Silbert, who is the CEO of the Digital Currency Group -- the parent company of Grayscale -- resigned from his post effective Jan. 1, 2024.

The United States said Friday it will sanction foreign banks that support Russia's war in Ukraine, in a new bid to exert economic pressure on Moscow as it diversifies from the West to China.

Lining up, they receive some rice, dried beans and other basic foodstuffs, whose soaring prices have left millions in Nigeria facing a bleak Christmas.

Angola said on Thursday it would leave OPEC over a disagreement on production quotas following the oil cartel's decision last month to further slash output next year.

Turkey's central bank announced a smaller interest rate hike than in previous months on Thursday, signalling it is nearing the end of its monetary tightening as it battles double-digit inflation.

Ghana, the world's second biggest cocoa producer, faces a growing risk to its harvest -- and blow to its crisis-hit economy -- from illegal mining and smugglers, industry officials, farmers and activists warn.

Bitcoin ended last week at around $41,400, recording a 5.5% loss from the previous week's closing value of around $43,800. It continued to dip Monday, reaching a weekly low of about $40,425.

Sonnenshein, in an interview, talked about the importance of launching a spot Bitcoin ETF in the U.S., highlighting the magnitude of wealth held within advised assets and the significant opportunity a regulated BTC ETF could offer to tap into these vast resources.

ARK's latest move suggests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not budge on its preferred creations and redemptions model.

Unfortunately, the pseudonymous lead developer suppressed details of this announcement, and only teased "next week we have a VERY big announcement."

The latest movements of ETH stashes by Celsius and FTX underscore the strategic reactions of both crypto businesses to the positive movement of the market.

Asian markets built on the previous day's rally Friday as investors recalibrated their outlook for the new year after the Federal Reserve indicated it will cut interest rates.

The Bank of England held rates steady again Thursday with the European Central Bank expected to follow suit as inflation retreats, shifting investor attention to how fast policymakers will slash borrowing costs in 2024.

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England were on Thursday expected to pause rates again as inflation retreats, while markets cheered the US Federal Reserve's clear signal that it would start slashing borrowing costs in 2024.

The new president of Argentina has begun a process of "shock therapy" in a bid to save the country from economic collapse.

President Javier Milei's new government will on Tuesday unveil a set of emergency measures to avoid "hyperinflation" that are expected to deliver a shock to the country's ailing economy.

Stocks tracked Wall Street higher and the dollar retreated Tuesday as traders awaited a bumper round of market-moving events, starting with the release of US inflation data later today.

With inflation dropping faster than expected and the economic outlook darkening, markets will be looking for clues about when eurozone borrowing costs might start to come down as rate-setters meet this week.

Egyptians vote on Sunday in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little doubt that the incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will secure a third term.

Javier Milei will on Sunday be sworn in as Argentina's president, as the country steels itself for harsh spending cuts and economic reforms aimed at curbing rampant inflation.

Stock markets mostly gained and the dollar firmed Friday before the release of key US jobs data, but Tokyo was knocked by the yen's recent rally.

Egypt is gearing up this month for a presidential election certain to win incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a third term in office, despite rising public discontent as the country faces its worst ever economic crisis.

Argentina's President-elect is expected to withdraw Argentina from a planned expansion of the non-western economic alliance.

Although timelines on the approval of spot Bitcoin ETF filings are uncertain, Grayscale said it remained "focused on uplisting GBTC to NYSE Arca as a spot Bitcoin ETF."

Bitcoin was up 5.2% for the week, followed by the Russell 2000 small caps index, which was up 3.5%. These gains outperformed the 0.2% tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index gains and the S&P 500 index's 0.9% gains.

Some market makers already knew about the historic settlement agreement roughly a couple of months before it took place, as per a Bloomberg report.

Bitcoin on Monday rose past $40,000 for the first time since May last year, boosted by hopes that the United States will soon allow broader trading of the world's biggest cryptocurrency.

Libertarian Javier Milei stormed to election victory with wild promises of uprooting Argentina's political establishment and dramatically overhauling its ailing economy.

President Felix Tshisekedi, who once vowed to transform DR Congo into "the Germany of Africa", has promised to create jobs if he is re-elected, after a first term marked by economic growth but soaring inflation.

Circle CSO Dante Disparte said the firm cannot be involved in such activities as it is subject to regulatory regimes and laws centered on money laundering and countering terror financing.