Crypto Breaking News

Tennessee has become the second U.S. state to ban Bitcoin ATMs, making it a criminal offence to own or operate the machines starting July 1.

Brazil has blocked access to prediction market platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi, citing risks to investors and rising concerns over gambling-like activity.

Aurelion has allocated $48 million worth of Tether Gold (XAUT) to a newly launched DeFi protocol designed to generate yield on tokenised gold.

The crypto-aligned Fellowship PAC has halted a planned $1.75 million advertising campaign supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a US Senate race, according to reports.

Top holders of the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin are set to attend a private luncheon hosted by Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida on Saturday.

Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc announced a new hard fork of Bitcoin called eCash, which is scheduled to be deployed in August.

The Tether freeze of $344 million in USDT was linked to a U.S. government effort to disrupt Iran’s financial networks, the Treasury Department confirmed on Friday.

USA Rare Earth recently announced a $2.8 billion acquisition of Brazil's Serra Verde Group, which is expected to close in the third quarter. It comes as comes as the US and its allies scramble to secure alternative supplies of rare-earth elements, a market long dominated by China. The minerals are used in high-strength magnets employed in consumer electronics, cars and defense systems. Barbara Humpton, CEO of USA Rare Earth, joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss, calling the deal "transformative," adding that it will make USA Rare Earth "the global leader" in the space. Humpton speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie, a committed libertarian, is the rare Republican willing to publicly criticize Donald Trump over domestic spending, the war in Iran, the president's efforts to bury the Jeffrey Epstein files. And he's done this while running for an eighth term in Kentucky's deep-red 4th Congressional District, which gave Trump two-thirds of the vote in 2024. Bloomberg Businessweek National Correspondent Josh Green joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss. He speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

Grindr CEO George Arison joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss the dating app's inaugural White House Correspondents' Dinner party, plus the company's presence in Washington, DC focused on HIV treatment and other health initiatives. Arison also discusses the company's newest tiers, including AI features. He speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

Former Federal Reserve Governor Betsy Duke discusses the Department of Justice dropping its investigation into Jerome Powell, what a possible Kevin Warsh led Fed could look like, and previews Wednesday's rate decision. She talks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on "The Close."

Michael Bologna, Bloomberg Industry Group senior tax correspondent, joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Real Yield." Democrats around the country are pushing forward on plans to tax the rich moves that are supportive for the tax-exempt municipal-bond market.