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Bitcoin's Rare Red Year: On Track for Fourth Annual Loss After Crashtober Shock

Dec 24, 2025 10:21 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

Trading below its 2025 opening price of about $94,000, Bitcoin is poised for just its fourth negative calendar year return in historyfollowing down years in 2014, 2018, and 2022. Bitcoins price finishing the year below its...

RBI’s Liquidity Push: Easier Funding, Softer Yields, But a Weaker Rupee

Dec 24, 2025 04:25 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

RBI is aggressively easing domestic funding conditions through a mix of bond purchases and FX swaps. It has already been said in December 2025 in two ₹50,000 crore tranches ₹1 lakh crore of OMO G‑sec purchases, clearly to...

US Economy Roars: Q3 GDP Smashes Forecasts at 4.3% While Durables Disappoint

Dec 23, 2025 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views

With preliminary Q3 2025 GDP growth clocking in at 4.3% quarter-over-quarter annualized, significantly above consensus expectations of 3.23.3% and accelerating from Q2s already robust 3.8%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis...

BlackRock Drops the Mic: Bitcoin ETF Now a Top-3 Theme for 2025

Dec 23, 2025 12:48 pm UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

Among its top three investment themes for 2025, BlackRock has confidently positioned its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), shoulder to shoulder with ultra-safe Treasury bills and heavyweight U.S. tech stocks. Despite Bitcoins...

Bitmine’s ETH Empire: 4 Million Tokens and Counting

Dec 23, 2025 09:54 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

Cross the 4 million token threshold and claim 3.37% of Ethereums circulating supply of around 120.7 million ETH as of December 21, 2025; Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) has gathered an astounding 4,066,062 ETH. Amid...

ETHUSD Defies ETF Outflows: Holds Above $3000, Bulls Eye $3200 Breakout

Dec 22, 2025 12:38 pm UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

ETHUSD trades above $3000 despite weak institutional demand. It hit an intraday high of $3260 and is currently trading $3043. With six straight days of redemptions, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs have had substantial net...

Ethereum’s Hegota Upgrade: Slashing State Bloat, Supercharging Decentralization (2026)

Dec 22, 2025 09:56 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

Planned for the second half of 2026, Ethereums next large hard fork, Hegota, marks one of the most important steps towards correcting the networks persistent state bloat problem. Together with consensus-layer enhancements...

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Economy

Canada’s Trade Deficit Jumps in November as Exports Slide and Firms Diversify Away From U.S.

Canada recorded a sharp increase in its monthly international trade deficit in November as merchandise exports fell significantly, highlighting ongoing challenges tied to trade diversification and U.S. tariff uncertainty....

U.S. Eases Venezuela Oil Sanctions to Boost American Investment After Maduro Ouster

The Trump administration has eased select sanctions on Venezuelas oil industry, signaling a major policy shift aimed at encouraging U.S. investment following the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro earlier this...

Oil Prices Surge Toward Biggest Monthly Gains in Years Amid Middle East Tensions

Oil prices are heading for their largest monthly gains in years as escalating Middle East tensions fuel concerns over potential supply disruptions, particularly involving Iran, one of the worlds largest OPEC producers....

Indonesia Stocks Face Fragile Sentiment After MSCI Warning and Market Rout

Indonesia stocks are set for a cautious start as investor sentiment remains fragile following a sharp market selloff triggered by concerns raised by MSCI. The Jakarta Composite Index suffered its steepest two-day decline...

Asian Stocks Waver as Trump Signals Fed Pick, Shutdown Deal and Tech Earnings Stir Markets

Asian stock markets were volatile in early Friday trading as investors reacted to fresh signals from U.S. President Donald Trump on government funding and monetary policy, alongside mixed corporate earnings from major U.S....

Politics

Trump Threatens Aircraft Tariffs as U.S.-Canada Jet Certification Dispute Escalates

U.S. President Donald Trump has intensified trade tensions with Canada by announcing the decertification of Bombardier Global Express business jets and threatening steep new tariffs on Canadian-made aircraft. In a...

Trump Warns UK and Canada Against Deepening Business Ties With China

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to the United Kingdom and Canada over expanding business cooperation with China, describing such moves as very dangerous during a recent public appearance. His...

Faith Leaders Arrested on Capitol Hill During Protest Against Trump Immigration Policies and ICE Funding

Dozens of faith leaders were arrested on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., after staging a protest against President Donald Trumps immigration policies and calling for funding restrictions on U.S. Immigration and Customs...

Democrats Question Intelligence Chief’s Role in FBI Georgia Election Raid

Top Democrats on the U.S. Senate and House intelligence committees are demanding answers after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was present during a recent FBI raid on an election facility in Georgia, an...

Trump Threatens 50% Tariff on Canadian Aircraft Amid Escalating U.S.-Canada Trade Dispute

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday escalated tensions with Canada by announcing plans to impose a 50% tariff on all Canadian-made aircraft sold in the United States, citing Canadas refusal to certify several jets...

Science

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Technology

Apple Faces Margin Pressure as Memory Chip Prices Surge Amid AI Boom

Apple is beginning to feel the strain from rapidly rising memory chip prices, a challenge that is expected to intensify in the current quarter as the global semiconductor market pivots toward artificial intelligence...

Apple Earnings Beat Expectations as iPhone Sales Surge to Four-Year High

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) delivered a strong fiscal first-quarter 2026 earnings report, comfortably beating Wall Street expectations on both profit and revenue, driven by its strongest iPhone sales growth in more than four...

OpenAI Reportedly Eyes Late-2026 IPO Amid Rising Competition and Massive Funding Needs

OpenAI is reportedly accelerating preparations for a potential initial public offering (IPO), with plans to go public by the fourth quarter of 2026, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the...

Sandisk Stock Soars After Blowout Earnings and AI-Driven Outlook

Sandisk shares surged more than 15% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the data storage and memory solutions company delivered a fiscal second-quarter earnings report that significantly exceeded Wall Street...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Explores Merger Options With Tesla or xAI, Reports Say

Elon Musks SpaceX is reportedly exploring potential merger and consolidation options with Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) or artificial intelligence startup xAI, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the...