Global stock markets sold off sharply this morning as investors continued to question whether the ‘Magnificent 7’ tech companies have fueled an unsustainable bubble in AI. The selling is brutal. Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.36% this morning after losing 2.38% yesterday. S&P 500 futures were flat but volatile this morning, and the VIX volatility…
It’s getting frothy out there. Pick any stock market metric, whether it’s the Nasdaq’s closing price or a more technical measure like the Shiller P/E ratio, and the number will look unusually large. Throw in crazy AI valuations, for privately held startups and publicly traded stocks alike, and what we’re seeing looks a lot like…
The freefall in crypto token prices is sparking some concern about a spiral of selling pressure hitting other markets. The worrying scenario is that investors, facing steep losses on their Bitcoin holdings, may sell other assets to shore up cash, adding momentum to the broad markets downdraft. That could potentially heap pressure on stock prices…
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares tumbled on Tuesday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul sinking more than 3%, after Nvidia and other artificial-intelligence -related shares pulled U.S. stocks lower. U.S. futures dropped, with the contract for the S&P 500 down 0.6% while the future for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.4%. Computer chip…
Published: Nov. 17, 2025 at 2:10 p.m. ET Cryptocurrency stockpiler Strategy might have an obstacle in its path to S&P 500 inclusion — in the form of an “elephant” currently residing in the S&P Small-Cap 600 index. That’s Stephens analyst Melissa Roberts’s term for Sandisk SNDK, the maker of storage devices whose red-hot stock in recent…
AI generated image for representation A British man has been convicted of hacking Twitter accounts belonging to high-profile figures, including former US President Barack Obama. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, a UK government agency has ordered Joseph James O’Connor to repay $5.40 million (4.1 million pounds) worth of Bitcoin for the…
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Eric Trump has doubled down on his pro-crypto stance, promoting Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as a fix for inefficiencies in traditional finance and calling it “digital gold” and “one of the greatest stores of value ever.” What Happened: Speaking…
Good morning. I had the pleasure of hosting more than a dozen executives yesterday in a Fortune CEO roundtable discussion about how their strategies are shifting amid economic uncertainty and global complexity. We kicked things off with former Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart, who outlined the state of the economy and memorably said that it…
China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s most recent attempt to attribute major cyberattacks to the US. The theft of the 127,272 Bitcoin tokens from the LuBian Bitcoin mining pool that took place in December 2020 marks as one of the largest crypto…
A Chinese cybersecurity watchdog is accusing the U.S. government of taking part in a major cryptocurrency heist, escalating tensions around a years-long mystery involving 127,000 stolen bitcoin, now worth roughly $13 billion. China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) released a technical report Sunday claiming the U.S. Department of Justice seized BTC that was…