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Published: 03-25-2025, 09:20 am A senior White House official has revealed that the U.S. government may leverage its gold reserves to build a substantial Bitcoin position. Bo Hines, who serves as executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, explained in a recent interview that realizing gains on U.S. gold holdings could provide a budget-neutral pathway to acquire Bitcoin. This approach would allow the administration to increase national Bitcoin reserves without additional budget allocations. The strategy appears to complement Senator Cynthia Lummis’s Bitcoin Act of 2025, which proposes that the U.S. should acquire approximately 1 million Bitcoin—representing

Published: 03-24-2025, 05:35 pm | Updated: 03-24-2025, 09:56 am The Bank of Japan is maintaining its rate-hiking trajectory despite growing global economic uncertainties, particularly from threatened Trump administration tariffs that have other central banks considering rate cuts. At last week’s meeting, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda balanced warnings about global risks with increasing concern over stubborn domestic food inflation, which has kept Japan’s core inflation at 3.0% in February, above the BOJ’s 2% target for nearly three years. Notably, Ueda has shifted from previously dismissing food price increases as temporary to acknowledging they could have lasting impacts on inflation expectations and

Published: 03-24-2025, 04:45 pm | Updated: 03-24-2025, 09:53 am Recession fears are intensifying on Wall Street as multiple economic indicators point to a potential downturn. Goldman Sachs has increased its 12-month recession probability from 15% to 20%, while a Bank of America survey shows 55% of fund managers view a trade war-triggered global recession as the top market risk. Consumer pessimism is also rising, with recession expectations hitting a nine-month high according to the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Survey. Prominent economist David Rosenberg predicts a recession could emerge as soon as July, highlighting four critical warning signs: First, household finances