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Asia’s stock markets had their worst session in two weeks on Friday following a tech-led plunge on Wall Street, though gains in safer assets like bonds and dollars were muted as investors awaited U.S. job data to see if it.

President Donald Trump’s administration is looking into banning more Chinese apps that could pose a national security threat, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said late Thursday. He made the comments to reporters on board Air Force One, according.

Wall Street could be headed for correction territory if there is a shift in investor attitude, Allianz’s chief economist Mohamed El-Erian said after the biggest market decline in months. Investors have taken a liquidity approach to the market and buying.

U.S. equities tumbled by the most in almost three months as the rotation away from high-flying tech stocks gained steam, with investors questioning the sustainability of lofty valuations. The S&P 500 Index retreated from a record high and was set.

Bitcoin (BTC) tumbled about $403 in an hour early Thursday, deepening a two-day sell-off that pushed the largest cryptocurrency to its lowest point in a month. The price was down 4.9% on the day to $10,838 as of 13:09 coordinated.

The surge in fees is being driven by the explosive popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications that are predominantly built on Ethereum. Average network fees reached $15.21 on Wednesday, up 660% from $2 a month ago. Ethereum’s median fees also.

Stablecoins are a hot commodity. Over $16 billion of them circulate in the wild today, up from $4.8 billion to start the year. Mostly these are issued outside of the U.S., and so are largely unaccountable to financial regulators. If.

Thursday is a bad day for U.S. equity markets. Stocks fell sharply after the recent rally hit all-time highs. The tech sector, the market leader since the rebound began in late March, is dragging down the whole stock market. The.

Oil prices tumbled on Thursday to their lowest point since early August as Wall Street sold off following U.S. unemployment data that fed fears of a slow recovery for the economy and fuel demand a day after weak U.S. gasoline.

New filings for jobless claims totaled 881,000 last week, better than estimates as the employment market continued its gradual progress during the coronavirus pandemic recovery. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a total of 950,000. The number.

Stocks fell sharply on Thursday as investors paused in the wake of a recent rally to all-time highs. Tech, the market leader since the rebound began in late March, was the biggest laggard. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 801.

Weekly data on US unemployment claims have markedly exceeded expectations, slightly alleviating concerns before tomorrow’s NFP release. Initial claims fell to 881K last week, better than the expected 955K. Continued claims were 13.2 million, 1.2 million below the previous week’s.