Aaron Feuerstein

1 week ago | cryptonews.com.au | Aaron Feuerstein

Stock markets globally are down as US-China trade tensions escalate, with China boycotting Boeing products in response to new US tariffs, while Trump seeks talks but China demands respect first. Semiconductor companies are suffering with Nvidia losing 6.87% and ASML dropping 5% after Trump’s policy shift, raising concerns across technology markets.

1 week ago | cryptonews.com.au | Aaron Feuerstein

Bitcoin has remained surprisingly stable over the past month with just 0.58% movement despite major price swings, trading at US$83,307. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan notes this marks the first time Bitcoin hasn’t significantly underperformed stocks during a market correction. The ability to match stock performance during downturns represents a significant shift from previous cycles when BTC typically suffered much steeper losses than traditional markets.

1 week ago | cryptonews.com.au | Aaron Feuerstein

Trump is reportedly launching a Monopoly-style mobile game this April, developed by associate Bill Zanker, in which players can earn in-game currency and build on a digital board – though it is not officially connected to Hasbro’s Monopoly. The game adds to Trump’s portfolio of ventures including his previous Trump: The Game from 1989, recent NFT collections, and cryptocurrency projects like the TRUMP memecoin which has lost 89% of its value.

1 week ago | cryptonews.com.au | Aaron Feuerstein

Bloomberg analysts have observed that the leveraged XRP fund has more trading volume than the previously launched Solana futures ETFs.According to Kaiko, XRP trading primarily occurs outside the US and currently lacks a futures market, which could be an obstacle for ETF approval. However, increasing spot trading volume on US exchanges and the successful launch of the 2x XRP ETF position XRP well for potential ETF approval.

1 week ago | cryptonews.com.au | Aaron Feuerstein |Michael Saylor

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) purchased another 3,459 BTC for US$285.8 million, bringing their total holdings to 531,644 Bitcoin. Despite ongoing trade war concerns, analysts remain bullish with price targets ranging from US$132k (Jamie Coutts) to US$250k (Charles Hoskinson) by 2025-2026. Other companies like Japanese Metaplanet, Semler Scientific and GameStop are joining the corporate Bitcoin adoption trend.