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President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday he won’t send troops to the Middle East and said he ordered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop striking Iranian energy infrastructure.

The comments came after a rapid overnight escalation: Israel hit Iran’s South Pars gas field on Wednesday, and Iran retaliated with missiles targeting LNG facilities in Qatar, refineries in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and gas infrastructure in the UAE.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the U.S. has struck over 7,000 targets across Iran and sunk more than 120 Iranian ships, even as Trump maintained he won’t deploy ground forces.

Iran’s strategy appears to be attrition: keep the Strait shut, spread the pain across Gulf allies, and wait for the economic pressure to force Washington to the table.

What Prediction Markets Say

Polymarket’s U.S.-Iran ceasefire market, with $22.2 million in volume, gives just 6% odds of a deal by March 31. …

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As volatility grips Bitcoin, a clear divide is emerging between pure-play crypto ETFs like the iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ:IBIT) and hybrid strategies such as the Cyber Hornet S&P 500 and Bitcoin 75/25 Strategy ETF (NASDAQ:BBB). According to Mike Willis, CEO of Cyber Hornet, the difference is not just about returns — it’s about whether investors can realistically stay invested through Bitcoin’s swings.

While spot Bitcoin ETFs have broadened access to crypto, this year’s drawdowns are testing investor conviction. Hybrid strategies, which combine Bitcoin with traditional equities, are emerging as a more measured way to hold exposure across market cycles.

“Since launch, BBB’s maximum drawdown has been approximately 25% compared to drawdowns of roughly 50% for both Bitcoin and spot Bitcoin ETFs like IBIT over the same period,” Willis said.

Performance Gap Highlights Structural Difference

The divergence is already visible. In 2026 thus far:

  • IBIT is down nearly 21% year-to-date, tracking Bitcoin’s sharp decline.
  • In contrast, BBB — which allocates 75% to the S&P 500 and 25% to Bitcoin — has fallen about 7% over the same period, …

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Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) on Thursday launched new AI-driven capabilities for its Adaptive Managed Extended Detection and Response (MxDR), developed with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Avanade, to improve threat detection and business resilience.

The update integrates with Microsoft Security tools to centralize data, enhance visibility and speed up response times using agentic AI and advanced analytics.

Accenture said the move addresses rising cyber risks, noting 74% of CEOs worry about their ability to minimize attacks.

“Cybersecurity teams have long faced significant challenges in managing massive datasets, and scaling security management tools and overcoming staffing resource limitations,” said Harpreet Sidhu. “With Accenture MxDR for Microsoft, we’re helping organizations harness agentic AI-powered solutions to supercharge cyberattack detection and proactive remediation…”

Microsoft said the partnership will help customers reduce complexity and strengthen defenses.

“We’re proud to deepen our collaboration with Accenture… to help organizations reduce complexity, strengthen defenses and scale resilience,” said Steve Dispensa of Microsoft.

Q2 Results

In the premarket session on Thursday, Accenture reported quarterly earnings of $2.93 per share, topping the analyst consensus estimate of $2.84.

The company reported sales of $18.04 billion, slightly exceeding the analyst consensus estimate of $17.84 billion. Sales increased 8% in U.S. dollars and 4% in local currency.

Accenture raised its fiscal 2026 revenue outlook to a range of $71.763 billion to $73.157 billion, …

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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) shares traded higher on Thursday after the company posted an earnings beat and continued to show steady demand across its brands.

The results offered investors some reassurance, even as analysts said questions still linger over margins, costs, and consumer spending trends.

Quarterly Metrics

The company reported third-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 2.95, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $2.94. Quarterly sales of $3.345 billion (+5.9% year over year) outpaced the Street view of $3.333 billion.

Growth in revenues was driven by a blended same-restaurant sales increase of 4.2% and sales from 31 net new restaurants.

Darden’s consolidated same-restaurant sales growth was led by a 7.2% increase at LongHorn Steakhouse. Olive Garden posted 3.2% growth, while Fine Dining and Other Business delivered gains of 2.1% and 3.9%, respectively.

“Across all our brands, we’re seeing historically high team member and manager retention, which is enabling consistent execution and strong guest satisfaction,” said Darden President …

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EVA Live (NASDAQ:GOAI) shares are up on Thursday following a strong earnings report that highlighted significant revenue growth and a swing to profitability.

• EVA Live stock is showing exceptional strength. What’s behind GOAI gains?

The stock’s rally occurs as broader markets are experiencing declines, with major indices such as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both down over 0.7%.

The ad-tech company reported 82.6% year-over-year increase in revenue, reaching $17.037 million for 2025, compared to $9.330 million in 2024. Additionally, EVA Live achieved a net income of $8.127 million for the year, reversing a loss of $3.753 million in the previous year.

Operating expenses totaled $8.82 million in 2025, down from $13.06 million in 2024. As a share of revenue, operating expenses fell to 51.75% from 139.92%, reflecting improved scale and cost efficiency.

The number of active clients also rose by 25% during the year, showcasing the growing adoption of EVA Live’s technology and marketing platform. Management attributed this growth to higher advertiser spending and improved operational efficiencies, positioning the company well …

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Precious metals faced a sell-off on Thursday. iShares Silver Trust (AMEX:SLV) and other silver assets plummeted as investors reacted to a hawkish shift from global central banks.

Silver dropped as low as 10% toward $65 per ounce, marking its lowest level since mid-December, according to data from Trading Economics.

Central Banks Turn Hawkish

The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England held rates steady this week. However, they adopted aggressive tones regarding inflation risks.

U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell noted a hike remains possible, though unlikely for now. This …

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Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is facing a critical regulatory hurdle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) escalated its investigation into Full Self-Driving (FSD) on Wednesday.

The probe now moves from a Preliminary Evaluation (PE) to an Engineering Analysis (EA). This move impacts approximately 2.4 million vehicles.

Analyst Warns of Robotaxi Narrative Collapse

Gordon Johnson, an analyst at GLJ Research, said on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, that an EA represents a confirmed pattern and active vehicle testing. “We are now at engineering interrogation. One step from a mandatory recall,” Johnson stated.

The analyst believes the stakes are existential for Tesla’s valuation. “You cannot build a $1.2T [trillion] robotaxi company on software the …

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The man who built Uber Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:UBER) into the world’s largest ride-hailing company says Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Waymo is winning the self-driving race, but they may not have the stomach to finish it.

Travis Kalanick told the All-In Summit in Austin this week that Waymo is “obviously ahead” and called it “the existence proof” that autonomous driving works, but he flagged a weakness that should matter to GOOGL investors: “Their issue is manufacturing and scale and urgency and fierceness.”

On Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Kalanick called the company’s camera-only approach to self-driving “hard mode times 100.” Unlike Waymo, which uses lidar and radar alongside cameras, Tesla is betting it can achieve full autonomy with vision alone.

Kalanick said the whole thing comes down to timing. He’s waiting for what he called “the ChatGPT moment for …

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Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FWDI) will repurchase 6.16 million shares for $27.4 million using a $40 million loan from Galaxy Digital at 3.4% APR, increasing SOL-per-share by 29% annualized.

The Share Repurchase Math

The transaction reduces Forward’s common shares outstanding from 83.14 million to 76.98 million, the company announced Thursday.

As of March 18, Forward holds 7.01 million SOL with 105.89 million fully diluted shares outstanding, resulting in SOL-per-share of 0.0662 versus 0.0624 on December 31.

The company borrowed $40 million at a weighted average annual interest rate of approximately 3.4% with an average weighted maturity of 4.9 months. 

The facility is secured by fwdSOL held in the company’s treasury.

“By repurchasing shares at a discount to both our net asset value and current market price, and by securing attractively priced financing that allows us to maintain staking rewards on our collateral, we are able to return a meaningful block of shares to our treasury while continuing to …

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It wasn’t the exodus of capital, but the speed at which sentiment reversed that startled the market. Billions of dollars are now leaving a $1.8 trillion industry that, until recently, looked like a dependable engine of steady returns.

At the center of the turmoil sits the contradiction embedded in its very design. Private credit relied on long-term, locked-up capital structures. Investors accepted illiquidity in exchange for premium yields.

The Most Predictable Surprise

Yet, the industry eventually aggressively expanded into retail channels and retirement accounts. This customer base came with expectations of accessibility that it was never built to meet. When investors began demanding their money back, the mismatch between structure and promise became impossible to ignore.

“This was the most predictable, least predicted crisis ever,” Stephanie Pomboy, founder of Macro Mavens, told Kitco.

“When they started doing things like secondaries and continuation funds, and then the private credit guys said, ‘We really should let retail investors get a piece of this action,’ it was clear they were trying to offload risk onto the next patsy,” she added, touting an anticipation of the policy response.

The AI Connection

High-profile bankruptcies, including Tricolor and First Brands, put the sector on notice. The situation challenged assumptions that defaults would remain low. Meanwhile, shifting macroeconomic conditions and fading confidence in the ability to sustain high returns weakened the core appeal.

“Concerns really started in the private credit market earlier this year, where we saw some …

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Signet Jewelers Limited (NYSE:SIG) shares traded higher on Thursday after posting strong fourth-quarter results and raising its dividend.

The stock surged more than 13% during the session. Heavy trading supported the move. High short interest, above 26% of the float, likely added buying pressure.

Trading volume reached about 1.54 million shares. This was well above the 100-day average of 870,236 shares. As a result, activity remained elevated.

The company has a short float of 5.51 million shares. This represents 26.72% of its tradable float. Therefore, bearish positioning remains very high.

Quarterly Results

Signet reported solid demand across key categories. However, margins showed some pressure.

Adjusted earnings per share came in at $6.25. This beat the analyst estimate of $6.11. Revenue reached $2.345 billion, slightly above expectations of $2.342 billion.

Average unit retail …

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Atlassian Corp (NASDAQ:TEAM) shares are trending upward on Thursday.

The move follows strategic cost-cutting measures and a recent workforce reduction. Investors are weighing a 10% cut in the global workforce against long-term AI goals.

• Atlassian stock is trading near recent lows. What’s ahead for TEAM stock?

Wells Fargo Maintains Bullish Stance

Wells Fargo analyst Ryan MacWilliams maintained an Overweight rating on Atlassian on Tuesday. Macwilliams lowered the price forecast from $155 to $120.

AI Shift Triggers Massive Layoffs

The company recently announced it will eliminate roughly 1,600 jobs worldwide. This represents about …

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New Street Research analyst Pierre Ferragu added Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) to the firm’s best ideas list for 2026 on Thursday, arguing the stock could double from current levels by 2027.

The thesis rests on a combination of earnings revisions, a compressed multiple, and Nvidia’s plan to return 50% of its free cash flow through buybacks and dividends. Ferragu said Nvidia’s $1 trillion cumulative revenue guidance for Blackwell and Rubin products is “in the bag” by the end of 2027 and that the market isn’t pricing in enough enthusiasm.

He projects more than $20 in earnings per share and rates the stock a Buy with a $275 price target, implying roughly 53% upside from Thursday’s price around $180.

Twelve Notes In Two Days

The call arrives amid a flood of analyst activity tied to Nvidia’s annual GTC developer conference in San Jose this week.

Rosenblatt’s Kevin Cassidy raised his target from $300 to $325, now the highest on the Street. …

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MP Materials Corp (NYSE:MP) shares are trading lower during Thursday’s session. The rare earth miner is facing a dual threat of macroeconomic instability and internal selling pressure.

Geopolitical Tensions Rock Markets

Global markets are reeling from escalating Middle East conflicts. Reports indicate an attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field. Additionally, Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG facility sustained damage.

The Nasdaq has dropped 0.72% while the S&P 500 shed 0.58%. The S&P 500 Materials sector is sliding 2.4% in response.

C-Suite Offloads Shares

Company-specific pressure is mounting following small insider selling. According to Benzinga, CFO Ryan Corbett sold $2.76 million in stock …

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Tilray Brands (NASDAQ:TLRY) announced an expansion of its medical cannabis portfolio in Australia, despite a challenging market environment.

The expansion includes new products under its Redecan and Good Supply brands, aimed at enhancing treatment options for healthcare professionals and patients.

This initiative underscores Tilray’s commitment to the Australian market, a key growth area, according to Rajnish Ohri, President of International at Tilray Brands. The expanded portfolio will offer medical cannabis flower, extracts, vapes, and pastilles, enhancing access to high-potency, patient-focused solutions.

While the broader market is down, with the Materials sector down 2.18%, Tilray’s stock movement appears more influenced by general market trends than by company-specific issues.

Technical Analysis

The stock is trading 11.3% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA) and 30% below its 100-day SMA, indicating a bearish trend in the short- to medium-term. Over the past 12 months, shares have increased …

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Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) could hit 1 million Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) by September 2026 if the company maintains its historical 16% quarterly acquisition rate, with the preferred stock STRC enabling purchases during bear markets unlike previous cycles.

The Historical 16% Rate

Michael Saylor’s Strategy has increased Bitcoin holdings by an average of 16% quarter-over-quarter since 2020. 

In Q1, the company acquired 88,568 Bitcoin, the second-best quarter ever despite Bitcoin trading 45% below all-time highs.

The company holds 761,068 Bitcoin as of March 18. Acquiring another 100,000 Bitcoin this quarter would bring holdings to 860,000, putting the company one quarter away from 1 million by September.

Strategy raised $1.5 billion last week, with $1.18 billion coming from STRC preferred stock versus $396 million from common stock. 

This marks the first time the company used preferred stock as the primary …

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Program strengthens deterrence and supports confidence in Canada’s investment industry

TORONTO, March 19, 2026 /CNW/ – The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) announced the upcoming launch of its Disgorgement Distribution Program. The Program builds on CIRO’s existing ability to seek disgorgement orders, following a finding of registrant misconduct. In certain cases, the Program will now enable CIRO to distribute funds collected pursuant to a disgorgement order to investors who have been financially harmed by registrant misconduct.

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Major League Baseball on Thursday signed an exclusive multi-year deal making Polymarket its official prediction market partner.

The deal gives Polymarket sole rights to use MLB trademarks and logos, with promotional space on the league’s website and at games.

Front Office Sports reported the agreement may be worth between $150 million and $300 million over three years, though financial terms were not officially disclosed.

MLB And CFTC Make History

MLB also signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the first between the federal regulator and any professional sports league.

The MOU covers information sharing, fraud prevention and game integrity monitoring.

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, who said last week that the CFTC does not “discriminate between sports and politics and corn,” said the agreement adds “additional tools” to protect prediction markets from …

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Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) executive chairman Michael Saylor is increasingly turning to alternative funding channels to finance its Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) purchases, signaling a shift away from heavy reliance on equity dilution.

Funding Shift Emerges

In a Mar.19 post on X, CryptoQuant data showed the company bought nearly 18,000 BTC in the week of Mar. 8 and more than 22,000 BTC the following week, its largest weekly accumulation since November 2024.

While the scale of buying stands out, the funding mix marks the bigger shift.

Historically, Strategy financed Bitcoin purchases largely through issuing MSTR shares, diluting existing shareholders. Recent data, …

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Firefly Aerospace Inc (NASDAQ:FLY) shares are under pressure during Thursday’s trading session. The decline comes as the company prepares to release its fourth quarter (Q4) 2025 earnings after the market closes today.

The downward move is primarily due to a combination of anticipated quarterly financial results and a severe sell-off in the broader market. The aerospace player is facing stiff resistance from the macroeconomic environment. The Nasdaq has dropped 0.87%, while the S&P 500 has shed 0.62%.

Despite today’s dip, Firefly recently confirmed its Alpha Flight 7 mission successfully reached orbit. The rocket deployed a technology demonstrator for Lockheed Martin Corp …

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Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE:LNG) shares are trading higher on Thursday, benefiting from ongoing global LNG supply disruptions while also gaining investor support following announcements of higher long-term orders from Thailand.

Apart from Cheniere, energy company Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE:VG) is also gaining on Thursday.

In fact, shares of natural gas-related companies are trading higher amid Iranian strikes on Qatari energy infrastructure and a 30% increase in European natural gas prices to over 70 euros ($80.65) per MWh.

According to Benzinga Pro, LNG stock has gained over 25% in 2023. Investors can gain exposure to the stock via AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF …

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General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS) on Wednesday posted weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings despite slightly topping revenue estimates.

The company reported third-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 64 cents, missing the analyst consensus estimate of 73 cents. Quarterly sales of $4.437 billion (down 8% year over year) outpaced the Street view of $4.417 billion.

“We started the year expecting that our investments, divestitures, and unfavorable timing comparisons would drive declines in our sales and earnings results through our first three quarters, even as we improved our volume and market share. And that’s what we’ve seen play out,” said General Mills Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Harmening.

The firm …

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) let the hyperscalers and frontier AI labs fight over who builds the best chatbot. Then it charged them rent.

Analysis firm AppMagic estimates generative AI apps paid Apple nearly $900 million in App Store fees in 2025, with three-fourths coming from OpenAI’s ChatGPT alone.

xAI’s Grok was a distant second at roughly 5%.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Apple is on pace to cross $1 billion in AI revenue this year from commissions alone.

The Toll Road Vs. The Money Pit

The contrast with the AI builders is hard to ignore.

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are on track to spend close to $700 billion combined on AI …

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Anduril Industries is set to launch its massive Arsenal-1 weapons manufacturing plant in Columbus, Ohio.

Assembly lines expected to become operational within weeks, founder Palmer Luckey revealed to Axios. The facility, designed for rapid mass production of advanced aerial and maritime drone systems, is progressing ahead of its original July 2026 target.

The final site survey is underway, while the first main building—spanning about 1 million square feet—has been completed. Exterior construction on a second building is also finished. 

