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XRP's Q3 prediction: How RLUSD's liquidity shock can help price shoot up
RLUSD liquidity shift and Japan approval intensify debate on XRP vs ETH dominance heading into Q3.
'Just a Matter of Time': Bloomberg Predicts Tether Will Flip Bitcoin
Bloomberg Intelligence senior macro strategist Mike McGlone believes that Tether (USDT) is on track to become the world's biggest cryptocurrency.
SpaceX stock rises as Russell 1000 inclusion fuels index fund demand
Shares of SpaceX (SPCX) rose 3% on Friday as investors prepared for the company's addition to the Russell 1000 Index. The move is expected to drive demand from passive investment funds and broaden the stock's presence across major benchmarks.
SPCX Apple Stock Dives as Price Hikes Trigger Concerns About Rising Memory Costs
Apple is starting to feel the squeeze from rising memory costs.
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Strategy's market value falls below Bitcoin holdings for seven months
Strategy Inc.'s market value dip below Bitcoin holdings highlights risks of leveraged crypto exposure, challenging its capital-raising strategy. Strategy's market value falls below Bitcoin holdings for seven months.
OpenAI begins limited rollout of Sol model to government-approved users
Government intervention in AI rollouts may slow innovation, favoring well-resourced firms and complicating investment strategies in the sector. OpenAI begins limited rollout of Sol model to government-approved users.
Is CBOE (CBOE) a Solid Growth Stock? 3 Reasons to Think "Yes"
CBOE (CBOE) could produce exceptional returns because of its solid growth attributes.
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Looking for a Growth Stock? 3 Reasons Why Micron (MU) is a Solid Choice
Micron (MU) possesses solid growth attributes, which could help it handily outperform the market.
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3 Reasons Growth Investors Will Love Argan (AGX)
Argan (AGX) is well positioned to outperform the market, as it exhibits above-average growth in financials.
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Euro H2 2026 Outlook: EUR/USD Tests Pivotal Support as Fed Turns More Hawkish
EUR/USD heads into the second half of 2026 at a critical crossroads, with the pair testing a major multi-year support zone just as the Federal Reserve adopts a more hawkish policy stance. Chair Kevin Warsh's first meetings have reinforced the Committee's commitment to restoring price stability, while markets continue to raise expectations for additional tightening later this year.
Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)
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SUI Network partners with Token Terminal for enhanced onchain data reporting
The partnership enhances Sui's institutional credibility by providing transparent, reliable data, fostering informed investment decisions and trust. SUI Network partners with Token Terminal for enhanced onchain data reporting.
Wendy's Gains 6% Amid “Save Wendy's” Meme Campaign: Low P/E and Huge Yield Could Make WEN Worth Saving
Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN | WEN Price Prediction) stock is up 6% to $7.74 in Friday midday trading, extending a remarkable rebound for the burger chain.
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Qualcomm Just Promised $15 Billion in AI Chip Sales, but There's a Catch: The Chips Don't Exist Yet
Cristiano Amon walked into Qualcomm's (NASDAQ:QCOM | QCOM Price Prediction) Investor Day on June 24, 2026 with a number designed to be repeated.
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Sezzle CEO Says BNPL Market Share Is Coming From Regional Banks, Not Rivals, as Stock Soars 150% YTD
Sezzle CEO and Executive Chairman Charlie Youakim appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Friday, June 26, to argue that the buy-now-pay-later sector is pulling market share from legacy regional and community banks and credit unions that never built the digital-first payment rails that younger consumers now expect.
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Solana Holds Range as Grayscale Cuts ETF Fees, Asia Payments Narrative Grows
Solana (SOL) traded steadily around the $68 level on Thursday, holding a narrow range as investors weighed a pair of institution-friendly catalysts: a sharp fee cut for a Grayscale-backed Solana staking ETF product and new signals that Solana-based stablecoin payments are gaining traction in Asia-Pacific corporate treasury workflows. As of Thursday 14:05 UTC, SOL changed hands at $68.75, up 0.84% over the past 24 hours.
