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Brokerage services giant Charles Schwab plans to roll out spot cryptocurrency trading in the first half of 2026, pushing it deeper into digital assets. “We remain on track to launch our spot crypto offer in the first half of 2026, starting with bitcoin BTC$66,939.31 and ether (ETH),” a company spokesperson told CoinDesk on Friday.The firm has opened a waitlist for clients seeking early access to what it calls a “Schwab Crypto” account, which will allow users to buy and sell the two largest cryptocurrencies. The firm will offer the service via Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB.The move builds on comments…

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Blockchain Futurist Conference, Canada’s largest and longest-running Web3 event, has announced top speakers headlining its Toronto conference on July 21-22, 2026. Executives from Algorand, Messari, Blockchain Research Institute, and more will join a gathering of leading minds in blockchain, artificial intelligence, and global finance to shape the next phase of digital innovation. Newly Announced Speakers Include: Don Tapscott, Executive Chairman, Blockchain Research Institute Staci Warden, CEO, Algorand Foundation Eric Turner, CEO, Messari Charles Hoskinson, CEO & Founder, Input | Output (attending virtually) Ethan Buchman, CEO, Informal Systems Janet Adams, Board Member, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance Jaime Leverton, CEO, ReserveOne Trevor Koverko,…

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President Donald Trump’s renewed aggressive posturing toward Iran has pushed bitcoin lower by roughly 2% over the past 24 hours to $67,000. While this price action is consistent with routine volatility, beneath the surface, market structure looks fragile. This is mainly due to flows in the Deribit-listed options market, specifically, a build-up of defensive positioning just below current prices that could result in a slide all the way down to $50,000. A fragile setup below $68,000In recent weeks, traders have been loading up on put options offering downside protection. These defensive flows have been concentrated in put options at strike…

U.S. stock futures sank Wednesday night as President Donald Trump didn’t offer investors any new indications of de-escalation in the conflict with Iran, but again laid out a timetable of finishing the operation “very shortly.”

London, March 31, 2026 — In the trading floors of Wall Street, the once-iconic image of high-frequency traders rapidly executing orders on keyboards is gradually becoming a thing of the past. Today, AI-powered quantitative trading systems are capable of processing millions of data points per second, completing in milliseconds what would traditionally take human analysts hours—or even longer—to evaluate and decide. As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, it is no longer limited to analyzing price movements. Modern systems can now interpret market sentiment, track capital flows, and even anticipate macroeconomic policy shifts and potential risk signals. As technology begins to…

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is offering some of its top executives some big incentives to push the value of the company to new heights. Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show that the company granted new stock options to six executives, all with an expiration date within five years. The highest strike price for those options is $3,727.12 per share, which would give Meta a value of about $9.4 trillion based on its current shares outstanding. The compensation packages are designed to align management with shareholders, and notably don’t include founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who already owns roughly…

Wall Street asset management giant Franklin Templeton is launching a dedicated cryptocurrency division as it deepens its push into digital assets, anchored by a planned acquisition of crypto investment firm 250 Digital.The new unit, called Franklin Crypto, will bring together the 250 Digital team and its liquid crypto strategies — previously managed by CoinFund — under one structure aimed at institutional investors, the firm said Wednesday.Former CoinFund executive Christopher Perkins will lead the division, with Seth Ginns serving as chief investment officer alongside Franklin Templeton digital assets executive Tony Pecore. The group will report to Sandy Kaul, the firm’s head…

The investment bank has “high conviction” in Amazon’s growth potential — with AWS estimates that are far above what investors may be expecting.