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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has suspended withdrawals after reporting approximately $351.6 million in unauthorised transfers, while saying cold wallets and customer account balances remain secure.

McDonald's shares fell 4.81% after it unveiled its $8.5bn NEXT strategy to modernise restaurants and revive customer traffic amid weak sales.

Alibaba shares rose 5.1% after it unveiled its claimed most powerful Chinese AI chip, the Zhenwu V900, due for commercial release in 2027.

Morgan Stanley sees a classic mid-cycle US market and favours quality large-cap stocks, including Nvidia, Apple, Visa and UnitedHealth, despite economic risks.

Jeffrey Baird identifies four factors that could shape oil prices near $100 a barrel, from dwindling US reserves and Chinese demand to supply flexibility and a possible rebound in consumption.

Suriname's grassroots Bitcoin networks predate new VASP rules as TotalEnergies builds a $10.5B oil project ahead of first production in 2028

Gallup: US investor crypto ownership fell from 17% to 11%, while younger men and higher-income investors remain the most likely to hold digital assets.

Meta shares rose more than 10% in intraday trading ahead of Meta Connect after Wells Fargo raised its price target, citing recent Muse AI launches and the app's App Store ranking.

Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal says Trump-linked meme coins caused $3.8B in losses, citing a veteran who lost $70,000 on $TRUMP and $MELANIA.

AMD's $1 trillion valuation puts its AI growth story under scrutiny as investors weigh earnings, Data Centre expansion and future profit growth

ValueWorks founder Charles Lemonides names Lyft, Instacart, and Rivian as potentially undervalued alternatives to Uber, DoorDash, and Tesla, citing growth and valuation metrics.

Former SpaceX engineer Brian Aggrey and Phoebe Novack quit their jobs to travel the world after the company's IPO transformed their stock stake into substantial wealth.

Henley estimates 742 million crypto holders worldwide, but its 290 centi-millionaire figure is a modeled estimate rather than a census

Bill Gates raises his Republic Services stake to 117.05 million shares, set to deliver $78.43 million from the waste firm's October dividend.

Trump calls for US interest rates of 1% or less after the Fed raises rates to 3.75%-4%, citing elevated inflation and a delayed return to its 2% target.

A crypto investor put $1.1M into an overseas platform after WhatsApp advice from an alleged Wall Street executive. The FBI says more details are needed.

StoneX's Vincent Deluard calls UK equities underowned and undervalued, but warns of Europe's structural risks and suggests shorting the euro against the yen.

European households hold trillions in low-yield deposits as the ECB says about 80% of euro-area households own no market-based investments

Robert Kiyosaki claims a stock market crash has begun in Europe and Japan, blaming AI speculation, debt, inflation and conflict as he warns investors.

Jim Cramer maintains that NVIDIA remains a buy despite pressure following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's comments about slowing AI development and concerns over margins and capacity.

A fake Donald Trump livestream reportedly drew an estimated 200,000 viewers during the Super Bowl while promoting a cryptocurrency scam that promised to double funds sent to a wallet.

Hunter Biden jokingly asked Elon Musk to help revive his LAPTOP memecoin after it plunged about 98 per cent from its reported early peak, amid scrutiny of its launch and token transfers.

Trump's crypto losses have hit more than a million retail buyers, including many of his own voters. Here's what the four ventures sold and who ultimately kept the cash.

'Reuters' finds Trump family crypto ventures added at least $2.3B to their fortune while more than 1M investors suffered equivalent net losses.

Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP meme coin investors claim to have lost years of savings, with some seeking their hard-earned money back while Biden assured them of some form of remedy.

Inside Operation Big Tuna, the largest US Secret Service crypto seizure. Victims like Nivie Kaul fight to recover stolen funds from a $225M scam network.

Michael Burry has exited his December 2026-dated Nvidia put options entirely, citing concerns over rapid time decay, but continues to maintain short positions on other AI firms like Oracle and CoreWeave.

Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP cryptocurrency surged to nearly $200 before plummeting below $2, illustrating the volatility of politically linked tokens. The launch aimed to reclaim the laptop controversy symbol.