Bitcoin accelerates its slide, falling to ,000 to start the week

Bitcoin was the best investment of 2024, but not without its usual volatility

Bitcoin was far and away the best-performing asset class in 2024 as new exchange-traded funds ushered in more widespread adoption and hopes for deregulation under a new presidential administration lifted digital assets to record levels. But owning cryptocurrency also came with its usual unpredictability and dizzying swings, as this month’s trading clearly illustrates. Bitcoin has…

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Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin wants a meeting as soon as possible about the war with Ukraine

Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin wants a meeting as soon as possible about the war with Ukraine

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 16, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his interest in a meeting regarding the war with Ukraine. “President Putin said that he wants to meet with me as soon as possible,”…

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