XAG/USD slides below $66, bullish setup intact

Silver (XAG/USD) attracts some sellers during the Asian session on Thursday and currently trades around the $65.75-$65.70 region, down over 1% for the day. The white metal, however, remains well withi...

Australian Dollar deepens losses despite rising Consumer Inflation Expectations

The Australian Dollar (AUD) loses ground against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday for the sixth successive day. The AUD/USD pair may gain ground as the Aussie Dollar could receive support from investor...

Gold declines on profit-taking, USD strength ahead of US CPI release

Gold price (XAU/USD) edges lower below $4,350 during the Asian trading hours on Thursday. The precious metal retreats from seven-week highs amid some profit-taking and a rebound in the US Dollar (USD)...

Coinbase stock trading goes live, letting users buy American equities with USDC

Coinbase just opened stock trading inside its app, letting users buy U.S. equities with USDC, according to a press release on Wednesday night. Coinbase said it is rolling out a full set of new feature...

Court Ruling Could Reignite Fight Over The Corporate Transparency Act

The CTA remains law, but Treasury says that domestic companies don’t have to provide beneficial ownership information. getty Remember the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)? Earlier this year, the...

Will The Curse Of The NBA Cup Come Back To Bite The New York Knicks?

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 16: Og Anunoby (center, L) #8 and Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the New York Knicks lift the trophy after the team defeated the San Antonio Spurs 124-113 to win the cham...

PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate at 7.0583 vs. 7.0573 previous

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) sets the USD/CNY central rate for the trading session ahead on Thursday at 7.0583 compared to the previous day’s fix of 7.0573. PBOC FAQs The primary monetary p...

NYT ‘Pips’ Hints & Answers For Thursday, December 18

Another day, another trio of Pips puzzles to purposely procrastinate with, putting off the pesky problems that need solving (probably). The weekend approaches, oh my Pipsqueaks. It’ll be Christmas in ...

GBP/USD steady near 1.3370 as traders await BoE and US CPI data

The GBP/USD pair struggles to capitalize on the overnight bounce from the 1.3310 area, or a one-week low, and oscillates in a narrow band during the Asian session on Thursday. Spot prices currently tr...

Bitfinex waives fees across its entire trading platform

Leading digital asset exchange Bitfinex has eliminated all trading fees across its platform, effective immediately. The move positions the exchange among the first major centralized venues to adopt a ...

Today’s Wordle #1643 Hints & Answer For Thursday, December 18

How to solve today’s Wordle. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Today is Thor’s Day, which means yesterday was Wordle Wednesday. Every Wednesday I give you fine Wordlers a new riddle, brai...

India’s competition regulator approves Coinbase minority stake in CoinDCX

The Competition Commission of India, which oversees and promotes fair competition in the country, has cleared Coinbase’s acquisition of a minority stake in cryptocurrency platform CoinDCX.  In a notic...

Thursday, December 18 (Natural Remedies)

Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers Credit: New York Times A week from today is Christmas. It’s been so nice here, it really hasn’t felt like Christmas much to me. I’m behind on my Christmas s...

Blue Jays’ $131 Million 2-Time All-Star Breaks Silence After Skipping World Series

TORONTO, ON – APRIL 9: José Berríos #17 of the Toronto Blue Jays looks on from the dugout against the Seattle Mariners in their MLB game at the Rogers Centre on April 9, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario...

New Zealand Dollar holds below 0.5800 despite robust New Zealand Q3 GDP growth

The NZD/USD pair remains weak near 0.5770 during the early Asian trading hours on Thursday. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) edges lower against the Greenback despite a stronger-than-expected New Zealand ...

Doomsday’ Leaks Are Killing The Hype For Marvel Fans

Chris Evans filming on location for “The Avengers” in Central Park on September 2, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/WireImage) WireImage After Avengers: Doomsday trailers lea...

Australia Consumer Inflation Expectations up to 4.7% in December from previous 4.5%

Gold is seen consolidating near the top end of the weekly range, below the $4,350 level, during the Asian session on Thursday. The US Dollar preserves the overnight recovery gains and caps the bullion...

Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham transitions to private sector with MoonPay

Caroline Pham is set to leave the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after four years of employment. She will now work with MoonPay as its Chief Legal and Administrative Officer.  With Caroli...

Woodside Energy’s Meg O’Neill Named BP CEO As Murray Auchincloss Exits

Meg O’Neill, CEO of Woodside Energy has been appointed as the CEO of BP effective April 2026. (Photo: SeongJoon Cho) © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP A shock departure of BP CEO Murray Auchincloss wa...

Japan Foreign Investment in Japan Stocks up to ¥528.3B in December 12 from previous ¥96.8B

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E-Commerce Returns Of Holiday Purchases Down 2.5%, Adobe Reports

During the first six weeks of the holiday season, online returns were down 2.5%, according to Adobe Analytics data. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Gado via Getty Images During the first...

FTX investors urged to file claims in $10M Silvergate settlement

A class-action lawsuit against crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank in California is inviting claimants connected to FTX or Alameda Research accounts. Investors who deposited fiat “into an FTX- or Alameda-...

November’s inflation report is the first to be released after the shutdown

People shop at a grocery store in Brooklyn on Dec. 12, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Wall Street is awaiting Thursday’s release of the November consumer price index report,...

Watch Fed Governor Christopher Waller speak on interest rates and the race to succeed Powell

[The stream is slated to start at 8:15 a.m. ET. CNBC Television will start the stream when the event begins. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above.] Federal Reserve Governor Christo...

Japanese Yen weakens to near 155.50 as traders await US CPI release

The USD/JPY pair rises to around 155.60 during the early Asian session on Thursday. The US Dollar (USD) edges higher against the Japanese Yen (JPY) on the cautious comments from Federal Reserve (Fed) ...

2025’s Most Popular Christmas Movie Is ‘Christmas Vacation’

Chevy Chase hides behind the tree in a scene from the 1989 film “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” It is once again the most popular Christmas movie. Getty Images The most popu...

New Zealand’s Gross Domestic Product grows 1.1% QoQ in Q3 vs. 0.9% expected

New Zealand’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 1.1% QoQ in the third quarter (Q3), compared with a 1.0% contraction (revised from -0.9%) in the second quarter, Statistics New Zealand showed ...

AEW Dynamite Dec. 17, 2025 Start Time And Match Card For Holiday Bash

MJF with the AEW Dynamite diamond ring. AEW AEW Dynamite airs a special three-hour broadcast from Manchester, U.K. with a packed show in front of the biggest AEW TV crowd of the year. Far from the sub...

EUR/USD treads water with Dollar firmer and EZ inflation easing

EUR/USD hovers around its Wednesday’s opening price at around 1.1750 virtually unchanged amid a scarce economic docket in the US that witnessed a Dollar recovery. Meanwhile, inflation figures from the...

Optum Golf Channel Games Debut In Prime Time

FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 28: (L-R) Scottie Scheffler of Team United States and Rory McIlroy of Team Europe react from the first tee during the Sunday singles matches of the 2025 Ryder C...

Why Timothée Chalamet’s Controversial ‘Marty Supreme’ Rollout Is What Hollywood Needs

Awards season is upon us, and chatter is abounding over how much marketing is too much and whether or not an actor can talk themselves out of an Oscar. With Marty Supreme, we’re surely going to find o...

AI is the Story of Human Empowerment, Not Human Replacement

AI and autonomy are not replacing humans in space – they are elevating them to higher orbits. Analytics Vidhya – 10 Use Cases of AI in Space Every year, the holiday season invites us to lo...