Month: December 2025
Digital Asset Treasuries are crypto’s latest hype — and maybe its next bubble
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The term Digital Asset Treasury companies, known as DATs or DATCOs, has emerged as one of the biggest buzzwords in the digital currency industry this year, providing investors with a novel way to play crypto — but with new risks. A DAT is effectively a publicly-listed entity that holds […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: MongoDB, Strategy, Signet Jewelers, Credo and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: MongoDB — Shares of the developer data platform soared 24% following strong third-quarter results. Adjusted earnings were $1.32 per share on revenue of $628 million, compared to earnings of 80 cents per share on $592 million in revenue expected by analysts polled by LSEG. […]
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Apple’s AI leadership, Costco’s tariff lawsuit, Cyber Monday Shopify outage and more in Morning Squawk
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 17, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading […]
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Michael and Susan Dell to donate $6.25 billion to fund ‘Trump accounts’ for 25 million U.S. kids
Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, speaking at the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 27, 2024. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Michael and Susan Dell announced Tuesday that they have committed $6.25 billion to fund investment accounts for some 25 million American children. The couple’s donation will […]
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Nvidia-backed $4 billion AI startup announces major London expansion
Nvidia-backed video generation startup Luma AI is joining a growing wave of U.S. tech companies launching operations in the U.K., with major plans for a London expansion revealed on Tuesday. The Palo Alto-headquartered startup will look to hire around 200 employees — making up around 40% of its workforce — at its new London base […]
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YouTube’s new AI deepfake tracking tool is alarming experts and creators
Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images A YouTube tool that uses creators’ biometrics to help them remove AI-generated videos that exploit their likeness also allows Google to train its AI models on that sensitive data, experts told CNBC. In response to concern from intellectual property experts, YouTube told CNBC that Google has never used […]
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Euro zone inflation up a notch to 2.2% in November, flash data shows
A Christmas market in Cottbus, Germany. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Euro zone inflation stood at 2.2% in November, marking a slight rise from the previous month, flash data from data agency Eurostat showed Tuesday. The latest consumer price index reading is just a shade above the European Central Bank’s 2% target. […]
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SoftBank’s Son ‘was crying’ about the firm’s need to sell its Nvidia stake
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Speaking via teleconference, Son and OpenAI chief Sam Altman argued that advancing artificial intelligence would lead to new jobs that are not yet imagined, and the advancement of robotics will […]
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Why China’s real estate market is still searching for a bottom
China’s housing market is flashing fresh warning signs as the property downturn runs into its fifth year, with excess inventory dragging home prices. Sales of the top 100 developers plunged 36% in terms of value in November from a year earlier, despite a modest pick-up from a 42% decline in October, according to data published […]
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk bats for H-1B visas, says tariffs distort markets
Elon Musk reacts during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the U.S. has been a beneficiary of talent from India, while adding that the H-1B visa program had been misused […]
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