Nvidia Confronts Fresh AI Rival From China; Bitcoin Steady At $84K Ahead Of FOMC; AstraZeneca Acquires EsoBiotec For Cell Therapy Push ? Top Headlines While The U.S. Slept

BY Benzinga | ECONOMIC | 03/17/25 09:28 AM EDT

Crypto

Bitcoin Holds Steady At $84,000 As Wednesday FOMC Meeting Looms
Can Bitcoin’s IBIT Surpass SPY To Become The Largest ETF? We Asked AI Bots Perplexity And Grok This Question, And Here’s What They Said
Bitcoin Technologist Opposes Quantum Recovery Of Lost BTC, Advocates Coin Burning
Strategy’s Unrealized Gains Hit Hard Following Bitcoin’s Price Slump
Bitcoin, Dogecoin Were Muffled Last Week But Telegram’s Pavel Durov Getting His Passport Back Gave Toncoin Its Wings
Kim Jong Un’s North Korea-Backed Lazarus Group Now Has More Bitcoin Than El Salvador
MELANIA Surges 6% After Whale With 40x Short Bet On Bitcoin Goes Long On First Lady’s Memecoin
Shiba Inu Defies Memecoin Dump With With A 5% Spike ? Analyst Says 500% Upside ‘Could Still Be Well In The Works’
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Slide Ahead Of Fed’s Interest Rate Decision: Next Week To Be ‘Strong & Green’ If Altcoins Don’t Get Dumped On Monday, Says Trader
Unprecedented 400% Surge in Dogecoin Network Activity: A Bullish Move?

US Markets????????

US Stocks Likely To Open Lower As Futures Decline: ‘Stay Calm And Stick With Your Long-Term Plan,’ Says Expert Amid Correction Woes
S&P 500 Price Trend Flashes Warning Signals But This Expert Says ‘Start Looking For A Buy Signal’ After Last Week’s Drawdown
S&P Jumps Over 2%, But Records Weekly Loss: Investor Fear Eases, Greed Index Remains In ‘Extreme Fear’ Zone

US Politics

Trump’s CFPB Overhaul Leaves Consumers Exposed?Here’s What It Means For Your Money
Mark Cuban Slams Trump Administration For Inflicting Economic Struggles On A Majority Of Republican Supporters: ‘This Could Flip Voters’
Scaramucci Sees Trouble Ahead for Musk-Trump Relationship: ‘Everyone Flames Out With Trump’

World Politics

Trump Trade Policy A ‘Big Headache’ For Customers, Says Apple-Supplier Foxconn’s CEO: ‘Very, Very Hard To Predict How Things Will Develop…’
Trump Says He Was ‘Little Bit Sarcastic’ When He Said He Would End The Russia-Ukraine War In A Day: ‘What I Really Mean Is…’

US Economy

Third-Largest ‘Buy-The-Dip’ In History ? BofA’s Sees ‘Correction, Not A Bear Market’ Amid Wall Street Rebound
Trump, Musk, and Democrats Get Low Marks on Economy in NBC Poll

World Economy

Safe Haven Amidst Volatility? Gold Tops $3000 As Market Corrects But It Tends To See ‘Painful Drawdowns After Periods Of Sharp Gains,’ Says Expert
Asia And Europe Markets Rise, Gold Holds Above $3,000 – Global Markets Today While US Slept

Tech

Niu Q4 Rides High On Demand For E-Scooters, But Gross Margins Decline Amid Higher Costs
FF Open AI Day: Faraday Future Launches AIHER, Aims To Revolutionize EV And Hybrid Powertrains
GTC 2025 Could Reignite Nvidia’s Stock Rally, But Only If B300, AI Server Roadmap, And Scaling Concerns Are Addressed, Says Top Analyst
Meta Whistleblower Reveals How A ‘Low-Ranking’ Indian Official Outsmarted Mark Zuckerberg And Crushed Facebook’s Free Basics With One Single Click
Top Wall Street Forecasters Revamp Getty Images Price Expectations Ahead Of Q4 Earnings
Nvidia Faces New AI Challenge As Chinese Start-Up Unveils Framework To Cut Reliance On Its GPUs
Oracle In Talks With White House To Oversee US Operations Of TikTok As Part Of Project Texas 2.0: Report
Apple’s AI Crisis Reaches Boiling Point Ahead Of Top 100 Executive Retreat ? Tim Cook And Key Execs Called Out Over Siri Failure By Top Analyst
Amazon Pursued Roomba’s Parent Once, But Now The Company’s Robot Vacuums Face Heat From Chinese Rivals With AI-Powered Arms
Baidu Says Its New AI Is Smarter Than DeepSeek’s ? And Costs Half As Much: ‘Excellent Multimodal Understanding Ability

Electric Vehicle

Warren Buffett-Backed BYD Eyes Germany For Third European Plant Amid Tariff Concerns: Report
Elon Musk As Nissan’s Fix? Carlos Ghosn Says Automaker Lacks ‘Vision, Decision, Clarity, Judgment, Insight’
Ross Gerber Shares ‘Peaceful Display Of Distaste For Elon Musk’ In Santa Monica, His 9-Year Old Observes, ‘Glad We Don’t Have A Tesla’
Google’s Waymo Leads Robotaxi Race With 2 Millon Paid Rides, Amazon’s Zoox Challenges Tesla For Second Spot As Autonomy Becomes ‘Table Stakes,’ Says Gary Black

Industrial

Healthcare

Financial

Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Boosts Stake In Japan’s Top Trading Firms
Warren Buffett Plans To Sell His Real Estate Brokerage, But It’s ‘Not? A Bet Against US Home Prices,’ Says Analyst As Fed Expects To Keep Rates Unchanged
Warren Buffett Dumped Nearly 70% Of Apple Shares, But Its Price-To-Sales Ratio Remains Elevated At 8.2x, Warns This Market Analyst

Space

Elon Musk Confirms Starship To Carry Tesla Optimus To Mars by 2026, Predicts Human Landing By 2029
Rocket Lab Launches ‘Lightning God Reigns’ Mission, Sets Sights On ‘High Five’ Launch Just Three Days Later

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