Adidas said it would launch a share buyback of up to 1 billion euros on the back of record 2025 sales that the German sportswear maker said benefited from stable prices in the face of U.S. tariffs.
Bitcoin’s strong start to the year has been fully erased, with its price slipping to a new yearly low below $84,000. Analysts viewed this move as part of a broader corrective phase rather than a structural market breakdown, driven by aggressive futures deleveraging rather than sustained selling in spot markets.
Oil prices rose to their highest since late September on looming Iran concerns while a weak U.S. dollar lent further support. Both benchmarks are headed for their biggest monthly rises in percentage terms since July 2023
The Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 2.25%, as widely expected, and Governor Tiff Macklem said a high level of trade uncertainty made it difficult to predict when and how rates might next change.
Microsoft only edged past estimates for quarterly revenue in its crucial cloud-computing business and ramped up spending on artificial intelligence, disappointing investors looking for better returns amid intense competition.
Public companies are quietly expanding their Bitcoin treasuries in early 2026, with new disclosures this week showing continued accumulation despite largely flat prices Nasdaq-listed American Bitcoin Corporation said that its Bitcoin holdings rose to 5,843 BTC, an increase of 416 Bitcoin from prior levels.
