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Coinbase’s highly-anticipated crypto futures trading offering is now live for retail investors in the U.S., allowing users to access futures contracts sized at one one-hundredth of a bitcoin and one ...

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President Trump said he delayed a planned attack on Iran, but Sandisk, Bloom Energy and other AI leaders still tumbled.

Large currency speculators further reduced net short position in the Pound futures market to a three month low, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity ...

Dow Jones futures pared losses as oil prices and yields turned lower early Monday despite Trump's new Iran threats. Nvidia looms.