MicroStrategy Rebounds Slightly After 16% Drop: Can $100K Bitcoin Still Drive Growth? Trump Taps Ex-Florida AG Pam Bondi For DOJ After Gaetz Backs Out - Top Headlines Today While US Slept

US Politics

• Donald Trump’s DOGE Initiative To Have ‘Marginal Impact’ Says Analyst As Elon Musk Aims To Target Over $500B In Federal Expenditures
• As Gary Gensler Eyes 2025 Exit, SEC Crypto Cases Could ‘Quietly Disappear’ Under Trump’s Pro-Bitcoin Agenda, Says Pantera Capital’s Katrina Paglia
• As Trump Backs ‘Drill Baby, Drill,’ His DOGE Co-Lead Elon Musk Believes ‘All Energy Generation Will Be Solar’ — Here’s What UBS Recommends After Election Dip
• Trump Picks Former Florida AG Pam Bondi For Justice Department After Matt Gaetz Withdraws

US Markets­­­­­­­­

• Potential ‘Healthy Correction’ For An ‘Expensive’ Market Looms As US Economic Growth And Earnings Slow, Says Asset Manager: S&P 500, Nasdaq Futures Trade Lower In Premarket
• US Stocks Set To Open Lower On Friday As Investors Eye Cyclical Stocks: Trump’s Treasury Pick In Focus, Expert Says Case For Fed Pause In December ‘Getting Stronger’
• Why Elastic Shares Are Trading Higher By 29%; Here Are 20 Stocks Moving Premarket
• Dow Surges Over 450 Points As Nvidia Climbs Post-Earnings, Google, Amazon Slip: Fear Index Shifts To ‘Greed’ Zone

Crypto

• Dogecoin Up 3%, Shiba Inu Up 4%: What Is Going On?
• After Plunging 16%, MicroStrategy Makes Modest Recovery In Friday Pre-Market: Is There Still Hope For A $100K BTC Effect?
• Bitcoin’s Path To $100K ‘Inevitable’ But Crypto Community Is ‘Leveraged To The Gills,’ Warns Galaxy’s Mike Novogratz, Predicts Correction To $80K Ahead
• Bitcoin Analyst Warns Of ‘4-6 Flash Crashes’ Before Year-End As It Inches Closer To $100K: That’s The Moment Altcoins ‘Shoot Off’

World Politics

• Texas Governor Mandates State Agencies To Divest From China: ‘Will Defend And Safeguard Itself…From Any Potential Threat’

US Economy

• Markets Misread Trump Win, Says Ex-Goldman Sachs Analyst: ‘Prospects Of Tariffs Not Good For Equities

World Economy

• Mexico’s Increased Mining Royalties Could Deter $7 Billion In Foreign Investments
• Asia Mixed, Europe Mostly In Red; Dollar Hits 13-Month High – Global Markets Today While US Slept

Tech

• Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Cracks Down On $64B ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Involving Dating Apps, Social Media And Crypto Investing
• Apple Faces New Challenge As Huawei Advances Domestic Chip Tech In Mate 70 Series Amid US Sanctions: Report
• Google’s Chrome Battle Goes Beyond The Browser: Gene Munster Outlines Wider Implications Of DOJ Going After The Search Giant
• Amazon At Risk Of Major Fine As EU Investigates Alleged Preference For In-House Products Under Digital Markets Act: Report
• ChatGPT-Parent OpenAI Considers Building Its Own Web Browser To Challenge Google’s Search Monopoly, Following DOJ Push To Break Up Chrome Dominance
• Apple Prepares To Take On OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini ‘Live’ With LLM Siri In 2025: Report

Electric Vehicle

• Hyundai, Kia Recall Over 208,000 Electrified Vehicles In US: Here’s More
• Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Proximity To Trump Will Benefit EV Industry, Says Incoming Hyundai CEO As He Shrugs Off Potential Tariff Threats
• Tesla CEO Elon Musk Tries To Lower Expectations Of $30K Optimus Or Cybercab

Consumer

• General Motors Gears Up For Potential F1 Entry In 2026: Report
• PepsiCo Strengthens Hold On US Hummus Market with Sabra & Obela Buyout
• GAP Stock Surges 14% In Friday Pre-Market After Boosting Sales Forecast
• Bath & Body Works Gears Up For Q3 Print; Here Are The Recent Forecast Changes From Wall Street’s Most Accurate Analysts

Communication

• Web3 Games Are Poised to Surpass Console Gaming by 2030: What Investors Need to Know
• Reddit Tumbles 7% In Premarket Amid Advance’s Stake Sale Announcement: Technicals Show Strong Support, But Selling Pressure Persists At Overbought Levels

Industrial

• American Airlines Targets ‘Gate Lice’ With New Boarding Tech At 100+ Airports This Holiday Season

Financial

• Jim Cramer Doubles Down On Nvidia: ‘Demand Is Accelerating’ As AI Customers ‘Have No Choice’ But To Buy Its Chips

General

• GOP Megadonor Ken Griffin Is ‘Open To The Possibility’ Of Selling Minority Stake In Citadel

Space

• SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Explains How Starship’s Engine Design Prevents Chain Failures Unlike Soviet N1 Rocket

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