China stocks rally 4% as manufacturing contracts less than feared; Japan’s Nikkei falls more than 4%

Stocks in mainland China spiked 4.84% while Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled 4.64% on Monday as investors assessed key economic data from the two countries. China’s official purchasing managers’ index reading for September came in at 49.8, better than the 49.5 expected by economists polled by Reuters. However, this marked a fifth straight month of contraction for the […]

Leveraged MicroStrategy ETFs Are a ‘Ghost Pepper’ Bet on Bitcoin—And They’re Booming

American investors appear to be regaining their appetite for risk, as new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) giving a leveraged position to MicroStrategy stock are booming. MSTX, which launched in August, now has $357.6 million in assets under management. The fund aims to give investors daily leveraged investment results of 1.75 times (or 175% of) the daily […]

Bitcoin price stuck in ‘extended consolidation phase’ due to drop in capital inflows — Report

In the past six months, the Bitcoin network has seen a significant drop in capital inflows, with the Bitcoin price stuck in a “lengthy consolidation phase,” according to Glassnode. This extended period of consolidation, which has persisted since after the 2024 Bitcoin halving, has seen the short-term holder (STH) cohort, those who have held BTC for […]