Bitcoin slips to $77,800 as Senate Clarity Act vote nears and oil prices climb
Bitcoin pulls back from $79,000 as the Senate prepares to vote on the Clarity Act and oil prices rise. Source:CoinDesk
U.S. Senator Lummis says Democrats won't quit asking for more on crypto Clarity Act
One of the top crypto market structure negotiators in Washington says she's run out of gas on new revisions for the bill she's worked on for more than five…
The murky AI milestone that has some of the industry’s leading voices increasingly on edge
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and others are warning that AI models may be able to build on themselves, without the help of humans. It’s a concept known as…
The oil market is sending an increasingly loud warning about gas prices at the pump
Oil buyers are paying much more to get a barrel of crude oil immediately as the Iran conflict threatens global supplies. Source:MarketWatch
Chip stocks were a safe AI play. Now they’ve turned into the market’s pain trade.
A slowdown in the pace of AI development wouldn’t necessary dent spending, but there are other reasons semiconductor investors may want to take a measured…
Kraken brings DeFi yield to tokenized stocks and ETFs
Kraken’s new xStocks vaults let investors earn yield on tokenized versions of Nvidia and major US stock market ETFs by lending the assets in DeFi markets.…
The 10 most overvalued housing markets in America
As home prices remain near record highs, about 81% of housing markets in America are overvalued, a new ratingsagency report says, with the Northeast leading…
Saudi Arabia may be just days away from not being able to export much oil
The oil exporting kingdom is now dealing with the shutdown of its EastWest pipeline. Energy prices ‘are only going to rise on the back of this.’…
CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks are leading software stocks toward a never-before-seen feat
The software sector is on pace to outperform the chip sector by a historic degree in the face of escalating AI fears. Source:MarketWatch
Bitcoin tops $79K, oil falls as Trump says Iran war could end
Bitcoin’s price rose toward $80,000 after US President Donald Trump hinted that the USIran war would end, pushing oil prices lower. Source:Cointelegraph
30-year mortgage rate jumps to 7.17% — a nearly 2-year high — in the latest blow to the housing market
The 10year Treasury yield crossed a key 5% threshold on Monday, nudging the average 30year mortgage rate upward. Source:MarketWatch
The Fed may be on the verge of a serious mistake, prominent economists warn
Some economists are calling on the central bank to wait before raising interest rates, out of concern the economy may be vulnerable beneath the surface.…