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Trump’s East Wing demolition, Binance pardon, and tariffs on Canada
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Trump’s East Wing demolition, Binance pardon, and tariffs on Canada

While President Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing dominates the headlines, Ian Bremmer says bigger stories are being overlooked.

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on the day of Circle Internet Group's IPO, in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025.
Analysis

GZERO Explains: Congress is taking on crypto

Cryptocurrencies may have been born in part to resist government control, but they have soared to record levels this week because Washington is finally stepping in to regulate the industry.

​Representation of the $Trump meme coin together with Bitcoin and crypto coins, seen in this photo illustration.
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Viewpoint: How would Trump’s crypto reserve work?

Once a crypto skeptic, President Donald Trump has become an enthusiastic supporter of the industry. His media company began investing in crypto years ago, and on the campaign trail, he pledged to reverse the Biden administration's tough regulatory approach. Trump also proposed creating a national Bitcoin stockpile, and his recent announcement of a “strategic crypto reserve” showed his continued commitment to this idea, as well as his indifference to perceptions of conflicts of interest. We asked Eurasia Group expert Babak Minovi how a “strategic crypto reserve” would work.

Could a crypto scam sink Milei?
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Could a crypto scam sink Milei?

Argentina’s flamboyant libertarian President Javier Milei is at the center of a cryptocurrency scandal that’s already having legal consequences. Whether there will be political consequences remains to be seen.

Illustration cryptocurrency bitcoin, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, January 3, 2024.
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US regulators give a huge kiss to crypto

US federal regulators on Wednesday gave the industry a huge boost of confidence by authorizing some of the world’s largest financial firms to begin offering Exchange Traded Funds (known as ETFs) linked to Bitcoin, the most prevalent crypto currency.

Image of a $100 dollar bill with a crown and the body of a wrestler
by ian bremmer

The dollar is dead, long live the dollar

Predictions of the dollar’s demise are overblown.

The Graphic Truth: Crypto's annus horribilis
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The Graphic Truth: Crypto's annus horribilis

Crypto bros can't wait for 2022 to be over. The year kicked off with cryptocurrencies riding the wave of the global post-pandemic economic boom. But then Russia's war in Ukraine upended global markets and worsening inflation prompted central banks to start hiking rates, which slashed investors' appetite for risk. What's more, a string of scandals — mainly the collapses of the TerraUSD stable coin and the FTX crypto exchange — undermined overall trust in crypto, leading to the worst annual performance in the industry's history. We track how Bitcoin and Ethereum, which together accounts for more than half of global crypto transactions, have traded since the beginning of the year.

Biden's Africa Summit won't gain influence for US without investment
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Biden's Africa Summit won't gain influence for US without investment

What does Biden hope to achieve from his Africa summit? Why did Putin cancel his annual press conference? SBF is busted. That's right. At some point he's probably going to end up in jail. What does this mean for crypto exchanges around the world? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.