Trump Administration Dismisses Stablecoin Yield Risks: Bank Lending Impact Called ‘Negligible’ The Trump White House, through its Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), has released a striking report that brushes off fears from community bankers and traditional finance giants about stablecoin yields disrupting the lending market. Under the spotlight of the proposed CLARITY Act, the CEA […]
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U.S. Lifts Ban on Iranian Oil as Trump Signals Conflict Wind-Down: A Crypto Perspective With oil prices smashing past $100 a barrel and gas pumps draining wallets worldwide, the United States has dropped a bombshell: a temporary 30-day waiver allowing the sale of Iranian crude already loaded on tankers as of March 20. This move, […]
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Anthropic Sues Trump Administration: A Pentagon Feud Over AI Ethics Sparks a Tech Freedom Firestorm Anthropic, a heavyweight U.S. AI company, has thrown a legal haymaker at the Trump administration, filing a lawsuit in the Northern District of California to challenge its designation as a security threat and the termination of lucrative federal contracts. This […]
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Trump’s Taxpayer Gambit: Turning Public Funds into Stakes in Critical Tech and Minerals Donald Trump’s latest economic maneuver has the U.S. government acting like a venture capitalist on steroids, using taxpayer dollars to buy equity stakes and governance rights in industries vital to national security—think semiconductors, critical minerals, steel, defense, and nuclear energy. This isn’t […]
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Trump Administration Bets $1.6 Billion on USA Rare Earth to Secure U.S. Supply Chains The Trump administration has dropped a bombshell $1.6 billion investment into USA Rare Earth, an Oklahoma-based powerhouse in the critical minerals game. This unprecedented move, the largest of its kind in the rare earth sector by the administration, is a full-throttle […]
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Powell Stands Firm as Trump’s Fed Pressure Ignites a Firestorm Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has thrown protocol out the window, publicly confronting a Trump administration-led investigation that reeks of political bullying. Centered on a $2.5 billion renovation of the Fed’s headquarters—already $700 million over budget—this probe is widely seen as a blatant attempt to […]
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Trump Approves Nvidia H200 Chip Sales to China: A Dangerous Tech Gambit? The Trump administration has ignited a firestorm with its decision to approve the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China, slapping on a 25% fee and a laundry list of security restrictions. This reversal of the Biden-era ban on advanced tech exports […]
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Trump’s U.S. Tech Force Program Pulls Over 25,000 Applicants Amid Federal Tech Collapse The Trump administration’s U.S. Tech Force program has exploded onto the scene, drawing over 25,000 applications for just 1,000 federal tech positions. As the government reels from a devastating loss of talent following sweeping layoffs, this initiative aims to plug a gaping […]
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Trump Hits Pause on Chinese Chip Tariffs Until 2027: A Crypto Hardware Wake-Up Call The Trump administration has delayed new tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports until June 2027, despite a hard-hitting U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) report accusing China of sabotaging American and European industries with cheap chips. For the Bitcoin and blockchain community, this isn’t […]
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Trump Administration Pushes IRS Tax Framework for Foreign Crypto Holdings The Trump administration is making a bold move that could spell the end of hiding crypto stashes on foreign exchanges to dodge taxes. With a proposal to join the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), the US is inching closer to empowering the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) […]
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