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Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, has recently emerged as a key figure in the crypto world

Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, has recently emerged as a key figure in the crypto world.

D.O.G.E head Elon Musk's Tesla falls behind North Korean hacker group in terms of BTC holdings as President Trump plans to make U.S. the crypto capital of the world.

LONDON (Reuters) -Hedge funds have crowded into debt-fuelled bets on UK government bonds, increasing the potential for instability in the gilts market, a benchmark for borrowing costs in Britain including mortgages, investors and hedge fund sources say. Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey said in February that non-bank institutions like hedge funds "can propagate liquidity stress in core UK financial markets, notably the gilt market". That is partly due to their activity in short-term lending markets, which more than a dozen sources - including portfolio managers, hedge fund executives and a former central banker - described to Reuters.

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Stocks fell in morning trading Friday and Wall Street is veering toward its fifth straight weekly loss. Technology stocks were the biggest weight on the market. The stocks are among the most valuable on Wall Street and have outsized impacts on the whether the market gains or loses ground.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks followed their European counterparts lower and the dollar strengthened on Friday with few catalysts to stoke investor risk appetite amid lingering economic uncertainties and churning geopolitical tension. Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said on Friday that it was an open question whether U.S. President Trump's whirlwind tariff actions would lead to persistent inflation and the Fed needed more time to "sort through" the manner in which the tariffs played out. A spate of central bank policy meetings held investors' focus for much of the week, with the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England all holding rates steady.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices were steady on Friday and headed for a second consecutive weekly gain as fresh U.S. sanctions on Iran and the latest output plan from the OPEC+ producer group raised expectations of tighter supply. Brent crude futures was up 3 cents at $72.03 a barrel by 10:52 a.m. EDT [1452 GMT]. The U.S. Treasury on Thursday announced new Iran-related sanctions, which for the first time targeted an independent Chinese refiner among other entities and vessels involved in supplying Iranian crude oil to China.

Crypto has again gripped investors, with the asset class going on a massive run over the past year.