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

European (fund flow) Exceptionalism

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Remember all the talk of American exceptionalism? The argument that the US was the only market you needed to care about, and big US technology stocks were basically the new risk-free asset? Well about that . . .  … Read more

Markets might not have a hold on Trump

This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. Tired of uncertainty? Too bad: the Trump administration backtracked again on its tariffs on Canada and Mexico, giving … Read more