Asian equity markets roared into 2026 on Thursday, with semiconductor and AI stocks leading the charge, while bitcoin struggled to gain momentum amid broader risk-on sentiment. Shanghai Biren Technology, the first Chinese GPU startup to list in Hong Kong, more than doubled on its trading debut. Shares opened at HK$35.70, well above the IPO price
Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money and a former hedge fund manager, has built a reputation for getting market calls wrong. Over the years, his frequent misfires have inspired various ‘Inverse Cramer’ strategies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which helped investors buy the stocks he criticized and avoid the ones he praised. One of
Crypto fundraising expanded in 2025, surpassing the relatively low levels of the previous year. Despite a slowdown in December deals, the past year was successful for funding rounds. Crypto funding rounds by VC funds retained relatively high levels in 2025, with several notable months boosting the total amount invested. In 2025, VC funding led to
CME raised margin requirements on precious-metal futures for the second time in one week after violent price swings ripped through gold and silver trading. The decision came after sharp rallies flipped into fast selloffs, forcing traders to manage far larger daily risk. The higher collateral applies to futures tied to gold, silver, platinum, and palladium,
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said on Thursday that Bulgaria joining the euro area shows Europe can still act together during global pressure. Christine spoke in celebration of the euro officially entering circulation in Bulgaria, making the country the 21st European Union member to use the single unit after a formal vote
Snowball Money, a platform that transforms wallet addresses into simple, recognizable identities, has declared its strategic partnership with CheersLand, a leading player in the decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) and real-world asset (RWA) sectors. The hidden aim behind this partnership is to bring a transparent and verifiable human-readable onchain identity by merging identity reputation and
Developers on Hedera can now query ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1400 data in real time on the network. Hgraph’s indexer provides wallet balances, transfer history, and NFT metadata via GraphQL. Hgraph has launched a dedicated ERC Token Data Indexer for Hedera, making it easier for developers to build on Hedera’s EVM with live ERC analytics. The
Deri Protocol, a well-known decentralized derivatives exchange, has announced the removal of support for key networks. The move occurs after community voting to sunset support for zkSync Era, Polygon zkEVM, and Manta Network. As per Deri Protocol’s official social X announcement, the platform is doing this because of the consistently lower activity. Hence, the consumers
Despite rejecting cryptocurrencies during his first term, President Donald Trump’s return has been marked by a far warmer rhetoric toward the industry and, indeed, by crypto wallet activity associated with the President, according to on-chain data. Data reviewed by Finbold from blockchain analytics firm Arkham reveal that the crypto holdings associated with a public wallet
Yield-bearing stablecoins became one of the major trends in the past year. Stablecoin vaults produced over $250M in passive income for the past year. In 2025, yield-bearing stablecoins expanded their influence. Vaults produced over $250M in passive income at various levels of risk. Crypto investors switched to yield vaults as an indirect exposure to risk,