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Three signals pointing to a possible bitcoin move to $85,000
Bitcoin is showing a rare alignment across on-chain data, futures positioning, and options flows that points to further upside.
BNY, world's largest custody bank, expands crypto services in Abu Dhabi
The Wall Street giant, which oversees $59 trillion in client assets, teamed up with Finstreet and ADI Foundation for digital asset infrastructure.
Shipping giant boss warns Iran war will have bigger impact in coming months as customers face price hikes
Maersk said the Iran war had introduced an "additional layer of uncertainty" as it reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday.
Market rebound: Why some stocks are looking past the Iran war
The US stock market isn’t the only market that’s rebounded to record highs.
Oil giant Shell tops quarterly profit estimates as Iran war drives price surge
Britain's Shell posted stronger-than-expected quarterly profit as the Iran war sent fossil fuel prices soaring.
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Bitcoin lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi
At Consensus 2026 in Miami, executives from Two Prime, Ledn and Lygos Finance said institutional borrowers increasingly prioritize custody, transparency and standardized lending structures over complex DeFi products after the crypto credit collapses of 2022.
Trump family-backed American Bitcoin's costs dropped 23% in Q1 as mining industry pivots to AI
The Trump family-linked miner cut its cost per Bitcoin to roughly $36,200 from $46,900 in Q4 2025, putting it among the lowest-cost public mining operations at a moment when most of its peers are toning down business.
FTSE 100 Live: Stock markets set for slower start, Shell, BAE, JD Sports report
7.15am: FTSE 100 facing slower start, local elections in focus A slower start for the FTSE 100 has been called on Thursday, as domestic attention turns to politics with an important round of local elections that some predict could heap pressure on Keir Starmer to resign. The UK's...
It’s not just Big Oil. Wind giants welcome profit beats as Iran war spurs energy pivot
Norway's Equinor told CNBC that the company expects the Iran war to deliver a boost to its transition industries.
Ripple, JPMorgan settle first cross-border tokenized Treasury redemption on XRP Ledger
The pilot, run with Ondo Finance and Mastercard, processed the redemption of Ondo's OUSG tokenized Treasury fund in under five seconds.
Dogecoin slides 4%, bitcoin rally pauses as Iran ceasefire optimism lifts equities
Crypto majors took a breather Thursday after a strong run, with bitcoin holding around $81,000 and ether slipping below $2,330 as global equities pushed to fresh records on hopes of a US-Iran deal.
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SoftBank shares surge over 16% as Japan tech stock-fueled rally lifts Nikkei 225 to record highs
The benchmark Nikkei 225 surged over 5% to a record high as Japan reopened after extended Golden Week holidays.
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The AI rally that’s driven the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to all-time highs has felt like it was hitting a crescedo for three years straight. But as hyperscalers push their own capital expenditure commitments higher and higher (Meta just raised their 2026 capex estimates to $145), and new entrants like Elon Musks’s SpaceX are
Moderna Shareholders OK Directors, Executive Pay Votes and Ernst & Young as 2026 Auditor at AGM
Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) shareholders approved all four management proposals at the company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, including the re-election of two directors, advisory votes related to executive compensation, and the ratification of Ernst & Young as the company’s independent auditor
Asia-Pacific markets set to climb as traders weigh Trump’s Iran threats against peace hopes
Asia-Pacific markets were set to climb, shrugging off renewed tensions in the Middle East.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Defy Gravity And Hit Record Highs
Markets abhor uncertainty, and today both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied to record highs on the hope that the anxiety and overhang from the US / Iran conflict may be coming to a close. Now, we’ve been here before. In the past few weeks seemingly imminent ceasefires, agreements, or some other abatement in tension... Th
AI agents becoming more relevant than humans by 2035 has Big Tech 'terrified', says Hoskinson
The founder and CEO of Cardano’s Input Output said Google, Amazon and Facebook are terrified because AI agents will not behave like humans when confronted with ads.
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Grant Cardone says bitcoin-real estate strategy could outperform REITs, adds more BTC to treasury
The real-estate mogul said the hybrid model brings new users into crypto and challenges traditional real estate structures.
Nasdaq's president says the SEC’s new crypto stance is letting markets 'build' again
Nasdaq’s Tal Cohen said a friendlier SEC is giving crypto firms and exchanges room to experiment with tokenization and digital market infrastructure.
Wall Street's clearinghouse seeks 'high-performance' blockchains to tokenize corporate actions
DTCC CEO Frank La Salla said the clearing giant is working with layer-1 blockchains to bring millions in corporate actions like dividend payments onchain, but challenges remain.
Anthropic CEO says 80-fold growth in first quarter explains 'difficulties with compute'
At Anthropic's developer conference in San Francisco, CEO Dario Amodei said the company is 'working as quickly as possible' to provide additional compute.
Snap issues cautious guidance as Perplexity deal ends, Middle East 'geopolitical situation' causes uncertainty
Snap reported first-quarter earnings and provided cautious sales guidance while revealing it no longer has a deal with the generative AI startup Perplexity.
Crypto’s mainstream moment has arrived, say industry leaders speaking at Consensus Miami
Executives from Binance, Revolut and Circle say crypto is evolving beyond speculation into the financial infrastructure powering payments, remittances and broader global access.
