Tech Bitcoin briefly sinks below $99,000 as U.S. strikes on Iran trigger crypto market sell-off.

Spot bitcoin ETF inflows froze late last week as institutional investors grew cautious ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Iran response. More than $1 billion in crypto positions were liquidated in 24 hours, most from overleveraged long bets. Bitcoin’s correlation to tec…

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Trump reports more than $600 million in income from crypto, golf, licensing fees.

Donald Trump reported more than $600 million in income from crypto, golf clubs, licensing and other ventures in a public financial disclosure report released on Friday that provided a glimpse of the vast business holdings of America’s billionaire president. The annual financ…

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Crypto World Bitcoin hits new record high near $112,000 as rally marches on.

Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high near $112,000. It’s been a slow rally for bitcoin driven by institutional ownership and corporate adoption. Easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China and the Moody’s downgrade of U.S. sovereign de…

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China's BYD outsells Tesla in Europe for first time.

Chinese automaker BYD (002594.SZ), opens new tab sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab for the first time, according to a report by JATO Dynamics, as an aging model lineup and CEO Elon Musk's politics hurt demand for the U.S. EV maker&…

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The real trump family business is crypto.

Early Monday morning, the leader of the free world had a message to convey. Not about the economic turmoil from tariffs, any one of the skirmishes playing out abroad, or a surprise shake-up in his White House staff. Instead, President Donald Trump turned to Truth Social to …

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Tech Jeff Bezos discloses plan to sell up to $4.8 billion in Amazon stock.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to sell up to 25 million shares in the company over the next year, according to a financial filing on Friday. Bezos, who stepped down as CEO in 2021 but remains Amazon’s top shareholder, is selling the shares as part of a trading plan adopted …

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Trump launches cryptocurrency with price rocketing.

US President-elect Donald Trump has launched his own cryptocurrency, which quickly soared in value. His release of the meme coin, $Trump, comes as he prepares to take office on Monday as 47th president of the US. The venture was co-ordinated by CIC Digital LLC - an affiliate …

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Nissan and Honda announce merger plans to create world’s No. 3 automaker.

Honda and Nissan have formally agreed to hold talks over the next six months on a possible merger, a deal that would create the world’s third-largest automaker and give them more resources to compete with a growing threat from Chinese carmakers. A third, smaller Japanese aut…

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Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in cryptocurrency fraud scams.

Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, the FBI said in a report released Monday that shows a 45% jump in losses from 2022. The FBI received nearly 70,000 complaints in 2023 by victims of financial fraud in…

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Tesla Cybertruck might have become the best-selling electric pickup truck in the US.

Tesla Cybertruck might have become the best-selling electric pickup truck in the US. If it wasn’t last quarter, it looks like it will be this quarter. Unfortunately, Tesla doesn’t break down its sales by model. The lack of transparency is frustrating as it makes it harder to…

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New Zealand's monthly exports valued at all-time high.

New Zealand's total monthly exports have reached an all-time high value of $7.2 billion, according to Stats NZ. It marks the first time the figure has surpassed $7 billion - the previous high for monthly exports was $6.95 billion in May 2023. Trade values are not adjusted…

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Nvidia passes Microsoft in market cap to become most valuable public company.

Nvidia, which is up more than ninefold since the end of 2022, has surpassed Microsoft to become the most valuable public company in the world.  The chipmaker passed the $3 trillion market cap mark in early June, joining Microsoft and Apple in that club.  Nvidia has been the p…

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down.

Boeing (BA.N), CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by year-end in a broad management shakeup brought on by the planemaker's sprawling safety crisis exacerbated by a January mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX plane. In addition, board chair Larry Kellner and Stan Deal, head o…

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Top 10 richest people in Africa at the outset of 2024.

Africa continues to demonstrate its economic supremacy through a limited handful of the continent’s wealthiest individuals in the year 2024. This elite group, made up of visionaries and entrepreneurs, who navigates diverse industries to amass substantial fortunes. These 10 r…

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Nadia Calvino appointed as New President of the European Investment Bank.

In a historic move, Nadia Calvino has been named the new president of the European Investment Bank, taking office on January 1. She succeeds Werner Hoyer to become the eighth president of the EU bank. Notably, Calvino is the first woman and the first Spaniard to lead this p…

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US national debt tops $34 trillion for first time in history.

The U.S. federal government's total public debt has reached $34 trillion for the first time, the U.S. Treasury Department reported on Tuesday, as members of Congress gear up for another series of federal funding battles in the coming weeks. The Daily Treasury Statement f…

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Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter.

The social media platform X has lost 71% of its value since it was bought by Elon Musk, according to the mutual fund Fidelity. Fidelity, which owns a stake in X Holdings, said in a disclosure obtained by Axios that it had marked down the value of its shares by 71.5% since Mu…

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Angola leaves OPEC in blow to oil producer group.

Angola said on Thursday it would leave OPEC in a blow to the Saudi-led oil producer group that has sought in recent months to rally support for further output cuts to prop up oil prices. Angola's Oil Minister Diamantino Azevedo said the Organization of the Petroleum Expo…

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Binance sees $956 million in outflows after Zhao steps down.

Investors pulled about $956 million from crypto exchange Binance over the past 24 hours, market data showed, after its chief, Changpeng Zhao, stepped down and faced prison time after pleading guilty on Tuesday to settle a years-long U.S. illicit finance probe. The deal, in w…

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Binance chief Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to money laundering charges.

The Binance chief executive, Changpeng Zhao, has resigned after pleading guilty to money laundering violations. "I made mistakes, and I must take responsibility. This is best for our community, for Binance, and for myself", he said in a post on X. The Justice Depart…

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