Located adjacent to Rickenbacker Airport, Arsenal-1 provides direct access to two 12,000-foot runways and features a 75-acre private apron that can accommodate military-scale aircraft. This location ensures swift delivery of components and systems to customers, a press release stated.

Once fully scaled, the facility will cover …

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U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 300 points on Thursday.

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.76% to 45,872.27 while the NASDAQ fell 1.25% to 21,876.31. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.93% to 6,563.00.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares climbed by 0.7% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, materials stocks fell by 2.5%.

Top Headline

U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 8,000 from the previous week to 205,000 in the second week of March, compared to market estimates of a 2,000 gain.

Equities Trading UP
           

  • Serina Therapeutics Inc (NYSE:SER) shares shot up 74% to $2.21. The company announced it entered into a $30 million private placement.
  • Shares of China Natural Resources Inc (NASDAQ:CHNR) got a boost, …

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The Nasdaq (NQ) and S&P 500 (ES) futures have pulled back notably, reflecting a shift in short-term market structure. Following a steady advance from Sunday’s open, price action has reversed, increasing focus on nearby support zones and liquidity areas. Current conditions are defined by compressed ranges and elevated sensitivity to key levels.

Price is now approaching critical downside liquidity, with the potential to test not only Sunday’s lows but also the prior week’s lows from March 8. This places emphasis on how the market behaves within established support zones, rather than directional assumptions.

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has tumbled below $70,000 as equities continue to slide lower while oil prices surge.

Bearish Structure Remains

Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen maintains a cautious outlook, arguing that recent upside is likely a countertrend rally rather than the start of a new bull market.

He pointed to historical patterns where Bitcoin grinds higher during bear phases before breaking down to new lows.

Cowen also highlighted the recurring four-year cycle, noting that in past midterm years, including 2014, 2018 and 2022, early-year lows were not the final bottom.

Bitcoin may still be forming a …

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Jabil Inc. (NYSE:JBL) on Wednesday delivered stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter 2026 results and raised its full-year outlook.

Quarterly adjusted earnings per share of $2.69, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $2.51. Quarterly net revenue of $8.28 billion, down by 23.1% year-over-year (Y/Y), outpaced the analyst consensus estimate of $7.74 billion.

Jabil expects fiscal third-quarter 2026 net revenue of $8.100 billion-$8.900 billion compared to the analyst estimate of $8.037 billion and adjusted EPS of $2.83-$3.23 against the consensus estimate of $2.89.

The company, known for leveraging advanced technologies such as AI and automation to improve manufacturing and supply chain operations, projects fiscal 2026 net revenue of $34 billion (up …

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Decent Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:DXST) shares are under pressure during Thursday’s pre-market session.

Strategic Shift to Senior Care

While historically known for wastewater treatment, the company is pivoting. On March 5, it launched an AI-powered senior care platform through its subsidiary, Suncare (Shanghai) Health Technology Co., Ltd.

Chairman Dingxin Sun noted the aging population is a “significant structural opportunity.” The company is targeting China’s silver economy, estimated at $4 trillion. To date, the …

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Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) shares are trading higher during Thursday’s premarket session following a billion-dollar partnership announcement with Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER).

The news comes as the broader market is experiencing a mixed performance, with major indices showing losses.

Uber will invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian through 2031, contingent on achieving specific autonomous milestones.

The investment represents a significant capital boost relative to Rivian’s $5.387 billion in full-year 2025 revenue, up 8% from $4.970 billion in 2024, underscoring the deal as strategic funding support.

Rivian had long-term debt worth $4.44 billion as of December 2025.

The initial commitment includes a $300 million investment, aimed at deploying thousands of Rivian R2 robotaxis across 25 cities by the end of 2031.

The partnership is expected to accelerate Rivian’s path to level 4 autonomy, with initial deployments planned for San Francisco and Miami starting in 2028.

The collaboration could lead to the purchase of up to 40,000 additional autonomous vehicles by 2030, enhancing Rivian’s position in the autonomous vehicle market.

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Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades, downgrades and initiations, please see our analyst ratings page.

  • Evercore ISI Group analyst Jonathan Chappell downgraded CSX Corp (NASDAQ:CSX) from Outperform to In-Line and raised the price target from $40 to $41. CSX shares closed at $39.64 on Wednesday. See how other analysts view this stock.
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SoFi Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SOFI) shares are trading lower during Thursday’s premarket session. The digital lender faces a combination of heavy short-seller allegations and broader market weakness.

The decline follows a turbulent week for the fintech firm. Broad market indices are also under pressure. Nasdaq futures fell 0.71% Thursday morning. S&P 500 futures shed 0.59% in tandem.

Muddy Waters Alleges’ Financial Engineering’

The primary catalyst remains a report released on Tuesday from Muddy Waters Research. Led by Carson Block, the firm labeled SoFi a “financial engineering treadmill.”

The report alleged that SoFi’s 2025 adjusted EBITDA was inflated by 90%. Muddy Waters suggested the true figure was $103 million. This contradicts the reported $1.05 billion. Block also questioned “Enron-esque” off-balance-sheet structures.

SoFi Management Fires Back

SoFi characterized …

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Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades, downgrades and initiations, please see our analyst ratings page.

  • Clear Street analyst Greg Pendy initiated coverage on Rocket Lab Corp (NASDAQ:RKLB) with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $88. Rocket Lab shares closed at $69.48 on Wednesday. See how other analysts view this stock.
  • Truist Securities analyst Srikripa Devarakonda initiated coverage on Inventiva (NASDAQ:IVA) with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $13. …

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Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades, downgrades and initiations, please see our analyst ratings page.

  • Morgan Stanley analyst Jamie Rollo upgraded Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) from Equal-Weight to Overweight and cut the price target from $33 to $31. Carnival shares closed at $24.16 on Wednesday. See how other analysts view this stock.
  • Truist Securities analyst Richard Newitter upgraded Tandem Diabetes …

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Evernorth Holdings filed an S-4 registration with the SEC on March 18 to merge with Armada Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:XRPN) and become the largest publicly traded XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) treasury company on Nasdaq with over $1 billion in gross proceeds.

The $1 Billion XRP Bet

Evernorth raised over $1 billion in gross proceeds to create what will be the largest public XRP treasury company. 

Ripple Labs contributed over 126 million XRP tokens in a private placement at a signing price of $2.36609, while Advance Funding Subscribers committed $214.05 million in cash plus 600,000 XRP tokens.

Evernorth already holds 388 million XRP tokens purchased at an average price of $2.44, making it the largest institutional …

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Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 are poised to break below their 200-day moving averages for the first time since March 2025.

Meanwhile, the Brent-WTI crude spread blew out to $17 per barrel early Thursday — the widest since April 2020 when WTI went negative — as Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field triggered retaliatory missile attacks across the Gulf and markets began pricing in the risk of U.S. crude export restrictions.

Brent surged 7.11% to $115.01, while Middle East benchmarks Murban and Dubai crude exploded above $128 and $136 respectively.

Chart Of The Day

S&P 500 Could Break Below Its 200-Day Moving Average For First Time Since March 2025

Iran War Day 20: What Happened In The Last 24 Hours

  • President Donald Trump said Israel “violently lashed out” at Iran’s South Pars gas field and that the U.S. “knew nothing about this particular attack.” He warned that the U.S. would “massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars gas field” if Qatar’s LNG is attacked again, and demanded no further Israeli strikes on the site unless Iran retaliates against Qatar.
  • Iran retaliated with ballistic missiles against Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG complex, which handles roughly 20% of global LNG supply. Qatar reported fires and extensive damage. Iranian drones also hit the Samref refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, and the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery in Kuwait.
  • The Fed held rates at 3.5%-3.75% in an 11-1 vote. The dot plot projects one cut in 2026. Chair Jerome Powell emphasized oil-shock uncertainty and said inflation progress had stalled.

Thursday’s Oil Market Update

WTI crude oil futures — as tracked by the United States Oil Fund (NYSE:USO) — traded at $98.35 per barrel early Thursday, up $2.03 (+2.11%). Since the start of the war on Feb. 28, WTI prices have surged roughly 45% from a pre-war level near $68 per barrel.

Brent crude — tracked via the United States Brent Oil Fund, LP ETV (NYSE:BNO) — jumped 7.11% to $115.01 per barrel following Iranian missile strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure.

Middle East benchmarks saw even sharper moves: Murban crude surged 10.34% to $128.84 per barrel, while Dubai crude spiked 11.05% to $136.42 per barrel, reflecting an acute physical supply squeeze in the region.

The Brent-WTI spread widened to approximately $17 per barrel — the widest since April 2020, when WTI famously went negative amid the pandemic storage crisis. Excluding that historic anomaly, the current spread is …

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is down 2% compared to gold sliding 4% after the Federal Reserve delivered hawkish signals, an unusual reversal as Bitcoin typically underperforms the precious metal during risk-off moves.

The Unusual Outperformance

Positioning may explain the divergence as gold surged 90% over the past year and hit record highs in February before the Middle East conflict started. 

That left it overbought and vulnerable. Bitcoin crashed 50% from October highs, leaving it oversold and ready to bounce.

Since the Iran war began, Bitcoin has been one of the strongest performing assets outside energy. Meanwhile gold sits 17% below its January peak, approaching bear-market territory.

The Macro Pressure

The Federal Reserve delivered a more hawkish-than-expected tone Wednesday, pushing back against market expectations for imminent interest-rate cuts. 

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Bitcoin fell to around $70,000 as ETF outflows and a higher inflation forecast for 2026 weighed on markets.

Bitcoin ETFs saw $129.6 million in net outflows on Wednesday, while Ethereum ETFs reported $55.5 million in net outflows.  


Cryptocurrency		 Ticker Price
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $70,205.74
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,175.81
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $89.89
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.46
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.09420
Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.055756

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Shares of Five Below Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) rose sharply in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and issued FY26 EPS guidance above estimates.

Five Below reported fourth-quarter revenue of $1.73 billion, beating estimates of $1.70 billion, according to Benzinga Pro. The company posted adjusted earnings of $4.31 per share for the quarter, beating estimates of $3.98 per share.

Five Below shares jumped 7.2% to $227.80 in the pre-market trading session.

Here are some other stocks moving in pre-market trading.

Gainers

  • LI Bang International Corporation Inc (NASDAQ:LBGJ) surged 55.2% to $0.047 in pre-market trading.
  • Actelis Networks Inc (NASDAQ:ASNS) gained 39.3% to $0.38 in pre-market trading after the company announced strong quarterly sales.
  • OceanPal Inc (NASDAQ:SVRN) gained 31.1% to $0.29 in pre-market trading. The after-hours spike coincided with a wave of Securities and Exchange Commission Form 3 filings disclosing new insider ownership across multiple executive and director roles.
  • Sunation Energy Inc (NASDAQ:SUNE) gained 27.1% to $1.83 in pre-market trading after reporting fourth-quarter results.
  • Spectral AI Inc (NASDAQ:MDAI) gained 22.6% to $1.47 in pre-market trading after the company announced it received funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development …

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The anticipated ¥1 trillion ($6.3 billion) fee for SoftBank Group Corp. (OTC:SFTBY) from a U.S.-Japan project has been slashed by over 90% due to intervention from Tokyo officials amid growing concerns over the $550 billion joint investment plan between the U.S. and Japan.

SoftBank’s Role In The Deal

SoftBank was originally slated to earn fees from building and operating a $33 billion gas-fired power plant in Ohio. The project marks the first outcome of a trade deal in which Japan secured tariff relief from Washington in exchange for a $550 billion investment in the U.S., the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

The fee was intended to compensate it for its role as project developer, as it does not hold any equity in the power plant. The facility would be entirely financed by Japan and jointly owned by the U.S. and Japan through a special-purpose vehicle created under the trade agreement.

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Jailed cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried lauded on Wednesday the effectiveness of Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran.

SBF Endorses Analysis Backing Military Campaign

Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, posted on X an Al Jazeera op-ed titled “The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working. Here is why,” describing it as an “excellent” article.

The piece, penned by Muhanad Seloom, Assistant Professor of International Politics and Security at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, argued that the operation has succeeded in “dismantling” Iran’s capacity to wage war, including its missiles, drones, and air defenses.

“The assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei eliminated the apex of the authorisation pyramid. His son Mojtaba’s appointment as his successor, a dynastic transfer without precedent in the Islamic Republic, signals institutional fragility, not continuity,” the report read.

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Investor and “Shark Tank” personality Kevin O’Leary said the real winners in business will be those who pair AI with critical thinking and storytelling, warning that leaders who rely solely on technology risk irrelevance.

AI And Storytelling Are Key To Business Success

On Wednesday, in a post on X, O’Leary shared an interview with Fox News and emphasized that execution, not technology, determines business success.

“If you’re a CEO and you’re just pushing a button to generate garbage, you’re dead in the water,” he wrote.

He added, “I don’t care if you have a liberal arts degree or an MBA; if you can’t tell a story that actually moves the needle on customer acquisition, you’re worth zero.”

O’Leary highlighted the rise of creators who combine storytelling with AI skills, noting that some employees who once earned $48,000 a year now generate $600,000 in measurable impact for companies.

In a clip, he said, “The number one inflation is creators, like storytellers, writers that actually have …

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British motoring journalist James May of Top Gear fame has listed his likes, as well as issues with the Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Model 3.

James May Lists His Problems With The Tesla Model 3

In a video released on YouTube on Wednesday, May first outlined that he liked the “quiet” and “refined” nature of the Model 3. He also hailed its performance, adding that EVs can achieve high performance with a more powerful motor and a bigger battery.

Coming to the issues, May shared that he did not like that Tesla was associated with CEO Elon Musk, adding that he did not “care” about the billionaire. He also shared the complicated driver’s assistance system controls, like turning off the lane departure warning system, which involved three separate steps …

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The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a proposal by Nasdaq Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) allowing certain stocks to be traded and settled in tokenized form on the exchange.

SEC Greenlights Proposal For Blockchain-Based Stocks

The SEC found that the proposal was “consistent” with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules governing national securities exchanges, according to a filing. The initial scope includes Russell 1000 constituents and exchange-traded funds that track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100.

Nasdaq proposed to the SEC in September that its member firms be permitted to tokenize “certain” equity securities and exchange-traded products.

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The S&P 500 fell 1.36% on Wednesday to close at 6,624.70 after a hotter-than-expected PPI report, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell‘s cautious inflation comments stoked fears that the U.S. economy is heading toward stagflation — lower growth and higher prices simultaneously.

The Polygon-based (CRYPTO: POL) Polymarket crowd is bearish heading into Thursday. The “S&P 500 Opens Up or Down on March 19?” market sits at 55% “Down,” 45% “Up,” with over $54,000 in early traded volume.

Why That Number Matters

The inflation picture deteriorated sharply on Wednesday. February PPI came in at 0.7% — more than double the 0.3% consensus — before energy prices from the Iran …

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A widely followed cryptocurrency analyst identified on Wednesday a bullish reversal pattern for Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) similar to the one that preceded massive memecoin rallies previously.

Will History Repeat?

Ali Martinez took to X, highlighting a fractal pattern on Dogecoin’s monthly chart that mirrored the previous two bull cycles. The setup delivered over 9,000% gains for DOGE in the 2017-18 cycle and a staggering 30,693% in 2021-22.

“Once you see this Dogecoin fractal, you can’t unsee it,” Martinez said, suggesting a similar explosive rally to $10, though without giving a specific timeline.

Where’s The Volume?

Fractals are 

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Serina Therapeutics Inc. (NYSE:SER) jumped 39.45% in after-hours trading on Wednesday, climbing to $1.78, after the clinical-stage company announced a $15 million private placement closing on Friday.

Serina said in its Wednesday announcement, made after markets closed, that a second tranche of up to $15 million is expected by April 30, with warrant coverage potentially raising an additional $33.3 million.

CEO Steve Ledger noted that with the first patient dosed in the registrational trial and a clear 505(b)(2) pathway aligned with the Food and Drug Administration, the financing positions Serina to execute on its most value-creating milestones to date.

High-Profile Co-Chairman Strengthens Credibility

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The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed an increase in the overall fear level, while the index remained in the “Extreme Fear” zone on Wednesday.

U.S. stocks settled lower on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones index dipping more than 750 points during the session as investors digested the latest economic data and comments from the Fed chief.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates unchanged at 3.50%–3.75% for the third straight meeting on Wednesday, as widely expected by market participants.

The FOMC statement noted that while economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace, job gains have remained low and inflation remains somewhat elevated.

In earnings, Jabil Inc. (NYSE:JBL) stock fell around 1.4% on Wednesday after the manufacturing services provider delivered stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter 2026 results and raised its full-year …

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With U.S. stock futures trading mixed this morning on Thursday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows:

  • Wall Street expects Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) to report quarterly earnings at $2.84 per share on revenue of $17.83 billion before the opening bell, according to data from Benzinga Pro. Accenture shares rose 0.1% to $195.20 in after-hours trading.
  • Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) reported better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2026. Micron posted second-quarter revenue of $23.86 billion, well above analyst estimates of $19.94 billion, according to …

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Despite the unpredictable wildcard of an Iran war and concerns regarding software companies amid the rapid rise of fears around artificial intelligence (AI), Evercore Founder and Senior Chairman Roger Altman remains optimistic about the U.S. economy, noting that foundational strengths and technological advancements outweigh current geopolitical fears.

Dismissing The ‘SaaS Apocalypse’

Addressing the rapid evolution of AI in a conversation with CNBC, Altman pushed back against doomsday predictions surrounding the tech sector.

