December 19, 2025 1:39 pm
Key Moments Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern filed a formal application with U.S. transportation regulators to review their proposed $85 billion merger. The Surface Transportation Board review is expected to take about 12 to 18 months, with the companies aiming to close the deal in early 2027. Shareholders approved the transaction in November, but the […]
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Key Moments Midnight Foundation President confirmed they have received a legal contract from a potential privacy stablecoin partner. The NIGHT token recently reached a peak valuation of $1.4 billion and is currently trading at $0.06402, with a market cap of around $1.06 billion. The Midnight team is advancing through its rollout phases, expecting to complete […]
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Key Moments Brent crude traded below $60 a barrel on Friday, ending the week down more than 2%, while West Texas Intermediate hovered near $56 a barrel. Meanwhile, major oil traders, including Trafigura, expect the global crude market to remain oversupplied in early 2026. They project Brent will stay in the $50s through mid-next year. […]
Read moreDecember 19, 2025 7:45 am
Key Moments Coty sold its remaining 25.8% ownership in Wella to KKR for $750 million. The transaction transfers Coty’s entire residual equity interest in the hair care brand. Coty retained rights to 45% of any proceeds from a future sale or initial public offering of Wella. Transaction Overview Coty said on Friday that it has […]
Read moreDecember 18, 2025 2:42 pm
Key Moments Blackstone Inc. has begun early discussions with Revolut Ltd. about making its funds accessible on Revolut’s platform, according to Bloomberg. The talks aim to integrate Blackstone investment products into Revolut’s emerging private-banking offering. Negotiations are preliminary, and no definitive partnership has been confirmed yet. Exploratory Talks on Fund Access Blackstone Inc. is considering […]
Read moreDecember 18, 2025 1:27 pm
Micron Soars as AI-Driven Memory Crunch Supercharges Outlook Key Moments Micron Technology shares climbed nearly 14% in premarket trading after the company issued a sharply higher second-quarter adjusted profit forecast. Meanwhile, a global shortage of memory chips across devices and data centers has lifted prices and strengthened Micron’s earnings outlook. Additionally, Micron raised its 2026 […]
Read moreDecember 18, 2025 10:48 am
Key Moments Solana developers recently focused on infrastructure areas such as oracles, cross-chain interoperability, and staking tools. Developer commits linked to staking and validator solutions, including Jito, rose over 20% last month. Analytics show thousands of code changes to Chainlink’s Solana integrations over the past 30 days, highlighting efforts to strengthen oracle data feeds. Foundational […]
Read moreDecember 18, 2025 8:55 am
Key Moments Brent crude (BCO) slipped below $60 and WTI (CL) moved toward the mid-$50s as oversupply and weak demand drove prices to their lowest levels since early 2021. Natural gas (NG) held above its 200-day SMA after a pullback to $3.82, with key support anchored at $2.60 and resistance ahead at $4.70 and $5.50. […]
Read moreDecember 18, 2025 8:03 am
Key Moments USD/CAD sold off sharply after a late-November reversal signal. However, the move now looks stretched, with price action hinting at a possible swing bottom. Meanwhile, resilient U.S. private-sector data has lowered the perceived odds of a fourth consecutive Federal Reserve rate cut in January. At the same time, softer Canadian inflation and falling […]
Read moreDecember 18, 2025 7:37 am
Key Moments Pump.fun (PUMP), SPX6900 (SPX), and Bittensor (TAO) are among the steepest decliners over the last 24 hours, as total crypto liquidations exceed $500 million. Retail traders are blaming alleged institutional activity around an early-morning Bitcoin sell-off in the US, ahead of key US CPI data on Thursday and a Bank of Japan rate […]
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