Market news archive — page 5

Genesis Digital Assets, a bitcoin mining business once partly owned by FTX, is being steered toward artificial intelligence as its parent company raises new equity.

Shares of dating-app operator Bumble climbed after a report said the company is in advanced discussions on a deal to go private at a valuation of about $1 billion.

The Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company now holds about 2.59 million SOL, even as its weekly purchases continue to get smaller.

Options positioning and short-term volatility pricing point to a muted expectation for Wednesday's US inflation report, even as traders remain alert to a possible CPI-driven move.

Evernorth's XRPN shares started trading after its SPAC merger closed, though most SPAC investors redeemed first and the XRP holdings are valued well below their level at signing.

A Morgan Stanley strategist argues that a firmer dollar, rising bond yields and costly gasoline are already squeezing U.S. financial conditions, possibly sparing the Fed a rate hike.

Ledger says a tampered wallet sold via a Southeast Asian reseller contained an unauthorized implant, reviving debate over self-custody versus Bitcoin ETFs.

The euro weakened against the dollar on Monday, nearing its lowest level of 2026 as a firmer greenback and higher crude oil weighed, with U.S. inflation data due.

Advanced Micro Devices has launched AMD Helion, an open rack infrastructure blueprint built to serve agentic artificial intelligence workloads, according to wire reports.

STRK more than doubled across a seven-day span as Starknet developers explored building a standalone, quantum-resistant blockchain outside Ethereum.

Nvidia is said to be in discussions about either expanding its investment in the open-model startup Reflection AI or acquiring the company outright, according to wire reports.

Reports say Tether blacklisted four THORChain vaults holding about $1.4M in USDT on TRON, pausing swaps until the funds were later released, according to a co-founder.

Crown Castle stock climbed 16% in busy trading as the broader sector advanced, with coverage linking the move to SpaceX acquiring a wireless spectrum portfolio.

Hunterbrook has disclosed a short position in Meta Platforms, citing alternative data pointing to a slowdown in Muse, and the stock edged lower.

International Business Machines saw notable options trading in a Russell 3000 session, and it also appeared on a list of four stocks to watch alongside DAL, SKYD and XOM.

Tesla has changed the name of its driver-assistance software for European customers, following criticism from German regulators and as it pursues regulatory clearance for the system.

Reports that Apple has scaled back component orders for the iPhone 18 Pro weighed on its stock, though accounts differ on whether chip costs or soft demand drove the move.

France's benchmark equity index closed with a gain of 0.95% after a session in which softer oil prices, lower bond yields and calmer geopolitical sentiment supported buying.

Nvidia is said to be preparing a financial stake in d-Matrix, a company that competes with it in artificial intelligence chips, according to a media report relayed by market news services.

Sales of Tesla vehicles made in China gained momentum in September, with coverage linking the improvement to a continuing rebound in European demand.

Cardiovascular-focused drug developer Retension Pharmaceuticals has priced its enlarged initial public offering at $12 per share, raising a reported $45 million.

Micron, Nvidia and other AI-linked chipmakers fell after a report on OpenAI's annualized revenue, though analysts said the gap reflected reporting methods rather than softer AI demand.

An AI data centre operator backed by Nvidia has put its Australian listing on hold, while another Nvidia-backed company, Iambic Therapeutics, has begun a U.S. offering.

Kinder Morgan has ended force majeure on its Tennessee Gas Pipeline after repairs allowed natural gas deliveries to Mexico to restart following an interruption earlier in the week.

Manus, the AI assistant developer, has raised more than $500 million in its first fresh funding since Beijing forced Meta to reverse its roughly $2 billion purchase of the company.

Sepolia, an Ethereum test network, switched on the Glamsterdam upgrade on October 6 with a block gas limit near 200 million, more than triple the mainnet figure.

Securitize has launched a product offering eligible investors tokenized shares of 12 US companies on Solana, each backed by real shares, and its own stock rose by more than 10% on the news.

Amazon saw 546,566 option contracts change hands in a session where Broadcom, Palantir and Viatris were also flagged as names in focus for investors.

A report says Oracle is relying on natural gas delivered by truck to keep its AI data center projects moving, and shares of Bloom Energy fell on the news.

A wallet tied to bitcoin seized from the Bitfinex hacker moved roughly $1 billion in BTC to unlabeled addresses, with no sign the coins were headed to an exchange.

An Ethereum researcher's warning that AI could undermine wallet cryptography drew a divided response while bitcoin fell below $83,000 and ether suffered a sharp one-day drop.

Oil prices advanced as mounting security incidents near the Strait of Hormuz and wider Middle East tensions increased concern over export disruptions.

U.S. equities moved lower as Treasury yields climbed, with the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow all under pressure during Wednesday trading.

Webull shares fell sharply after a U.S. congressional panel raised national-security concerns about the trading platform’s China ties and customer-data exposure.

U.S. consumers’ one-year inflation expectations rose to 3.9%, the highest since May 2023, according to the New York Fed survey.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield pulled back from a 24-year high after a $39 billion note auction drew stronger-than-expected demand.

Worthington Steel outlined $160 million to $180 million of FY2027 capital spending while investors reacted to an earnings miss and ongoing Kloeckner integration.

Kazakhstan’s central bank will work with Tether to study a tenge-linked stablecoin and a framework for tokenizing real-world assets.

Constellation Brands topped earnings and revenue expectations, but cautious consumers and inventory rebuilding kept pressure on the demand outlook.

BitMine chairman Tom Lee said the company is roughly 100,000 ETH from its 5% cap, signaling that its large-scale Ethereum accumulation may soon slow or stop.

Unity announced a strategic partnership with Google around an integrated AI gaming platform, lifting Unity shares while pressuring rival Roblox.

Amazon’s Ring is expanding into smart locks with a $249 device featuring battery backup, extending its connected-home ecosystem beyond cameras and doorbells.

Analyst Dan Ives argues the AI buildout is still in an early phase, keeping the technology sector and broader U.S. equity benchmarks in focus into 2027.

Boeing received an undefinitized contract action from Lockheed Martin worth about $14.7 billion to expand production of PAC-3 MSE seekers.

The Solana Foundation introduced an open-source delivery-versus-payment program designed to let institutions settle asset transfers and payments on-chain within seconds.

GBP/USD held near recent levels as softer U.S. jobs data reduced Fed hike expectations while high U.K. borrowing costs continued to weigh on sterling.

The Nasdaq pushed toward a record while the S&P 500 advanced as major acquisition announcements offset pressure from high bond yields and oil prices.

Gold moved higher after softer U.S. employment data reduced expectations for an October Federal Reserve rate increase, while a firm dollar capped gains.

EUR/USD fell toward its weakest level since May 2025 as French fiscal stress and political uncertainty in Spain weighed on the single currency.

C.H. Robinson agreed to acquire RXO for $30.25 per share in cash and stock, creating a larger freight brokerage and logistics platform.