While he acknowledges AI will be “very transformative,” he believes the market’s focus on what AI might destroy has gone too far. When asked if the market is facing a “SaaS apocalypse“—the idea that AI will decimate software-as-a-service companies—Altman was definitive.

“I don’t see that,” he said, pointing out that software stocks have historically bounced back from sharp corrections. “At the moment, I don’t see AI as a force that should undermine markets and cause economic forecasts to be marked down. In fact, I think that it’s likely to be positive.”

These statements come as top U.S. software stocks like Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), Oracle Corp. (NYSE:ORCL), and Salesforce Inc.

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OceanPal Inc. (NASDAQ:SVRN) spiked 40.16% to $0.31 in after-hours trading on Wednesday.

The after-hours spike coincided with a wave of Securities and Exchange Commission Form 3 filings disclosing new insider ownership across multiple executive and director roles.

Sweeping Leadership Reset Triggers Market Reaction

SEC Form 3 filings — the required initial ownership disclosures under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 — confirmed a major executive overhaul at OceanPal.

Chief Financial Officer Vasiliki Plousaki, Chief Accounting Officer Konstantina Tsakiri and Co-CEO Robert J. Perri filed on Tuesday, with Co-CEO Salvatore J. Ternullo, Secretary Margarita Veniou, and the directors filing on Wednesday.

According to the filing, Co-CEO Ternullo was granted 822,156 restricted stock units, with 25% vesting on Sept. 1 …

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American Bitcoin Corp. (NASDAQ:ABTC) co-founder Eric Trump celebrated on Wednesday after the company surpassed Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:GLXY) in accumulating Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC).

‘Climbing The Ladder Faster’

Trump took pride in the achievement on X, adding, “No company is climbing the ladder faster. Up, up, up we go!”

As of this writing, American Bitcoin holds 6,899 BTC, worth $489 million, surpassing not only Galaxy but also other popular companies such as GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) and Gemini Space Station Inc. (NASDAQ:GEMI).

Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) tops the list, with over $53 billion worth of Bitcoin on its balance sheet.

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As the war in the Middle East continues to escalate and oil prices surge amid uncertainty surrounding crude oil supply chains, investor Ross Gerber of Gerber Kawasaki, on Wednesday, urged people to switch to electric vehicles.

Thousands Of Dollars Saved

In a post on the social media platform X, Gerber touted EVs as a cost-effective solution to the ongoing gas price surge. “Just buy an EV and your cost of living will go down by thousands of dollars a year,” the investor said in the post. Gerber also shared that “driving a gas car” was up to “4-5 times more expensive” than driving an EV counterpart. “Lots of great EVs at a good prices online,” he said.

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Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has predicted that the automaker’s upcoming AI5 self-driving chip will match the capabilities of more expensive, powerful AI chipsets amid a push towards artificial intelligence.

AI5 Will Punch Far Above Its Weight

On Wednesday, user Phil Beisel compared the architecture of Tesla’s AI5 chip with NVIDIA Corp‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) Blackwell chip, noting that Tesla’s “half reticle” design could give AI fabs a major boost if it can match the latter’s capabilities. “A reticle defines the imaging area of a lithography machine, fitting two chips per shot effectively doubles yield,” Beisel said.

Responding to Beisel, Musk shared his take on the matter. “AI5 will punch far above its weight,” he said, outlining that its capabilities were possible because Tesla aims to “make maximally effective use of every circuit.” Musk also said that while the upcoming chip could see applications in data centers, it’s “primarily optimized for AI edge compute in Optimus and Robotaxi.”

Musk then shared that despite the advancements, there was room for improvement. He said that a single AI6 chip could match a dual SoC AI5 within “the same half reticle and same process node.”

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Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ:COST) CEO Ron Vachris offered inflation-weary shoppers a rare bit of stability this week, saying the retailer’s iconic $1.50 hot dog and soda combo is not going up in price anytime soon.

Vachris Reassures Fans On Combo Price

In a video posted to Costco’s Instagram on Wednesday, Vachris sat in a Costco food court eating the quarter-pound all-beef hot dog and, before taking a bite, said, “$1.50, for this hot dog?”

Asked if the price was going up, he replied, “The hot dog price will not change as long as I’m around.” When prompted to describe it, he added, “Amazing. Amazing quality. Amazing value. That’s $1.50 well spent.”

Costco Defends A Near-Mythic Bargain

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Cheniere Energy Inc. (NYSE:LNG) shares are trending on Wednesday night.

LNG gained in after-hours trading, climbing 1.23% to $269.50 on Wednesday.

According to Benzinga Pro data, the stock of the Texas-based energy company closed the regular session at $266.22, up 5.85%.

Strike Sends Shockwaves Through LNG Markets

The surge in the stock follows missile strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, which produces about 20% of the world’s LNG, sending shockwaves through global energy markets.

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The odds of the Iranian regime surviving the ongoing U.S. military offensive have surged sharply since the beginning of the month.

Chances Of Islamic Republic Holding Power Spike

Polygon (CRYPTO: POL)-based Polymarket now assigns a 73% probability that Iran’s current ruling system, led by the Supreme Leader and Guardian Council, will remain in power through June 30, up from 47% at the start of the month.

Over $377,000 has been staked on the outcome, which would resolve to “No” only if the Islamic Republic ceases to hold sovereign authority. Otherwise, it resolves to “Yes.”

Meanwhile, the odds that Mojtaba Khamenei loses his position as …

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Figma Inc. (NYSE:FIG) shares are trending on Wednesday night.

After-Hours Dip Extends a Brutal Session

Shares of the software company fell 0.24% to $25.20 in after-hours trading on Wednesday.

According to Benzinga Pro data, the stock had dropped 7.98% in the regular session to close at $25.26. The decline comes as investors react to a direct competitive challenge from Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL).

Google Stitch Enters the Design Arena

Figma is a cloud-based collaborative design platform widely used by product teams and UI/UX designers to build and prototype software interfaces.

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Leading cryptocurrencies plunged alongside stocks on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve said the escalating Middle East conflict could push inflation higher.

Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m. ET)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -4.07% $70,979.99
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               		 -5.98% $2,189.10
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)                          -4.10% $1.45
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)                          -4.92% $90.04
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)              -5.46% $0.09495

‘Extreme Fear’ Returns

Bitcoin dived below $71,000, reversing a rally that pushed it up to $76,000. Ethereum’s decline was steeper, pulling the second-largest cryptocurrency back to the $2,100 zone.

Shares of Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) closed down 6.47% and 3.78%, respectively.

Over $450 million was liquidated from the cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours, with $380 million in bullish long bets alone wiped out, according to Coinglass data.

Open interest in Bitcoin futures dipped 3.75% in the last 24 hours. However, derivatives traders on Binance bought this dip, opening more long positions versus shorts.

“Extreme Fear” sentiment returned to the market after a brief reprieve, according to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index.

Top Gainers (24 Hours) 

Cryptocurrency (Market Cap>$100 M) Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m. ET)
River (RIVER)     +18.64%     …

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Major U.S. indexes closed lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 1.6% to 46,225.15, the S&P 500 slipping 1.36% to 6,624.70, and the Nasdaq falling 1.46% to 22,152.42.

The Federal Reserve maintained interest rates at 3.50%–3.75% for the third consecutive meeting. Despite the unchanged rates, the Fed’s outlook suggested higher inflation and slightly increased economic growth in the future. The market’s reaction was muted, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices showing little movement. Investors are keeping a close eye on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s upcoming remarks, particularly in light of recent oil price spikes.

These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail traders and investors through the day:

Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU)

Micron Technology’s stock closed with a slight increase of 0.01%, settling at $461.73. The stock reached an intraday high of $471.34 and a low of $458.30, with a 52-week range between $61.54 and $471.34. In the after-hours trading, the stock fell 4.43% to $441.28.

The semiconductor giant reported impressive second-quarter results, with revenue soaring to $23.86 billion, surpassing analyst expectations of $19.94 billion. The company’s adjusted earnings of $12.20 per share also exceeded forecasts. Micron’s strong performance reflects a 196% year-over-year revenue growth, with operating cash flow reaching $11.90 billion.

Micron Technology forecast third-quarter revenue of $33.5 billion (±$750 million) and adjusted EPS of $19.15 (±$0.40), …

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The Trump administration defended the Pentagon’s move to blacklist Anthropic, arguing the decision was both legal and justified.

The Trump administration argued in a court filing that Anthropic’s First Amendment claims are “unlikely to succeed,” saying the government’s actions were driven by contract issues and national security considerations rather than any form of retaliatory conduct.

“It was only when Anthropic refused to release the restrictions on the use of its products — which refusal is conduct, not protected speech — that the President directed all federal agencies to terminate their business relationships with Anthropic,” the court document stated.

 “Seeking judicial review does not change our longstanding commitment to harnessing AI to protect our national security, but …

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Swarmer Inc (NASDAQ:SWMR) shares are facing selling pressure in Wednesday’s after-hours session amid continued post-IPO volatility.

Swarmer Announces Closing Of IPO

Drone autonomy software company Swarmer made its public debut on the Nasdaq on Tuesday, soaring more than 500%. The stock saw continued momentum on Wednesday, closing the session up another 77% at $55.

Shares are pulling back in after-hours on Wednesday, likely due to profit-taking following the remarkable two-day surge. Swarmer announced late Wednesday …

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DLocal Limited (NASDAQ:DLO) shares rallied in Wednesday’s extended trading after the company released its fourth-quarter earnings report, beating analyst revenue estimates.

The Details: DLocal reported quarterly earnings of 18 cents per share, in line with the analyst consensus estimate.

Quarterly revenue clocked in at $337.89 million which beat the Street estimate of $297.28 million by 13.66%, according …

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Five Below Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) reported fourth-quarter earnings after the market close on Wednesday. Here’s a rundown of the specialty retailer’s report.

Five Below Tops Estimates In Q4

Five Below reported fourth-quarter revenue of $1.73 billion, beating estimates of $1.70 billion, according to Benzinga Pro. The company posted adjusted earnings of $4.31 per share for the quarter, beating estimates of $3.98 per share.

Net sales increased 24.3% year-over-year as comparable sales grew by 15.4%. Five Below said it opened 14 net new stores and …

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The California Gig Workers Union has filed a formal complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), alleging that Waymo is operating outside the terms of its permit. 

According to a report by ABC 7 News, the union claims that Alphabet Inc.-backed (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Waymo is allowing minors to ride unaccompanied in its self-driving vehicles in the Bay Area.

The union’s complaint urges the CPUC to conduct an investigation into what it describes as “significant public safety and regulatory concerns.” 

The filing asks regulators to investigate potential safety breaches and assess whether Waymo’s precautions were sufficient to prevent them.

Furthermore, the union is calling for enforcement actions against Waymo, including the possible suspension of the company’s operating permit.

Waymo’s own policies, as stated on its website, require riders under …

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Red Cat Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:RCAT) shares, after a moment down, are now up in Wednesday’s extended trading after the company released a mixed fourth-quarter earnings report.

Here’s a look at the key figures from the quarter.

The Details: Red Cat reported quarterly losses of 17 cents per share, which missed the analyst consensus estimate for a loss of 15 cents.

Quarterly revenue came in at $26.24 million, which beat the Street estimate of $23.92 million and was a jump from revenue of $1.26 million in the same period last year.

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Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 after the market close on Wednesday. Here’s a look at the key details from the print.

Micron Reports Blowout Q2 Results

Micron posted second-quarter revenue of $23.86 billion, well above analyst estimates of $19.94 billion, according to Benzinga Pro.

The semiconductor company reported adjusted earnings of $12.20 per share for the quarter, easily exceeding analyst estimates of $9.21 per share.

Total revenue was up approximately 196% on a year-over-year basis. Operating cash flow came in at $11.90 billion versus $8.41 billion in the prior quarter and $3.94 billion in the comparable quarter last year. The …

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U.S. national debt will hit $39 trillion on March 25, 2026, growing at $7.23 billion per day as the Iran war added $12 billion in costs during the first two weeks.

The $39 Trillion Breaking Point

Total gross national debt will reach $39 trillion, equivalent to $113,638 per person or $288,283 per household. 

The Congressional Budget Office projects the federal deficit at $1.9 trillion in fiscal 2026, with federal debt rising to 120% of GDP by 2036.

Interest expense reached $520 billion through the first five months of fiscal 2026, up 8.8% from last year. 

The Treasury paid out $93.48 billion in interest in February alone, making interest the second-largest spending category behind only Social Security.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warns that by fiscal 2031, the average interest rate paid on federal debt will exceed the country’s economic growth rate. 

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday warned that the escalating Middle East conflict will push U.S. inflation higher in the near term — but ruled out stagflation and described the U.S. economy as resilient.

Powell’s remarks came after the Federal Open Market Committee held the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50%–3.75% for the third consecutive meeting, as widely expected.

Middle East Crisis Front And Center

“The implications of developments in the Middle East for the U.S. economy are uncertain,” Powell said in his opening statement.

“In the near term, higher energy prices will push up overall inflation. It is too soon to know the scope and duration of the potential effects on the economy.”

He highlighted the traditional central bank approach of “looking through” energy shocks, but conditioned that option on inflation expectations remaining anchored — a threshold he acknowledged is less comfortable given years of above-target inflation.

“The question of looking through, when it does arise, will be one to approach not lightly, but in the context that inflation has been above target,” Powell said.

He also highlighted the U.S.’s position as a net energy exporter, noting that higher oil prices would boost domestic drilling activity and corporate profits — providing some economic offset.

Yet, he cautioned that “the net of the oil shock will still be some downward pressure on spending and employment and upward pressure on inflation.”

Rate Path: Cuts Still In Play, Hike Not Off The Table

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) fell 4% while Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) dropped 5% on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve held rates at 3.50%-3.75% and raised 2026 inflation expectations to 2.7% from 2.4%.

XRP’s $1.2 Breakdown Risk

XRP trades trapped between Supertrend resistance at $1.5890 and support near $1.20. 

All four EMAs remain bearishly stacked above price, with the 20 EMA at $1.4285, 50 at $1.5068, 100 at $1.6978, and 200 at $1.9518. Price hasn’t traded above the 200 EMA since October 2025.

Open interest sits at $2.79 billion, dramatically lower than the $10-$11 billion peak during January 2026 euphoria. 

The decline in open interest alongside falling price reflects long-side capitulation and deleveraging, not fresh short conviction.

The long-short ratio on Binance accounts stands at 2.48, with top traders leaning long at 2.78. 

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The stock market is sending two messages at the same time, and that is exactly why it looks stronger — and stranger — than it probably should.

One message is coming from energy. Oil has forced its way back to the center of the market narrative amid the Iran war shock, and energy stocks have responded the way investors would expect in that kind of tape: by leading. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) both have surged about 32% year-to-date, while Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) jumped 45%.

That is the straightforward part of the story. When supply risk rises and crude jumps, investors reach for the companies most directly positioned to benefit.

Nvidia, AI Brigade Defy The Oil Shock

The other message is coming from technology, and it should be pulling in the opposite direction. Higher oil usually feeds inflation anxiety, pushes out rate-cut expectations, and makes investors less willing to pay up for long-duration growth.

But that is not what March has looked like.

Tech stocks have held up admirably in the face of adversity. The Nasdaq-100 index has edged up 1.33% so far this month. AI bellwether Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) is up almost 3% this month.

‘Under-The-Radar Support’

LPL Financial underscored this peculiar market pattern in a recent piece of market commentary.

“Energy stocks led the S&P 500 again this week, while technology …

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Livestream shopping platform Whatnot is facing allegations of operating an illegal gambling operation and violating the RICO Act by allowing sellers to conduct randomized box breaks and randomized repack breaks—sealed packages of collectible items—on its platform.

Attorney Paul Lesko at Leskow Law, known for his commentary on sports card law, has filed 15 arbitration requests and represents 30 clients in claims against Whatnot, The New York Times reported. The filings argue that randomized box breaks breach California’s laws prohibiting illegal lotteries (Whatnot is headquartered in California but incorporated in Delaware), while repack breaks function as unlawful “grab bag” lotteries for trading cards.

“Whatnot knowingly operates an addictive platform without sufficient safeguards and controls. They are basically making money off of dopamine, rather than just selling cards. Our clients who have addiction issues and have tried to get off the platform. There aren’t safeguards such as the ability for self-banning or meaningful spending limitations to the point that these are things that are required by online casinos but are not available on the Whatnot platform,” Lesko said in a CllctMedia video posted on X.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX put more than 10,000 active Starlink satellites into orbit this week with back-to-back Falcon 9 launches.

The milestone matters because Starlink is the revenue engine behind what may be the largest IPO in history, and prediction market traders are acting like it’s nearly a done deal.

Polymarket gives SpaceX an 87% chance of being the biggest IPO by market cap in 2026, with $1.2 million in total volume. Anthropic, OpenAI and Discord are some of the other companies with rumoured 2026 IPO’s.

A separate timing contract has June 30 at 60%, making a summer debut for SpaceX the base case.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) leads the underwriter race at 57%, a reversal from earlier this year when Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) was the frontrunner.

Both have long Musk ties; they …

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Bitcoin dropped below $72,000 on Wednesday, following hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data and rising Middle East tensions.

Cryptocurrency Ticker Price
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $71,345.41
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,188.07
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $89.82
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.45
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.09463
Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.055774

Notable Statistics:

  • Coinglass data shows 129,294 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $406.32 million.
  • SoSoValue data shows net inflows of $199.4 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Tuesday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net inflows of $138.3 million.
  • In the past 24 hours, top gainers …

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The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ:KHC) shares are down on Wednesday while the broader markets are experiencing declines.

