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Global stocks plunge on tech rout and Korean trading halt

World markets tumbled Thursday as a brutal U.S. tech selloff extended into a third day, pushing the S&P 500 into negative territory for 2026 and dragging Bitcoin to levels unseen in over a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 593 points or 1.2%, while the S&P 500 also dropped 1.2%. The......

Michael Burry warns bitcoin drop could trigger cascading losses

Bitcoin extended its sharp early 2026 decline this week as Michael Burry, famed for betting against subprime mortgages before the 2008 crisis, cautioned that breaching key price thresholds could spark forced selling across the heavily leveraged crypto market. In a February 2 Substack post, Burry described......

Bitcoin plunges to 10-month low amid $2 billion liquidation wave

Bitcoin tumbled below $75,000 over the February 1-2, 2026 weekend, hitting its lowest level since April 2025 in a brutal sell-off that triggered over $2 billion in liquidations. The drop briefly pushed the world's largest institutional Bitcoin holder into nearly $1 billion in unrealized losses. The......

Gold and silver prices plunge after Warsh's Fed nomination

A massive sell-off swept global commodity markets on February 2, 2026, hammering gold, silver, oil, and industrial metals as investors reacted to President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chair. The rout rippled through stock markets worldwide, with Asian exchanges......

Global markets plunge after Trump's Fed chair pick

Stock markets worldwide tumbled sharply on Monday as investors grappled with President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair, sparking broad sell-offs in equities, precious metals, and cryptocurrencies. The Friday announcement prompted traders to reassess U.S. monetary......

Copper prices plunge amid broad metals sell-off shaking global markets

Copper prices tumbled sharply on Monday for the second straight session, swept up in a widespread sell-off of commodities that rattled markets from South Africa to London and hammered mining stocks worldwide. The red metal slid toward $5.70 per pound in U.S. trading, extending Friday's steep losses......

Gold and silver extend historic plunge amid Asian market rout

Gold and silver prices continued their sharp decline during Monday's Asian trading session, deepening the losses from last week's massive sell-off. The downturn was sparked by President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, to replace Jerome Powell as......

Indonesia stock exchange CEO resigns after historic market crash

Iman Rachman, CEO of the Indonesia Stock Exchange, stepped down Friday, taking responsibility for a two-day market plunge that wiped out over 80 billion dollars in value following a warning from MSCI Inc. about a potential downgrade to frontier market status. "In light of responsibility for the......

Microsoft loses $357 billion in second-largest single-day market drop

Microsoft's market capitalization plunged by $357 billion on Thursday, securing the second-largest one-day loss in stock market history. Investors punished the tech giant over slowing cloud growth and rising doubts about the returns from its massive artificial intelligence investments. The stock......