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During the bank's earnings call on Tuesday, JPMorgan CFO Jeremy Barnum warned that stablecoins could become a tool for regulatory arbitrage unless they are held to the same strict oversight and consumer protection standards as traditional bank deposits.
If the same product isn’t regulated the same way, you open the door to arbitrage,” Barnum said, pointing to structures that offer rewards resembling yield. In that scenario, he added, firms could “run a bank” without being subject to core banking regulations
The comments come as lawmakers weigh new frameworks for digital assets. The proposed Clarity Act aims to define how crypto markets are split between regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It also reflects broader efforts to establish clearer rules for stablecoins and related products
The debate also extends to whether issuers of stablecoins, crypto tokens whose value is pegged to a traditional asset, mostly the dollar, should be allowed to offer yield to users
Some crypto firms, including Coinbase (COIN), have pushed for the ability to pass interest earned on reserve assets to coin holders, arguing it would make stablecoins more useful as savings tools
Banks have pushed back, saying yield-bearing stablecoins begin to resemble deposits without the same capital, liquidity and consumer protection requirements. In their view, that creates an uneven playing field, allowing non-bank firms to attract funds by offering returns regulated banks are restricted from providing
The issue has become a central point of tension in Washington D.C., as policymakers weigh how to prevent stablecoins from functioning as bank-like products outside the traditional regulatory perimeter
Barnum said JPMorgan supports the push for clarity, but stressed that consistency matters more than speed. Without it, he warned, new entrants could gain an advantage by operating outside existing regulatory boundaries
He downplayed the idea that stablecoins will disrupt the bank’s core payments business. JPMorgan already runs a large wholesale payments network that processes transactions at low cost and high speed, leaving little room for margin-driven disruption
Instead, the bank is integrating similar technology into its own systems. Through its blockchain unit, Kinexys, JPMorgan has developed tools such as JPM Coin and tokenized deposits, which allow institutional clients to move money around the clock and automate transactions
Barnum described these efforts as part of a broader modernization strategy. Features often associated with stablecoins, such as programmable payments, are already being built into existing infrastructure rather than replacing it
On the consumer side, he said stablecoins are often framed as “digital cash,” but still face familiar compliance hurdles, including identity checks
JPMorgan reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter results, driven by a rebound in trading and investment banking. Net income rose 13% year over year to $16.49 billion, while revenue climbed 10% to $50.54 billion. The bank set aside less for potential loan losses than expected, signaling stable credit conditions among borrowers
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer, who served in the last government of the apartheid era, as his new ambassador to the US, his office has said.
The country has not had a top envoy in the US since Ebrahim Rasool was expelled last year after he accused President Donald Trump of trying to "project white victimhood as a dog whistle".
This worsened already strained relations between the nations, which took a downward spiral after Trump's return to office last year.
Ramaphosa's spokesperson Vincent Magwenya confirmed Meyer's appointment to the BBC, saying it would be "immediate".
"I can confirm that President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Meyer as South Africa's ambassador to the US," he said
Meyer, 78, played a key role as one of the chief mediators, alongside Ramaphosa, during the talks to end the racist system of white-minority rule known as apartheid in South Africa in the 1990s
He was the chief representative of the National Party (NP), which introduced apartheid, while Ramaphosa represented the African National Congress led by Nelson Mandela.
Meyer was constitutional affairs minister in the last NP government and went on to join the government of national unity formed in 1994 when Mandela became president
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World Liberty Financial responded to CoinDesk's reporting by saying it would "simply supply more collateral" if markets moved against it, a statement that did not reassure holders.
When CoinDesk reached out for a comment, WLFI did not directly address or dispute the transactions. Instead, it pointed to a social media post published after CoinDesk's report, which argued that the position was intentional and beneficial.
The statement also noted that WLFI would add more of its own token as collateral to avoid liquidation, further highlighting, rather than resolving, the concern raised in CoinDesk's reporting.
Adding more WLFI to back a position denominated in WLFI on a protocol advised by WLFI's own advisor is a form of circularity that investors may want to keep track of.
