New York Mayor Mamdani vows to enact democratic socialist agenda


 CEO Paolo Ardoino confirmed the $779 million purchase by Tether. Stablecoin issuer Tether added 8,888.8888888 BTC to its reserves in Q4 2025. The latest stash brings its total holdings to over 96,000 coins, which is worth roughly $8.46 billion. The purchase of around $779 million was confirmed by CEO Paolo Ardoino on X and continues the company’s ongoing “8888” accumulation pattern.

Warren Buffett and Greg Abel walkthrough the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC The investing world's north star is beginning to dim. Warren Buffett has handed over the CEO reins to Greg Abel after a six-decade run that turned an unremarkable textile company into one of the most powerful compounding engines in market history, leaving investors grappling with how singular that achievement really was, even as he remains chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.

To help inform our air purifier picks, we gathered 12 of the newest and most popular models at the CNET Labs product testing facility in Louisville, Kentucky, where we put them through a rigorous set of tests. When evaluating our scores for air purifiers, we took into account particle removal ability, energy efficiency, loudness, price and features. Each unit is given a score out of 10 for each criterion, then receives a weighted final score out of 10.

Rate Policy, Credit Conditions, And Small-Cap Fundamentals

Bitcoin’s short-term price action is still without bullish momentum, and according to macroeconomist Henrik Zeberg, the longer-term outlook may be deteriorating as well.  Henrik Zeberg shared a strongly bearish assessment of the market’s current structure in a post on the social media platform X with the conclusion that Bitcoin is no longer behaving like an asset in a healthy expansion phase.

Diamond Hill Capital, an investment management company, released its “Mid Cap Strategy” third-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Markets continued their rally in the third quarter, with US stocks gaining over 8% as measured by the Russell 3000 Index. Small-cap stocks experienced the strongest quarterly performance, rising by more than 12%, whereas large-cap stocks increased by about 8%, and mid-cap stocks saw a gain of 5%.

LG is adding a karaoke-focused party speaker to its lineup of Xboom devices, which is built in collaboration with Will.i.am. Announced this week, LG says the Stage 501 speaker comes with an “AI Karaoke Master” that can remove or adjust vocals from “virtually any song,” similar to the Soundcore Rave 3S. It can also adjust the pitch of the songs to make them more comfortable to sing, and it doesn’t require karaoke-specific audio files to do so, according to LG.

Yves here. New Year resolutions often focus on health, like eating better or less and exercising more. The underlying motivations are vanity and longevity, or at least a higher quality of life in what would normally be one’s dotage. The medical industry has been focusing even more on “healthy aging” as well as (for those who can afford it) life extension medications and technologies, like regular blood transfusions from young adults.

Songsak Rohprasit | Moment | Getty Images Student loan borrowers whose debt is canceled in 2026 or later may face a significant tax bill. A law that shielded student loan forgiveness from taxation at the federal level — part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 — expired on Dec. 31, 2025. President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin used a New Year’s message on Thursday to reflect on a year of major technical progress — and to argue that the network’s real test lies in fulfilling its original mission, not in chasing the latest crypto narratives. In his New Year’s post on X, Buterin said Ethereum made meaningful progress in 2025 by becoming faster, more reliable and better able to handle growth without sacrificing its decentralized design.

“Can someone who has not been found legally incompetent, but who has a history of delusions, make decisions regarding property?”

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In 2025, the XRP community celebrated the long-awaited resolution of the SEC lawsuit, the launch of multiple US-based spot ETFs, and a surge in Ripple partnerships. Yet, the coveted $5 price target remained elusive, with XRP (XRP) price peaking at $3.66 before falling as much as 50% to a low of $1.58 in October.  Key takeaways: Some of the most bullish events for XRP occurred in 2025, yet it fell by over 50%, underperforming the market.

Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders and right-wing Gov. Ron DeSantis agree on virtually nothing. But they found common ground this year as leading skeptics of the artificial intelligence industry's data center boom. The alignment of two national figures on the left and right signals that a political reckoning is brewing over the AI industry's impact on electricity prices, grid stability and the labor market.

Former Reagan economist Art Laffer and former World Bank President David Malpass assess the economy under the Trump administration on ‘Kudlow.’ The new year will bring a host of tax benefits that Americans can take advantage of when filing their taxes in a few weeks.  The IRS released its guidance for the "no tax on tips" and "no tax on overtime" provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), for workers who can claim the deductions for the 2025 tax year.

Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups all blew us away as well in their respective categories and compete in their own pitch competition.

2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX Stellantis DETROIT — Stellantis is resurrecting a V-8-powered Ram pickup truck called the TRX as the company faces fewer federal emissions regulations and enacts a U.S. sales turnaround plan for its brands. The automaker said Thursday that the 2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX will be available late in 2026 for around $100,000. It was first produced for the 2021-2024 model years before being canceled as the company de-emphasized V-8 engines.

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As the crypto market settles into the early months of the year, investor behavior begins to shift. January is less about chasing momentum and more about evaluating where meaningful adoption could come from next. Established assets continue to dominate headlines, but their growth paths are often well defined.  At the same time, newer platforms quietly build traction by addressing gaps that legacy networks do not focus on.

New Year party at Swiss ski resort turned into a disaster zone

The U.S. on Tuesday announced sanctions on a group of 10 individuals and entities based in Iran and Venezuela that are allegedly linked to the weapons trade between the two countries. Those targeted include a Venezuelan company, Empresa Aeronautica Nacional, which is allegedly linked to millions of dollars of Iranian drone sales to Venezuela. The sanctions also target three Iran-based individuals who are allegedly part of an effort to procure chemicals used for ballistic missiles, according to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

The new year is finally here: 2025 is gone, 2026 has arrived, and with it, a whole new set of movies and shows is gracing your favorite streaming services. Yes, it’s time for the Nerd’s Watch, the place to find out all the best genre titles coming to Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Peacock, and more. Plus, we do the work for you.

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