The company has entered a five-year global partnership with the National Football League, marking Kraft Heinz as the NFL’s first-ever global condiment partner, which is expected to enhance fan engagement and food experiences.

The partnership aims to integrate Kraft Heinz’s extensive portfolio of iconic brands with the NFL’s vast audience, unlocking premium visibility at stadiums and during major events.

This collaboration will kick off at the upcoming NFL Draft in April, where Kraft Heinz plans to surprise fans with unique experiences.

The deal is expected to drive incremental retail opportunities and expand Kraft Heinz’s presence in food service during high-impact consumption occasions, such as the Super Bowl and Thanksgiving.

With the NFL being the most popular sports league in the U.S., this partnership positions Kraft Heinz to connect with millions of fans globally.

The broader market is currently facing challenges, with major indices like the S&P 500 down 0.56% and the Dow Jones falling 0.93%. The decline in Kraft Heinz …

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Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ:ORBS) shares are down on Wednesday as the company is trending overnight following a notable announcement regarding its board of directors.

ORBS Jumps on Tom Lee Board Appointment

The stock’s recent uptick follows the appointment of Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, to the board of directors, while Dan Ives stepped down as Chairman.

This change in leadership has contributed to a sense of optimism among investors, as the stock also saw an increase of 34.13% during the previous trading session.

In addition to the leadership shift, Ethereum’s price has risen, which may also be influencing sentiment around Eightco Holdings.

As Ethereum exchanges …

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Younger investors are more bullish than ever, but J.P. Morgan says many of them are doing it in a way that puts them at risk.

In a survey of 1,000 U.K. retail investors, J.P. Morgan Personal Investing found Gen Z and millennials are the most bullish cohort heading into this year, with large shares planning to invest more than they typically do.

But a significant slice of those younger investors now say they get ideas from “finfluencers” — what J.P. Morgan calls financial influencers — along with social media and online forums like Reddit, rather than from traditional research or professional advice. 

That’s a shift the bank warns can leave them exposed to bad information, high‑risk bets and even scams.

The concern isn’t that young people are sitting out the market, it’s the opposite. J.P. Morgan’s survey shows confidence is rising across the board, and it’s highest among younger investors. 

The 2026 Bull Run — Driven by Youth

Two‑thirds of those polled expect positive returns in 2026, up from 58% last year. The youngest traders who are leading the charge: 

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For decades, investors have relied on a simple market correlation. When stock prices fall, government bond prices rise. The premise was the backbone of the classic 60-40 balanced portfolio.

But BlackRock is now warning that this relationship is breaking down—and the reason lies in a mix of geopolitics, energy shocks, and stubborn inflation.

In the latest market note, the world’s biggest asset manager has looked into the center of today’s market stress – the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global oil and LNG flows. With shipping through the Strait severely disrupted, the world is facing more than just higher prices.

It’s a genuine supply shock. Oil has surged back toward $100, and the knock-on effects are spreading through supply chains, raising production costs and feeding inflation.

Since energy touches nearly every part of the economy, this kind of disruption creates a difficult environment. Growth slows while inflation rises.

Why This Time Is Different

BlackRock sees a feedback loop at work. Rising prices increase political and economic pressure, which could eventually limit the conflict, but in the near term, the risk …

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Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ:DVLT) stock is seeing its strongest week since November, with shares ripping about 38% higher as traders position ahead of the company’s earnings release set for Thursday morning. 

Retail Weighs In

Bullish retail traders are leaning into the momentum and commenting on Wednesday’s massive trading volume in DVLT.  

Stocktwits user Jiggy71 wrote: “Tomorrow’s volume will be off the charts! Bullish.” 

The comment mirrors a broader view that Datavault’s high-volume breakout could extend if earnings deliver even a modest upside surprise or fresh AI-related headlines.

Skeptics and bears, however, remain vocal. 

Stocktwits user Cr_ysk pushed back on the hype, saying: “Lmao all the people screaming and hollering in the comments, can’t even break a dollar. …

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Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang made two China-bullish moves in 48 hours at GTC 2026: restarting H200 chip sales and calling the open-source AI agent OpenClaw “definitely the next ChatGPT.”

Chinese AI stocks surged, but prediction market traders aren’t fully buying it.

H200 Is Back

Huang told reporters Tuesday that Nvidia has H200 purchase orders from Chinese customers and is restarting manufacturing. “Our supply chain is getting fired up,” he said.

The reversal has been swift. As recently as Feb. 25, CFO Colette Kress told analysts Nvidia had “yet to generate any revenue” from China.

Beijing granted licenses to ByteDance, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), and Tencent Holdings (OTC:TCEHY) to buy more than 400,000 H200 units collectively.

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Editor’s Note: Article has been updated with additional information.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates unchanged at 3.50%–3.75% for the third straight meeting on Wednesday, as widely expected by market participants.

The FOMC statement noted that while economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace, job gains have remained low, and inflation remains somewhat elevated. 

Fed Governor Stephen Miran was the lone dissenter, voting in favor of a 25-basis-point rate cut.

The updated Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) pointed to higher inflation and slightly higher economic growth compared to December.

  • The Fed now sees PCE inflation at 2.7% in 2026, up from 2.4% projected in December.
  • Real GDP growth is now projected at 2.4% for 2026, up from 2.3% in December.

2026 2027 2028
Change in real GDP (%) 2.4 2.3 2.1
December projection (%) 2.3 2.0 1.9
Unemployment rate (%) 4.4 4.3 4.2
December projection (%) 4.4 4.2 4.2
PCE inflation (%) 2.7 2.2 2.0
December projection (%) 2.4 2.1 2.0
Core PCE inflation (%) 2.7 2.2 2.0
December projection (%) 2.5 2.1 2.0

The dot plot — the chart showing where each Fed official expects interest rates to be in the coming years — …

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SEC Chair Paul Atkins on Wendesday said the agency will, in coordination with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), introduce an interpretive framework defining which crypto assets are not securities.

A Game-Changer For Crypto Regulation Landscape

The framework classifies digital commodities, digital tools, digital collectibles, including NFTs and meme coins, and stablecoins as generally outside the SEC’s securities jurisdiction, Atkins said in an interview with CNBC.

The move marks a shift from the agency’s prior enforcement-driven approach and aims to reduce uncertainty by offering clearer definitions and practical …

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The next phase of the cyber war is here, and it’s powered by AI.

A new report from CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD) shows that cybercriminals are moving quicker, hitting harder, and now leveraging artificial intelligence as a means of scaling attacks. The effect of this, however, is quietly altering the investment thesis for cybersecurity ETFs.

AI Is Speeding Up The Battlefield

The “2026 Global Threat Report” by CrowdStrike shows that the breakout time, the time between the initial breach of an enterprise network and the lateral movement of the attacker inside a network, was a only 27 seconds.

Meanwhile, AI-powered attacks accelerated by 89%, while zero-day exploits, attacks that occur before the software vendor has publicly acknowledged the threat, were up 42%.

This shift is forcing …

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Your next Uber Technologies, Inc (NYSE:UBER) driver might not just be AI—it might be running from space.

At roughly 250 miles above Earth, low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites are emerging as the next frontier for AI compute. Companies like Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) aren’t just pushing intelligence into cars—they’re exploring how to distribute it beyond the planet itself.

Why? Latency, scale, and coverage.

Space-based compute platforms—think satellite clusters acting as floating data centers—could process and relay real-time AI decisions globally, bypassing terrestrial infrastructure bottlenecks. That matters when you’re trying to coordinate tens of thousands of autonomous vehicles across dense urban environments.

Now layer that into Nvidia’s latest move.

The company has partnered with Uber to deploy up …

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Carvana Co (NYSE:CVNA) shares plummeted on Wednesday as a confluence of macroeconomic and company-specific headwinds weighed on the online auto retailer.

Broader Market And Geopolitical Shocks

The S&P 500 fell 0.55%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.56% as Israel struck Iran’s South Pars gas facility.

This major escalation sent Brent crude surging 4.8% to $108.50. United States Oil Fund (NYSE:USO) climbed to $98.15, fueling fears that rising fuel costs will dampen consumer demand for vehicles.

Inflation And Fed Pressure

February producer price data (PPI) surged 0.7% month-over-month, doubling analyst estimates.

Annual core PPI hit 3.9%, complicating the Federal Reserve’s path to …

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FTX will distribute approximately $2.2 billion to creditors on March 31, with Convenience Class creditors receiving 120% of their claims while general unsecured creditors hit 100% recovery.

The Fourth Distribution Breakdown

Class 5A Dotcom Customer Entitlement Claims will receive an incremental 18% distribution, bringing cumulative recovery to 96%. 

Class 5B U.S. Customer Entitlement Claims will receive 5%, reaching 100% cumulative recovery.

Classes 6A General Unsecured Claims and 6B Digital Asset Loan Claims will each receive 15% distributions, hitting 100% cumulative recovery. 

Class 7 Convenience Claims will receive a cumulative 120% distribution, becoming the first creditor class to recover more than their original claim amount.

Eligible creditors should expect to receive funds from their selected distribution service provider—BitGo, Kraken, or Payoneer—within one to three business days from March 31.

Why 120% Recovery Is Possible

The recovery exceeds 100% because FTX’s bankruptcy estate successfully sold assets, clawed back funds, and benefited …

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Polymarket announced Wednesday it is acquiring Brahma, a DeFi infrastructure startup that has processed over $1 billion in transactions, its third deal since February.

Brahma builds crypto plumbing for businesses managing digital assets, and the deal is about reducing the friction that still sits underneath Polymarket’s blockchain-based platform: wallet creation, deposits, converting shares and cashing out.

What Happened

CEO Shayne Coplan got Brahma co-founder Alessandro Tenconi on a Telegram call at 1 a.m. in September 2025.

Tenconi said Coplan was looking for builders who could move fast and ship quality. Brahma will wind down its other projects to join Polymarket full-time.

By tapping into Brahma’s risk-tolerant DeFi user base, Polymarket also hopes to inject much-needed liquidity into smaller, thinly traded niche contracts.

The acquisition signals a …

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Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) holds 761,068 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), just 23,000 coins behind BlackRock’s (NYSE:BLK) 784,062 BTC, after purchasing 22,337 BTC last week for $1.57 billion.

The Race To Become Largest Holder

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ:IBIT) has seen cumulative net inflows of $63.21 billion since launching in January 2024. 

The fund holds 784,062 Bitcoin, representing 3.7% of the total 21 million coin supply. BlackRock doesn’t buy Bitcoin for itself—investors buy IBIT shares through Nasdaq, and BlackRock holds Bitcoin on behalf of IBIT shareholders.

Strategy purchased 22,337 BTC last week for $1.57 billion, the fifth-largest acquisition on record. 

Total holdings now stand at 761,068 BTC, putting the …

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is approaching a key resistance zone near $2 as improving technicals and shifting market dynamics point to a potential breakout.

XRP’s Technical Setup

XRP rose about 5% over the past week, boosting trader optimism as it nears a critical resistance level.

In a Mar. 17 podcast, crypto analyst Cryptoinsightuk said XRP is showing multiple signs of a potential bottom, though short-term volatility remains likely.

On higher timeframes, XRP maintains a bullish structure after breaking out of a multi-year accumulation range.

The price is holding support between $1.38 and $1.60, while the relative strength index has returned to oversold levels, a condition that has historically marked macro …

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The bitcoin miner took a series of major write-offs last year, many in the fourth quarter, and received some major new investment to shore up its finances heading into a new chapter

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Key Takeaways:

  • Cango recorded a $622 million loss last year, much of that from write-downs and other charges, but remained EBITDA positive for the period
  • The company has validated and is now preparing to scale up a new business that converts idle bitcoin mining space to use for high-performance AI computing

When the history books are written, the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026 are likely to be remembered as a pivotal time for Cango Inc. (NYSE:CANG). If current trends continue, history will show that’s when the company began to sharply scale back its year-old bitcoin mining business and race full throttle into a newer, more stable business providing high-performance computing (HPC) services for AI companies.

That newer business has taken some key steps forward lately, including the establishment of a U.S.-based subsidiary led by an industry veteran experienced in the type of distributed computing that will become Cango’s new focus. The company said it has also validated a “plug-and-play” model that allows for quick conversion of former bitcoin mining space into capacity usable for HPC clients, many of those smaller businesses running AI applications.

Cango discussed such a move as early as the middle of last year, back when bitcoin was still trading near record highs. But back then it portrayed the shift as more gradual, with bitcoin mining and HPC services serving as the company’s dual engines.

Fast forward to the present, when Cango’s latest quarterly report for the fourth quarter of 2025 shows the transformation has taken on sudden urgency, as the company shores up its balance sheet to prepare for its new chapter. That financial cleanup became necessary following a plunge that saw Cango’s bitcoin holdings lose half of their value in a matter of months, as the cryptocurrency tumbled from a record high of about $124,000 last October to a trough of about $63,000 in February.

Cango revealed the extent of its internal cash-crunch in its latest report, and detailed steps it took to strengthen its …

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is holding above $70,000 for now, but prominent analyst Trader Mayne foresees a broader macro downturn.

Bitcoin Still Holding Key Levels

In a Mar. 17 podcast, Mayne said Bitcoin’s recent rebound appears to be a countertrend move rather than the start of a sustained bull run.

He argued the broader market structure remains bearish, warning that a loss of support around $70,000 could open the door to further downside.

While he acknowledged that holding this level could support a bullish case, Mayne said his base view is that the market has not yet reached its bottom.

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U.S. equity markets slipped into the red on Wednesday in early morning trading in New York as hotter-than-expected February producer price data reignited inflation fears just hours before the Federal Reserve is set to deliver its rate decision and updated economic projections, while Brent crude surged above $108 a barrel following an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars natural gas processing complex.

South Pars Strike Marks Major Escalation

Israel struck Iran’s South Pars gas processing facility in Assaluyeh on Wednesday morning, hitting tanks and infrastructure at the complex.

South Pars is Iran’s largest natural gas field and the source of roughly 70% of the country’s gas output. It shares a reservoir with Qatar’s North Field — the world’s largest natural gas deposit.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards immediately issued evacuation warnings for several Gulf energy facilities. Iranian state media declared that Gulf energy sites are now “legitimate targets.” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Tehran would retaliate. Qatar’s foreign ministry called the strike “a dangerous and irresponsible step amid the current military escalation.”

Prediction odds of the Strait of Hormuz reopening by April 30 fell to 25%, as tracked by Polymarket.

Brent crude surged 4.8% to $108.50 a barrel. WTI crude – as tracked by the United States Oil Fund

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Perfect Corp. (NYSE:PERF) shares rose in Wednesday’s premarket session after the company announced it had received a preliminary, non-binding proposal for a going-private transaction at $1.95 per share.

The proposal came from CyberLink International Technology Corp. and Perfect Chairwoman Alice H. Chang. It represents a 44.4% premium to the company’s March 17, 2026 closing price.

The board plans to review the proposal and form a special committee to evaluate it. That process may include hiring independent advisers.

The company said it wants to pursue a successful transaction, but noted that no definitive agreement has been reached. The proposed deal would be …

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Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) shares surged during Wednesday’s premarket session. This follows a 4.5% gain on Tuesday.

Investors are positioning themselves before the company’s fiscal second-quarter results. The report drops after the closing bell on Wednesday.

Analysts Expect Massive Year-Over-Year Growth

Wall Street expects a significant jump in financial performance. According to Benzinga Pro data, the consensus revenue estimate is $19.26 billion. This compares to $8.05 billion in the year-ago period.

Analysts project quarterly earnings of $8.77 per share. Last year, the company reported just $1.56 per share.

TD Cowen analyst Krish Sankar is even more optimistic. He expects earnings of $10.40 per share for the February quarter. Sankar maintained a Buy rating and raised his price target to …

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has been unable to durably break $75,000 despite landmark SEC and CFTC joint guidance clarifying crypto token classifications and seven consecutive days of ETF inflows totaling over $1.4 billion.

The SEC/CFTC Framework

The SEC and CFTC issued joint interpretive guidance dividing crypto tokens into five categories: digital commodities, digital collectibles, digital tools, stablecoins, and digital securities. 

The framework marks a shift from case-by-case enforcement, clarifying which tokens are securities and which fall under lighter CFTC oversight.

“The practical effect is a more coherent and less burdensome regulatory environment,” Tagus Capital said. “Legal uncertainty declines, the risk of retroactive enforcement is reduced, and compliance becomes more predictable.”

The guidance supports institutional participation, exchange development, and product innovation while improving market structure through …

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As of March 18, 2026, two stocks in the health care sector could be flashing a real warning to investors who value momentum as a key criteria in their trading decisions.

The RSI is a momentum indicator, which compares a stock’s strength on days when prices go up to its strength on days when prices go down. When compared to a stock’s price action, it can give traders a better sense of how a stock may perform in the short term. An asset is typically considered overbought when the RSI is above 70, according to Benzinga Pro.

Here’s the latest list of major overbought players in this sector.

Arcellx Inc (NASDAQ:ACLX)

  • On Feb. 23, Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:

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Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) shares are trading higher during Wednesday’s premarket session. The move follows a series of product launches and strategic partnership updates.

New High-Performance Chips For Gamers

On Tuesday, Intel announced its Core Ultra 200HX Plus mobile processors. These chips target high-performance laptops for gamers and creators.

The lineup includes the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus. These chips offer up to 8% faster gaming performance.

