DB-Nov 19,2021: Bitcoin just got its biggest upgrade yet with Taproot, which will streamline transaction processing and make everything more efficient. In the U.S., the House finally passes President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Build Back Better spending bill, but there might be further revisions from the Senate. In Austria, days after issuing a lockdown on th ... Show More
Yesterday
Crypto Winter Deepens: BTC Hits $69K, Tech Crashes, Silver Melts Down
Markets are deep in risk-off mode as crypto winter tightens its grip. The ECB and Bank of England both held rates, with the BoE signaling it may be nearing the end of its easing cycle. UK political turmoil hit the pound, while tech stocks continued to unravel — AMD plunged 17%, Q ... Show More
6m 45s
Feb 4
Software Selloff, Gold at $5K, and Crypto Slips Again — Palvatar’s Market Recap
Software stocks get slammed, gold keeps climbing, and Bitcoin loses key support again. Palvatar covers today’s key macro and market headlines — from Claude’s AI plugin rattling software firms to AMD’s 9% plunge and a weak U.S. jobs print. Gold hits $5,000, geopolitics flares up, ... Show More
5m 5s
Feb 3
Markets Surge, SpaceX Buys xAI, and Gold Pops 5% — Palvatar’s Big News Recap
Markets are ripping back after a wave of fear. Palvatar breaks down the massive upside surprise in U.S. manufacturing, Musk’s record-breaking $1.25T xAI merger with SpaceX, and wild moves in gold, silver, and global equities. Plus: crypto breathes after brutal liquidations, and G ... Show More
6m 42s
May 2020
The race for a vaccine, the story behind EBITDAC, BoE’s Bailey
<p>The hunt for a coronavirus vaccine is central to global efforts to restart economies. The FT’s US coronavirus correspondent, David Crow, explains how nationalism could slow the fight against the pandemic. Plus, some companies are presenting a new customised metric they are cal ... Show More
9m 45s
Mar 2020
Rana Foroohar on the trillion dollar fightback, Biden sweep
The FT News Briefing is a rundown of the global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. If you enjoy it, subscribe to the FT News Briefing wherever you get your podcasts, or listen at FT.com/newsbriefing. Western governments ... Show More
7m 56s
Mar 2020
Republican $1tn plan, Paul Tucker on damage limits
The FT News Briefing is a rundown of the global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. If you enjoy it, subscribe to the FT News Briefing wherever you get your podcasts, or listen at FT.com/newsbriefing.Friday, March 20Repu ... Show More
10m 56s
Jan 2021
Business after Brexit, extended lockdowns in Europe, Bitcoin’s rise
<p>Businesses face a wave of new bureaucracy and checks at ports now that the UK is officially outside of the EU’s single market and customs union, European countries debate more restrictions aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus, and law firms ditch their UK trophy offic ... Show More
9m 44s
Jul 2020
Deadlock on EU recovery fund, Argentina’s plea to creditors, TikTok trouble
EU leaders spent the weekend locked in marathon summit talks over Europe’s proposed €750bn response to the coronavirus pandemic, and Albert Fernández, Argentina’s president, has made an impassioned appeal for the world to accept that he cannot budge from his final offer to restru ... Show More
10m 19s
May 2020
US-China trade, ECB to resist pressure from German court, Airbnb’s outlook
<p>Donald Trump is weighing up more aggressive economic measures against China, The European Central Bank is expected to resist recent pressure from Germany’s constitutional court over its bond-buying programme, and first-quarter results from Lyft<strong> </strong>showed promisin ... Show More
8m 11s
Oct 2022
Lula makes a comeback, Russia ends Ukraine grain deal
<p>Moscow’s decision to suspend the Black Sea agreement will lead to fresh spike in prices, experts warn, Wall St bankers are under pressure to offer heavy discounts on debt issued to Elon Musk to fund his acquisition of Twitter, European and US banks are offering higher interest ... Show More
10m 5s
May 2020
CDC director warns of second coronavirus flare-up, threat to mortgage-backed bonds
<p>Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the rapid spread of coronavirus in the southern hemisphere suggests it is likely to flare up in the US later this year. Then, the biggest shopping mall in America has fallen behind on mo ... Show More
10m 34s