Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US prosecutors have charged a cryptocurrency entrepreneur with sanctions evasion and export control violations, alleging he laundered more than $500mn and helped Russians acquire sensitive US technology. Iurii Gugnin, founder of crypto payments company Evita, … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world A top White House official has said US President Donald Trump would ease restrictions on selling chips to China if Beijing agreed to speed up the export of rare earths, as the two … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Shares in Japanese hotel developer turned bitcoin investor Metaplanet soared on Monday after it unveiled plans to raise about $5.4bn to add to its already large stockpile of the cryptocurrency. The company said on Friday … Read more
Good morning. On Friday, the May jobs report came in much better than feared. The US private sector added 139,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 per cent. There were soft spots, including downward revisions for March and April. But broadly speaking, this was a good report. The US stock market approved, … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the ESG investing myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Amid growing calls for a big increase in finance for ocean protection, blue bonds have emerged as a potentially crucial means of mobilising capital. Here is what you need to know about this nascent asset … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s Monday morning so let’s get this done. Grating American roast voice: Wow, FT Alphaville writes about Bank of England QT so much. Forget Unhedged, they should launch a newsletter called Unreserved! . . . It’s been … Read more
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Brazil is hoping to sell its first sovereign debt in the Chinese market as soon as this year, as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva looks to strengthen trade and investment ties with the Asian superpower. The leftwing administration in Brasília is planning the so-called panda bond — debt issued in Chinese renminbi by a … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world US state and local governments are selling municipal bonds at a record pace on fears that Congress could partially pay for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” by cutting a tax break for … Read more
Syria will be fully reconnected to the Swift international payment system “in a matter of weeks”, the country’s new central bank governor said, relinking the country to the global economy after 14 years of war and sanctions that rendered it a pariah state. The return of Swift is the first major milestone in the new … Read more