Business News
- Qualcomm stock sinks as memory shortage drags on forecast
"We're starting to see that memory is going to define the size of the mobile market," Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said in an interview.
- Google beats on revenue, projects significant AI spending increase
Wall Street will be looking for more details Google's deal to revamp Apple's Siri virtual assistant with the search company's Gemini AI models.
- Eli Lilly's GLP-1 growth is only getting started as Novo Nordisk braces for a decline in 2026
The split in outlook underscores Lilly's strong position in the obesity market, underpinned by more effective drugs and its direct-to-consumer sales strategy.
- Oil prices jump after Trump says Iran supreme leader 'should be very worried'
President Donald Trump has threatened to launch military strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic doesn't agree to a deal on its nuclear program.
- AMD falls 17%, posts worst day since 2017 as Lisa Su addresses guidance concerns
The CEO said that the data center business has risen from the fourth to first quarter and demand for the company's CPUs is "going gangbusters."
- Older workers with student loan debt have less saved for retirement, Fidelity finds
Older workers with student debt have much smaller retirement account balances than their peers without the loans, a Fidelity report shows.
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy picks marketplace exec to be his new 'shadow' advisor
Jassy was Jeff Bezos' shadow in the early 2000s before going on to lead Amazon Web Services.
- Corporate DEI index sees 65% drop in participation from Fortune 500 companies
Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equity Index saw a 65% drop in participation of Fortune 500 companies willing to disclose their equity practices.
- Terrell Owens calls Hall of Fame process 'broken' after Belichick, Kraft snubs
Terrell Owens weighed in on the exclusion of Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- Chris Rokos’s hedge fund ends talks with Mandelson over advisory role
Billionaire trader’s firm had been in discussions with former UK minister after he was fired as ambassador to the US
Crypto News
- Bitcoin open interest falls by $55B in 30 days: What’s next for BTC price?
Futures traders drastically reduced their activity as Bitcoin’s weakness extends and new year-to-date lows become a daily occurrence. Cointelegraph reviews traders’ BTC price expectations.
- US won't 'bail out' Bitcoin, says Treasury Secretary Bessent
The comments came during Bessent's Congressional testimony on Wednesday in a tense exchange with California Representative Brad Sherman.
- Price predictions 2/4: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH, HYPE, XMR
Bitcoin price fell to a 15-month low of $72,169, leading one analyst to say a revisit of BTC’s realized price near $56,000 may occur in a few months. Do charts hint at a rebound rally before the weekend?
- Bitcoin price sets new 15-month low under $73K as crypto liquidates $800M
Bitcoin fell to its lowest levels since November 2024 after beating its previous bottom, with $70,000 BTC price support and under coming into focus.
- Fireblocks to integrate Stacks for institutional-grade Bitcoin DeFi
The Bitcoin network has an average block time of about 10 minutes, which creates a challenge for decentralized finance applications.
- Bitcoin-native USDT protocol joins CTDG Dev Hub
An emerging protocol enabling native USDT transactions on Bitcoin becomes the latest participant of CTDG Dev Hub, a developer-centric technical hub by Cointelegraph focused on protocol design, implementation approaches, and network upgrade proposals.
- Bitcoin’s $68K trend line seen as potential BTC price floor: Traders
Bitcoin is approaching its 200-week moving averages, a long-term support zone traders say could help define a potential BTC price floor.
- Mercado Bitcoin expands LatAm RWA push with $20M in Rootstock private credit
Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin has issued more than $20 million in tokenized private credit on Bitcoin sidechain Rootstock and is targeting $100 million by April.
- Bitcoin bounces to $76K, but onchain and technical data signal deeper downside
Bitcoin’s rebound masks weak technicals and onchain signals that point to continued downside risk, with miners and exchange flows reinforcing the bearish trend.
- Arbitrum, Optimism and Base weigh in after Vitalik questions L2 scaling model
Base’s Jesse Pollak says L2s can’t be “Ethereum but cheaper” as builders respond to Vitalik Buterin’s call for specialization.
General News
- Six British activists acquitted over raid on Israeli defence firm’s factory
Six British activists have been acquitted of aggravated burglary tied to a raid on an Israeli defence firm’s factory.
- Some in Israel question its influence over US as Iran war decision nears
Israelis wonder whether US will favour its own geopolitical priorities over Israel in its decision over Iran attack.
- Rubio: US ready to talk with Iran, ‘not sure’ a deal can be reached
US Secretary of State said the US would prefer to make a deal with Iran, but he’s “not sure” a deal can be reached.
- Washington Post announces massive layoffs in blow to storied paper
Spokesperson says that cuts apply to about one-third of newsroom, with sport and international coverage largely gutted.
- Hungary jails German activist for eight years over far-right rally attacks
Maja T was part of a group that attacked participants at Budapest's 'Day of Honour', a major neo-Nazi event.
- Russia jails stand-up comic Artemy Ostani over war joke
Artemy Ostanin sentenced to more than five years in a penal colony after joking about a 'legless' war veteran.
- Russia’s Putin holds video call with China’s Xi
The two leaders discussed maintaining their growing ties amid international instability.
- Israeli strikes kill more than 20 in Gaza, shatter ‘ceasefire’ myth
Israeli strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians, many of them children, in widespread attacks on Gaza on Wednesday.
- US announces proposed critical mineral trading bloc
The aim of the group is to challenge China’s stronghold on the globe’s rare earth mining.
- Killing of Saif Gaddafi removes alternative to Libya’s rival governments
Death of former dictator's son removes symbolic alternative to Libya's entrenched political deadlock, analysts say.











