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Kalshi was temporarily barred by a judge from offering its prediction market contracts in Nevada, after state regulators said the company didn't have a gaming license. District Court Judge Jason D. Woodbury in Carson City signed a temporary restraining order Friday blocking Kalshi event contracts for sports, election and entertainment for as long as two weeks, according to a copy of the order provided by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. A spokesperson for Kalshi declined to comment. Ian McGinley, Partney at Sidley Austin and former Director of Enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss. He speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

US President Donald Trump appears to be losing control of the war with Iran that he started. More than three weeks in, Tehran remains defiant and has lashed out more fiercely at Gulf neighbors than Trump expected. The Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed, and even America's closest allies have refused his request to help reopen it. Israel has launched attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure  Trump claims  without Washington's knowledge, prompting an attack on Qatar that has taken 17% of its LNG export capacity offline for three to five years. So where does that put Trump? The conflict's current trajectory looks untenable as the economic, political and military costs mount. Bloomberg Economics Senior Geoeconomics Analyst for Asia-Pacific Adam Farrar joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss. He speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

Pimco Portfolio Manager David Forgash discusses the recent parallel increase in Treasury yields across the curve, highlighting underlying concerns about general funding conditions. Speaking on "Bloomberg The Close," Forgash notes that while the short end of the curve reflects market expectations of rate cuts, the simultaneous rise in longer-term yields indicates broader market stress.

Well, pull out the party hats and dust off the stock tickers. 

Lithium, the commodity that investors and analysts had all but left for dead in the great market purge of 2023-2024, is back.

The stock market has long treated Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) less as a traditional automaker and more as a futuristic technology cult, with its valuation soaring on the gravitational pull of its CEO, Elon Musk. 

This persistent "Musk Premium" has burned countless short-sellers. 

Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.

With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.

Global energy markets are reeling as oil tracks toward its most significant weekly gain in four years, fuelled by escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Global oil prices held steady on March 3 as energy markets braced for an intensification of conflict in the Middle East.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will officially stop collecting billions in trade duties at 12:01 a.m. EST on Tuesday, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to levy tariffs illegal.