Crypto prices fall as US strategic reserve plan disappoints traders

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Cryptocurrency prices fell on Friday as an executive order from President Donald Trump to establish a US strategic bitcoin reserve left investors disappointed the plan would not trigger a wave of large-scale government purchases of digital … Read more

families max out Junior Isas

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There are 70,550 children in Britain with 9,000 reasons to be thankful. Their Junior Isa accounts had the maximum £9,000 paid in during the 2022-23 tax year, according to a freedom of information request. The … Read more

Crypto Strategic Reserves may look larger in the rear-view mirror than they are

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A week can feel like an eternity when the zone’s being flooded with FOMO. Last Sunday, Donald Trump tweeted: A U.S. Crypto Reserve will elevate this critical industry after years of corrupt attacks by the … Read more

Trump nominee unites right and left with tough antitrust view

Among the loyalists selected by Donald Trump to staff his second administration, Gail Slater stands out for a different reason: she unites right and left with a sceptical view of big business. While the US president’s other nominees tend to be traditional conservative free market advocates, Slater, his pick to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust … Read more

FirstFT: Trump and crypto

This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning. As executives prepare to gather at the White House today for a cryptocurrency summit, we look at Donald … Read more