Bitcoin Stagnates, Ethereum And Dogecoin Rise Before Inflation Data; AMD Competes With Nvidia Via $665M AI Lab Acquisition - Top Headlines Today While US Slept

Crypto

• Cathie Wood Touts Palantir, Coinbase And Roku As ARK’s Flagship Fund Shifts Focus From Mag 6 Amid ‘Whiff’ Of Lower Interest Rates
• This Resort Town In California Launched US’ First Official Bitcoin Office After Taking Inspiration From Nayib Bukele’s Pro-BTC Country El Salvador
• Jack Dorsey’s Block Makes Historic Bitcoin Mining Chip Sale To Core Scientific: ‘Our First Mining Chip Customer!’
• Bitcoin Moves Sideways, Ethereum, Dogecoin Gain Ahead Of Key Inflation Data Release: Analyst Says Bias To Remain Neutral Or Bearish Until This Happens

US Markets

• Wall Street’s Most Accurate Analysts Give Their Take On 3 Defensive Stocks With Over 3% Dividend Yields
• Trump Win In November Will Boost The Stock Market, Says Goldman Sachs, But Not All Sectors Will Benefit
• Wall Street Jittery Ahead Of Key Inflation Data After Delta Air Lines, Pepsi Disappoint: Strategist Recommends Sector Picks Amid Evolving Election Dynamics
• S&P 500 Settles Above 5,600 For First Time Ahead Of Inflation Data, Fear Index Moves To ‘Greed’ Zone

US Politics

• Biden’s Anti-Trust Moves Against Apple, Microsoft, And Meta Backfire In Race With Trump: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Calls For M&A-Friendly President At Sun Valley
• Trump Threatens To Jail Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg And ‘Election Fraudsters’ If Re-Elected: ‘Don’t Do It… Be Careful!’
• GOP Lawmaker Slams Biden For Endangering ‘Safety And Security Of This Nation:’ ‘Clearly We’re Getting Led By A Man Who Is Not Up To The Job’
• John Fetterman Stands By Biden Amid Calls For Withdrawal By Fellow Senate Democrat Peter Welch: ‘I Strongly Disagree’

World Politics

• Chinese Military Practicing Strikes On US Fighter Jet Replicas In Taklamakan Desert, Satellite Images Show: ‘Warning Against The United States’

US Economy

• ‘Inflation Is Falling Like A Rock,’ Says Market Strategist Ahead Of June CPI Data: Here’s Why He Thinks Market Hasn’t Topped Out Yet
• Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook Foresees Swift Response To Unemployment Surge Following Jerome Powell’s Testimony Before Congress: ‘We Are Very Attentive’    

World Economy

• Central Bank Managers Anticipate Geopolitical Conflicts To Pose Major Risk To Global Economy: Survey

Tech

• AMD Challenges Nvidia With Strategic $665M Purchase Of Finnish AI Lab
• Former OpenAI Staffer Who Resigned Over Safety Issues Says Sam Altman’s Team Is Building ‘Titanic Of AI’
• Apple To Open Its Tap-And-Go Payment System To Rivals, Settles EU Antitrust Probe
• Top Apple Analyst Says Don’t Expect Much For iPhone 16 This Year, But Tim Cook-Led Company Has A Slew Of Tetraprism Camera Upgrades In Pipeline
• iPhone 16 Rumored to Get Charging Capabilities Upgrade: Will Apple Increase Power Intake To 40W
• ChatGPT-Parent OpenAI And Atomic Bomb-Fame Los Alamos Join Forces To Explore AI’s Potential In Scientific Research
• Google Boosts Fitbit’s Heart Health Monitoring, Aims To Simplify Data Sharing With Doctors, Nurses And Researchers

Electric Vehicle

• Biden Administration Injects $1.7B into EV Manufacturing Facilities Of General Motors, Stellantis & More
• Carvana To Automatically Apply Clean Tax Credit While Buying Used EVs, Saving You Up To $4,000
• Elon Musk’s Bet Paying Off? Tesla Energy Segment Gets Thumbs Up From Top Analyst Even As EV Sales Dwindle
• Tesla Sold Over 3.2K Cybertrucks In June, Says Report: Here’s How It Impacted EV Maker’s Average Vehicle Prices
• Tesla Hikes Model 3 Prices In Germany After Increase In Tariffs On China-Made EVs
• Elon Musk, Investors And Grok Wary Of Tesla Stock Tumbling After Jim Cramer Says It Could Touch $1 Trillion Market Cap

Consumer

• PepsiCo’s Q2 Performance, Annual Outlook Underwhelms Investors, Stock Slides\

Industrial

• Delta Air Lines Q2 Earnings: EPS Miss, Revenue Beat, Underwhelming Q3 EPS Outlook And More
• MingZhu Logistics Soars 40% In Pre-Market After Securing Sinotrans Contract
• Why WD-40 Shares Are Trading Higher By Over 12%; Here Are 20 Stocks Moving Premarket

Healthcare

• EXCLUSIVE: Vivani Medical Outlines Plans To Kickstart First Clinical Study For Miniature GLP-1 Obesity Implant Program This Year

Financial

• Top 4 Real Estate Stocks That Could Lead To Your Biggest Gains In Q3

General

• Dogecoin Millionaire Says ‘One Might Argue The Exact Opposite’
• Elon Musk’s Neuralink Aims To Boost Brain Implant Patients To ‘High Single Digits’ By Year-End: The Idea Is To ‘Give People Superpowers’

Space

• SpaceX Slams Reports Of Negative Environmental Impact Of Its Starbase Facility In Texas As ‘Misleading’

Energy

• BHP To Temporarily Shut Down Western Australia Nickel Operations: Details

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