The United States (US) is still in pursuit of a third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials told Reuters on Sunday, as US President Donald Trump intensifies an oil blockade on Nicolás Maduro’s governme...
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Cardano’s Hoskinson warns against rushing post-quantum upgrades
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has issued a clear warning to the broader blockchain industry about rushing into post-quantum cryptography upgrades, arguing that premature implementation could degra...
Israel PM Netanyahu plans to brief Trump on potential new Iran strikes
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said over the weekend that officials are growing worried that Iran is expanding production of its ballistic missile program, which was damaged by Israe...
Euro posts modest gains above 1.1700 as ECB signals pause
The EUR/USD pair posts modest gains around 1.1710 during the early Asian session on Monday. The Euro (EUR) strengthens against the Greenback after the European Central Bank (ECB) left its policy rates...
Japanese Yen strengthens to near 157.50 amid Fed rate cut expectations
The USD/JPY pair loses ground to near 157.50 during the early Asian session on Monday. The prospect of further US Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate cuts in 2026 weighs on the US Dollar (USD) against...
Fed’s Hammack says holding rates steady for months is her base case for now
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said that monetary policy is in a good place to pause and assess the effects of 75 basis points (bps) of rate cuts in the economy during the fi...
Santa knocking on the door
S&P 500 held Thursday‘s regular session lows, and just rose after Friday‘s opening bell. Those intraday retreats were good enough just for quick intraday gains, particularly as it became apparent ...
South Korea looks at distributing government subsidies in new CBDC test phase
The Bank of Korea (BoK) is reportedly preparing to launch the second phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, with a key emphasis on testing the distribution of government subsidies th...
Blackout leaves Waymo robotaxis stranded, Alphabet pauses service in San Francisco
A major blackout has slammed San Francisco and left Alphabet’s Waymo robotaxis stuck on streets across the city, forcing Alphabet to pause its driverless ride-hail program in the Bay Area. Pacific Gas...
AI fraudsters forge art authenticity docs, rattling galleries and insurers
Art galleries and insurers are dealing with a flood of forged documents built with AI, a trend now changing how people file claims, seek valuations, and defend ownership records, according to the Fina...
Tether Moves Toward Consumers With New Self-Custodial Wallet
Fintech Tether is laying the groundwork for a much more visible role in everyday crypto use, moving away from its long-standing position as a behind-the-scenes stablecoin issuer and toward direct inte...
We are headed for ‘massive recession,’ and the ‘Fed is blind’, warns top economist
Economist Henrik Zeberg has warned about the direction of the U.S. economy, arguing that the Federal Reserve is failing to recognize clear signals pointing to a severe downturn. According to Zeberg, t...
Kevin Hassett says tariff refund logistics could doom wide rebate push
A fight over Trump’s tariffs is turning into a headache over money flow, and Kevin Hassett is the one spelling out how messy it could get. He warned that a Supreme Court ruling that kills the tariffs ...
OpenAI’s profit potential improves as compute margins near 70%
OpenAI’s compute margin is has hit 70%, according to The Information, which said the number rose from 52% at the end of 2024 and was roughly half of today’s level at the start of that same year. The r...
Intel’s stock rally doesn’t erase long‑term competitive roadblocks
Intel’s stock rose 86% for the year after a rush of new money from the US government, Nvidia, and SoftBank, plus the hiring of a new CEO. But the company still entered 2026 without a single major outs...
Xbox loses race to PlayStation and Switch as Microsoft rethinks its hardware future
Xbox is slipping far behind PlayStation and Switch, and the numbers look worse each quarter. The platform has been hit with layoffs, studio closures, price jumps and weak console sales. Many people in...
F2Pool co-founder reports 490 Bitcoins loss to ‘generous hacker’
Wang Chun, a co-founder of the major Bitcoin mining pool F2Pool, recently shared a personal anecdote from last year while sharing his opinion on a separate phishing incident that cost another person 5...
Wall Street stays bullish on Nvidia as BofA, Jefferies and Bernstein double down
Wall Street is sticking with Nvidia even as the stock gets dragged around by valuation fears, louder rivals, and the latest back-and-forth between Washington and Beijing. The NVDA stock has been deali...
Tencent taps Tokyo and Sydney Nvidia GPU hubs amid export restrictions
A data center outside Osaka now runs thousands of Nvidia’s newest chips for Tencent, giving the company a path around Washington’s hardware limits while keeping everything within legal bounds. The GPU...
2 best performing Jim Cramer 2025 picks
In a year defined by elevated volatility, two of Jim Cramer’s 2025 stock picks have emerged as clear outperformers. Their gains stand out not only for their magnitude but also because they run counter...
Prediction markets prevent crazy opinions on emotionally charged topics, Buterin
Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder, revealed through a series of posts on Farcaster that he believes prediction markets are the antidote to crazy opinions. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin debat...
Millions of New Cryptocurrencies Flood the Market in 2025
Altcoins The pace of cryptocurrency creation accelerated sharply in 2025, underscoring how dramatically the structure of the digital asset market has changed. Data compiled by CoinMarketCap shows that...
Polymarket copy traders warned of malicious private key-stealing code
Security-oriented researchers and companies have warned about a popular, open-source Polymarket copy trading bot hosted on GitHub. The bot was created by a developer under the handle “Trust412,” and ...
Bank Insider Drains $140,000 From US Government Using Illegally Obtained Customer Information
Bank Insider Drains $140,000 From US Government Using Illegally Obtained Customer Information – The Daily Hodl ...
Here’s how much XRP Ripple has dumped in 2025
In 2025, Ripple continued one of the cryptocurrency market’s most scrutinized practices of monthly unlocking of XRP from escrow and the partial relocking of those tokens to manage supply. The system i...
How IPO Genie ($IPO) Heads an AI‑Dominated Shortlist
Crypto Projects Discover 2025’s top presales. IPO Genie ($IPO) leads AI crypto, spotting high-potential deals early with data-driven precision and community access. While Bitcoin struggles to catch it...
Fed’s Beth Hammack tells traders to ditch aggressive rate‑cut bets through spring
Cleveland Fed President Elizabeth Hammack on Sunday said she sees no reason to move interest rates for months, even after the Fed cut at the last three meetings by a total of 0.75 percentage points. I...
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe calls Elon Musk’s 50% hold on EV market ‘unhealthy’
Rivian’s CEO walked straight into the conversation everyone keeps avoiding, saying the US EV market can’t grow when one company holds half of it. RJ Scaringe made that point while showing off Rivian’s...
Which Presale Offers the Clearer Long‑Term Vision and Utility?
Crypto Projects A data-led comparison of IPO Genie ($IPO) and BlockDAG to assess utility, structure, and long-term presale ROI signals. Chase DeMoor’s win over Andrew Tate at the Misfits Boxing main e...
Over 22 million cryptocurrencies were created in 2025
The cryptocurrency market recorded another year of explosive growth in 2025, with millions of new digital assets entering circulation. Specifically, as of December 21, 2025, the total number of crypto...
Nvidia set to build new 10,000 capacity campus in Israel
Nvidia is mulling plans to build a new 10,000-capacity campus to accommodate its employees in Israel. The company confirmed previous reports that it has chosen the Israel Land Authority (ILA) area in ...
DOGEBALL Gains Attention With Whitelist Live
Crypto Projects Some meme coins explode because of timing, others because of hype, but the ones that truly stand out usually bring something more to the table. Heading into 2026, the conversation arou...