• Trump to meet with Italian Prime Minister at 1:05 pm ET Thursday - [DB]

• ETF flows: 16 April 2025 - Bitcoin ETFs: $171.1m net outflows; Ethereum ETFs: $12.1m net outflows - [EI]

• Trump criticizes Jerome Powell, says his termination 'cannot come fast enough,' and claims Fed should have lowered interest rates long ago - [EI]

• ECB cuts deposit facility rate by 25 bps to 2.25%, in line with estimates - [DB]

• US March housing starts fall 11.4% m/m to 1.324M; building permits rise 1.6% m/m to 1.482M - [DB]

• US jobless claims at 215K for the week ending April 12, below the estimated 225K; continuing claims at 1.885M for the week ending April 5, above the estimated 1.872M - [DB]

• Fed's Williams: Monetary policy is well positioned, no need to change rates soon - [EI]

• S&P 500 opens up 0.4%, NASDAQ rises 0.6% - [DB]

• Trump claims he could remove Powell if he wanted to - [IH]

• Trump privately discussed firing Fed Chair Powell - [DB]

• Trump discussed with former Fed Governor Warsh the possibility of succeeding Powell - [DB]

• Trump in private talks to replace Fed Chair Powell with Kevin Warsh - [Zoomer]

• Kraken has cut 'hundreds' of jobs in recent months as it streamlines operations ahead of its IPO - [Zoomer]

• S&P 500 closes up 0.1%, NASDAQ down 0.2% - [DB]

• Trump: China has reached out multiple times - [DB]

• Trump states it's obvious that Xi has reached out directly - [DB]

• Trump reiterates commitment to a deal with China - [DB]

• Trump anticipates deal-making in the next three to four weeks - [DB]

• ETF flows for April 17, 2025: Bitcoin ETFs see $106.9M in net inflows, Ethereum ETFs report $0M in net outflows - [EI]

• Oregon to pursue case against Coinbase similar to SEC's, despite dismissal of SEC case - [Zoomer]

• US ready to recognize Crimea as part of Russia in Ukraine peace deal - [DB]