South Korea’s stock market suffered one of its fastest declines in history this week, with the Kospi falling about 20% in two trading days, as geopolitical tensions have, for the moment, shattered what might be termed a speculative bubble in popular AI-related names. The rapid decline followed months of aggressive buying by retail investors that […]
Bitcoin BTC$68,503.15 surged Wednesday, underscoring it’s growing resilience to turmoil in the Middle East, while gold, a traditional safe haven, lagged. The leading cryptocurrency by market value rose to $71,023 during the European hours, up over 6% on a 24-hour basis, according to CoinDesk data. Other majors such as ether (ETH), XRP (XRP) and solana […]