Nvidia Confronts Fresh AI Rival From China; Bitcoin Steady At $84K Ahead Of FOMC; AstraZeneca Acquires EsoBiotec For Cell Therapy Push – Top Headlines While The U.S. Slept

Crypto

• Bitcoin Holds Steady At $84,000 As Wednesday FOMC Meeting Looms
• Can Bitcoin’s IBIT Surpass SPY To Become The Largest ETF? We Asked AI Bots Perplexity And Grok This Question, And Here’s What They Said
• Bitcoin Technologist Opposes Quantum Recovery Of Lost BTC, Advocates Coin Burning
• Strategy’s Unrealized Gains Hit Hard Following Bitcoin’s Price Slump
• Bitcoin, Dogecoin Were Muffled Last Week But Telegram’s Pavel Durov Getting His Passport Back Gave Toncoin Its Wings
• Kim Jong Un’s North Korea-Backed Lazarus Group Now Has More Bitcoin Than El Salvador
• MELANIA Surges 6% After Whale With 40x Short Bet On Bitcoin Goes Long On First Lady’s Memecoin
• Shiba Inu Defies Memecoin Dump With With A 5% Spike — Analyst Says 500% Upside ‘Could Still Be Well In The Works’
• Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Slide Ahead Of Fed’s Interest Rate Decision: Next Week To Be ‘Strong & Green’ If Altcoins Don’t Get Dumped On Monday, Says Trader
• Unprecedented 400% Surge in Dogecoin Network Activity: A Bullish Move?

US Markets­­­­­­­­

• US Stocks Likely To Open Lower As Futures Decline: ‘Stay Calm And Stick With Your Long-Term Plan,’ Says Expert Amid Correction Woes
• S&P 500 Price Trend Flashes Warning Signals But This Expert Says ‘Start Looking For A Buy Signal’ After Last Week’s Drawdown
• S&P Jumps Over 2%, But Records Weekly Loss: Investor Fear Eases, Greed Index Remains In ‘Extreme Fear’ Zone

US Politics

• Trump’s CFPB Overhaul Leaves Consumers Exposed—Here’s What It Means For Your Money
• Mark Cuban Slams Trump Administration For Inflicting Economic Struggles On A Majority Of Republican Supporters: ‘This Could Flip Voters’
• Scaramucci Sees Trouble Ahead for Musk-Trump Relationship: ‘Everyone Flames Out With Trump’

World Politics

• Trump Trade Policy A ‘Big Headache’ For Customers, Says Apple-Supplier Foxconn’s CEO: ‘Very, Very Hard To Predict How Things Will Develop…’
• Trump Says He Was ‘Little Bit Sarcastic’ When He Said He Would End The Russia-Ukraine War In A Day: ‘What I Really Mean Is…’

US Economy

• Third-Largest ‘Buy-The-Dip’ In History — BofA’s Sees ‘Correction, Not A Bear Market’ Amid Wall Street Rebound
• Trump, Musk, and Democrats Get Low Marks on Economy in NBC Poll

World Economy

• Safe Haven Amidst Volatility? Gold Tops $3000 As Market Corrects But It Tends To See ‘Painful Drawdowns After Periods Of Sharp Gains,’ Says Expert
• Asia And Europe Markets Rise, Gold Holds Above $3,000 – Global Markets Today While US Slept

Tech

• Niu Q4 Rides High On Demand For E-Scooters, But Gross Margins Decline Amid Higher Costs
• FF Open AI Day: Faraday Future Launches AIHER, Aims To Revolutionize EV And Hybrid Powertrains
• GTC 2025 Could Reignite Nvidia’s Stock Rally, But Only If B300, AI Server Roadmap, And Scaling Concerns Are Addressed, Says Top Analyst
• Meta Whistleblower Reveals How A ‘Low-Ranking’ Indian Official Outsmarted Mark Zuckerberg And Crushed Facebook’s Free Basics With One Single Click
• Top Wall Street Forecasters Revamp Getty Images Price Expectations Ahead Of Q4 Earnings
• Nvidia Faces New AI Challenge As Chinese Start-Up Unveils Framework To Cut Reliance On Its GPUs
• Oracle In Talks With White House To Oversee US Operations Of TikTok As Part Of Project Texas 2.0: Report
• Apple’s AI Crisis Reaches Boiling Point Ahead Of Top 100 Executive Retreat — Tim Cook And Key Execs Called Out Over Siri Failure By Top Analyst
• Amazon Pursued Roomba’s Parent Once, But Now The Company’s Robot Vacuums Face Heat From Chinese Rivals With AI-Powered Arms
• Baidu Says Its New AI Is Smarter Than DeepSeek’s — And Costs Half As Much: ‘Excellent Multimodal Understanding Ability

Electric Vehicle

• Warren Buffett-Backed BYD Eyes Germany For Third European Plant Amid Tariff Concerns: Report
• Elon Musk As Nissan’s Fix? Carlos Ghosn Says Automaker Lacks ‘Vision, Decision, Clarity, Judgment, Insight’
• Ross Gerber Shares ‘Peaceful Display Of Distaste For Elon Musk’ In Santa Monica, His 9-Year Old Observes, ‘Glad We Don’t Have A Tesla’
• Google’s Waymo Leads Robotaxi Race With 2 Millon Paid Rides, Amazon’s Zoox Challenges Tesla For Second Spot As Autonomy Becomes ‘Table Stakes,’ Says Gary Black

Industrial

• CBAK Energy Posts Profit in FY24, CEO Highlights Resilience In Battery Market

Healthcare

• Eventful Monday For AstraZeneca – What’s Going On?
• FDA Approves Monogram Technologies’ mBôs TKA System For Knee Surgery
• AstraZeneca Seals Deal For EsoBiotec To Advance Cell Therapy: Details

Financial

• Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Boosts Stake In Japan’s Top Trading Firms
• Warren Buffett Plans To Sell His Real Estate Brokerage, But It’s ‘Not… A Bet Against US Home Prices,’ Says Analyst As Fed Expects To Keep Rates Unchanged
• Warren Buffett Dumped Nearly 70% Of Apple Shares, But Its Price-To-Sales Ratio Remains Elevated At 8.2x, Warns This Market Analyst

Space

• Elon Musk Confirms Starship To Carry Tesla Optimus To Mars by 2026, Predicts Human Landing By 2029
• Rocket Lab Launches ‘Lightning God Reigns’ Mission, Sets Sights On ‘High Five’ Launch Just Three Days Later

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