Bitcoin ETF outflows reach $4.4B as redemption streak hits record 13 days
Sustained Bitcoin ETF outflows highlight growing institutional caution, potentially impacting market stability and investor confidence long-term. Bitcoin ETF outflows reach $4.4B as redemption streak hits record 13 days.
IBM quantum foundry plan adds to long-term hardware strategy: Wedbush
International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM) unveiled new semiconductor technology featuring a sub-1 nanometer chip architecture, which Wedbush analysts see as a significant step in chip scaling as demand for artificial intelligence computing continues to grow. IBM said the sub-1 nm design incorporates approximately 100 billion transistors on a chip roughly the size of a fingernail, which the analysts noted is about twice the density of the company's current 2 nm technology.
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Sandisk: Unlike Micron, There's Much Higher Risk
Sandisk Corporation has transformed into a pure-play NAND flash and SSD powerhouse, capitalizing on explosive AI-driven data center demand post-spin-off from Western Digital. Micron, however, is much more diversified. SNDK delivered a blowout quarter with $5.95B in revenue (97% sequential growth), and management guides for $7.75–$8.25B in revenue and $30–$33 EPS next quarter. Despite a premium EPS multiple versus Micron, SNDK remains attractive at 13x FY27 EPS but faces elevated risk from product concentration and hyperscaler customer dependence.
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XRP Breaks $1.05 Support, Eyes $1 as Bearish Momentum Builds
XRP (XRP) slid to its lowest level since late 2024 after breaking below the closely watched $1.05 support, underscoring how a broad 'risk-off' turn across crypto is pressuring even large-cap tokens. With technical signals deteriorating and no fresh fundamental catalyst from Ripple Labs, traders are now fixated on whether the token can defend the psychologically important $1.00 level.
Apple Stock Just Dropped 6.6%, and One Tiny, Boring Chip Is to Blame
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) shareholders woke up Thursday to find that the most valuable company in the world had been undone by something the size of a Tic Tac.
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A 10-Year SpaceX Investor Says the $2 Trillion Price Tag Is Still Too Cheap
Two weeks after the largest IPO in history priced, SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) opened at $1.8 trillion valuation and has drifted to roughly $2 trillion, which Chad Anderson, managing partner at Space Capital and a decade-long SpaceX backer, calls cheap.
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Women Were the Stars of JPMorgan's CEO Succession Race—Until They Weren't
The bank remains an industry leader in promoting women, but the female contenders for the top job are out of the running.
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Surging Earnings Estimates Signal Upside for Coursera (COUR) Stock
Coursera (COUR) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
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USD/CAD & USD/MXN H2 2026 Outlook: Is Fed policy putting USD back in control?
As markets move into the second half of 2026, North American currencies are starting to follow a different path from the one seen earlier in the year. Shifting monetary policy expectations, along with potential progress in Middle East negotiations, could remain key drivers for the USD, CAD, and MXN over the coming months.
This Strategist Thinks the S&P 500 Could Smash Through 8,000 ‘In the Near Term'
The S&P 500 is sitting at around $734 on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) proxy, up 7.4% year to date and 20% over the past year, and a strategist appearing on The Markets segment “S&P to 8,000 This Year?
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Forget Apple. Amazon just made AI a lot more expensive.
AWS is raising key AI cloud prices by 20%, after a 15% price increase in January. Soaring memory chip costs and strong AI demand is driving higher pricing for cloud customers.
AAPL 
US energy firms add most rigs in a week since June 2022, Baker Hughes says
U.S. energy firms this week added the most rigs in a week since June 2022, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its report on Friday.
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Ethereum whale who shorted October 2025 crash opens $19.7M ETH short position
Ether's technical setup points to a potential drop to $1,375, a move that could lift one whale's unrealized profit to $2.39 million.
OpenAI defers public rollout of GPT‑5.6 as US seeks early access to frontier AI models
OpenAI said on Friday it was delaying a full public launch of GPT‑5.6 at the U.S. government's request, limiting the AI model's initial access to a small group of vetted partners whose details were shared with the authorities.
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