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XRP climbs to $1.90 but struggles to break out of tight range

Traders are watching $1.88 as support and $1.94–$2.00 as the levels XRP needs to clear to break consolidation.

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SpaceX weighs June 2026 IPO at $1.5 trillion valuation, FT reports

Jan 28 () - Elon Musk's SpaceX ‌is weighing a ‌mid-June 2026 initial public offering, aiming ⁠to ‌raise as much ‍as $50 billion at a valuation of roughly $1.5 ‌trillion, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar ⁠with the matter.

Explainer-The $250 million ASML 'printer' behind Nvidia's chips

ASML has become Europe's most valuable company thanks to its dominance in making lithography systems, huge "chip printing" machines that cost $250 million each and are indispensable to firms driving the AI boom. ASML holds a monopoly on the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines applied in the ‌manufacturing of the most advanced semiconductors, though rivals in China and the U.S. are trying to develop alternatives. Rapid advances in AI and a global build-out of data centres has boosted demand for such chips, making supplying Nvidia's manufacturer TSMC and other makers of AI chips ASML's number one business.

Amazon bungles Wednesday layoff plan with misfired internal email

Amazon on Tuesday appeared to have prematurely alerted Amazon Web Services cloud-computing employees to layoffs planned for Wednesday morning by sending a commiseration email and team-wide meeting invitation hours early. Reuters reported on Friday that ‌Amazon intended to lay off thousands of corporate employees starting this week. The email sent on Tuesday signed by Colleen Aubrey, senior vice president of applied AI solutions at AWS, wrongly said that impacted employees in the U.S., Canada and Costa Rica had already been informed they lost their jobs.

Texas Instruments Rallies After Chip Rebound Gains Momentum

Chief Executive Officer Haviv Ilan, who runs the largest maker of analog chips, said that orders improved through the fourth quarter. Texas Instruments shares rose about 8% in extended trading after the report was released. Analog chips, which convert real-world inputs into electronic signals, are used in cars, factory equipment and a wide range of other products.

Why Nvidia stock is on sale

Time to nibble at Nvidia?

Microsoft to report Q2 earnings with investors eyeing AI growth and spending

Microsoft will report its second quarter earnings on Wednesday.

Meta to report Q4 earnings amid AI spending concerns

Meta will report its fourth quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday.

BofA says the chip reshuffle makes Nvidia a 'compelling' value play

As equipment makers hit pricey peaks, BofA urges investors to reshuffle toward "dependable customers" like Nvidia and AMD to navigate the next leg of the AI trade.

Why this veteran capitalist is more bullish on robotaxis than humanoids

Battle of the investments: humanoids vs. autonomous cars.

Microsoft takes aim at Google, Amazon, and Nvidia with new AI chip

Microsoft announced its new Maia 200 AI chip, taking aim at Amazon, Google, and Nvidia.

CoreWeave stock surges amid fresh $2 billion investment from Nvidia

Nvidia said Monday that its latest investment in CoreWeave will help the company build AI data centers.

Tech stocks are confronting a challenge they haven't had to worry about in a while

Tech stocks face several important headwinds.

Why venture capitalist Bill Gurley said a 'correction' is inevitable for AI

Gurley has seen and done it all in tech.

Intel stock plunges as hopes for a 'clean' turnaround story meet reality

Intel stock plunged on Friday following the chipmaker's disappointing first quarter outlook.

Global Oil Discoveries Are Badly Lagging Consumption

Annual conventional discoveries have fallen from over 20 billion boe in the early 2010s to about 8 billion boe since 2020.

Latin American e-commerce to top $215 billion as consumers demand rapid delivery, report says

Online shopping in Latin America is projected to reach $215.31 billion this year, as consumers become less ‌loyal to platforms and begin to prioritize reliable delivery and transparent ‌pricing over flashy personalization, according to a report on Tuesday by consulting firm Endeavor and e-commerce giant MercadoLibre. Latin American e-commerce growth is 1.5 times faster than the ⁠global average, the ‌report found. Shoppers in Latin America are largely mobile-first, the report found, with 84% of purchases made on smartphones. ‌However, loyalty is fragile, according to the study.

A Meta deal just turned this 175-year-old company into a linchpin of the AI data center boom

As hyperscalers race to wire ever larger AI clusters, Corning is emerging as one of the most critical—and overlooked—suppliers in the stack.

Crypto Payments Startup Mesh Hits $1 Billion Unicorn Valuation

Mesh, which lets businesses take crypto payments across networks, added $75 million to its war chest, achieving “unicorn” status in the process.

Wheat Trading Mixed on Tuesday

The wheat complex is mixed at Tuesday’s midday. Chicago SRW futures are fractionally mixed at midday. KC HRW futures are up 1 to 2 cents in the nearbys. MPLS spring wheat is showing steady to fractionally lower trade. After premium was taken out on Monday following last weekend’s snow/cold event,...

Crypto money-laundering hit $82 billion in 2025, researchers say

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Money launderers received at least $82 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up sharply from $10 billion in 2020, driven in part by fast growth among Chinese-speaking groups, blockchain researchers said ‌on Tuesday. The fastest-growing category has been Chinese-language money-laundering networks, which emerged during the pandemic and processed ‌almost $40 million worth of crypto per day in 2025, U.