NEW YORK — 5:45 a.m. ET, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 — Big Tech stocks are trying to steady in early premarket trading after a sharp AI-led pullback rattled the “Magnificent Seven” trade into year-end. The immediate backdrop is macro: investors are bracing for fresh U.S. inflation data and a busy central-bank day in Europe, while...

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) and broader cryptocurrency markets have struggled to regain momentum after hitting record highs in early October, with renewed crash fears emerging even among some of the sector’s most bullish commentators. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) has fallen sharply from a peak of around $126,000 (£94,345) on 6 October to now hover just above $87,000, a drop...

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. New York  —  Crypto managed to make it through the year without a systemic collapse or a major scandal. Yet it’s still shaping up to be one of the industry’s worst years ever....