WLFI framed its role as "anchor borrower," saying the borrowing generates yield for other users at a time when traditional markets offer little. The team disclosed $65.58 million in open-market buybacks of 435.3 million WLFI tokens at an average price of $0.1507 over the past six months, and said a governance proposal to unlock tokens for early holders would be posted next week.
The token is now trading roughly 48% below the buyback average, meaning WLFI's own treasury purchases are significantly underwater.
Meanwhile, three billion additional WLFI tokens sit in an intermediary wallet after the treasury transferred them on April 2 and April 7. That stash is worth roughly $234 million as of current prices, down from $266 million a week ago.
The math works against WLFI on every side if those tokens follow the same path into Dolomite. Lower prices mean less borrowing power per token, and depositing more tokens to borrow more stablecoins from a pool that is already nearly drained makes it harder for other depositors to withdraw. The collateral backing the position becomes even more concentrated in a token that just lost 12% in a day.
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The crypto exchange said its operations in the United Arab Emirates remain unchanged and that many employees have chosen to remain
The spokesperson also said its operations in the UAE remain unchanged and that many employees have chosen to stay.
Our operations in the UAE continue as normal — a large number of our team has chosen to remain in the UAE. We remain deeply committed to the UAE as a key hub for Binance and to the broader region,” the spokesperson said. “As a global company, we continue to operate seamlessly and serve our users without interruption.”
The offer of relocation comes after a ceasefire agreement, following roughly six weeks of escalating regional conflict that has disrupted business activity in the UAE. The country has intercepted hundreds of missiles and drones since hostilities began in late February, according to the UAE Ministry of Defense, with additional interceptions reported on April 8.
The Middle East conflict has already disrupted major crypto, business and sports events across the UAE. TOKEN2049 Dubai has been postponed to 2027, while TON Gateway was canceled due to security and travel concerns. Other large events, including Middle East Energy Dubai and the Dubai International Boat Show, have also been delayed, and the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Formula 1 races, key for crypto sponsorship exposure, are set to be canceled.
In December, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) said Binance’s global platform would operate under its regulatory framework, marking a significant step in formalizing the exchange’s structure.
Binance, which reportedly has 1,000 staff members or 20% of its total global workforce in the UAE, has also indicated that its worldwide operations are supported from Abu Dhabi, though it has not clearly defined a single global headquarters.
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Iran and the United States have both claimed victory in their conflict as they both accepted a two-week ceasefire just before US President Donald Trump’s apocalyptic deadline to obliterate Iranian “civilisation” if Tehran did not agree to a deal.
At least 2,076 people have died in US-Israel strikes on Iran that began on February 28, and thousands of others have been killed across the region. The war has also disrupted global energy supplies, stranding oil tankers and causing prices to shoot up in what’s being called the biggest shock to the industry in history.
Trump, in a Tuesday post on Truth Social, said the US would suspend bombing Iran after receiving a 10-point ceasefire proposal that he said was “workable”. The US president added that “almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to”.
also said it will allow ships to begin to move through the Strait of Hormuz, even as some in the country have angrily denounced their government’s bowing to pressure.
Both sides are expected to continue Pakistan-mediated talks in Islamabad from Friday.
But despite the formal bluster, both the US and Iran appear to have shifted from some of their earlier stated red lines to agree to Tuesday’s deal. Those sticking points could reemerge to complicate the upcoming talks, analysts say.
Here’s what we know about what they both wanted and what concessions have been made so far:
The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East…a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated,” Trump posted.
The US president did not immediately confirm if US negotiators would be in Islamabad.
For Trump, the big achievement is to have Iran agree to negotiate after his escalating threats,” Chris Featherstone, a political scientist at the University of York, told Al Jazeera.
“He is presenting this as a success, but he will need to achieve some form of concession from Iran to be able to present this as a success in the longer term,” he said
Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran would also cease “defensive operations” if attacks on the country are halted, and that Iran’s armed forces would allow safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Many in Iran, however, have expressed anger and fault Tehran for responding to a ceasefire deal, as distrust for the US has soared in the country, say analysts.
