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As crypto and prediction markets expand, their regulator shrinks

Even as the agency is tasked with drawing up new rules for crypto and prediction markets, its staffing and enforcement actions have dropped precipitously during the second Trump administration.

As crypto and prediction markets expand, their regulator shrinks

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West African crude trades at biggest discount in over a decade

West African crude has traded at its biggest discount in more than a decade as soaring freight costs and weaker Asian demand put pressure on oil cargoes from the region.

  • West African crude at largest discount in over a decade
  • Shipping costs quadrupled, Asian demand down
  • Angola's Hungo crude traded $19.60 discount to Dated Brent

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