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UnitedHealth shares tank on steep forecast cut as medical care costs soar

UnitedHealth Group cut its annual profit forecast on Thursday in anticipation of higher-than-expected medical costs. ​Read More

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Crypto

Babylon total value locked drops 32% as wallets unstake $1.2B in Bitcoin

Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon saw $1.26 billion in BTC unstaked from its platform, reducing the protocol’s total value locked by 32%.  On April 17, blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain flagged several addresses that had unstaked a total of 14,929 Bitcoin (BTC) from the staking platform. The security firm flagged four addresses that had unstaked 299 BTC,

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Crypto

Polygon’s Nailwal: Jio partnership to drive real-world Web3 adoption for 450M users

As Polygon lays the groundwork for mainstream Web3 adoption in India by bringing blockchain access to over 450 million Reliance Jio users, it remains focused on balancing speed, scalability and affordability, without compromising on decentralization. Polygon is working with Jio, a telecom giant owned by India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, to find ways to infuse

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Crypto

Bitcoin gold copycat move may top $150K as BTC stays 'impressive'

Bitcoin (BTC) has a new gold-inspired $155,000 target, as analysis describes both assets as “remarkably impressive.” In a post on X on April 16, trading and analytics account Cryptollica predicted BTC/USD would copy gold to hit new all-time highs. Analysis sees key BTC price similarities to gold Bitcoin has made headlines for its inability to

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Crypto

Binance helps countries with Bitcoin reserves, crypto policies, says CEO

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is involved in discussions on establishing strategic digital asset reserves with several countries, its CEO, Richard Teng, reportedly said. Binance has been advising multiple governments on establishing strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserves and formulating crypto asset regulations, Teng said in an interview with the Financial Times on April 17. “We have actually received

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Hermès to hike U.S. prices for iconic bags and scarves in response to Trump tariffs

The French luxury giant will look to "fully offset" the impact of blanket 10% tariffs with price hikes from May 1, it said Thursday. ​Read More

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Crypto

AI tokens, memecoins dominate crypto narratives in Q1 2025: CoinGecko

The cryptocurrency market is still recycling old narratives, with few new trends yet to emerge and replace the dominant themes in the first quarter of 2025. Artificial intelligence tokens and memecoins were the dominant crypto narrative in the first quarter of 2025, accounting for 62.8% of investor interest, according to a quarterly research report by

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TSMC sticks with its revenue forecast after profit tops estimates despite Trump trade worries

TSMC beat profit expectations for the first quarter, thanks to a continued surge in demand for AI chips. ​Read More

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Crypto

Raydium debuts LaunchLab to rival memecoin maker Pump.fun

The firm behind the Solana-based automated market maker (AMM) Raydium has launched its memecoin-making protocol, LaunchLab, which looks to compete with Pump.fun. The arrival of LaunchLab on April 16 comes a month after Pump.fun, previously a key contributor to Raydium’s revenue, severed ties with the firm by moving its token migration from Raydium’s liquidity pools

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Crypto

Ethereum fees drop to a 5-year low as transaction volumes lull

Transaction costs on the Ethereum network have dropped to the lowest level in five years as the amount of activity on the blockchain is in a lull, according to the onchain analytics platform Santiment. Ethereum network fees are now around $0.168 per transaction and the reduction in fees coincides with fewer people sending Ether (ETH)

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