Nvidia Partnership Buzz Drives Momentum

Intel shares gained earlier this week on …

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With escalating conflict in the Middle East and surging oil prices, the market is bracing for a near-term shock, warned Professor Jeremy Siegel, Senior Economist to WisdomTree and Emeritus Professor of Finance at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Siegel observed a change in market sentiment due to the increasing oil prices and the expanding Middle East conflict. He suggested that the markets could see a 10% correction from recent highs, although a major decline for the S&P 500 is not expected.

“The mood has clearly changed,” said Siegel.

The economist emphasized that the primary concern is not just the crude oil price, but the effect of rising gasoline prices on consumer psychology. Despite the broader economic effect being more balanced, the immediate impact on consumer sentiment is significant.

At 7:27 AM ET, WTI crude oil was trading 0.55% lower at $95.68 per barrel. Meanwhile, the national gas prices stood at …

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On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Joshua Brown, co-founder and CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, said he remains long on Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER).

Uber announced on Monday an expansion of its autonomous vehicle partnership with Nvidia. The companies announced plans late Monday to launch a global fleet of autonomous vehicles. These cars will run entirely on Nvidia software. The rollout is scheduled for the first half of 2027.

Brian Belski, founder, CEO and chief investment officer at Humilis Investment Strategies, named Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:PNFP) as his final trade.

Lending support to his …

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Bitcoin‘s (CRYPTO: BTC) rally to $76,000 follows the same pattern as the 2022 and 2018 midterm years, where February lows led to March rallies that ultimately formed lower highs before crashes, according to prominent analyst Benjamin Cowen.

The Stablecoin Dominance Pattern

Stablecoin dominance (USDT + USDC) exploded from 8.5% to 12.5% after sweeping prior highs, exactly as Cowen predicted two months ago when Bitcoin traded above $90,000. 

The current pullback in stablecoin dominance mirrors patterns seen in Bitcoin dominance, palladium, and the Hang Seng Index over the past four years.

“When I look at stablecoin dominance, I would have to say objectively, it’s hard to say that this won’t just be a higher low,” Cowen said. 

“If it takes out the low, then I’m wrong. But for now, this simply looks like what we’ve previously seen in other markets that exhibited a very similar pattern,” he added.

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Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) will release earnings for its second quarter before the opening bell on Thursday, March 19.

Analysts expect the company to report earnings of $2.84 per share. That’s up from $2.82 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for Accenture’s quarterly revenue is $17.83 billion (it reported $16.66 billion last year), according to Benzinga Pro.

Ahead of quarterly earnings, TD Cowen analyst Bryan C. Bergin, on Monday, maintained Accenture with a Buy and lowered the price target from $282 to $275.

With the recent buzz around Accenture, some investors may be eyeing potential gains from the company’s dividends too. As of now, Accenture has an annual dividend yield of 3.28%, which is a quarterly dividend amount of $1.63 per share ($6.52 a year).

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U.S. stock futures were higher this morning, with the Dow futures gaining around 200 points on Wednesday.

Shares of Clearpoint Neuro Inc (NASDAQ:CLPT) fell sharply in pre-market trading after the company announced a wider-than-expected quarterly loss.

ClearPoint Neuro reported quarterly losses of 23 cents per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of losses of 20 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $10.400 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $10.050 million.

Clearpoint Neuro shares dipped 6.4% to $10.45 in pre-market trading.

Here are some other stocks moving lower in pre-market trading.

  • New Era Energy & Digital Inc (NASDAQ:NUAI) dipped 7.7% to $5.52 …

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GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) announced Wednesday plans to invest more than 110 million euros (~$127 million) across its European sites in 2026 to raise output and expand advanced manufacturing.

The move highlights the company’s push to meet stronger aerospace demand and deepen its presence in the region.

The investment will cover several countries and fund hiring, equipment upgrades and infrastructure improvements across major facilities.

Investment Breakdown Across Europe

The company will spread the money across five countries to strengthen manufacturing and technical operations.

Italy will receive the biggest allocation, with 77 million euros set aside for test cells, machining systems and additive manufacturing upgrades.

Poland will get 15 million euros to improve grinding, welding and inspection capabilities at multiple sites.

The Czech Republic will receive 8 million euros for precision manufacturing and quality system improvements.

The United Kingdom will get 10 million …

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SoFi Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SOFI) shares stabilized on Wednesday morning. The move follows a sharp rebuttal against Muddy Waters Research.

The short-seller released a scathing report on Tuesday afternoon.

SoFi management characterized the claims as a “fundamental lack of understanding” of their business. The company also signaled intent to “explore potential legal action” against the firm.

Muddy Waters Alleges Accounting Red Flags

The conflict began Tuesday when Muddy Waters, led by Carson Block, labeled SoFi a “financial engineering treadmill.”

The report alleged that SoFi’s 2025 adjusted EBITDA was inflated by 90%. Muddy Waters suggested the true figure was $103 million rather …

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Bitcoin continues to trade around $73,000, following $199.4 million in net ETF inflows on Tuesday, while Ethereum ETFs reported $138.25 million in net inflows.  


Cryptocurrency		 Ticker Price
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $73,071
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,273
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $92.13
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.50
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.09903
Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.056050

Meme coin market capitalization is down 1.1% over the past 24 hours to $35.7 billion.

Trader …

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During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.

Benzinga readers can review the latest analyst takes on their favorite stocks by visiting Analyst Stock Ratings page. Traders can sort through Benzinga’s extensive database of analyst ratings, including by analyst accuracy.

Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yielding stocks in the industrials sector.

Automatic Data Processing Inc (NASDAQ:ADP)

  • Dividend Yield: 3.24%
  • Stifel analyst David Grossman maintained a Hold rating and cut the price target from $280 to $270 on Feb. 9, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 58%.
  • Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette maintained an Equal-Weight rating and slashed the price target from $311 to $274 on Jan. 29, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 64%
  • Recent News: On Jan. 28, Automatic Data Processing posted upbeat quarterly …

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Fold Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:FLD) rose 12.41% after hours to $1.26 on Tuesday following its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings release.

According to Benzinga Pro data, FLD closed on Tuesday at $1.12, down 9.68%.

Full Year 2025 Results

For the full year ended December 31, 2025, Fold reported revenue of $31.8 million, a 34% increase year over year. Total transaction volume rose 46% to $960 million, while verified accounts reached approximately 84,000, reflecting 13,000 new accounts added during the year.

Fold reported an operating loss of $27.7 million and an adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization loss of $17.2 million.

Loss per share for the Phoenix-based company was $1.65, with adjusted EBITDA loss of $0.41 per share.

According to Fold, its Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) treasury held 1,527 BTC ($112.9 million) as of Dec. 31, 2025, and dropped to 827 BTC ($61.1 million) as of March 17, 2026.

Fourth Quarter 2025 Results

For the fourth quarter …

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Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)-based memecoin Pippin (PIPPIN), after defying bear market conditions, has crashed dramatically this week.

This Analyst Saw PIPPIN’s Decline Coming

PIPPIN has plunged over 25% in the past day and 67% over the week. The decline wiped out nearly $290 million from the token’s market capitalization, knocking it out of the top ten memecoins list.

Widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader Ali Martinez sarcastically pointed to their late February prediction about the memecoin’s sell-off, stating, “I wish someone had predicted this.”

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Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, labeled Strategy Inc.‘s (NASDAQ: MSTR) preferred stock issuance an “iPhone moment” that would trigger widespread Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) adoption.

Setting The ‘Clock On Global Adoption’

In an X post, Scaramucci said that Strategy’s high-yield instrument, Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (NASDAQ: STRC), has set the “clock on global adoption” and is indeed the “iPhone moment” Saylor once hyped.

Scaramucci predicted the impact will be so explosive that skeptics’ “faces will melt off,” and their dying words will be “Saylor was right.”

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YY Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ:YYGH) rose 21.58% in after-hours trading to $0.046 on Tuesday.

AI-Powered Hiring Infrastructure Drives After-Hours Move

The late-session surge came after the company announced a strategic technology partnership with Singapore-based AI recruitment platform Arros AI, a member of NVIDIA‘s Inception program, which will bring AI-driven candidate screening, ranking and interviewing capabilities to YY Circle.

FY2026 Guidance and Market Expansion

YY Group also reiterated on Tuesday its fiscal 2026 revenue guidance of $103 million to $110 million.

Hong Kong operations project HKD 100 million ($12.75 million) revenue in 2026, which the company said represents more than 1,000% growth over its partial-year 2025 revenue base following the April 2025 acquisition. The subsidiary has since secured 20 strategic hotel partnerships in the market.

In Malaysia, YY Circle plans to expand its retail promoter workforce from approximately 120 to nearly …

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Health In Tech Inc. (NASDAQ:HIT) rose 27.65% in after-hours trading on Tuesday to $2.17 after the Florida-based company announced a strategic collaboration with global AI software engineering firm Ciklum.

HIT closed the regular session at $1.70, down 0.58%, according to Benzinga Pro data.

After-Hours Spike Follows Partnership Announcement

The partnership, announced by Health In Tech after the market closed on Tuesday, targets HIT’s self-funded stop-loss health insurance marketplace, which serves more than 800 brokers, third-party administrators, managing general underwriters and carriers in 40 states.

Ciklum, an Amazon Web Services Advanced Tier Services Partner, will optimize the platform’s administrative, sales and analytics capabilities.

Health In Tech said the initiative aims to expand both front- and …

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Dogecoin’s (CRYPTO: DOGE) official X account celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on Tuesday with a fun post featuring its Shiba Inu mascot decked out in green.

Canines In Festive Mood

The X post showed an adorable Shiba Inu dressed up as a leprechaun, a supernatural being from Irish folklore. The dog is sitting over a pot overflowing with gold coins with the Dogecoin logo.

“Much gold, very lucky,” the post read, symbolizes luck and prosperity.

Other memecoin ecosystems joined the celebration as well.

Floki (CRYPTO: FLOKI) …

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The Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) ecosystem cheered on Tuesday after the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an interpretation clarifying that most cryptocurrency assets are not securities.

Solana Among Several Cryptos Declared Securities

Solana’s official handle took to X, pointing to the latest guidance that resolved a long-standing uncertainty over the fate of cryptocurrencies.

“After more than a decade of uncertainty, this interpretation will provide market participants with a clear understanding of how the Commission treats crypto assets under federal securities laws,” SEC Chair Paul Atkins said. “It also acknowledges what the former administration refused to recognize – that most crypto assets are not themselves securities.”

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Leading cryptocurrencies pulled back, while stocks extended their rally on Tuesday as traders priced in little to no possibility of rate cuts.

Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:10 p.m. ET)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -1.48% $73,996.91
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               		 -0.82% $2,329.69
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)                          -1.74% $1.51
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)                          -0.56% $94.71
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)              -2.50% $0.1004

Crypto Rally Halts

Bitcoin cooled down after Monday’s spike, retreating to the $73,000 region, while trading volume fell 20% over the last 24 hours.

Ethereum‘s rally also halted, as the second-largest cryptocurrency wobbled in the $2,300 region. XRP and Dogecoin also faced a correction.

Shares of Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) closed up 1.87% and 3.40%, respectively.

Over $200 million was liquidated from the cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours, hitting long positions hardest, according to Coinglass data.

Open interest in Bitcoin futures fell 3.94% in the last 24 hours. More than half of Binance’s retail derivatives traders positioned short on Bitcoin, contrasting with the majority of whale traders who favored the longs.

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High Tide Inc. (NASDAQ:HITI) shares rallied in Tuesday’s extended trading after the company released its first-quarter earnings report, beating the consensus revenue estimate.

The Details: High Tide reported quarterly earnings of one cent per share, in line with the analyst consensus estimate.

Quarterly revenue clocked in at $127.9 million which beat the Street estimate of $127.15 million was a 27.53% increase over $100.293 million from the same …

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U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) is urging U.S. lawmakers to pass the Clarity Act quickly, emphasizing that regulatory uncertainty risks driving the digital asset industry the country.

We Cannot Allow Innovation To Leave

In a Mar. 17 interview, Cramer stressed the need for clear regulatory “guardrails” to define:

  • Securities vs. commodities
  • Traditional banking vs. digital asset platforms

He acknowledged concerns from banks about crypto firms offering yield products, sometimes through intermediaries like PayPal, but argued that regulation must strike a balance between oversight and innovation.

Cramer warned that without clarity, the U.S. …

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Docusign Inc (NASDAQ:DOCU) delivered its fourth-quarter financial results on Tuesday after the market close. Here’s everything you need to know from the report.

Key Highlights From Q4

Docusign posted fourth-quarter revenue of $836.86 million, beating the consensus estimate of $827.84 million. The agreement management company reported adjusted earnings of $1.01 per share for the quarter, beating analyst estimates of 95 cents per share, according to Benzinga Pro.

Total revenue was up 8% year-over-year, driven by subscription revenue growth, which was up 8% year-over-year to $819 million. Professional services and other revenue decreased 3% year-over-year to $17.9 million.

Billings came in at approximately $1 billion, up 10% year-over-year. Net cash from operating …

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Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) shares slipped in Tuesday’s extended trading after the company released its fourth-quarter earnings report and issued fiscal year guidance below estimates.

The Details: Lululemon Athletica reported quarterly GAAP earnings of $5.01 per share, which beat the consensus estimate of $4.79, according to Benzinga Pro data.

Quarterly revenue came in at $3.64 billion, which beat the analyst estimate of $3.59 billion and was up from $3.61 billion in the same period last year.

Lululemon reported the following fourth quarter and year-over-year metrics:

  • Net revenue increased 1% to $3.6 billion, or was flat on a constant dollar …

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Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) is catching no break in 2026. After receiving a Nasdaq deficiency warning (share price below $1 for 30 consecutive days), the firm is now delaying its 2025 annual report.

The news states it needs more time to review inventory balances and the accounting treatment of excess and obsolete stock. The issue is serious enough that the company expects to report a “material weakness” in its internal financial controls.

Plainly put, its inventory bookkeeping wasn’t reliable, and it will take time to determine the full impact.

The Hype And The Flop

Six years ago, Beyond made its debut as one of the decade’s most talked-about IPOs. The company went public, closing the first day with a valuation of around $3.8 billion, promising to reinvent the global protein industry with burgers made from peas, beans, and other plant proteins. Investors loved the story; a climate-friendly alternative to livestock that could disrupt a trillion-dollar meat market.

The hype was enormous. Within months of listing, the market cap surged to roughly $14 billion. Restaurants rushed to add the Beyond Burger to menus, and supermarkets dedicated entire freezer sections to plant-based meats. At one point, it seemed like the future of protein might really come from yellow …

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) on Tuesday morning hit $76,000 after eight straight green days, a pattern that has only occurred 15 times in Bitcoin’s history and not seen in three years.

The Rare Eight-Day Streak

The eight consecutive green days pushed Bitcoin up 15%-16% from crisis lows, breaking through key resistance despite testing back to $74,000. 

The last time this pattern occurred, it led to a massive correction, but historically it has been a positive signal, especially approaching key resistance levels.

CoinShares head of research James Butterfill says the rally appears to be driven by a short squeeze that may be ending. 

“There’s been a bit of a short flush out and we’re at the end of that, so the rally doesn’t have legs to it,” Butterfill said.

The Whale Selling Pressure

Bitcoin …

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Kalshi sued the state of Arizona recently in U.S. District Court, naming Attorney General Kris Mayes and Arizona Department of Gaming officials as defendants.

The prediction market exchange argues that the Commodity Exchange Act gives the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over its event contracts, and that state enforcement would violate federal preemption.

Mayes wasn’t deterred. Just days later, she filed 20 criminal counts.

What Happened

Mayes’ office appears to have placed a series of small bets on Kalshi from Arizona, then used them as the basis for a 20-count criminal information filed March 16 in Maricopa County Superior Court.

The wagers were tiny, including a $30 bet on the Commanders-Giants NFL game, a $1 Super Bowl prop on whether Elon Musk would attend, a $5 OKC Thunder spread and a $1 ASU women’s basketball game. The largest was $30, most were $1 or $2.

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Bitcoin moved swiftly above $74,000 on Tuesday, buoyed by strong institutional demand and improving sentiment.

Cryptocurrency Ticker Price
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $74,633.94
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,334.78
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $95.09
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.53
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1008
Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.056067

Notable Statistics:

  • Coinglass data shows 110,029 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $385.31 million.
  • SoSoValue data shows net inflows of $201.6 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Monday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net inflows of $35.9 million.
  • In the past 24 hours, top gainers include Kaspa, DeXe and MemeCore.

Notable Developments:

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Ray Dalio has published a lengthy warning on X, arguing that the Iran war comes down to a single variable: who controls the Strait of Hormuz.

If Iran retains any ability to control or negotiate passage, the U.S. will be seen as having lost, regardless of how the conflict ends.

The Bridgewater Associates founder specifically warns that if President Trump fails to muster an international coalition to keep the strait open, it will signal a fatal weakness in American global leadership.

For Dalio, this is a classic symptom of the declining stage in his macroeconomic “Big Cycle” framework.

He says the pattern has repeated across centuries, from the Spanish empire to the Dutch.

A dominant power loses a critical trade route, and capital, allies, and credibility shift fast toward whoever wins.

He compared that scenario to the 1956 Suez Canal Crisis, the moment widely regarded as ending British global power.

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The private market landscape witnessed a historic shift in capital formation last month, driven by notable activity from companies like SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI.

These three companies have redefined the upper echelons of private market valuations, with their combined worth comprising a significant portion of the top 50 private companies’ total valuation, Forge Global reports.

Last month, SpaceX merged with xAI, forming the highest-valued private entity to date with a staggering $1.25 trillion valuation. This move marks the creation of the first “Teracorn,” a phrase used to reference a trillion-dollar-plus private company. 

