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INTEL: U.S. oil rose toward $65 a barrel, its highest level since September 29, after Donald Trump said time is running out for Iran to reach a deal https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016812165391335670

INTEL: OpenAI is exploring an early-stage social network focused on real people, with discussions around biometric proof of personhood using tools like Apple Face ID and the World iris-scanning Orb https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016801647079391545

INTEL: POWELL PRESS CONFERENCE SUMMARY -Fed in wait-and-see mode, decisions meeting by meeting -Expects tariff effects on goods inflation to peak and then ease this year -Says labor market downside risks reemerging would justify looser policy -Says it’s hard to argue policy is significantly restrictive based on incoming data -Says risks to both sides of the mandate have eased somewhat -December projections point to more normalization ahead -Notes labor market data is more reliable than GDP -Says there is not much evidence of broad foreign hedging of dollar assets -Advice for his successor: stay out of politics -Attended Cook’s Supreme Court case, calling it the most important legal case in Fed history https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016613034463285407

INTEL: Powell remarks -Don't take much message from rise in price for gold -Argument could be made we're losing credibility but that's not the case -Don't take much macro message from precious metals though we do monitor them https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016605593276969232

INTEL: Bessent says Trump’s pick for Fed Chair could be announced within a week or two https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016604941180145894

INTEL: Powell remarks -Asked about raising rates: it's not anybody's base case -US debt is not unsustainable, the path of US debt is uncontroversially unsustainable -Government shutdown effects should be reversed this quarter https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016601497593598246

INTEL: Powell remarks -Well positioned to determine extent, timing of additional rate adjustments -Policy not on preset course -Attended Cook's Supreme Court case as it is the most important legal case in Fed's history -Asked about Jan 11 video statement, says won't expand on that https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016597057767698609

INTEL: WHITE HOUSE TO GATHER BANKING AND CRYPTO INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES ON MONDAY TO DISCUSS STALLED SENATE CRYPTO BILL https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016588302485176822

INTEL: FED LEAVES RATES UNCHANGED AT 3.5-3.75% https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016587108853436570?s=20

INTEL: BOC LEAVES KEY INTEREST RATE AT 2.25%; EST. 2.25% https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016523102696485181

INTEL: S&P 500 REACHES 7,000 POINTS FOR THE FIRST TIME https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016519630995558724

INTEL: Paolo Ardoino said Tether aims to invest 10–15% of its portfolio into gold https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016517770133782967

INTEL: Robinhood will enable 24/7 trading and self custody through tokenized stocks https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016512741058453988

INTEL: Fidelity Investments is preparing to launch its own U.S. dollar backed stablecoin in the coming weeks https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016504439809392937

INTEL: Amazon said it will lay off 16,000 corporate employees as it shifts resources amid rising competition over AI $AMZN https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016469868451639665

INTEL: SPOT GOLD HITS A NEW ALL TIME HIGH OF $5,300/OZ https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016429277671989413

INTEL: The Trump administration warned South Korea against targeting U.S. tech firms including Coupang and threatened higher tariffs https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016230380034986448

INTEL: US JAN. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE 84.5; EST. 90.9 https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016164385199132782

INTEL: Tether launched USA₮, a federally regulated dollar backed stablecoin issued in the United States https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016134387759222860

INTEL: Trump family backed American Bitcoin increased its holdings by 416 $BTC, bringing total reserves to 5,843 Bitcoin https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/2016115005058342944