Morning Minute: Bitcoin Grinds Up Amidst Venezuela Conflict
Markets are signaling a risk-on start to 2026 following the U.S. military raid on Venezuela—but will it last?...
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Markets are signaling a risk-on start to 2026 following the U.S. military raid on Venezuela—but will it last?...
A New York assemblyman reintroduced a bill that would restrict prediction markets, barring bets on individual sports matches, war, and more....
Individuals from seven countries will not be able to travel to the United States starting Thursday, according to updated CBP guidance....
Zelensky will visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss raising pressure on Russia, security guarantees and investment in postwar reconstruction....
Florida lawmakers introduced another bill for the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve, less than a year after two attempts were shelved....
Protests triggered by soaring inflation and a collapsing currency have highlighted widespread political discontent. Will Iran's deep economic woes lead to regime change?...
Analysts say caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party will come first but lack a majority, leaving ethnic minorities key to ending the stalemate....
The Venezuelan leader faces a multi-count indictment in New York. International-law experts question his arrest, but that probably will not affect his trial....
The former CFTC commissioner and Donald Trump’s first pick to chair the agency will join investment company SUI Group's board and support the company’s treasury strategy....
The home, in the Walnut Hills neighbourhood overlooking the city, was unoccupied at the time and Vance and his family were back in Washington, Vance said....
The Tehran regime leader's comments come one day after US President Trump said that if Tehran “violently kills peaceful protesters,” Washington “will come to their rescue.”...
With Congress in recess until the new year, sources familiar with the progress of a digital asset market structure bill are expecting consideration in early 2026....
The chairs of seven UK government committees have asked for a ban on crypto donations to be added to an elections bill set to be introduced soon....
The interior minister says he will "hit back" at left-wing extremists suspected of having caused the Berlin blackout. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is heading for India. DW has more....
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/venezuelas-maduro-custody-trump-says-us-will-run-country-2026-01-04/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46490716 Points: 7 # Comments: 6...
A projection showed Prime Minister Albin Kurti's governing Self-Determination party is on course to win the most seats in Kosovo's parliament, but will fall short of a majority....
The House passed a bill on Thursday to extend the Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies for three years by a vote of 230-196, with 17 Republicans voting with Democrats....
The crypto market structure bill is unlikely to come up for a second vote in 2026 if it fails to pass in a vote next week, analyst Alex Thorn said....
In an operation that stunned observers around the world, US forces arrested Venezuela’s president and his wife in Caracas and transported them to New York where they will face criminal charges....
President Trump says 2026 will be better for American farmers, thanks in part to $12 billion in new federal "bridge payments." But optimism remains hard to come by in farm country. (Image credit: Kirk...