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Gold Slides as Trump’s Softer Stance on Fed and China Ease Fears

April 26, 2025

(Bloomberg) — Gold fell for a second day as the White House struck a softer tone on Federal Reserve independence and investors weighed Trump administration comments on trade. Most Read from Bloomberg President Donald Trump on Tuesday said US tariffs “will come down substantially but it won’t be zero,” and that he didn’t see the […]

S&P 500 Index Today: Earnings Beats Boost the SPX

April 26, 2025

The S&P 500 (SPX) index saw limited movement on Friday, allowing it to close out the week with a slight gain. This comes alongside news of the U.S. getting closer to a trade deal with Japan. This is part of President Donald Trump’s tariffs strategy, which includes a hold on high tariffs to allow for […]

Sentiment Says Bear, Market Hints Otherwise

April 26, 2025

Wall Street Sentiment is Historically Bearish “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson’s quote is powerful, […]

How ‘megaforces’ led BlackRock to declare Bitcoin is decoupling from stocks

April 26, 2025

“Crypto over the long run is decoupled from tech stocks,” said Jay Jacobs, BlackRock’s US head of equity ETFs. It’s the first time the asset manager has recognised the divergence. Bitcoin has been trading inversely to stocks. It all began as a narrative from Bitcoin advocates. Now the largest asset manager in the world is […]

The End Of DeFi’s Wild West? How 2025 Could Change Everything

April 25, 2025

Alexander Sudeykin is a co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at Evaa Protocol, a leading lending protocol. getty Decentralized finance has been thriving without strict regulations, making the sector innovative and flexible but also risky. In 2025, governments worldwide are tightening the rules, yet this shift doesn’t spell doom for DeFi. The real question is: How […]

What’s Next For Cardano After ADA Price Breakout

April 25, 2025

SYMBOL – 23 April 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil: The logo of the cryptocurrency Cardano (ADA) … More can be seen on the CoinMarcetCap trading platform. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Cardano (ADA) has surged over 15% in the past week, breaking above both the 20-day […]

Tesla stock rises after Musk says time at DOGE will drop ‘significantly’

April 25, 2025

Tesla (TSLA) stock rose 3% in early trade Wednesday after CEO Elon Musk said he would spend more time at Tesla and less time in Washington, D.C., news that overshadowed a challenging quarter for the company that saw results come in far below Wall Street forecasts. "Starting early next month, in May, my time allocation […]

Tesla CEO Musk says time he spends on DOGE will drop ‘significantly’ next month

April 25, 2025

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11, 2025. Tesla CEO Elon Musk began his company's earnings call on Tuesday by saying that his time spent running President Donald Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency will drop "significantly" starting in May. Musk, who […]

Trump’s Trade Whiplash Sinks World Into Dreaded ‘Uncertainty’

April 25, 2025

(Bloomberg) — The world’s finance chiefs flocked to Washington this week to see up close how President Donald Trump’s effort to overhaul the global economic order is shaking markets and eroding growth. Most Read from Bloomberg As they gathered in private meetings and opined on panels about how his tariffs upend free-trade orthodoxy, markets were […]

FBI asks public for tips about Salt Typhoon telecom hacks

April 25, 2025

The FBI is seeking information from the public about the Chinese Salt Typhoon hacking campaign that, last year, was found to have breached major telecommunications providers and their wiretap request systems over a two-year period. In a bureau notice issued Thursday, the law enforcement agency said the Salt Typhoon hacks “resulted in the theft of […]