The euro zone economy ended 2024 in a fragile state, according a survey which showed overall activity contracted for a second straight month in December as a modest recovery in the services industry failed to offset a deeper downturn in manufacturing.
The Canadian dollar rose to a near three-week high against its U.S. counterpart, as investors weighed the potential for Canada’s economy to escape broad-based U.S. tariffs and a report that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would resign.
MicroStrategy, the biggest corporate Bitcoin holder, announced a fresh purchase of 1,070 BTC made in the last two days of 2024. The company revealed the purchase on Jan. 6, stating that it spent about $101 million in cash on December 30–31, 2024.
Dogecoin has jumped 21% over the past week, outperforming other major memecoins. Shiba Inu, Pepe and Bonk were up 7%, 10% and 14%, respectively. The rally follows renewed interest from whales.
U.S. stocks rebounded as investors neared the end of a holiday-shortened week that also rang in a new year, which brought with it expectations of additional Federal Reserve rate cuts and looser regulatory policies from the incoming administration.
Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue for the fourth quarter on continued strong demand for artificial intelligence servers. Revenue for Apple’s biggest iPhone assembler jumped 15.2% to $64.72 billion.
