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Welcome to Finance Insider, Business Insider's summary of the top stories of the past 24 hours.

State Street Global Advisors, a nearly $2.5 trillion investor, just installed a bronze statue of a defiant girl in front of Wall Street's iconic charging bull as part of its new campaign to pressure companies to add more women to their boards.

"There has been a lot of discussion on this topic, but the needle hasn't moved materially," Lori Heinel, the firm's deputy global chief investment officer, told Business Insider after the statue installment, a day ahead of International Women's Day.

In macroeconomic news, President Trump might've just gotten the ammo he needs to name China a "currency manipulator," as he's been promising to do.

In deals, HP Enterprise is buying the flash-storage company Nimble Storage for $12.50 a share, or about $1 billion.

On Wall Street, shares of Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. tumbled to new lows Tuesday, declining for a second-straight day.

Healthcare stocks were also down Tuesday after House Republicans rolled out their new healthcare plan to replace Obamacare on Monday evening.

More on the healthcare bill here: 

• The House GOP released their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, but they didn't say how they'll pay for it
• 'Obamacare 2.0': Conservatives are already revolting against the House GOP's Obamacare plan
• The House GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare would effectively defund Planned Parenthood
• 4 GOP senators threw a wrench in the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare before it was even released
• TRUMP: 'Phase 2 & 3' of 'wonderful' healthcare overhaul will come soon
• Top Trump health official puts the administration all in on the House GOP Obamacare plan
• The Republican plan on Obamacare will likely lead to many Americans losing health insurance 

Here are the top Wall Street headlines from the past 24 hours.

Stocks are rolling over after a tremendous rally and that's the best thing any bullish investor can wish for right now — The post-election surge in US stocks has lost its steam in March. A big drop might be the best thing that can happen next.

Trump tweets that he's working on a 'new system where there will be competition in the drug industry' — President Donald Trump has big plans for the way we price our drugs. 

Bitcoin plunges sharply and suddenly — Bitcoin plunged by more than $100 in a matter of minutes on Tuesday morning.

Gallup's measure of US economic confidence jumps to a record high — Americans' economic optimism surged last week.

Trump may be about to give US automakers their first big win — The US auto industry is happy with Donald Trump.

Russia's inflation plunges to its lowest level in 5 years — It was the lowest rate since June 2012.

After interviewing 50 of Wall Street's best investors, Tony Robbins determined 3 investing steps every 20-something must take — Tony Robbins, the performance coach best known for his high-energy seminars, has over the past few years dedicated himself to spreading personal-finance literacy. 

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The fourth annual MIT Bitcoin Expo this week saw much discussion of the need for more bitcoin nodes to avoid centralization of the tech.

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The People’s Bank of China should continue keeping a close eye on domestic bitcoin exchanges, a senior central bank official said this week.

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Olaf Carlson-Wee, the founder of Polychain Capital, a $15 million hedge fund backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures, and the first hire at Coinbase, explains why bitcoin isn't the only investable digital asset.

Bitcoin plunged more than $100 in a matter of minutes of Tuesday morning. The cryptocurrency was down about 1.5% at $1260 a coin just after 6 a.m. ET before tumbling below $1160 over the course of 30 minutes. As of 7:12 a.m. ET it's down 5% near $1,218 a coin.

While no headlines can be directly tied to the plunge, about two hours earlier, a Bloomberg headline cited a People's Bank of China official who suggested the recent bitcoin regulation isn't temporary. 

The PBOC recently announced it was cracking down on bitcoin trading, and that was followed by China's largest bitcoin exchanges implementing a flat 0.2% fee per transaction and announcing a blockage of withdrawals. 

Tuesday's sell-off could also be tied to nervousness over the upcoming Securities and Exchange Commission ruling. The SEC is expected to issue a ruling on whether or not it will approve at least one of the three proposed bitcoin-focused exchange-traded funds by a March 11 deadline.  

The price of bitcoin has rallied 27% so far in 2017 after gaining 120% in 2016. Bitcoin has been the top performing currency in each of the last two years. 

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Good morning! Here's what you need to know in markets on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban that will take effect on March 16. The new ban will temporarily halt entry to the United States for people from six majority-Muslim nations who are seeking new visas, allowing those with current visas to travel freely, according to a fact sheet obtained by The Associated Press.

Snap Inc. had its first down day in the stock market since going public on Thursday. Shares of the parent company of Snapchat fell 12% in trading on Monday to as low as $23.79, below the opening price of $24 a share. They were about 16% lower than their high after the initial public offering.

Financial software developer Misys is exploring an IPO in New York less than six months since abandoning plans to list in London. The Financial Times reports that the firm could be looking to list on the USA's tech-focused Nasdaq index.

Japan's Nikkei share average edged down on Tuesday, following Wall Street's lead, with investors deterred by geopolitical tensions after the North Korean missile tests, while buying continued to fuel in into small cap stocks. The Nikkei fell 0.2% to 19,344.15.

South Korea's government will consider filing a complaint to the World Trade Organization against what they described as China's trade retaliation after Seoul agreed to deploy a U.S. anti-missile system, the ruling party said on Tuesday. Beijing is widely believed in South Korea to be retaliating against some of its companies and cancelling performances by Korean artists after South Korea's decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.

Volkswagen AG expects to broaden disciplinary action beyond the two dozen employees the carmaker has already suspended in a diesel emissions cheating scandal, Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch said on Monday. "It is to be expected that there will yet be a whole string of (personnel) consequences," Poetsch told reporters late on Monday on the eve of the Geneva auto show.

Greece's economy performed much worse than forecast in the final quarter of 2016, according to the latest data from the country's statistical service Elstat. GDP shrank 1.2% in Q4 of 2016 — marking the worst quarterly performance for the stricken southern European economy since the heart of its debt crisis in the summer of 2015.

Bitcoin debit card provider Wirex has raised £2.45 ($3 million) to launch a contactless card that lets you spend the cryptocurrency. London-based Wirex has raised the money from Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings's £215 million ($265 million) fintech venture capital fund, one of the world's largest.

Investors are still going nuts for Snapchat, even though it doesn't seem Snap has a single "buy" rating from analysts. Bespoke Investing Group noted that Snap is the only "US stock with a $20+ billion mkt cap that has ZERO buy recommendations."

Shares in both Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management popped on Monday after news that the two companies have agreed to a merger worth around £11 billion ($13.4 billion). By the end of the day's trading, Aberdeen's shares — which are listed on the FTSE 250 — were up 4.2%, while FTSE 100-listed Standard Life ended 5.7% higher.

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Bitcoin prices appear to be encountering some resistance near the $1,300 level, exchange data shows.

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