfers by Mt. Gox earlier this month—one on March 6 when it moved 12,000 BTC worth over…

Given that it’s a currency outside the command of any government or central bank, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is inherently an outsider’s challenge to the traditional financial system. And Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), formerly known as MicroStrategy, is all-in. It calls itself “the world’s first and largest Bitcoin Treasury Company” and says it has “adopted Bitcoin as our primary treasury reserve asset. … we strategically accumulate Bitcoin and advocate for its role as digital capital.” Strategy’s extremely ambitious investment approach, which calls for using equity and debt financing as well as cash to buy a lot of Bitcoin, leaves investors with an…

It’s the year 2045. Digital assets move at the speed of light. AI agents interact millions of times a second, using bitcoin as a base currency. Bitcoin is now a $200 trillion asset class, a settlement layer for the AI Age of the Internet. This is the future imagined by bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR). Saylor pioneered the bitcoin corporate treasury – turning his flailing software firm into a Nasdaq-listed $85 billion leveraged bitcoin powerhouse. CoinDesk recently sat down with Saylor, Bitcoin’s ultimate maximalist, for a two-hour interview to break down his vision for global…

Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Treasury is scrapping a requirement for U.S. small businesses to report information about their owners to the federal government. It’s the latest twist in an on-again-off-again saga for the fledgling rule.The Corporate Transparency Act, passed in 2021, required millions of businesses to report basic information on their “beneficial owners.” By identifying who owned certain entities, lawmakers sought to curb criminal activity and illicit finance conducted through opaque shell companies.The rule was set to take effect on March 21, following months of delays in court. It carried financial penalties,…

Bitcoin traders have long relied on charts and technical indicators. But according to LunarCrush CEO Joe Vezzani, social sentiment is now just as important as RSI or MACD — maybe even more. “Social now is just—it has to be a piece of the puzzle for you when making a good decision,” Vezzani said during TheStreet Roundtable discussion with Rob Nelson and Kelly Kellam, CEO of BitLab Academy. Vezzani noted that LunarCrush offers traders a social-first lens into crypto markets. “We’d like to say that social is one of the inputs,” he explained. “Whether you’re a hedge fund ingesting our API…

Johner Images | Johner Images Royalty-free | Getty ImagesProtect from ‘sequence of returns risk’Stock market dips can be most harmful to portfolios during the first five years of retirement, which is the “danger zone,” according to Arnott.If you withdraw money when asset values have fallen, there are fewer funds available to capture growth when the market rebounds, she said. The phenomenon of poorly timed withdrawals paired with stock market losses is known as “sequence of returns risk,” and it could boost your chances of outliving retirement savings, Arnott said. Negative returns cause more damage to portfolios early in retirement than later, according…

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s crypto project World Liberty Financial said it plans to launch a stablecoin redeemable one-for-one with the dollar, an announcement that comes as his administration throws its support behind the digital tokens that underpin most crypto transactions. Most Read from Bloomberg The USD1 token will be 100% backed by short-term US Treasuries, dollar deposits and other cash equivalents, the Trump-backed decentralized-finance, or DeFi, firm said in a statement Tuesday. BitGo Inc. will serve as custodian and the USD1 tokens will be initially minted on the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain blockchains. No timetable was disclosed. “USD1…

Frank Bisignano testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on his nomination to be Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 25, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano, faced senators’ questions on Tuesday as to how involved he has been with recent changes at the agency under the Department of Government Efficiency.The unofficial government entity known as DOGE has been tasked by the White House to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, including at the Social Security Administration, which…

The U.S. Treasury yield curve, one of the most reliable signals of recession, is flashing red again. As of March 2025, the spread between the 10-year and 2-year Treasury yields remains inverted, a condition similar to that preceding every U.S. recession of the last five decades. Historically, an inverted yield curve makes the cost of borrowing in short terms more expensive than in longer ones—an unusual condition in well-functioning economies. It is often taken as a sign that monetary policy is too tight and an economic slowdown is on the way. The 10y-1y yield curve is also inverted, reinforcing recession…

It’s time for a showdown between two of the most important cryptocurrencies in 2025. In one corner, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) backed by Ripple, aims to revolutionize the traditional financial system with its blockchain-based payment alternative. On the other side of the ring, Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) is fueling the Web3 revolution with its lightning-fast network, home to a growing number of decentralized apps (dApps), smart contracts, and even meme coins. XRP has outperformed recently, up 14% year to date as I write this, in sharp contrast to the volatility facing Solana, down about 33%. Yet, going back two years, a $1,000…