VP JD Vance says the Trump administration believes inflation data supports a Federal Reserve rate cut, as surging Treasury yields fuel housing affordability worries before the Fed’s Sept. 15-16 meeting.
Oil prices extend gains after US and Iran trade strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, while former defense secretary Leon Panetta warns the conflict could drag on for six more months.
Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in convertible bonds issued by Taiwan’s MediaTek as the two companies expand collaboration on next-generation AI chip development.
Nvidia closed at $230.36, just 2.6% off its 52-week high, while chip peers AMD, Broadcom, Micron and Marvell trade well below their own records despite riding the same AI spending wave.
Orionx, a nine-year-old Chilean crypto platform serving 100,000+ users, shuts down after an audit found a $7 million gap in customer holdings. Founders now face criminal charges.
A UK investor who put roughly $2,000 into Bitcoin in 2011 through the now-defunct Intersango exchange has recovered assets now worth $4.5 million, after tracing a wallet holding 5,500 BTC.
Explosions near Iran’s Kharg Island, Trump’s warning on striking Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain site, and fresh US-Canada tariff friction are colliding to stoke fresh volatility risk across oil and defense markets.
Bitcoin and Ethereum logged $2.70 trillion in 30-day trading volume as BTC neared $80,000, but spreads, funding fees, and slippage are quietly eating into trader returns.
A crypto trader booked an unrealized gain of more than $2 million in under 12 hours by capitalizing on a public dispute between Robinhood and AMC Entertainment.
A look at the Invesco QQQ ETF’s top holdings — Nvidia at 8.51%, Apple at 7.41%, and more — and what the Nasdaq-100’s tech concentration means for long-term investors.
