RFK Jr. Hails Bitcoin As 'Currency of Freedom,' Supports Trump's Crypto-Friendly Treasury Pick; Spirit Airlines Eyes Chapter 11 And Equity Boost; TSMC Sets $38 Billion Global Expansion Record - Top Headlines Today While US Slept

US Markets­­­­­­­­

• US Stocks On Edge As Investors Gear Up For Nvidia, Retail Earnings: Analyst Updates S&P 500 Target For 2025, Says Market Is ‘Expensive’
• Dow Tumbles Over 300 Points Following Economic Reports, Nvidia, Microsoft Decline: Fear & Greed Index Moves To ‘Neutral’ Zone

Crypto

• Man Who Facilitated Bitcoin Laundering Worth Over $300M Sentenced To 3 Years In Pris
• Bitcoin Dominance Decline Expected Next Month, Analyst Projects ‘Altseason’ To Peak By March 2025
• The Trump Playbook? Polish Presidential Candidate Mentzen Promises To Establish Bitcoin Reserve
• Wall Street’s Banking Giants Load Up On Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs: Here’s What JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs And Morgan Stanley Hold
• Gita Gopinath Of IMF Alarmed By Crypto And AI Energy Use, Says Share Expected To Match Japan’s Current Power Consumption In Just 3 Years
• Robert Kennedy Jr. Calls Bitcoin The ‘Currency of Freedom,’ Backs Trump’s Treasury Secretary Pick As Best For Crypto
• Peanut The Squirrel-Themed Coin Rallies 11% As UFC Star Jim Miller Demands ‘Justice’ for P’Nut’ After Victory
• Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Slip As Fed’s Hawkish Stance Tempers Rally: Analyst Expects BTC To Reach $100K Before New Year

US Politics

• Trump Names Pro-Starlink FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr As Chairperson, Says He Will ‘End The Regulatory Onslaught’
• Peter Thiel Says Trump’s 60% China Tariff Would Be ‘Very, Very Bad’ For Beijing, Here’s What’s At Stake

World Politics

• Nikki Haley Says Biden’s Weakness On Iran Is Ending, But Will Trump’s Vow To Stop Iran’s China Oil Windfall Wound The Dollar?

US Economy

• Trump Victory-Led Rally In Stocks Shrugged Off Rise In Yields, But Analyst Says If Treasuries ‘Don’t Find A Ceiling…It Will Become A Problem’: Here’s What It Means For Investors

World Economy

• Asia And Europe Markets Mostly Lower, Dollar’s Uptrend Continues – Global Markets Today While US Slept

Tech

• Alibaba Eyes Raising $5 Billion Via Bond Sale to Fund Debt Payoff and Stock Buybacks
• Taiwan Semiconductor Plans Major Global Expansion, Sets Record $38 Billion Investment Target
• Niu Q3 Earnings: Scooter Volume Up, But Price Drops And Margins Tighten, Strong Q4 Outlook And More
• Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Lauds Google’s ‘Truly Groundbreaking’ Gemini AI After Taking Jabs At Microsoft’s Copilot
• Here’s When Google Gemini Could Be Integrated With Apple Intelligence
• Elon Musk Says AI Will Surpass Doctors, Lawyers After ChatGPT Tops Medical Diagnoses — Humans Becoming ‘Biological’ Backups
• Dell Ships First 72-Nvidia GPU Monster: ‘AI Rocket Just Got A Massive Boost,’ Says CEO
• Nvidia’s Blackwell Chips Are Extra Toasty, Server Overheating Issues Impact Meta, Microsoft And Elon Musk’s xAI
• Bezos Wraps Up Sale Of $3.4B Worth Of Amazon Shares

Electric Vehicle

• Tesla Stock Responds To FSD Nod In Monday Premarket As Trump Team Prioritizes Self-Driving Framework
• Pierre Ferragu Says ‘Robotaxi Never Felt That Close Ever Before’ After Tesla Drove Through Challenging Roads With No Intervention
• Tesla Soars Over 5% In Overnight Trading As Trump Administration Reportedly Seeks To Ease FSD Norms
• Gary Black Defends Tesla Strategy Amid Clash With Elon Musk Bulls: ‘We Don’t Trade Tesla… We Trim When The Price Goes Higher’

Communication

• Elon Musk Acknowledges X User’s Call for Larger Tesla Models For Bigger Families

Industrial

• Spirit Airlines Eyes Restructuring With Chapter 11 Filing And Equity Injection

Financial

• Cathie Wood Redirects Elon Musk’s DOGE Focus Toward Nuclear Energy Amid Regulatory Challenges: Here’s How Oklo, Cameco, Centrus Energy And Other Stocks Performed
• Cathie Wood Draws Reagan-Era Parallels As Elon Musk Takes DOGE Helm: ‘This Bull Market Has Just Begun To Broaden Out’
• Could Trump’s Housing Plans Reshape The Real Estate Market?

Space

• SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell Accuses Regulators Of Slowing Down Innovation: ‘Physics Is Easy. People Are Hard’
• SpaceX’s European Rival Raises $160M For Reusable Space Capsule

Energy

• Eco Wave Power Gets Green Light From US Army For First Onshore Wave Energy Project In LA

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