Following that announcement, SpaceX revealed that it was reportedly preparing to confidentially file for an initial public offering as soon as March. Elon Musk’s rocket startup is targeting a June listing that could raise up to $50 billion, and would surpass Saudi Aramco‘s $29 billion debut in 2019 to become the largest IPO …

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A new Vanity Fair feature published on Tuesday gathered a group of crypto billionaires alongside Polychain Capital’s Olaf Carlson-Wee at a luxury Manhattan hotel.

Michael Novogratz showed up hungover from a 4 a.m. trip to a Burning Man-themed nightclub wearing a full-length silver puffer jacket.

Danny Ryan, who runs a company trying to bring Wall Street onto the blockchain, wore pants with a hole in the crotch and went barefoot.

Meltem Demirors arrived layered a diamond cross, a leopard print coat, and a black sweatsuit with “Believe in Something” bedazzled across her rear.

Cathie Wood, the ARK Invest CEO, sat for her portrait in a dark cardigan, black trousers, and a single gold brooch, in sharp contrast to the others.

They are collectively billions poorer on paper.

The total crypto market cap has shed roughly $1.4 trillion since its December 2024 peak, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is trading near $73,700, about half its all-time high.

Demirors had her own take on the investors who sold: “They’re all p****es.”

The Market Doesn’t Care About Your Valentino

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TORONTO, March 17, 2026 /CNW/ – SLGI Asset Management Inc. (“Sun Life Global Investments”) announces the following regular cash distributions for the month ending March 31, 2026 in respect of the exchange-traded series of units of funds managed by Sun Life Global Investments (“ETF Series”), as set out in the table below. Unitholders of record on March 24, 2026 will receive cash distributions for the respective ETF Series payable on March 31, 2026.

The details of the cash distribution amounts per unit are as follows:

Fund Name

Ticker
Symbol
(TSX)

Distribution
Amount
(per unit)

Sun Life Core Advantage Credit Private Pool – ETF Series

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Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) shares are up on Tuesday as the company is facing scrutiny from shareholders regarding its leadership and strategic direction.

The firm will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2025 today (Tuesday, March 17, 2026). The company will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time to discuss the results.

Chip Wilson, the founder and a significant shareholder of Lululemon, has publicly called for the company’s leadership to address critical questions about its future direction.

“As Lululemon reports its fourth quarter and full year 2025 results, shareholders will be critically evaluating the company’s claims of success or improvement,” per Wilson’s statement in a release. “The core issue at Lululemon is one the company has struggled with for years: there is a disconnect between the company’s creative engine and the Board’s understanding for how brand power and product excellence fuel cultural strength, margin durability and long-term shareholder value.”

Wilson emphasized the need for accountability and oversight, particularly regarding the disconnect between …

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A lesser-known crypto ETF is quietly outperforming the broader markets. The T-Rex 2X Long CRCL Daily Target ETF (BATS:CCUP) has risen nearly 300% in the last 30 days.

• T-REX 2X Long CRCL Daily Target ETF stock is charging ahead with explosive momentum. What’s fueling CCUP momentum?

The catalyst for this incredible move is a company called Circle Internet Group Inc (NYSE:CRCL), which has seen its stock more than double in the last 30 days, fueling this incredible move in CCUP.

Stablecoin Engine, Not Speculation

Unlike other crypto ETFs that tend to move due to fluctuations in cryptocurrency asset prices, this move is due to underlying company fundamentals.

Circle Internet, which issues a stablecoin called USDC (CRYPTO: USDC), …

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Prominent trader Taiki Maeda says the crypto market may have already bottomed, arguing that a new fixed-income product tied to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) could make further downside increasingly difficult.

‘Bottom Is In’ As Bearish Sentiment Peaks

In his Mar.17 podcast, Maeda noted that market sentiment is extremely bearish, with many traders expecting a final capitulation toward $45,000.

However, he sees this as an overcrowded trade, choosing instead to aggressively accumulate Bitcoin.

His thesis is not based on macro or technicals, but on crypto-native capital flows, which he believes are shifting in a way that supports price stability.

At the center of this view is Strategy (NASDAQ:

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Ripple has launched digital asset services in Brazil and plans to apply for a Virtual Asset Service Provider license with the country’s central bank, yet XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) fell 1% on Tuesday.

The Brazil Expansion

Ripple is rolling out an integrated platform for banks and fintechs that combines cross-border payments, crypto custody, brokerage, and treasury tools, Coindesk reported.

The company said it will apply for a VASP license with the Central Bank of Brazil under the country’s new crypto framework.

“Latin America has always been a priority market for Ripple—not just because of the scale of the opportunity, but because Brazil has built one of the most advanced and forward-thinking financial ecosystems in the world,” Monica Long, president at Ripple, said.

Several Brazilian firms already use Ripple’s payments network and crypto services. 

Banco Genial handles same-day U.S. dollar transfers, while Braza …

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U.S. equities extended their rebound from four-month lows Tuesday as investors largely looked past a fresh surge in oil prices, reassessing last week’s stagflation fears ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision on Wednesday.

  • Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) stock rallied to record highs ahead of Wednesday’s earnings results. Check what implied move the option market is pricing in.

President Donald Trump declared the United States “does not need the help of anyone” after most NATO allies declined to join the military operation against Iran, writing that America had already “decimated Iran’s Military” — their navy, air force, anti-aircraft systems, and leadership “at virtually every level.”

West Texas Intermediate crude climbed 1.5% to $94.90 a barrel and Brent crossed back above $101, reversing Monday’s energy-market relief rally after Iran escalated attacks on Persian Gulf energy infrastructure overnight.

Israel also reported killing Iran’s security chief — a development that reinforced the view that the conflict is far from resolved.

The Federal Reserve kicked off its two-day policy meeting, with its rate decision due Wednesday.

No change to the 3.75% fed funds rate is expected. But all attention is on the updated Summary of Economic Projections — the dot plot — as policymakers try to model the economic impact of surging energy prices on both growth and inflation.

Markets are currently pricing in just one 25-basis-point cut, no earlier than December. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield edged down nearly 2 basis points to 4.20%. The 30-year yield settled at 4.85%.

By midday trading in …

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Nebius Group NV (NASDAQ:NBIS) announced the Enterprise Readiness Initiative on Tuesday. The program aims to help artificial intelligence-native startups scale products for enterprise customers. This project operates in collaboration with NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA).

The initiative bridges the gap between AI prototypes and production-ready solutions. It focuses on performance, security, and compliance. Nebius will provide engineering teams to work with venture capital (VC)-backed portfolio companies.

Strategic Partnerships With Top VCs

Insight Partners, Accel, and Fellows Fund serve as launch partners. These firms want their portfolio companies to gain a structural advantage.

“The Enterprise Readiness Initiative offers startups access to strong infrastructure and engineering expertise,” said George Mathew, Managing Director at …

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The first quarter of 2026 has seen significant investment activity in the private venture sector, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence (AI), despite ongoing legal controversies surrounding at least three of the space’s key players.

Here are five companies that completed the largest funding rounds during the first quarter, Forge Global reports.

OpenAI Leads The Charge

OpenAI secured a monumental $110 billion Series C funding round, marking one of the largest private investments ever recorded.

Forge stated that this influx of capital into OpenAI, supported by major players such as Nvidia, Amazon, and SoftBank, underscores the growing enthusiasm for AI’s commercial prospects. 

OpenAI is expanding its product lineup, including the upcoming launch of the Sora application in ChatGPT, which aims to enhance user interaction with AI.

The company’s co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, are currently embroiled in a lawsuit with the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, one of OpenAI’s investors.

Musk alleges that Altman and Brockman lied about maintaining a nonprofit structure at the time of his $38-million seed investment. He is seeking up to $134 billion in damages from both OpenAI and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT).

Anthropic Attracts Investments

Anthropic, raised $30 billion in its Series G round in February 2026. The San Francisco-based company, established by former OpenAI …

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Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) shares are up on Tuesday as the company is partnering with the U.S. Navy on the ShipOS initiative, which aims to enhance the efficiency of the Navy’s shipbuilding processes.

• Palantir Technologies shares are advancing steadily. What’s pushing PLTR stock higher?

This move comes as broader markets are experiencing gains, with the S&P 500 up 0.3% and the Technology sector gaining 0.5%.

The stock is also getting traction from Wedbush’s outperform rating, which remains anchored by Palantir’s strategic partnership with Nvidia and a bullish $230 price forecast. Wedbush analysts highlight the company’s AIPCon event as a major catalyst, noting that U.S. enterprises are rapidly adopting Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform to solve complex operational challenges at scale.

ShipOS initiative

As part of the collaboration, Palantir will integrate its Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform into Keel’s operations, focusing on improving schedule efficiency and accelerating shipbuilding timelines.

The initiative is backed by up to $448 million in authorized funding, which will be deployed across the Navy’s shipbuilders and over 100 suppliers.

In this partnership, Keel aims to enhance production workflows and establish a unified data foundation to improve decision-making across its organization. This integration is expected to …

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New Era Energy & Digital Inc (NASDAQ:NUAI) shares are trading higher on Tuesday. The surge follows a series of strategic corporate updates and a key leadership addition.

• New Era Energy & Digital stock is charging ahead with explosive momentum. What’s fueling NUAI momentum?

Ted Warner Steps In As CFO

The primary catalyst for Tuesday’s price action is the appointment of Ted Warner as the company’s new chief financial officer, effective Monday. Warner joins the developer of next-generation digital infrastructure with nearly 20 years of experience. He most recently led the Energy, Power and Digital Infrastructure practice at Northland Capital Markets.

“Ted brings deep capital markets expertise and a strong track record structuring financing solutions for large-scale …

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has surged 14% since the Iran war began on February 28, outperforming the MSCI World Index and gold, which are down 4% and 5%, respectively.

Still, analysts warn the rally may fizzle by April and worsen by August.

The Outperformance Numbers

This marks a sharp contrast to the spectacular crash in October 2025, which saw Bitcoin’s value halve from its high above $126,000.

Crude oil surged more than 40%, bullion dropped roughly 5% for the month, and the MSCI World Index fell 4%. 

Bitcoin has been an oasis of calm relative to the volatility in equities, gold, and oil.

“Bitcoin’s resilience here is less about narrative and more about mechanics,” said Rachael Lucas, an analyst at BTC Markets. “Institutional buyers, particularly corporate treasuries, are absorbing supply on every dip.”

The Put Unwind Catalyst

Markus Thielen, head of research …

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is beginning to stand out as a true “borderless asset” as geopolitical tensions rise, according to Professional Capital Management CEO Anthony Pompliano.

Bitcoin Diverges As Chaos Hedge

Pompliano highlighted in his weekly podcast update that Bitcoin and oil are the two assets currently showing strength.

While oil’s rally is driven by supply disruptions, Bitcoin’s move is more notable, rising roughly 10% since the first signs of escalation, even as traditional markets struggle.

He offered two interpretations for Bitcoin’s resilience:

  • Chaos hedge thesis: Bitcoin is behaving as expected, acting as a hedge during global instability
  • Retail-driven rally: …

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More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults say 2026 is the year they finally get off the sidelines and into the stock market, or at least want to. 

In a CivicScience survey issued late January, 26% of Americans 18 and over say they either plan to start investing within the next six to 12 months or would like to start but don’t know how, excluding workplace plans like a 401(k). 

It’s a snapshot of a large group that sees investing as the next logical step but hasn’t yet found a clear way to begin.

That wave is being powered by younger adults. CivicScience finds that 42% of Gen Z respondents ages 18 to 29 say they’re ready to start investing this year. 

Many are already researching on their phones, turning to search engines and social media rather than to banks or financial news sites when they want information about financial products.

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At the same time, their basic money worries look familiar. Managing day‑to‑day living expenses still tops the list, and those planning to start investing are more than twice …

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The tokenization sector has seen remarkable growth over the past year, especially with banks, crypto firms, and fintech companies looking to launch products in this space. 

According to data compiled by Asset Tokenization, major financial institutions projected that this sector could reach at least a $2 trillion valuation by 2035. Consulting firm McKinsey forecasted that the tokenization market could reach $1.9 trillion by 2030 and $4 trillion by 2035.

On the higher end, Standard Chartered said the market value of tokenized assets could reach $30.1 trillion by 2034.

One could also say these bullish projections are helping to boost institutional interest in the growing sector. 

A Look at Banks Already Entering the Tokenization Market

Banks have been discussing the development of tokenized forms of other types of assets for several years. They claim that this will help make the trade more efficient, faster, and cheaper. 

Since the latter half of 2025, this concept has begun to take form as more and more institutions are launching this sector. For instance, in December 2025, JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) launched its first tokenized money fund, allowing investors to hold tokens representing their shareholding in the fund.

The fund, called My OnChain Net Yield Fund, or “MONY,” was available to individuals with a minimum investment of $5 million and to institutions with a minimum investment of $25 million.

Also, Goldman Sachs

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Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULCC) traded higher on Tuesday after updating its first-quarter outlook.

At the 2026 JPMorgan Industrials Conference, the firm said underlying demand remains strong, with bookings stable over the past two weeks. The company expects about 15% RASM growth, noting its first-quarter outlook was largely set before the recent fuel price spike, according to Benzinga Pro data.

In an exchange filing, the airline signalled stronger-than-expected revenue trends despite rising cost pressures.

The company shared revised projections before its scheduled appearance at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference.

Frontier said demand trends improved meaningfully, supporting higher revenue expectations, Benzinga reports.

Guidance Update

Frontier now expects an adjusted first-quarter loss between 32 cents and 44 cents per share (Street view: 31 cents loss). This range remains within …

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Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC on Tuesday that travel demand has been “really, really great” despite a $400 million hit from surging jet fuel costs, as the airline raised its first-quarter revenue guidance at a JPMorgan investor conference.

Delta now expects Q1 revenue growth in the high single digits, and to come in at the original earnings guidance, at 50 to 90 cents EPS, which he described as healthy growth.

American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) raised its own outlook even further, guiding for revenue growth above 10%, a record for the carrier.

90% Of Revenue Comes From The Top Of The K

Bastian said Delta’s consumer base remains “very healthy,” noting that 90% of revenue now comes from the top end of the K-shaped economy.

Eight of the airline’s top ten sales days in history came in the last quarter.

Revenue is up 25% …

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PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) is expanding its PYUSD stablecoin (CRYPTO: PYUSD) to 70 markets worldwide, enabling users to skip cross-border transfer fees and bank withdrawal requirements.

The 70-Country Expansion

Customers in 70 nations can now hold PYUSD in their PayPal wallets, up from only the U.S. and U.K. previously. 

The expansion includes Uganda, Colombia, Peru, Singapore, Guatemala, and new additions across South America, Africa, and Asia, Fortune reported on Tuesday.

“Now you’re really opening up not only access—especially in places where they need it most—but also cross-border transfers and volume, where the pain is felt so high,” said May Zabaneh, senior vice president and head of crypto at PayPal.

How It Skips Bank Fees

Currently, PayPal users in countries like Peru can only withdraw money in their native currency. 

If a New Yorker sends $10 to someone in Lima, the Peruvian user pays a cross-border transfer fee …

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bioAffinity Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:BIAF) shares are trading higher on Tuesday morning.

The move follows the release of a new clinical case study. The study highlights the benefits of adding CyPath Lung to the diagnostic pathway.

Clinical Case Study Success

The company released data regarding a 71-year-old former smoker with multiple pulmonary nodules. Traditionally, such cases lead to invasive biopsies. However, the CyPath Lung test returned a result of “Unlikely Malignancy.”

A follow-up scan in October confirmed the nodules were benign.

Enhancing Diagnostic Clarity

“Multiple small nodules in a high-risk patient pose a diagnostic challenge,” said Daya Nadarajah, MD, the patient’s pulmonologist.

He noted the negative result provided comfort …

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U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining more than 100 points on Tuesday.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.60% to 47,229.35 while the NASDAQ rose 0.54% to 22,495.65. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.55% to 6,736.04.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares climbed by 1.3% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, industrials stocks fell by 0.1%.

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Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc (NASDAQ:ASO) reported downbeat earnings for the fourth quarter on Tuesday.

The company posted quarterly earnings of $1.97 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.06 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.719 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.758 billion.

Equities Trading UP
           

  • U Power Ltd (NASDAQ:UCAR) shares shot up 170% to $1.20. U Power announced production of first batch of 30 battery-swapping …

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HealthEquity, Inc. (NASDAQ:HQY) will release earnings results for its fourth quarter, after the closing bell on Tuesday, March 17.

Analysts expect the Draper, Utah-based company to report quarterly earnings at 90 cents per share, up from 69 cents per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for HealthEquity’s quarterly revenue is $332.82 million, versus $311.82 million a year earlier, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

On Feb. 17, HealthEquity affirmed its FY2027 sales guidance of $1.380 billion to $1.410 billion.

HealthEquity shares rose 1.1% to close at $78.67 on Monday.

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GameStop‘s (NYSE:GME) official “retro” classification of the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U reads like a joke. But it’s also a deadline-driven trade-in push — part of a longer attempt to reposition a shrinking retail footprint around secondhand and legacy hardware.

GameStop is encouraging customers to trade in their Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or any older consoles, games, or accessories by offering an additional 10% trade-in credit until March 31. The company is also accepting trade-ins of defective retro consoles.

The company jokingly mentioned that the decision was based on “careful analysis of multiple indicators,” such as the presence of component cables, the absence of Fortnite, and the …

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Jet.AI Inc. (NASDAQ:JTAI) lit up the tape after unveiling a $5 million share repurchase plan, sending the penny stock surging on massive trading volume Monday. 

