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Thursday 2 Jul 2026
Markets Now
S&P 5005,847 +0.4%
NASDAQ18,294 +0.6%
BTC$67,420 +1.2%
NVDA$142.30 +2.1%
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Erebor Bank Eyes $8 Billion Valuation After Deposit Surge
Why Is Erebor Bank Drawing New Investor Interest? Erebor Bank, the crypto- and defense-focused startup founded by Palmer…
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Standard Chartered and Circle Launch Bank-Led USDC Access
Why Is Standard Chartered Adding USDC Minting And Redemption? Standard Chartered and Circle have developed a system that…
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Microsoft (MSFT) stock price prediction: 2026, 2027, 2030
The lazy read on Microsoft (MSFT) in mid-2026 is that it has become a broken AI-capex story: the…
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Bitcoin Poised for Rebound: Target $65,000
Bitcoin cryptocurrency can be expected to rise to the next resistance level 65000.00 (target price for the completion…
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SanDisk (SNDK) price prediction 2026, 2027 and 2030
The reflex reaction to a stock that has climbed from $37 in early 2025 to more than $2,000…
S&P 500
5,847.12+0.42%
NASDAQ
18,294.50+0.61%
DOW
42,352.18-0.12%
NVDA
$142.30+2.10%
MSFT
$416.32+0.85%
AAPL
$228.14+0.44%
GOOGL
$165.88-0.21%
BTC
$67,420+1.25%
ETH
$3,512+0.92%
AI ETF
$94.12+1.33%
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