Crypto Mixed Post Trump-Putin Call; Trump Eyes HIV Program Cuts, Gilead Dips; Nvidia's AI Lead Secure Through 2028, Says JPMorgan – Top Headlines While The U.S. Slept

Crypto

• Trump’s Crypto Czar Says He Didn’t ‘Dump’ His Bitcoin and Ethereum But Rather ‘Divested’—Though He Would Have ‘Preferred Not To’
• Cathie Wood Believes Most Memecoins Will Face ‘Fearsome Declines,’ But They Could End Up Becoming Collector’s Items
• Justin Sun Says ‘Ready To Buy And Collaborate’ In Solana Integration Tease, Tron Rallies 10%
• Bitcoin, Ethereum Flat, Dogecoin Falls Amid Trump-Putin Call: Analyst Says New BTC High At $111,000 Possible If This Happens
• Recession Would Be ‘A Big Catalyst For Bitcoin,’ BlackRock’s Head Of Digital Assets Says

US Markets­­­­­­­

• US Stocks Likely To Open Higher Ahead Of FOMC Decision: ‘Tariffs Remain The Dominant Market Force’ Amid Rising Economic Uncertainty, Says Expert
• Nasdaq Falls 300 Points As Nvidia, Palantir Decline: Greed Index Remains In ‘Extreme Fear’ Zone

US Politics

• Anthony Scaramucci Says Trump Administration Has ‘Smarter’ People Involved With Crypto Regulation
• Bill Gates Cautions Trump Administration, Says Gates Foundation Cannot Bridge Global Health Funding Gaps Amid USAID Cuts: Report
• Trump Administration Weighs Deep Cuts To Domestic HIV Prevention Programs, Gilead Stock Slides

US Economy

• Larry Summers Says Federal Reserve In Hard Position With ‘Stagflationary Shock’ Ahead Of FOMC Decision: ‘This Is What Tariffs Do’
• Mortgage Applications Drop As Rising Rates Squeeze Refinance Demand

World Economy

• Asia And Europe Markets Mixed; Gold Holds Near Record High On Safe Haven Demand – Global Markets Today While US Slept
• Federal Reserve Next Up As Japan Maintains Rates Despite Inflation And Trump Tariff Concerns

Tech

• Super Micro AI Servers Get Nvidia Boost, But SMCI Plunges 25% After Delayed Filing: Valuation Tumbles 80% In 3 Weeks
• Nvidia Extends AI Reign To 2028: JPMorgan Says It’s Still ‘1-2 Steps Ahead’
• NVIDIA Introduces New AI And Robotics Tools At GTC, Powering The Future Of Technology
• NVIDIA Teams Up with GE, Google, IBM, And CrowdStrike To Redefine AI And Quantum Technology
• Mark Zuckerberg Announces Meta’s Llama Model Hits 1 Billion Downloads: ‘Each Llama Download Represents A Vote Of Confidence In Open Source AI,’ Says VP
• Qualcomm Makes A Renewed Push Into Handheld Gaming, Unveils 3 New Snapdragon G-Series Gaming Chipsets
• Nvidia Loses $420 Billion In Market Capitalization Since DeepSeek Launch, Valuation Hits A 29-Month Low As GTC Fails To Ignite Stock
• Dan Ives Says Big Tech M&A Is Back ‘After A Dark Period’ As FTC Wipes Over 300 Lina Khan-Era Blog Posts Criticizing Amazon, Microsoft, And Others
• Microsoft Alerts Coinbase, MetaMask Wallet Users Of New Malware Threat
• Apple’s New Passwords App Left Users Exposed To Phishing Attacks For Months Due To Serious HTTP Flaw
• Nvidia Just Unveiled A Humanoid AI Brain Which Allows Robots To Think Slow — Jensen Huang Says, ‘This Could Very Well Likely Be The Largest Industry Of All’
• Samsung Apologizes Yet Again For AI Missteps, Promises Major Deals As Shareholders Fume Over Plunging Stock: ‘Our Company Failed To…’
• Stock Market Timer With $130K Cash Reserve Debates NVDA Investment – ‘Should I Do It Differently?’ Or Stick To His High-Stakes Plan?
• Nvidia Says Dynamo Can Make DeepSeek R1 30X Faster With Blackwell, Months After The AI Model Sparked Selloff Leading To A $600 Billion Drop In Its Market Cap
• Oracle Integrates NVIDIA AI Enterprise and Secures Major Defense Cloud Deal with Singapore
• What’s Going On With Hesai Group Stock On Wednesday?
• Micron’s HBM3E and SOCAMM Products Boost AI Server Performance, Partnering with NVIDIA
• Tencent Q4 Earnings Soar: 30% Surge In Net Income, Strong Performance From Games And AI
• What’s Going On With Nebius Stock Today?

Electric Vehicle

• Beijing Pauses Approval For BYD’s Mexico Plant Over Tech Leak Worries: ‘Biggest Concern Is Mexico’s Proximity To The US’
• Elon Musk’s Tesla Targeted With Arson Attacks In Las Vegas, Kansas City: Report
• Elon Musk’s Tesla Secures First Approval Towards Rolling Out Robotaxi In California
• Former Tesla Autopilot Head Shares Ultimate Digital Hygiene Tips And Tricks — Andrej Karpathy’s ‘No Brainer’ Guide To Safe And Private Computing
• Elon Musk Calls It ‘Extreme Domestic Terrorism’ After Website Publishes Data On US Tesla Owners
• Tesla Stock Surges Nearly 4% In Pre-Market: What’s Going On?

Consumer

• Pillsbury Maker General Mills Cautions About Economic Uncertainty After Q3 Revenue Dip

Communication

• FuboTV Partners With Rangers Sports Network For Full Season Of Texas Rangers Baseball

Industrial

• Siemens To Slash 6,000 Jobs As Demand Slows In Germany And China

Healthcare

• Purdue Pharma Says It Will Transform Into ‘Public Benefit Company,’ As It Files For Bankruptcy — Proposes $7.4 Billion Settlement In Opioid Case
• Telomir Pharmaceuticals Lead Drug Candidate Inhibits Tumor Growth In Aggressive Prostate Cancer Cells, Animal Study Shows
• Spectral AI DeepView System Performs, Plans Product Launch In 2026

General

• Coffee Meets Bagel Walked Away From Mark Cuban’s $30M Offer—And Everyone Had An Opinion

Space

• Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore Return To Earth On SpaceX Dragon Capsule After 286 Days In Space, NASA Astronauts To Undergo Health Checks

Energy

• Calibre Mining’s Largest Shareholder Opposes Equinox’s $1.8 Billion Acquisition

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