The move comes as the tiny company, with a market capitalization of roughly $11 million, tries to reinvent itself from a personal jet services operator into a high-risk, high-upside AI data center story. 

For speculative traders, the combination of a micro float, buyback headline and buzzy AI narrative proved combustible, fueling a sharp rally as day traders and momentum accounts piled in.

The $5 Million Buyback

The buyback authorization gives Jet.AI’s board flexibility to repurchase a significant chunk of the company’s outstanding equity relative to its size, a rare posture for a name this small that is also in …

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Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) has built a $4.4 trillion empire selling chips for training AI models, but the AI business, previously defined by massive training runs, may soon not require the same amount of chips.

Hyperscalers are still spending heavily on training, but the priority has shifted to inference, the real-time computing that actually delivers AI to end users.

Jensen Huang has been calling 2026 the year inference takes over, and the numbers back him up.

OpenAI and Anthropic are producing thousands of times more inference tokens than a year ago as agentic AI workloads explode.

But Nvidia’s bestselling Grace Blackwell servers may not be the right hardware for the job.

Users say the systems consume too much energy and lack the memory for efficient inference.

‘There Is No Moat In Inference’

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman is leading the charge.

He told The …

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) spot ETFs recorded $201.62 million in net inflows on March 16, marking six consecutive days of positive flows as BTC tested $76,022 before pulling back to $74,147 at a pivotal compression zone.

The ETF Flow Story

BlackRock’s IBIT (NASDAQ:IBIT) pulled in $139.40 million in a single day, nearly 70% of the entire market’s daily inflow, bringing net assets to $63.21 billion.

Fidelity’s FBTC (BATS:FBTC) added $64.53 million, making it a distant but solid second. 

The six-day streak reversed weeks of outflows as institutional buyers stepped in during the Fear & Greed Index’s extreme fear reading of 15.

The Ascending Triangle Setup

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EON Resources Inc. (AMEX:EONR) shares plummeted by more than 18.6% as the Tuesday trading session began.

The stock is trading lower despite a significant rally in crude oil prices. WTI crude futures neared $97 per barrel, while Brent crude climbed above $104, according to data from Trading Economics.

Prices rose over 3% as uncertainty grows over an international coalition to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

EONR’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) stands at 65, signaling the stock is approaching overbought territory following its sharp 248% year-to-date rally.

Geopolitical Tensions and Market Sentiment

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is up 9% in a week as rising network activity and expanding partnerships fuel bullish momentum.

Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Market Cap 7-Day Trend
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.50 $92.2 billion +8.5%
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $73,752.68 $1.47 trillion +4.6%
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,317.11 $279.7 billion +12.95%

Trader Notes: Crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez noted XRP is breaking out of a triangle pattern, a structure often associated with strong directional moves. If the breakout holds, technical projections suggest a potential move toward $1.85.

Statistics: Santiment shows XRP adoption continuing to accelerate.

Total holders surpassed 7.7 million for the first time, active addresses surged to 46,767, a …

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On Monday, Innovation Beverage Group Limited (NASDAQ:IBG) said it has closed a registered public offering, raising approximately $6 million in gross proceeds before fees and expenses.

Offering Details And Use of Proceeds

The company, which develops and markets a portfolio of 60 beverage formulations across 13 alcoholic and non-alcoholic brands, structured the offering on a reasonable best-efforts basis. The transaction closed on March 16, 2026.

The public offering consisted of 3,428,569 Common Units, with each unit priced at $1.75. The company intends to use approximately $2.5 million of the net proceeds to make a non-interest-bearing loan to Blockfuel.

The remaining funds will be allocated for general corporate purposes and working capital.

The transaction closed on March 16, 2026, and follows a registration statement. It …

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Rubrik, Inc. (NYSE:RBRK) shares are trading slightly lower on Tuesday. Citigroup analyst Fatima Boolani maintains a Buy rating on the stock, lowering the price forecast from $115 to $88.

According to Benzinga Pro, RBRK stock has lost over 227% in the past year. Investors can gain exposure to the stock via Global X Cybersecurity ETF (NASDAQ:BUG).

On March 13, the company reported strong quarterly results that contributed to this positive movement.

Rubrik Hits Revenue Of $378 Million

Rubrik reported earnings of 4 cents per share, surpassing …

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TORONTO, March 17, 2026 /CNW/ – Manulife Investments announced today that it has launched Manulife CQS Multi Asset Credit Fund ETF Series (Ticker: MMAC), with its affiliated investment adviser Manulife | CQS Investment Management (“Manulife CQS”), a London-headquartered research-driven alternative credit specialist with 20+ years of experience. The new ETF series has closed its initial offering and will begin trading on the TSX today.

“We have seen strong interest in the Manulife CQS’s flagship strategy since launching it to Canadian investors last year and the ETF series gives additional flexibility and access to advisors and their clients,” said Kristie Feinberg, Head of Retail, Manulife Wealth & Asset Management.

Manulife CQS Multi Asset Credit Fund ETF Series seeks to generate income and capital growth by investing primarily in credit-related investments of global issuers and deliver attractive, income-driven, risk-adjusted returns across market cycles. The portfolio is managed by a team led by Craig Scordellis, Co-CIO and Senior Portfolio Manager, James Fitzpatrick, Head of …

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The robotaxi race isn’t shaping up as Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) versus a handful of rivals. It’s starting to look like Tesla versus… everyone else.

Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) is quietly stitching together a global network of automakers— BYD Co., Ltd. (OTC:BYDDF) (OTC:BYDDY), Hyundai Motor Co (OTC:HYMTF) (OTC:HYMLF), Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (OTC:NSANY), Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (OTC:GELYF) (OTC:GELHY) and more—into a shared autonomous driving ecosystem.

Add legacy giants like General Motors Co (NYSE:GM), Toyota Motor Corp

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For decades, the path to real estate wealth required a massive down payment, a mortgage and enough cash reserves to deal with the typical issues that come with property ownership. 

But a new generation of investors is proving that you don’t need to hold a deed to reap the rewards of the real estate market. 

Investors on the Arrived platform earned $10.5 million in dividends last year—all without ever picking up a paintbrush or screening a tenant, according to the 2025 Arrived Year in Review. 

The Rise of Fractional Ownership

The secret behind these multimillion-dollar payouts is fractional real estate. By moving the investment process online, platforms like Arrived allow people to buy shares of rental properties rather than the entire building. 

In 2025, the model reached a tipping point. The platform surpassed $170 million in total property value and maintained an occupancy rate of over 96%. …

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As of March 17, 2026, three stocks in the financial sector could be flashing a real warning to investors who value momentum as a key criteria in their trading decisions.

The RSI is a momentum indicator, which compares a stock’s strength on days when prices go up to its strength on days when prices go down. When compared to a stock’s price action, it can give traders a better sense of how a stock may perform in the short term. An asset is typically considered overbought when the RSI is above 70, according to Benzinga Pro.

Here’s the latest list of major overbought players in this sector.

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (NASDAQ:GLRE)

  • On March 9, Greenlight Capital Re posted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.44 per share, versus a year-ago loss of 81 cents per share. Greg Richardson, Chief Executive Officer of Greenlight Re, said, “We are proud of our fourth quarter 2025 underwriting results, which resulted in a combined ratio of 92.1%, allowing us to close the year with a record underwriting income and a …

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IonQ, Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) shares are down during Tuesday’s premarket session.

On Monday the company is forging a strategic alliance with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI). T

his collaboration aims to advance quantum-high performance computing (HPC) hybrid technologies, which may be impacting investor sentiment as broader markets edged lower.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) focuses on integrating IonQ’s quantum hardware with KISTI’s HPC infrastructure, utilizing NVIDIA’s accelerated computing technology. This partnership is expected to enhance the national quantum ecosystem in South Korea and provide foundational technology necessary for practical quantum computing applications.

Additionally, the collaboration emphasizes the development of AI models and quantum-classical integration, aiming to position South Korea as a leader in hybrid quantum research.

This initiative builds on IonQ’s existing partnerships in the region, which …

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Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades, downgrades and initiations, please see our analyst ratings page.

  • BMO Capital analyst Daniel Jester initiated coverage on Navan Inc (NASDAQ:NAVN) with an Outperform rating and announced a price target of $13. Navan shares closed at $8.81 on Monday. See how other analysts view this stock.
  • Roth Capital analyst Jeff Martin initiated coverage on TIC Solutions Inc (NYSE:TIC) with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $10. TIC Solutions shares closed …

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Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) acquired 22,337 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) while BitMine (NYSE:BMNR) purchased 60,999 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) during the week ending March 15, marking the largest 2026 purchases for both companies.

The Record Buys

Strategy’s purchase was its largest single-week Bitcoin buy of 2026, following the prior week’s acquisition of 17,994 BTC for $1.28 billion.

Strategy now holds 761,068 BTC worth approximately $55.8 billion but sits on an estimated $1.7 billion in unrealized losses.

The company is underwater by conventional metrics yet doubled down anyway, buying at an average of $70,194 per coin versus its November 2024 record purchase at $88,627.

Meanwhile, BitMine acquired 60,999 ETH for roughly $140 million, edging out the previous week’s haul of 60,976 ETH.

Total holdings now stand at 4,595,562 ETH at $2,185 per token, representing 3.81% of Ethereum’s 120.7 million token supply.

Moreover, Ethereum Foundation sold 5,000 ETH directly to BitMine at $2,042.96 to fund protocol research …

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U.S. stock futures were lower this morning, with the Dow futures falling around 0.1% on Tuesday.

Shares of Microvast Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MVST) fell sharply in pre-market trading after reporting weak quarterly results.

Microvast reported quarterly losses of 11 cents per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of profit of 2 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $96.399 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $133.755 million.

Microvast shares dipped 22.9% to $1.78 in pre-market trading.

Here are some other stocks moving lower in pre-market trading.

  • Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:DFLI) dipped 24.4% to $2.21 in pre-market trading …

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Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) shares experienced a sharp reversal as the stock’s momentum score plummeted from a bullish 91.24 to 77.65 on a week-over-week basis.

Momentum Cracks Following Conservative 2026 Guidance

The erosion in price strength follows a disappointing fiscal 2026 outlook that overshadowed an otherwise strong fourth-quarter performance.

Despite beating revenue estimates with $3.9 billion in sales, the stock has retreated 14.59% year-to-date as investors digest a normalized post-pandemic beauty market.

The Benzinga Edge Stock Rankings now reflect a complete breakdown in ULTA‘s price structure. According to the latest data, Ulta’s short, medium, and long-term trends have all shifted to negative.

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Bitcoin is trading at $74,000 after Bitcoin ETFs saw $201.6 million in net inflows on Monday, while Ethereum ETFs reported $35.9 million in net inflows.  


Cryptocurrency		 Ticke Price
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $73,977.66
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,326.42
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $93.71
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.51
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1001
Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.056093

The meme coin market capitalization rose by 4.2% to $35.6 billion.

Trader Commentary:

CryptoLimbo

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Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades and downgrades, please see our analyst ratings page.

  • Morgan Stanley raised Lemonade Inc (NYSE:LMND) price target from $80 to $85. Morgan Stanley analyst Bob Huang upgraded the stock from Equal-Weight to Overweight. Lemonade shares closed at $57.74 on Monday. See how other analysts view this stock.
  • Mizuho cut the price target for Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ:CSIQ) from $21 to $19. Mizuho analyst Maheep Mandloi upgraded the stock from Underperform to Neutral. Canadian Solar shares closed at $18.04 on Monday. See how other analysts view this stock.
  • Piper Sandler raised Tandem Diabetes Care Inc (NASDAQ:TNDM) price target from $21 to $33. Piper Sandler analyst Matt O’Brien upgraded the stock from Neutral to Overweight. Tandem Diabetes Care shares closed at $21.91 on Monday. See how other analysts view this stock.
  • Stifel increased price target for Ichor Holdings Ltd

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Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) shares climbed in Tuesday’s premarket trading session. The rally follows an announcement regarding its autonomous vehicle (AV) strategy.

The ride-hailing giant is deepening its ties with chip powerhouse NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA).

Global Fleet Expansion Plans

The companies announced plans late Monday to launch a global fleet of autonomous vehicles. These cars will run entirely on Nvidia software. The rollout is scheduled for the first half of 2027.

Initial launches will target Los Angeles and San Francisco. The partnership aims to reach 28 cities globally by 2028. The fleet utilizes the Nvidia DRIVE …

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In the wake of a deepening economic crisis in Cuba, President Donald Trump has suggested the possibility of “taking Cuba, in some form.”

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump indicated that he could “do anything” with Cuba, considering its current “weakened” state.

“That’d be good. That’s a big honor,” said Trump.

The president confirmed ongoing discussions with Cuba but refrained from sharing any specifics.

Washington has been escalating pressure on Cuba, as indicated by Trump’s previous suggestion of a “friendly takeover” of the …

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Lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) will release earnings for its fourth quarter after the closing bell on Tuesday, March 17.

Analysts expect the Vancouver, Canada-based company to report quarterly earnings of $4.78 per share. That’s down from $6.14 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for Lululemon’s quarterly revenue is $3.59 billion (it reported $3.61 billion last year), according to Benzinga Pro.

The company has beaten analyst estimates for revenue in eight of the last 10 quarters overall.

Shares of Lululemon rose 1.4% to close at $159.91 on Monday.

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As severe energy constraints threaten to throttle the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, Nebius Group NV (NASDAQ:NBIS) has emerged as the premier infrastructure play, securing massive hyperscaler contracts to meet the market’s “insatiable demand” for compute power.

The New AI Bottleneck

Appearing recently on Fox Business, Futurum Group experts Daniel Newman and Shay Boloor ranked top AI infrastructure stocks, placing Nebius firmly at the pinnacle of their Neocloud leaderboard.

The dramatic shift in market focus from chipmakers to foundational energy capacity is driving this momentum. “Energy is the new bottleneck,” Newman explained.

“We keep hearing about chips, but the reality is — power and capacity constraints are what’s holding back the next wave of AI scaling. Hyperscalers have insatiable demand for compute, but they literally cannot get enough power or infrastructure online fast enough.”

Nvidia Validation And A Massive Pipeline

To fill this …

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During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.

Benzinga readers can review the latest analyst takes on their favorite stocks by visiting Analyst Stock Ratings page. Traders can sort through Benzinga’s extensive database of analyst ratings, including by analyst accuracy.

Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yielding stocks in the health care sector.

Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK)

  • Dividend Yield: 2.95%
  • Wells Fargo analyst Mohit Bansal maintained an Overweight rating and raised the price target from $135 to $150 on March 12, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 69%.
  • RBC Capital analyst Trung Huynh initiated coverage on the stock with an Outperform rating and a price target of $142 on Feb. 25, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 72%
  • Recent News: On March 16, Merck highlighted new …

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  • Morgan Stanley analyst Bob Huang upgraded Lemonade Inc (NYSE:LMND) from Equal-Weight to Overweight and raised the price target from $80 to $85. Lemonade shares closed at $57.74 on Monday. See how other analysts view this stock.
  • Mizuho analyst Maheep Mandloi upgraded Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ:CSIQ) from Underperform to Neutral and lowered the price target from $21 to $19. Canadian Solar shares closed at $18.04 …

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A cleaner drug, zero competition, and two binary readouts this year. Plus, Powell and oil near $99.

Three straight losing weeks for the S&P. Oil within spitting distance of $99. Jerome Powell steps to the mic on Wednesday. Jensen Huang kicks off Nvidia’s GTC today. Happy Monday.

The S&P 500 closed Friday at 6,632, down 1.6% on the week and roughly 5% off its January high. Dow at 46,558. Nasdaq at 22,105. Gold above $5,100 an ounce. WTI crude at $98.71. Every member of the Mag 7 is red on the year.

The oil picture keeps getting worse, not better. Bloomberg modeled Strait of Hormuz shutdown scenarios this week: one month puts crude around $105, two months at $140, three months at $165. The Trump administration suspended the Jones Act to try to tame prices. None of it has been enough.

Goldman put a number on the inflation risk: a $10 sustained oil price increase would push year-over-year headline CPI from 2.4% to roughly 3.2% within three months. That’s the backdrop walking into Wednesday’s FOMC decision.

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Rio Tinto Plc (NYSE:RIO), BHP Group Limited (NYSE:BHP), and the United States Forest Service (USFS) have finally completed a land exchange in Arizona. The transaction was a major hurdle for the development of the Resolution Copper project, one of the largest undeveloped copper deposits in the world.

The transaction gives Rio Tinto, the project’s majority owner with a 55% stake, control of the land required to move forward with development of the underground mine near Superior, Arizona, roughly 60 miles east of Phoenix. BHP holds the remaining 45% interest.

“Completing the land exchange is a significant milestone and another positive step forward for the Resolution Copper project, which has the potential to satisfy up to 25% of America’s copper demand for decades to come,” Rio Tinto CEO Katie Jackson said in a statement.

“As demand for copper continues to grow, projects like Resolution can play an important role in strengthening domestic supply chains,” she added.

Upholding the Decision

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The President Donald Trump administration’s Department of the Interior (DOI) has revealed a series of deals totaling around $56 billion, including a deal between Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and South Korea’s LG Energy Solutions to kick off production of a $4.3 billion battery plant.

Securing Critical Supply Chain

In an official statement released on Monday, the agency confirmed that it had “catalyzed” agreements worth over $56 billion in “private sector commitments that will create good-paying American jobs and secure critical energy supply chains.” Among the agreements, the DOI also mentioned the deal between Tesla and LG Energy.

