Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Surge Despite Hotter-Than-Expected US Inflation; Biden Vs. Trump: New Poll Finds One Candidate Nearly Closes Gap In Tight Race, Stands To Gain More If This Happens- Top Headlines Today While US Was Sleeping

Crypto

• Bitcoin Traders Eye $64K Target As Blackrock’s ETF Rakes In $500M In A Day
• ’34 Trillion Reasons To Believe In BTC:’ Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz Touts Bitcoin Amid US Debt Spike
• More Crypto Crackdown Coming? Treasury To Deliver Congressional Hearing In Quest To Fight Illicit Financing
• Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood Says ‘We’d Be Surprised’ If SEC Approves ‘Anything But Bitcoin And Ether’ As Crypto ETFs
• Bitcoin Demanding Cybercriminals Hit Over 100 Romanian Hospitals With ‘Backmydata’ Ransomware Causing Significant Disruptions
• Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Surge Despite Hotter-Than-Expected US Inflation: Analyst Predicts Widespread Adoption Would Propel King Crypto To $600K

US Markets

• Airbnb Reports Q4 Results, Joins MGM Resorts, Upstart And Other Big Stocks Moving Lower In Wednesday’s Pre-Market Session
• Fear & Greed Index Moves To ‘Greed’ Zone Following Inflation Data; Dow Tumbles Over 500 Points
• Stock Market Bubble To Inflate Until 2025, Capital Economics’ John Higgins Anticipates S&P 500 To Hit 6,500-Mark

US Politics

• Biden Vs. Trump: New Poll Finds One Candidate Nearly Closes Gap In Tight Race, Stands To Gain More If This Happens
• Biden’s ‘Shrinkinflation’ Stance Is A Bid To Win Back Independents, Former Presidential Candidate Claims
• Former Ron DeSantis Ally Omeed Malik To Raise $3M For Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign
• Biden Slams GOP After Homeland Security Secretary Impeached By House: ‘History Will Not Look Kindly’
• Democrat Tom Suozzi Triumphs In New York Special Election, Securing House Seat Vacated After Expulsion Of George Santos

World Politics

• Kim Jong Un Fires Multiple Cruise Missiles On Wednesday Amid Tensions With South Korea
• Kim Jong Un Selling Arms To Russia Is ‘China’s Problem’ As Well, Says US Official
• Russia Reportedly Gearing Up For A ‘Possible’ Conflict With NATO Amid Ukraine Confrontation, Warns Estonia

US Economy

• US Inflation Fears Roil Asia-Pacific Markets: Nikkei, Kospi, ASX 200 Slide, Hang Seng Bucks Trends
• Former Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli Warns Of ‘Tremendous Shift’ In Labor Market, Predicts No Soft Landing For US Economy

Tech

• Nvidia’s Rally At Risk? Short Seller Jim Chanos Says ‘That’s Bad … If True’ After Analyst Spots Potential Red Flag
• Apple Vision Pro Apps Cross The 1,000 Milestone Amid Reports Of Early Buyers Returning Their Headsets
• Alibaba Partners With Saudi Arabia And UAE Firms As China Gets Closer To Gulf
• Jeff Bezos Sells Another $2B Worth of Amazon Shares, Now Holds 9.3% Stake: What Investors Should Know
• Nvidia’s ‘Chat With RTX’ Lets You Make Your Own ChatGPT And Run It On Your PC For Free
• A First In Autonomous Vehicle History: Google’s Waymo Retracts Self-Driving Software After Phoenix Crashes
• Apple Bows To EU With Third iOS 17.4 Beta Rollout: Here’s What’s Changed With App Store, Emojis, Podcasts
• Can AI Dream Up Patentable Ideas? US Patent And Trademark Office Says No For Now
• Alibaba Losing Ground As Merchants Shift To JD.Com, Douyin And Other Rival Platforms: Report

Electric Vehicle

• Elon Musk Claims Tesla Worker Who Died In Fiery 2022 Crash ‘Unfortunately’ Never Downloaded FSD: ‘Accident Probably Would Not Have Happened’
• Tesla Vs. BYD Heats Up: Chinese EV Giant Eyes US Market With Mexican Factory Plan
• Planning To Buy A Tesla? This Model Y Variant Could Now Be A Cheaper Option Than Model 3 After Latest Price Tweaks
• Former Tesla Autopilot Head Swears No Drama Behind Second Exit From OpenAI — Elon Musk Hopes He’ll Start Posting Videos On X

Consumer

• Shopify President Discusses International Expansion Plans With Jim Cramer: ‘Massive Area Of Growth For Us

Communication

• Ex-Apple Exec Emerges As Top Contender For Disney, Fox, And Warner’s Sports Streaming CEO
• Sony To List Financial Unit After PS5 Sales Disappointment
• Pay More, See Less? Prime Video Subscribers Sue Amazon For Flooding ‘Ad-Free’ Content With Commercials

Financial

• Barclays VP Sues Bank For $290K Alleging Racial, Religious And Gender Discrimination

General

• Stanford Scientists Discover Extremely Simple Method To Extend Life Of Lithium-Metal EV Batteries

Space

• SpaceX Halts Launch Of Intuitive Machines’ Robotic Moon Lander Due To Technical Glitch
• ‘Already Well Under Way:’ Elon Musk Confirms SpaceX Is Building Factory As Big As 15 Football Fields At Texas Launch Site As Part Of $100M Expansion

Energy

• Eversource’s Q4 Earnings Miss, Offshore Wind Business Exit, Eyes Water Distribution Business Sale & More

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