There have been no trades on S&P 500 futures, Nasdaq 100 futures since 0344 GMT according to LSEG data. Trading halts began before that though. CME's website reports that CME Globex futures & options markets halted due to a technical issue. Apparebntly it's a cooling issue at Cyrusone data centres. …

Taiwan prosecutors raided the homes of a former TSMC vice president accused of leaking advanced chipmaking secrets to Intel, a claim Intel firmly denies as the high-stakes investigation intensifies. read more

Trump: Will permanently pause migration from all third world countries to allow U.S. system to fully recover This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

The South African Reserve Bank found no short-term need for a retail CBDC, saying wholesale or cross-border uses should be explored instead.

China is rapidly narrowing the space for foreign companies to trade with it, pursuing a model in which self-reliance overrides openness. As the FT argues, Beijing increasingly sees no imported product it cannot eventually redesign, produce more cheaply and control domestically. The country remains a major buyer of semiconductors, software, large commercial aircraft and advanced…

Fitch Ratings warned that Japan’s new stimulus package could add fiscal risks if it leads to a sustained loosening of policy and pushes government debt higher. While the package is large — roughly 3.4% of GDP — Fitch said its true fiscal impact is unclear because some measures are non-fiscal, spread over multiple years, or…

MrBeast admitted his recent videos haven't met his own standards and apologized, promising a major creative overhaul in 2026 even as he rapidly expands his multibillion-dollar empire across theme parks, finance and massive reinvestment. read more

Bitcoin’s miner margins and NVT metric indicated a bottom range, but a final downside sweep remains possible.

Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov has shared a potential roadmap for how DeFi could reach 100% adoption in four years, noting that a big part of this hinges on regulation.

Taiwan’s president warned that Beijing is intensifying military, political and information pressure on the island, accusing China of accelerating preparations to seize Taiwan by force. Speaking late Tuesday, the president said Beijing is working to redefine “democratic Taiwan” as “China’s Taiwan,” while stepping up military drills, grey-zone harassment and influence operations designed to undermine the…