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Why Memory and Storage Stocks Are Sinking While the Rest of the Market Climbs

Seagate, Western Digital and SK Hynix fell sharply on Tuesday even as broader tech and chip stocks rose, as a Toshiba hard-drive expansion, caution before Samsung's earnings and a stretched rally weigh on the group.

DDesk6 Oct 2026 · 15:10 ET5 min read
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Nvidia Hits Another Record and Is Now About 4% Away From a $6 Trillion Market Cap

Nvidia hit a new all-time intraday high of $239.86 on Monday, lifting its market value to about $5.78 trillion as AI infrastructure spending and a record-setting quarter keep investors buying.

DDesk5 Oct 2026 · 16:45 ET4 min read
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SEC Clears the First 3x Bitcoin and Ether Funds, but Trading Still Awaits Registration

The SEC approved a Cboe BZX rule change clearing six 3x futures-based products from Volatility Shares, including the first triple-leveraged Bitcoin and Ether funds, but the funds still need their registrations declared effective before they can trade.

DDesk4 Oct 2026 · 18:19 ET3 min read
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BNY Is Reportedly in Talks With Kraken's Parent on a Broad Infrastructure Deal

BNY is reportedly in early talks with Kraken parent Payward on a partnership spanning crypto custody, trading, payments, and wealth management — a potential deal people familiar with the discussions say could echo Payward's recent infrastructure agreement with Nasdaq.

DDesk2 Oct 2026 · 14:05 ET2 min read
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The Crypto Miner Turned GPU Startup That Just Got Nvidia to Write It a Check

A five-year-old startup that started as a Bitcoin mining operation just raised $668 million with Nvidia as an investor — and it's now processing a trillion AI tokens a day, 20 times more than six months ago.

DDesk30 Sept 2026 · 14:29 ET3 min read
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Robinhood Wants an AI Agent Trading Your Portfolio — And a Data Marketplace to Feed It

Robinhood is bringing AI trading agents directly into its app, paired with an "Agent Apps" marketplace of premium data from 11 providers — building on a developer program that's already logged 150,000 agentic accounts and 30 million tool calls a day.

DDesk29 Sept 2026 · 21:48 ET3 min read
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