Current price of Bitcoin for August 3, 2026
At 7 a.m. Eastern Time on August 3, 2026, the price of Bitcoin (1 BTC) is $62,706.56. That marks a $394.09 decrease from yesterday morning—and approximately a $51,480 fall compared…
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‘Japan’s been very good to us, with the exception, of course, of Pearl Harbor’: Trump awkwardly comes to the Yen’s rescue
The U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets. Recommended Video Before late…
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America’s $500 million bet on rare earths depends on a tiny New Hampshire refinery scaling from 200 kg to 120 tonnes in 2 years
A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton…
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Bessent seen rebuffing Wall Street on guidance for U.S. debt sales
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s debt-management team has rebuffed Wall Street suggestions to tweak its guidance for future sales of US Treasuries for so long now that many dealers have abandoned…
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Oil tumbles and stock futures surge after Trump said Iran deal was near
U.S. markets were poised to open with gains and oil prices fell sharply Monday after President Donald Trump said he would order U.S. forces to refrain from attacks against Iran…
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Yen rises amid speculation of more intervention after U.S. support
The yen rallied sharply on Monday amid speculation that authorities may have intervened to prop up the currency again after coordinated action between the US and Japan last week. Recommended…
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As AI creates more entrepreneurs and a skills mismatch, Gen Z faces the choice of being a specialist or a ‘general-purpose nerd’
Depending on your point of view, young people today trying to choose an employment path either have immense opportunity or a bleak future. Recommended Video Entry-level corporate jobs are drying…
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America’s ‘weird’ and ‘unwise’ intervention in the Japanese yen: ‘The last thing you want is to give markets any kind of reason to ask questions’
The U.S. is stepping in to help boost Japan’s yen for the first time in nearly three decades after the currency hit a 40-year low, but the intervention has an…
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Wall Street bulls are starting to admit the earnings bubble is real—and the 60/40 portfolio may be the first casualty
For more than four decades, the investing world operated on a foundational assumption: that a portfolio consisting of 60% stocks and 40% bonds would protect you when markets turned. For…
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‘A fantastic amount of money to have borrowed’: a top Wall Street wealth advisor is stunned by the national debt
Greg Fleming has navigated Wall Street’s biggest crises over nearly four decades, from negotiating Merrill Lynch’s 2008 fire sale to building Rockefeller Capital Management into a $200 billion wealth empire.…
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