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Hedge fund billionaire Stan Druckenmiller on Warsh as Fed chair: ‘no one better equipped’
The conventional wisdom on Trump's pick for Fed chair says he's a hawk. Stanley Druckenmiller, who made billions fading conventional wisdom, suggests that's not necessarily so.

Bitcoin pulls back to as low as $81,000 as horrendous day continues
The world's largest cryptocurrency has shed nearly $10,000 over the past 24 hours, now threatening to take out its recent November low just under $81,000.

El Salvador's central bank buys $50 million of gold as government keeps adding bitcoin
The bitcoin-friendly nation's central bank now holds over $360 million of the yellow metal, while the government, led by President Nayib Bukele, has bitcoin holdings worth $635 million.

Bitcoin holds $84,000 — for now — but analysts warn of drop to $70,000 if support fails
Thursday's decline showed that, despite hopes for being a macro hedge, bitcoin continues to trade like the riskiest of risk assets when markets turn lower.

Tokenization firm Securitize reports 841% revenue growth as it prepares to go public
With crypto prices and crypto-related stocks in the midst of a major selloff today, Securitize SPAC merger partner Cantor Equity Partners II is higher by 4.4% on the news.

Crypto stocks sink as spot volume plunges and bitcoin tumbles below $84,000
Bellwether crypto exchange Coinbase was lower for an 8th straight session on Thursday to its weakest level since May.

Here are key levels to watch as bitcoin plunges to $84,000
While precious metals and stocks bounce from their worst levels of the session, crypto remains near the day's low.

Bitcoin tumbles to 2026 low of $85,200 as gold reverses big gains, Microsoft leads Nasdaq lower
Soaring to $5,600 at one point earlier on Thursday, gold quickly pulled back to below the $5,200 level in U.S. morning trade.

Crypto payments firm BCB Group appoints Tim Renew as CEO in leadership reshuffle
Renew will lead the digital asset payments firm, with co-founder Oliver Tonkin moving into a newly created president role.

UAE's central bank has approved a USD-backed stablecoin
The USDU stablecoin is issued by Universal Digital, a crypto firm regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).