“Tesla and LG Energy Solution are expanding their partnership with a supply agreement to build a $4.3 billion LFP prismatic …

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The most oversold stocks in the consumer staples sector presents an opportunity to buy into undervalued companies.

The RSI is a momentum indicator, which compares a stock’s strength on days when prices go up to its strength on days when prices go down. When compared to a stock’s price action, it can give traders a better sense of how a stock may perform in the short term. An asset is typically considered oversold when the RSI is below 30, according to Benzinga Pro.

Here’s the latest list of major oversold players in this sector, having an RSI near or below 30.

MGP Ingredients Inc (NASDAQ:MGPI)

  • On Feb. 25, MGP Ingredients reported upbeat fourth-quarter financial results and issued FY26 guidance below estimates. “2025 was a year of deliberate repositioning for MGP,” said Julie Francis, president and CEO. “I am pleased with the team’s efforts as we did what we said we will do and made meaningful progress against each of …

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Morgan Stanley’s Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Mike Wilson claims the broader equity market correction is nearing its end, but his recent warning that memory stocks have “cooled off” stands in stark contrast to their actual breakneck performance.

Market’s Worst Might Be Behind Us

During his latest market commentary, Wilson explained that Wall Street has been digesting underlying risks for months. He noted that while the market previously saw “concentrated returns” in areas like emerging markets, industrial metals, and memory stocks, the landscape has recently shifted.

“More recently, the dollar has rallied and these same areas have noticeably cooled off,” Wilson stated.

He further cautioned investors to prepare for a “final downdraft” or a “capitulatory shock,” potentially triggered by hawkish Federal Reserve policies, backward-looking inflation concerns, or escalating global conflicts.

Defying The Downdraft

Despite Wilson’s assertion that the memory/storage sector is cooling, current market data tells a radically different and …

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Shares of Samsung Electronics  (OTC:SSNLF) surged in Seoul and closed 2.76% higher on Tuesday, after Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang disclosed that the South Korean giant has been selected to manufacture its latest AI chips.

Huang announced this at the GTC developer conference in California on Monday.

The CEO launched Nvidia’s new AI inference processor built with technology from Groq, crediting Samsung for manufacturing the chips, which are already in production and set to ship in the second half of the year.

NVIDIA acquired chip startup Groq for $20.6 billion in December.

Huang doubled the AI demand outlook to $1 trillion at …

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DocuSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOCU) will release earnings results for its fourth quarter, after the closing bell on Tuesday, March 17.

Analysts expect the San Francisco, California-based company to report quarterly earnings at 95 cents per share, versus 86 cents per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for DocuSign’s quarterly revenue is $828.22 million, versus $776.25 million a year earlier, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

On Feb. 23, Jefferies analyst Brent Thill downgraded Docusign from Buy to Hold and lowered the price target from $105 to $45.

DocuSign shares fell 0.5% to close at $46.82 on Monday.

Benzinga readers can access the latest analyst ratings on the Analyst Stock Ratings page. Readers can sort by stock ticker, company name, analyst firm, rating change or other variables.

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An Argentinian court ordered a nationwide block of betting market platform Polymarket on Monday and instructed Alphabet Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) to remove access to its mobile applications within the country.

‘Concealed Online Betting System’

The court issued the order in response to an investigation led by a specialized gambling prosecution office, according to a report by Buenos Aires Times.

The investigation …

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President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at deregulating the U.S. mortgage market, touting massive savings for homebuyers and declaring that mortgage rates have hit their “lowest level in 5 years.”

Slashing Red Tape And Boosting Savings

The March 13 directive, titled “Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit,” seeks to reverse years of tightening regulations that the administration claims have sidelined community banks and restricted credit access.

Taking to Truth Social on March 17, he amplified the financial impact of the move. Trump said that his administration’s actions to buy $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities have caused the mortgage levels to reach the “lowest level in five years, adding that the “cost of new mortgage is down by $5000.”

The administration argues that easing compliance burdens, particularly those stemming from the Dodd-Frank Act, will revive bank participation and directly lower costs for rural and low-to-moderate-income households.

By removing these regulatory distortions, the policy aims to foster competition among all lender types to drive down consumer rates.

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Cryptocurrency influencer Ran Neuner sparked a debate Sunday by claiming that artificial intelligence has become a major competitor to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining.

Is AI Computing More Profitable Than Bitcoin?

Neuner stated in an X post that AI has “killed Bitcoin forever” by outbidding for electricity.

“Both industries compete for the same thing: electricity. And right now, AI is willing to pay much more for it,” Neuner added.

Neuner cited that while Bitcoin mining revenue per megawatt ranges from $57 to $129, AI data center revenue per megawatt stands between $200 and $500.

“Same electricity. But up to 8x more profitable. That’s why miners are starting to pivot,” they added.

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Elon Musk‘s Cybercab goals may have gotten a major boost as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed amendments to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).

NHTSA Proposes Amended Safety Standards

The agency, in a filing on Monday, proposed amending the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 102, which dictates “Transmission shift position sequence, starter interlock, and transmission braking effect.” The amendments outline that AVs without a steering wheel and pedals would not need to have a gear position indicator.

“As the transmission shift position display does not fulfill the same safety need in an ADS-equipped vehicle without manually operated driving controls, the amendment will not impact vehicle safety,” NHTSA said in the filing. The change would not affect traditional vehicles.

Tesla Cybercab

The amendment could provide a major boost to Musk’s Cybercab, which will have no steering wheel or pedals and is set to enter production at the company’s Gigafactory in Texas. The company is also reportedly setting up the …

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The U.S. economy faces an imminent downturn as surging oil prices tied to Middle East tensions threaten to push recession probabilities over 49%, according to Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi.

Crossing The Critical Threshold

In a stark warning, Zandi declared that an economic contraction is once again a “serious threat.” According to his firm’s machine-learning leading economic indicator model, the probability of a downturn starting within the next 12 months already sat at an “uncomfortably high 49%” even before the latest geopolitical turmoil.

Now, with the Iran conflict triggering a rapid surge in global energy costs, Zandi anticipates conditions will deteriorate further. “It isn’t a stretch to expect the indicator to cross the key 50% threshold,” he stated.

Ultimately, he cautioned that “if oil prices remain elevated for much longer (weeks and not months), a recession will be difficult to avoid.”

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The S&P 500 rose 1.01% on Monday to close at 6,699.38, snapping a four-day losing streak as oil prices pulled back after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is allowing Iranian oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and a Wall Street Journal report said a coalition to escort ships through the strait was imminent. By early Tuesday, futures had turned red.

The Polygon-based (CRYPTO: POL) Polymarket crowd is bearish heading into Tuesday, with the “S&P 500 Opens Up or Down on March 17?” market at 24% “Up” and 76% “Down” in early trading.

Why That Number Matters

Monday’s rally was qualified from the start. President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters midday, signaled the tanker escort coalition isn’t finalized yet and encouraged other countries to get involved. Oil came off its session lows on his comments, but stayed …

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The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed almost no change in the overall fear level, while the index remained in the “Extreme Fear” zone on Monday.

U.S. stocks settled higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 gaining around 1% during the session as oil prices pulled back.

The S&P 500 recorded a 1.6% loss last week, while the 30-stock Dow dipped about 2%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq declined 1.3% during the week.

Speaking ahead of a Kennedy Center board meeting, Trump urged China, Japan and other Asia-Pacific nations heavily dependent on Hormuz oil flows to help police the waterway. China draws 90% of its oil from the strait, while Japan and South Korea draw 95% and 35%, respectively.

In earnings, Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) reported upbeat earnings for the fourth quarter on Monday.

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With U.S. stock futures trading lower this morning on Tuesday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows:

  • Wall Street expects Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc. (NASDAQ:ASO) to report quarterly earnings at $2.06 per share on revenue of $1.76 billion before the opening bell, according to data from Benzinga Pro. Academy Sports shares gained 0.2% to $56.61 in after-hours trading.
  • Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) posted mixed results for the second quarter after the closing bell on Monday. The company posted adjusted losses of 18 cents per share, compared with market estimates of 30 cents per share. …

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Strong whale buying could be powering Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) as the memecoin rallied over 9% in a week.

Whale Accumulation Alongside DOGE’s Rally

Widely followed cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez highlighted in an X post late Sunday that as many as 470 million DOGE tokens were snapped up by large investors over the last 72 hours. The accumulation totaled roughly $45 million at prevailing prices.

Big Moves In Spot ETFs, Derivatives

Exchange-traded funds echoed the bullish trend, with the Grayscale Dogecoin Trust ETF (NYSE:GDOG), 21Shares Dogecoin ETF (NASDAQ:TDOG), and …

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The Kharg Island, a strategically important terminal situated 15 miles from Iran’s coast, has become a part of the Iran war, with Trump reportedly considering its capture.

The Kharg Island handles nearly 90% of Iran’s crude oil exports.

Trump Warns Of More Strikes

President Donald Trump has warned of more strikes on the Kharg Island, days after saying that the U.S. “totally obliterated” military targets on Kharg and warned of tougher action if shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is disrupted.

Trump said U.S. Central Command hit military targets at Kharg Island, while leaving oil infrastructure intact. He warned that this could change if Iran tries to obstruct shipping through the strait.

Here’s What Prediction Market Is Saying

Amid the strong statements from Trump, …

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Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) has revealed that Chinese automakers like BYD Co. Ltd. (OTC:BYDDY) (OTC:BYDDF) and Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (OTC:GELHY) (OTC:GELYF) are among the companies incorporating its technology into their self-driving pursuits.

Companies To Adopt Drive Hyperion

In an official statement released on Monday following the GPU Technology Conference 2026, the chipmaker announced that, in addition to BYD and Geely, Japanese automakers Isuzu and Nissan will also incorporate Nvidia’s technology. Nvidia said in the statement that the automakers were “developing next-generation level 4 AV programs” based on the company’s “DRIVE Hyperion production-ready compute and sensor architecture.”

Nvidia Alpamayo 1.5

Besides the Drive Hyperion, Nvidia also unveiled an updated iteration of the Alpamayo technology, which has been touted as a “ChatGPT moment” for physical AI and AVs by …

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Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ORBS) shares rose 1.58% in after-hours trading on Monday, extending a sharp intraday rally. The stock is also trending overnight.

What’s Possibly Driving ORBS?

This spike coincided with a rise in Ethereum’s (CRYPTO: ETH), which forms 19% of Eightco’s $134.56 million cryptocurrency treasury, according to CoinGecko.

The company secured $125 million in institutional commitments last week, including $75 million from BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. 

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BMNR) Chair Tom Lee flagged on Monday veteran trader Peter Brandt’s Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) analysis, hinting at the end of the second-largest cryptocurrency’s downtrend.

A Short-Term Bottom For ETH?

Brandt, a technical analyst with nearly 50 years of experience, spotted Ethereum forming a short-term bottom at a “historical” long-term support level, around the $1,800–$2,200 area.

Quoting the analysis, Lee said, “Peter is known for his patience and discipline. To me, its signal that he is highlighting ETH.”

What Are The Signals To Watch?

Ali Martinez, another well-known cryptocurrency trader and commentator, had something similar to say.

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Leading cryptocurrencies rallied alongside stocks on Monday amid escalating geopolitical tensions over Strait of Hormuz oil shipments.

Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:35 p.m. ET)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) +4.71% $75,983.09
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               		 +9.03% $2,373.46
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)                          +9.16% $1.57
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)                          +4.49% $95.80
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)              +6.18% $0.1035

Crypto Extends Gains

Bitcoin almost topped $76,000 in a late evening spike, building on the momentum acquired during the weekend. Trading volume for the leading cryptocurrency nearly doubled over the last 24 hours.

Ethereum outperformed Bitcoin’s rally, soaring 9% to hit its highest value since Feb. 3. XRP and Dogecoin also recorded sharp spikes.

Shares of Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) closed up 5.62% and 3.98%, respectively.

Over $600 million was liquidated from the cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours, with a whopping $484 million in short positions alone erased, according to Coinglass data.

Open interest in Bitcoin futures soared 10.18% in the last 24 hours, even as Binance retail and whale traders bet against the rally with shorts.

Market sentiment improved from “Extreme Fear” to “Fear,” according to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index here.

Top Gainers (24 Hours) 

Cryptocurrency (Market Cap>$100 M) Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:35 p.m. ET)
Fartcoin (FARTCOIN)     +27.66%     …

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March Madness 2026 has arrived with the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament running from March 17 through April 6.

Just how rare is a perfect bracket — and is it even possible?

Here’s a look at the odds and how prediction market company Kalshi is looking to reward the near impossible.

• DraftKings stock is trading near recent lows. What should traders watch with DKNG?

Kalshi Offers $1 Billion Prize

Prediction market company Kalshi is offering a $1 billion prize if anyone can complete a perfect bracket of the round-of-64 games through the national championship, which doesn’t include the First Four games set for Tuesday and Wednesday.

The contest is backed by Susquehanna International Group with no purchase or deposit required from users.

Along with the $1 billion prize for a perfect bracket, Kalshi will pay $1 million to the top-scoring bracket and award $1 million to charities and scholarships as part of the promotion. The company said in a video that a perfect bracket is “the holy grail of sports math.”

“Warren Buffett offered $1B for a perfect college basketball bracket in 2014. Kalshi is bringing it back. No deposit requirement. Just fill a bracket. Your odds of winning are 1 in 120 billion. Very low. But not zero. Good luck,” Kalshi co-founder Tarek Mansour tweeted.

Mansour’s tweet may have been conservative on the odds.

The Odds Of A Perfect March Madness Bracket

The odds to correctly predict the outcome of all 63 games during the tournament are 1 in 9.2 quintillion based on a 50-50 coin flip and all possible outcomes (that’s 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 in numerical form).

Late DePaul University professor Jeff Bergen projected the odds could be 1 in 128 billion for those who know about basketball and follow seed trends.

Bergen estimated it could take 2,300 years for every person on the planet, completing a bracket every minute, to cover all 9.2 quintillion outcomes.

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Energy markets are in a period of high uncertainty amid disruptions to oil and gas flows through the Persian Gulf. New research from ING evaluated pathways for duration and severity of the current supply shock.

The bank’s commodities team warns that the complex risk around the Strait of Hormuz — a critical chokepoint for global energy trade — means markets must now prepare for a longer period of constrained supply and elevated prices.

“There are few signs of de-escalation or a resumption in energy flows from the Persian Gulf,” said Warren Patterson, Head of Commodities Strategy at ING. “The market is having to reprice the duration of ongoing supply disruptions.”

And, if the conflict drags on and attacks keep choking Hormuz shipments, oil prices could surpass 2008 highs and spike to new record levels, according to the Dutch bank.

Inefficient Spare Capacity

The disruption is already significant. Around 8 million barrels per day of crude production have been shut in so far, while up to 15 million barrels per day of oil flows remain affected even after accounting for pipeline routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

ING argues that the scale of the disruption makes …

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Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT) shares are getting a boost in Monday’s after-hours session after the company announced plans to integrate Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) AI technologies to enhance operations.

Lyft Adopts Nvidia AI Technology

Lyft announced it will use Nvidia AI to improve its machine learning systems globally, including enterprise AI infrastructure, next-generation …

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Semtech Corp (NASDAQ:SMTC) reported financial results for the fourth quarter after the market close on Monday. Here’s a rundown of the report.

Semtech Beats Estimates In Q4

Semtech reported fourth-quarter revenue of $274.4 million, beating analyst estimates of $273.21 million, according to Benzinga Pro. The semiconductor company reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 44 cents per share, beating estimates of 43 cents per share.

Total revenue was up 9% year-over-year and 3% sequentially. Semtech generated $61.5 million of operating cash flow and $59.1 million of free cash flow during …

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Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:DFLI) shares plunged in Monday’s extended trading after the company released its fourth-quarter earnings report, missing EPS estimates and issuing first-quarter guidance below estimates.

The Details: Dragonfly Energy reported quarterly losses of $4.57 per share, which missed the consensus estimate for a loss of 60 cents.

Quarterly revenue came in at $13.06 million, which beat the analyst consensus of $12.94 million.

Net Sales increased 15.8% to …

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Beyond Meat Inc (NASDAQ:BYND) shares are trading lower in Monday’s after-hours session after the company delayed the filing of its annual report.

  • What’s going on with BYND stock?

Beyond Meat Delays Annual Filing

After the market close on Monday, Beyond Meat announced it needs more time to file its fourth-quarter and full-year results on Form 10-K for 2025. The company delayed the filing due to needing additional time to review its inventory balances, including amounts recorded for the …

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Playboy Inc. (NASDAQ:PLBY) shares raced higher in Monday’s extended trading after the company released its fourth-quarter earnings report, beating estimates on the top and bottom lines.

The Details: Playboy reported quarterly earnings of three cents per share, which beat the consensus estimate of one cent.

Quarterly revenue came in at $34.91 million, which beat the Street estimate of $33.52 million and was up from $33.49 million in the same period last year.

Playboy reported the following fourth quarter highlights:

  • Licensing revenue …

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CleanSpark Inc (NASDAQ:CLSK) shares are trading higher Monday afternoon as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) climbed above $74,000, a move that directly benefits the company’s core business. Here’s what investors need to know.

CleanSpark Business Model Explained

CleanSpark is primarily a Bitcoin miner: it owns, leases and operates data centers and power assets across Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Wyoming, and says Bitcoin mining has historically been its principal revenue-generating activity.

As of Feb. 28, CleanSpark reported a peak operational hashrate of 50.0 exahash per second, with an average operating hashrate of 43.2 EH/s and about 235,588 miners deployed across its fleet.

Why Rising Bitcoin Prices Matter For CleanSpark

The company’s business model makes rising Bitcoin …

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