Crypto exchanges are beginning to take on a new role: pricing traditional assets while Wall Street is closed. The growing market for perpetual futures contracts linked to traditional financial instruments, including commodities such as gold and oil, which trade around the clock on cryptocurrency exchanges, is responsible. Data from Binance Research suggests that these markets, […]
new video loaded: How the Iran War Affects Inflation Ben Casselman, our chief economics correspondent, describes how the rise in prices resulting from the war in Iran is starting to show up in the data, and what may come next. By Ben Casselman, Nour Idriss, Stephanie Swart and Sutton Raphael April 11, 2026
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Ron Hammond, head of policy at crypto market maker Wintermute, has a cautious view of the Clarity Act, putting its chances of passage this year at around 30%, even as momentum builds in Washington. “There are a lot of moving parts,” Hammond said, pointing to a legislative process that is moving forward but unevenly. The
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The six-week war has split bitcoin BTC$72,913.01 market in two camps. The institutional buyers who continue to accumulate regardless of conditions and everyone else who leaves. The result is a market that looks stable on the surface, where bitcoin has ranged from $65,000 to $73,000 through five weeks of conflicting headlines, $600 million liquidation events
Bhutan is quietly running one of the most unusual bitcoin experiments any government has ever run. The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred about 319.7 BTC worth $22.68 million to two addresses on Thursday, according to Arkham Intelligence data. About 250 BTC went to a wallet that was previously used to direct money for sales via
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A federal judge has blocked the state of Arizona from filing criminal charges against prediction market provider Kalshi, at least temporarily, in response to a motion by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi, of the District of Arizona, ruled Friday that Arizona cannot hold an arraignment against Kalshi as scheduled on
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Japan’s cabinet has approved a draft amendment that would classify cryptocurrencies as financial products, marking a shift in how the country regulates the sector. The proposal brings crypto assets under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, a framework used for stocks and other securities, the Nikkei reported. If passed during the current parliamentary session, the
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Digital assets have moved well beyond the hype cycle. What began as an experiment in decentralized value transfer has evolved into a serious conversation about how capital markets, custody, settlement and ownership of assets could be reimagined for the digital age. Tokenization, programmable money and distributed ledgers can deliver faster settlement, greater transparency and new
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A long-running feud between OKX founder Star Xu and Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao resurfaced on Thursday, with Xu calling CZ a “habitual liar” in a series of posts on X that repeat accusations dating back more than a decade. The clash traces back to Zhao’s brief tenure at OKCoin, founded by Xu, when he
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As expected, US inflation accelerated last month, primarily driven by rising energy costs linked to the Middle East conflict. However, core prices surprised to the downside. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.9% in March, according to a Friday report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists had forecast a 0.9% increase, and February’s increase
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