Business News
- Palantir rallies 15% for the week as Iran war boosts prospects, muting Anthropic concern
Palantir's stock had its best week since August and outperformed all of its large-cap tech peers after the U.S. attacked Iran.
- Amazon says Anthropic’s Claude still OK for AWS customers to use outside defense work
Amazon joined Microsoft and Google in continue to offer Anthropic's Claude AI technology to customers after the Pentagon deemed it a "supply chain risk."
- Trump vows executive order to 'fix' college sports NIL payments 'mess'
Critics of paying college athletes say it undercuts schools' finances and their educational mandate.
- Robinhood's venture fund, which gives investors access to private companies, tanks 11% on first day
Robinhood's Venture Fund I plunged 11% in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, casting doubt on investors' appetite for riskier investment.
- FDA vaccine head will step down in April after string of controversial decisions
Vinay Prasad is leaving his post as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
- Trump says defense CEOs agree to quadruple production of 'Exquisite Class' weaponry
President Trump said he met with CEOs of BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX Corp., Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace and L3Harris Missile Solutions.
- Oracle and OpenAI scrap deal to expand flagship Texas data centre
Meta in talks to take up additional computing capacity that the ChatGPT maker will not take up
- Oracle and OpenAI scrap deal to expand flagship Texas data centre
Meta in talks to take up additional computing capacity that the ChatGPT maker will not take up
- Average IRS tax refund is up 10.6%, early filing data shows
The average IRS tax refund is up 10.6%, based on early filing data. Here's what you can expect.
- Oil hits highest level since 2023 as Iran war triggers historic surge
Goldman Sachs warns crude will soar past 2008 peak if action is not taken to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Crypto News
- When buying Bitcoin, don’t expect profit for at least 3 years: Data
Bitcoin’s price volatility tends to scare off buyers, but data shows investors who hold for at least three years have a higher chance of locking in significant returns.
- Price predictions 3/6: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH, HYPE, XMR
Bitcoin sold off below $70,000 on Friday, leading analysts to conclude that this week’s breakout to $74,000 was a relief rally rather than a longer-lasting sign of a trend change.
- Bitcoin price falls under $70K again: Three key reasons
Profit-taking by short-term Bitcoin traders accelerated the BTC drop below $70,000, but spot and futures traders may kickstart a quick recovery.
- Markets are underpricing risk of longer Middle East war, Arthur Hayes says
In a Cointelegraph interview, Arthur Hayes explains why global markets may not be pricing in a longer war in the Middle East, and what that may mean for energy prices, liquidity and Bitcoin.
- Bitcoin price drops to near $68K as US jobs weakness fails to rescue bulls
Bitcoin erased its latest breakout attempt after hitting $74,000 as surprisingly weak labor-market data offered no tailwind to crypto or risk assets.
- Crypto exchanges gain as tokenized commodity market climbs to $7.7B
Demand is surging for tokenized precious metals that offer more accessibility than their traditional counterparts, with investors seeking 24/7 safe-haven asset availability.
- Kazakhstan central bank eyes spring start for $350M crypto-linked portfolio
Officials said the bank may start allocating funds to crypto-related equities and ETFs as early as April.
- Was $74K a bull trap? Bitcoin traders diverge on 2022 crash repeating
Bitcoin’s rebound to $74,000 sparked disagreement among traders as opinions diverged on whether the BTC price bottom is behind us.
- Bitcoin relief rally hits wall as spot ETFs log $228M in outflows
US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $228 million in outflows Thursday, ending a three-day inflow streak, while Solana ETFs posted their first losses since February.
- Bitcoin ‘anomalous’ outflow sees 32K BTC leave exchanges in a single day
Bitcoin exchange withdrawals spiked to more than $2 billion of BTC on Wednesday, with analysis eyeing a potential major spot buy.
General News
- Cuba announces fifth death after shootout with Florida-tagged speedboat
The government in Havana has claimed that the 10 people on board speedboat planned to 'unleash terrorism' in Cuba.
- Iran war live: Trump says no deal with Iran until ‘unconditional surrender’
US-Israeli attacks on Iran continue as Israel's bombing of Lebanon kills at least 217 people, injures almost 800.
- Cuba closes Quito embassy after Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa expels its diplomats
Noboa's government gave Cuba's diplomats 48 hours to leave Ecuador, though it did not provide an explanation.
- Drone evades defences, ignites fire at southern Iraq oil facility
A drone evaded defences and ignited a massive fire at an oil facility for foreign companies in southern Iraq’s Basra.
- Real Madrid beat Celta Vigo to close on Barcelona with Valverde late goal
Federico Valverde scores in injury-time as Real Madrid win 2-1 at Celta Vigo to maintain their La Liga title chase.
- Iranian UN ambassador condemns US-Israeli ‘criminal war’
Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani urged the UN Security Council to stop the US-Israeli war.
- Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona: La Liga – teams, start, lineups, kickoff time
Barcelona were thumped in the Copa del Rey semifinal but return to La Liga on Saturday where they sit clear of Real.
- Mexico’s Sheinbaum pledges robust World Cup security in visit to Jalisco
The Mexican president says 100,000 security personnel will be deployed during upcoming football tournament.
- Qatar partially reopens airspace as Iranian strikes continue to hit Gulf
Evacuation and cargo flights to resume but scheduled services still suspended as US-Israeli war on Iran continues.
- Why did the US torpedo Iran’s ‘prize’ warship?
Why did the US sink Iran's prize destroyer, the IRIS Dena? Soraya Lennie explains.