The pessimism in Iran is probably more than in any other place because we’ve been attacked two times in the middle of negotiations,” Foad Izadi, a professor at the University of Tehran, told Al Jazeera.
He was referring to the US’s bombing of Iran during last June’s 12-day war alongside Israel, and the US-Israeli strikes on February 28th. Both escalations came as negotiations were ongoing
As both sides are expected to begin what will likely be tough negotiations on Friday, analysts are speculating over what final concessions either side might be prepared to make and what issues will be non-starters.
At least one of Iran’s demands has been flagged as a no-go area for Washington: ending the US military presence in the Middle East.
The US has maintained a military presence in the region for more than 65 years. As many as 50,000 US troops are stationed across 19 sites in several countries, not including the thousands more troops called up amid the Iran war.
Iran has argued that those bases proved to be a liability for Gulf countries during the war, some analysts say, as they became targets of Tehran’s ire, as it lashed out in heavy retaliatory strikes.
Still, “these countries are all sovereign countries, they make their own decisions”, Izadi of the University of Tehran said.
“The experience our southern neighbours had with US bases was not good,” he noted. “But that particular concept [of the US leaving] is something that the independent governments in the Persian Gulf have to make for their own selves
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Li Xiong, 41, the former chairman of Huione Group and a core member of what Chinese authorities call the Chen Zhi criminal syndicate, was escorted off a China Southern Airlines flight in Beijing on April 1 – shaven-headed, handcuffed, flanked by officers from China’s Ministry of Public Security.
The real story is what his extradition confirms: Beijing is systematically dismantling the leadership layer of what the US Treasury identified as the world’s largest illicit crypto marketplace, and Cambodia is cooperating.
Huione Group processed over $89 billion in cryptoassets through what Elliptic researchers described as the largest illicit online marketplace ever identified – a number that dwarfs most legitimate crypto exchanges by transaction volume.
China’s Ministry of Public Security confirmed the operation via WeChat, describing Li as a “core key member” of the Chen Zhi syndicate suspected of “multiple crimes” tied to a “major cross-border gambling and fraud syndicate.”
Cambodian authorities arrested Li separately at Beijing’s formal request before transferring custody – a distinction that matters, because it signals Cambodia is now acting on specific Chinese extradition requests rather than conducting broad regional sweeps.
Huione Group operated as a subsidiary of Prince Group, the holding entity controlled by Chen Zhi. The structure was deliberate: Prince Group provided corporate legitimacy while Huione ran the payment infrastructure that funneled proceeds from pig-butchering scams – elaborate long-con investment frauds targeting victims globally – into the broader financial system via crypto.
The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network designated Huione a “primary money-laundering concern” in May 2025, citing its role processing over $4 billion in traceable illicit transactions between August 2021 and January 2025 – including proceeds from North Korean cyber heists.
That North Korea connection is not incidental. It elevated Huione from a regional enforcement problem to a sanctions-tier national security concern, which accelerated US pressure on Cambodia to act. Li’s extradition, three months after Chen Zhi’s, follows the pattern: leadership arrests are running top-down through the syndicate hierarchy.
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📊 Current Snapshot
- Price: 8.35 USDT (+0.36%)
- 24h High/Low: 8.45 / 8.02
- Volume: 2.55M TRUMP / 21.35M USDT
- Chart Interval: 1D
- Visible Range: 7.89 – 10.65 USDT
🔍 Technical Breakdown
TRUMP token is showing bullish momentum with strong support at 8.00 and visible resistance near 10.50. Candles are tightening, volume is rising, and sentiment is shifting toward a breakout.
> “TRUMP just said: ‘I’m not done yet.’
> Resistance broken, next stop: 🚀 10.50+
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📈 Strategic Targets
- Short-Term: 8.80
- Mid-Term: 9.50
- Breakout Zone: 10.50+
- Stop-Loss Suggestion: Below 7.90
🎯 Why This Matters
TRUMP coin is not just riding hype—it’s backed by volume, volatility, and meme energy. With election season vibes and crypto sentiment heating up, this pair could be a magnet for speculators.
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