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Investors are eagerly anticipating the potential approval of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The excitement began in early June when the investment giant BlackRock submitted a filing for the product and gained further momentum after a court decision mandated the SEC reconsider its rejection of Grayscale's proposal to transform its Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a spot ETF.

Kraft Heinz says it’s bringing dairy-free macaroni and cheese to the U.S. for the first time

Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei says he's chosen Luis Caputo, a former finance minister and Central Bank chief who is known as an expert in markets, to lead the Economy Ministry when the right-wing leader takes office on Dec. 10

The global economy, which has proved surprisingly resilient this year, is expected to falter next year under the strain of wars, still-elevated inflation and continued high interest rates

Shrugging off higher interest rates, America’s consumers spent enough to help drive the economy to a brisk 5.2% annual pace from July through September, the government said in an upgrade from its previous estimate

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign legislation in the coming days aimed at curbing deceptive uses of artificial intelligence and manipulated media

The United Auto Workers union has announced plans to try to simultaneously organize workers at more than a dozen nonunion auto factories

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a virtual currency mixer the Treasury Department said has processed millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency from major heists carried out by North Korea-linked hackers.

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced today in a blog post that it will end support for its Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin on December 15. The move comes after regulators ordered BUSD issuer Paxos to halt minting of the stablecoin earlier this year.

BlackRock executives held another meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday to discuss the firm’s application to launch a Bitcoin (BTC) spot ETF in the United States.

Blue-chip cryptocurrencies are consolidating close to recent highs, with Bitcoin (BTC) having once again challenged year-to-date highs earlier in the session in the $38,400s.

Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko, co-founders of Bitcoin (BTC) cloud miner HashFlare, have successfully appealed their extradition from Estonia to the United States, where the two face 18 counts of fraud and money laundering. The Tallinn Circuit Court overturned a lower court’s order on Nov. 29, according to a local press report.

Wally Adeyemo, deputy secretary of the United States Treasury Department, said his department is looking into new sanctions tools to pursue bad actors in the crypto space, citing a recent settlement with Binance.

The demand for institutional investors for Bitcoin (BTC) became evident on Nov. 10 as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin futures flipped Binance's BTC futures markets in terms of size. According to BTC derivatives metrics, those investors are showing strong confidence in Bitcoin's potential to break above the $40,000 mark in the short term.

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced it will cease support for all Binance USD (BUSD) products starting on Dec. 15 following Paxos halting the minting of new coins.

Quiver Quantitative — The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) and its allies, led by Russia, are deliberating new oil production cuts, potentially reducing output by as much as 1 million barrels a day. This significant proposal comes amidst the ongoing Middle East conflict and could lead to a surge in oil prices. Initially scheduled for last week, the OPEC meeting was postponed due to disagreements over production quotas and is now set to occur virtually. While a consensus on further cuts remains uncertain, with some members opposing the reduction, Saudi Arabia has expressed strong support for the measure.

Investing.com-- Oil prices rose sharply Wednesday, shrugging off unexpected increase in U.S crude stockpiles amid further supply disruptions just a day ahead of an OPEC+ meeting to decide on future output policy.

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Laura Sanicola

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union announced Wednesday their plan to unionize electric vehicle maker, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) as well as the entirety of the nonunion auto industry in the United States.

This initiative follows a summer surge in COVID-19 cases that sparked debates about masking in classrooms, leading to varied policies across different districts. Although there has been a slight decrease in COVID-19-related hospitalizations in recent months, there has been an uptick in the last few weeks, as indicated by the latest federal data. This announcement highlights the enduring impact of the coronavirus on American schools and society. It reflects the evolution from the challenges faced during the height of the pandemic, with limited testing availability, to the current efforts to ensure resources for testing are more widely accessible as schools navigate ways to stay open while prioritizing student safety. Novavax's updated vaccine has been granted emergency-use authorization by the World Health Organization (WHO) for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 in individuals aged 12 and older, the company said on Tuesday. The updated Novavax shot, which was authorized in the U.S. last month, targets a descendant of the XBB lineage of the coronavirus that was globally predominant earlier this year. The emergency use listing helps speed up the regulatory approvals to import and administer the vaccines by member states, according to the WHO. Novavax missed out on the COVID-19 vaccine windfall, which benefited mRNA rivals, due to manufacturing issues that delayed its filing for regulatory approval during the peak of the pandemic. Its original COVID shot received U.S. authorization in July 2022, long after Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were in use. Novavax's updated shot uses a more traditional protein-based technology than the mRNA-based vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna.

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