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Crypto’s biggest year ever: inside the top 3 deals that fueled the $8.6B record

As the holiday season arrives and 2025 comes to a close, Bitcoin remains largely lacklustre, having dropped from euphoric highs of nearly $126,000 to intraday lows near $80,000. While this may seem like a comedown, the crypto market is actually winning on an entirely different front. While this price stagnation may feel like a “winter”

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Looking ahead to 2026: Can India’s smallcaps shakeoff torrid 2025

India’s small-cap stocks had a year to forget in 2025.  Even though India’s large caps managed to put up a decent showing, the small caps suffered after a strong run in the last 2 years. High valuations, earnings misses added to its woes. Most of the stocks are trading below their 52-week highs as well.

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Commodity wrap: bullion rally continues with record highs as oil rises 2% on supply concerns

Gold prices rose to new record highs on Monday as rate cut bets and safe-haven demand boosted sentiments in the market.  Silver followed suit with prices breaching the $69 per ounce barrier for the first time ever.  Meanwhile, oil prices climbed more than 2% on Monday as the US intercepted an oil tanker off the

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Why 2026 could be another tough year for Venezuela’s economy under Maduro?

Despite official claims of recovery, Venezuela is heading toward 2026 burdened by deep structural weaknesses and rising uncertainty. Economist Aldo Contreras and political analyst Pablo Quintero told Invezz the country remains trapped in a prolonged downturn that began more than a decade ago. Venezuela’s gross domestic product peaked at over $460 billion in 2012. The

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Commodity wrap: silver smashes past $70/oz on firm demand, gold hits record high

The rally in silver prices continued on Tuesday as prices breached the $70-per-ounce mark for the first time ever on robust physical and investment demand. Gold prices also hit a new record high, crossing the $4,500 per ounce mark on Tuesday on a weak dollar and geopolitical uncertainty. Meanwhile, oil prices fell slightly as oversupply

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Commodity wrap: gold, silver prices ease on Christmas Eve; oil heads for steepest drop since 2020

Gold prices took a breather on Christmas Eve after rising above the psychologically-crucial level of $4,500 per ounce.  Silver prices also fell slightly on Wednesday, after having hit a series of record highs in the last few weeks. Prices had breached $72.7055 per ounce for the first time ever earlier in the session.  Meanwhile, oil

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DAX Index’s best and worst performers in 2025

The DAX Index had a strong performance in 2025 as it jumped by 22%, which mirrored the growth of other global indices like the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indices. It was trading at €24,340, up by 32% from its lowest level in April. However, the index has remained in a narrow range of

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FTX whistleblower Caroline Ellison set for early release next month

Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research and a central figure in the FTX scandal, currently serving time for her role in the multibillion-dollar fallout, is set to be released early next month. According to information from the US Federal Bureau of Prisons, Ellison’s release date is currently listed as January 21, 2026. She has

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Looking ahead to 2026: why hyperscalers can’t slow spending without losing the AI war 

The artificial intelligence revolution has forced a brutal choice upon the world’s biggest cloud providers. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta have committed an unprecedented $400-plus billion annually to AI infrastructure, a spending surge that has reshaped markets, accelerated semiconductor shortages, and created entirely new vendor dynamics. Yet as 2026 approaches, executives and investors face an

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Trust Wallet just got hacked on Christmas, $7M drained

Trust Wallet has confirmed a hack that led to millions of dollars in user funds being drained. What initially appeared as scattered wallet losses quickly hardened into something far more serious: a confirmed supply-chain compromise of Trust Wallet’s official Chrome browser extension. The Christmas Trust Wallet hack The incident traces back to December 24, 2025,

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