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Strategy’s teetering financial tower

A bitcoin price reprieve can’t erase the company’s contradictions

Banks charged sharply different fees for access to Anthropic investment

Disparate pricing raises prospect of investors earning unequal returns in the same deal on the basis of who their banker …

Polish PM questions whether US is ‘loyal’ to Europe’s defence

Donald Tusk says EU should bolster its own Article 42.7 mutual defence clause

The limits on Bessent’s Treasury swap lines for allies

The US provided Argentina with a $20bn swap line, but similar offerings to Gulf and Asian allies would face constraints

Under Warsh, the Fed could embrace Bessent’s geoeconomic agenda

The Treasury secretary wants to use swap lines to lock in dollar supremacy

Mercuria to invest in smelters and mines as it expands metals push

Swiss trading house’s move to take 25% stake in aluminium plant in Indonesia marks shift into asset ownership

Goldman Sachs leads record renminbi borrowing by US banks

Bank joins ‘frenzy’ as China’s low interest rates draw in more foreign issuers

America must guard against China’s own Mythos

The US needs to block Chinese access to the most advanced technology

KPMG and EY demote partners in end of job-for-life model

Move is a departure from the practice of simply asking underperforming senior partners to retire

Singapore turns to Russian fuel oil as war restricts Middle Eastern supplies

Imports from Russia to world’s biggest ship refuelling port surge in March and April

Price of access to Trump’s memecoin VIP reception plunges

Top holders of $TRUMP only need own a median of $539,000 to get into exclusive meeting with US president

MPS chief considering Generali stake sale

The proceeds would help fund tie-up between Monte dei Paschi di Siena and Banco BPM