15:32 2025-04-22
Lagarde calls out to Trump: I hope Powell is not firedEuropean Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has made it clear that she hopes US President Donald Trump will not fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Asked whether the matter poses a significant risk to the market, Lagarde said: "I sincerely hope it doesn't happen... this should not be a real threat." When pressed by reporters, Lagarde refused to comment on the market impact of the "what-if scenario", stressing that she firmly believes that the matter is "not under consideration". Rece...
15:32 2025-04-22
The sell-off in U.S. debt has weakened Trump's negotiating leverage to hold down the dollarJane Foley, currency strategist at Rabobank, said the recent sell-off in US Treasuries had weakened Mr. Trump's leverage in talks with other countries to devalue the dollar. "If the Treasury market is more vulnerable, then he can't bully everyone to the same extent." Earlier this month, after a sharp drop in US Treasuries, Mr. Trump announced a 90-day suspension of higher reciprocal tariffs on most countries. There is speculation that Mr. Trump could...
15:23 2025-04-22
ZKsync developer Matter Labs has been accused by BANKEX of stealing intellectual propertyThe defunct blockchain company BANKEX has filed a lawsuit against Matter Labs, the developer of the two-layer network ZKsync, accusing it of stealing intellectual property.
The lawsuit alleges that two former BANKEX employees, Alexandr Vlasov and Petr Korolev, secretly transferred the company's technology and founded Matter Labs while developing the Ethereum scaling solution Plasma. The lawsuit also names Matter Labs co-founder Alex Gluchowski, crypto investment fund Dragonfly, and Placeholder C...
15:17 2025-04-22
More than 100 US universities join forces to oppose Trump administration's "excessive intervention"More than 100 US universities, including Princeton University and Brown University, issued a joint letter on the 22nd opposing the Trump administration's "excessive interference" in the education system, arguing that these interventions are threatening higher education. "We welcome constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight, but oppose inappropriate government interference in the study, life and daily lives of staff on campus," the joint letter signed by the presidents...
15:17 2025-04-22
Peskov: Russia is not familiar with Trump's Ukraine peace planRussian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Russian media on the 22nd that Russia is not familiar with the content of the peace plan for Ukraine proposed by US President Trump. Russia will continue to work with the US side, but does not tend to fall into some strict time frame. Peskov also said that the summit between Russia and Arab countries will be held in the autumn, and the exact date will be changed.
15:11 2025-04-22
Trump: Russia-Ukraine "peace plan" to be announced in next three daysUS President Trump said on the 21st local time that he will unveil a peace plan for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the next three days. According to multiple US media reports, the plan may include territorial issues and sending European troops into Ukraine.
15:08 2025-04-22
The founder of Nemesis Market has been indicted for cryptocurrency money laundering and other crimesAccording to a Department of Justice announcement, Iranian national Behrouz Parsarad was indicted by a US federal grand jury for operating the dark web market Nemesis Market, suspected of distributing controlled drugs and money laundering. The platform provides cryptocurrency money laundering services for illegal transactions through coin mixing services, and only supports cryptocurrency payments.
In March 2024, US law enforcement, in conjunction with German and Lithuanian authorities, seized Ne...