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Sigma Lithium Corporation (SGML) Rises Yet Lags Behind Market: Some Facts Worth Knowing
Sigma Lithium Corporation (SGML) concluded the recent trading session at $22.85, signifying a +1.42% move from its prior day's close.
Samsara Inc. (IOT) Stock Slides as Market Rises: Facts to Know Before You Trade
In the closing of the recent trading day, Samsara Inc. (IOT) stood at $28.92, denoting a -5.02% move from the preceding trading day.
Bitcoin’s post-quantum migration will be harder than Taproot and needs to start now, Project Eleven CEO says
Alex Pruden said the asymmetry between acting on a post-quantum signature scheme today and waiting for certainty about quantum-computing hardware timelines means Bitcoin developers should move from research into production.
Reid Hoffman says NFTs may make a comeback as AI agents strain online identity
The Greylock partner and LinkedIn co-founder said autonomous agents will need crypto-based trust systems to transact across the open internet.
DoorDash pops 12% on strong earnings, upbeat order growth guidance
DoorDash is in the middle of a massive spending initiative as it builds out a new tech platform following a string of acquisitions.
Iran war threatens jet fuel shortage that could disrupt summer travel in Asia and Europe
Oil executives have warned that the supply disruption in the Middle East will soon cause actual fuel shortages in some parts of the world.
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Apollo CEO Rowan warns of market correction, slams 'egregious' practices at rival insurers
Apollo CEO Marc Rowan warned that markets face an elevated risk of unexpected shocks, saying he is positioning the firm defensively for an expected correction.
Nvidia to invest up to $3.2 billion in Corning as part of massive optical fiber deal with 3 new factories focused on AI
Corning is opening three new advanced manufacturing plants in the U.S. dedicated entirely to optical technologies for Nvidia.
OKX joins crypto’s pre-IPO frenzy with OpenAI, SpaceX perpetual futures
Crypto exchanges are increasingly competing to offer retail traders exposure to Silicon Valley’s most valuable private firms, despite the products conferring neither equity ownership nor shareholder rights.
Beyond humans: Lily Liu says Solana is building the payment rails for the 'AI machine economy'
At Consensus Miami 2026, Solana Foundation President Lily Liu argued that stablecoin adoption by firms like Western Union validates Solana’s role as financial infrastructure for both human and machine economies.
Bitcoin's price rally has a hidden rhythm. Here are the hours and days driving gains.
Bitcoin’s three-month rally shows a clear internal structure than most traders might expect, with performance clustering around specific trading windows across global sessions.
Crypto custodian Taurus moves straight into EU capital markets with MiFID license in Cyprus
The license allows the firm to offer tokenized financial instruments to EU banks as well as secondary trading for tokenized bonds, fund shares, equities, and structured products.
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Wegovy pill sales smash forecasts after launch as Novo Nordisk hikes guidance
Novo Nordisk raised its outlook for 2026 after a strong performance from its newly launched Wegovy pill.
North Korea terror victims escalate fight to seize $71 million from Aave hack
In a 30-page response filed Tuesday, attorneys for victims of three North Korea terrorism cases reframed the April 18 Aave hack as fraud rather than theft — a distinction that could give the attackers legal title to the borrowed crypto.
Kelp DAO to migrate rsETH to Chainlink CCIP as blame game continues
Bryan Pellegrino, co-founder and CEO of LayerZero, disputed Kelp DAO’s accusations and said a postmortem by external security firms will be published soon.
XRP above $1.42 as traders watch 2025 breakout pattern that led to 66% rally
Price compression near $1.42 comes as analysts point to a repeating bull flag structure and thinning liquidity conditions.
Bitcoin tops $81,000 as Strategy mulls selling its BTC to fund dividend obligations
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor signalling a potential bitcoin sale to cover $1.5 billion in annual dividend obligations sent MSTR down 4% after hours and BTC briefly below $81,000.
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China hosts Iran's top diplomat just days ahead of Trump's high-stakes visit
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi trip to Beijing on Wednesday marks the first time he has visited China since the beginning of the Iran war.
In the global AI race, a sanctioned Chinese firm says cheaper models can still win
As China’s AI competition intensifies, SenseTime is shifting toward multimodal AI, lower-cost models and overseas expansion to remain competitive, co-founder Lin Dahua said.
Trump pauses U.S. bid to guide ships out of Strait of Hormuz, cites Iran deal progress
President Donald Trump said he is pausing "Project Freedom," the U.S. military's bid to guide commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz.
Michael Saylor's Strategy signals potential bitcoin sale to fund dividends obligations
Michael Saylor proposes using bitcoin sales to support dividends, as Strategy reported a $12.54 billion Q1 loss.
Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow futures rise as tech earnings continue to impress
Major gauge futures soared following a series of record closes from US indexes.
AMD's stock soars 15% as data center growth pushes revenue and guidance past estimates
AMD's earnings report lands as investors rush into the stock on optimism that the AI boom is just getting started.
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EV maker Lucid suspends production guidance amid incoming CEO's business review
Lucid Group said it will make moves to better align its production with customer demand for its luxury all-electric vehicles.
Super Micro stock jumps 18% on guidance beat as revenue more than doubles
Super Micro pointed to progress in U.S. manufacturing in issuing a stronger-than-expected quarterly forecast.
Trust in crypto remains biggest barrier to adoption, say Consensus Miami 2026 panelists
Speakers point to complexity, poor user experience and lack of transparency as key obstacles for mainstream users.