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Coinbase cut 700 employees, replaced managers with “player-coaches,” and just posted a $394 million loss — its CEO says mass AI layoffs are coming to “every company”
On May 5, 2026, Coinbase Global told the Securities and Exchange Commission it was eliminating roughly 700 jobs, about 14% of its worldwide workforce. The...
Oil crashed 15% on a reported Iran peace deal — gas is still $4.50 and the Strait of Hormuz is still closed
By energy desk staff | May 5, 2026 Brent crude dropped roughly 15% in a single week after reports of a diplomatic breakthrough between Washington...
Kevin Warsh’s Fed chair vote hits the Senate floor May 11 — four days before Powell’s term expires — and it was the first fully partisan committee vote for a Fed chair in history
No Federal Reserve chair nominee has ever reached the Senate floor on a purely partisan vote. Kevin Warsh is about to be the first. On...
AMD’s data center revenue jumped 57% to $5.8 billion — and Disney posted its strongest streaming quarter ever under its new CEO
AMD just reported $5.8 billion in data center revenue for the quarter ended March 28, 2026, a 57% leap from the year-ago period, according to...
Oil plunged 15% to $88 a barrel on Iran deal hopes — then bounced back above $100 because the Strait of Hormuz is still closed
On April 17, Brent crude collapsed roughly 15 percent in a single session, dropping to about $88.90 a barrel after reports circulated that a diplomatic...
Coinbase cut 700 employees and replaced managers with “player-coaches” — its CEO says mass AI layoffs are coming to “every company”
On May 5, 2026, Coinbase told roughly 700 employees their jobs were gone. The crypto exchange cut about 14% of its workforce, gutted layers of...
Oil crashed 15% in a single session after Axios reported a 14-point deal to end the Iran war — but gas is still $4.50 and the Strait of Hormuz is still closed
On Tuesday, May 19, 2026, energy markets did something they had not done since the early weeks of the Iran conflict: they collapsed on hope....
I bonds just reset to 4.26% — the highest rate since October 2023 — and the 0.90% fixed rate locks in for 30 years
The Treasury announced on May 1, 2026, that Series I savings bonds now carry a 4.26% annualized composite rate, a notable jump that makes the...
Tyson beat earnings estimates on chicken sales for the 6th straight quarter — then raised its chicken profit forecast to $2 billion
Tyson Foods extended its earnings winning streak to six consecutive quarters on May 5, 2026, reporting fiscal second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.06, above...
Moody’s says sustained $125 oil triggers a global recession — Brent closed at $112, just $13 away
Oil is $13 away from the price that Moody’s Analytics says would push the global economy into recession, and the gap is closing fast. Brent...
Bitcoin crossed $81,000 for the first time since January — up 17% in a month — as Iran de-escalation hopes pull money out of gold and into risk assets
Bitcoin punched through $81,000 during early Asian trading on May 4, 2026, a level it had not touched since late January, capping a rally of...
The S&P 500 is 1% from an all-time high — but the CAPE ratio just hit 39, the highest level since the year 2000
The S&P 500 closed at 5,958 on May 5, 2026, finishing the first full week of the month within roughly 1% of its all-time high...
Micron started shipping a 245-terabyte SSD — one drive that holds what used to fill 82 server racks — and the stock surged 11% to an all-time high
Micron Technology began commercial shipments of a 245-terabyte solid-state drive in March 2026, a single storage unit the company says can replace roughly 82 server...
Pinterest surged 20% after earnings — the fastest sales growth since 2024 — while Shopify dropped 7% despite beating revenue by $80 million
Pinterest and Shopify both reported first-quarter earnings on the same day in May 2026. Both beat expectations. One stock jumped 20%. The other fell 7%....
Spirit Airlines has been dead for 3 days — fares already jumped 23% on every route it used to fly
On May 2, 2026, Spirit Airlines told the world it was done. Three days later, a bankruptcy judge agreed. Now, anyone searching for a cheap...
Kevin Warsh’s Fed chair vote could be the most partisan in history — and it’s happening 4 days before Powell’s term expires
Every Republican voted yes. Every Democrat voted no. And just like that, on April 29, 2026, Kevin Warsh became the first Federal Reserve chair nominee...
Intel hit an all-time high after Apple opened talks to use it as a chip supplier — the same company that traded at $18 two years ago
In the spring of 2024, Intel’s stock was hovering near $18 a share. The company had lost Apple as a chip customer, fallen a generation...
Trump paused “Project Freedom” after one day — 23,000 sailors are still stranded in the Persian Gulf, and gas just hit $4.48
On the morning of May 27, 2026, the U.S. Navy began escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz under an operation the White House...
Bitcoin briefly crossed $80,000 — up 17% in one month — while Ethereum ETFs lost $82 million as investors rotated into BTC
Bitcoin punched through $80,000 on May 4, 2026, touching an intraday high of $80,594 and marking its strongest level in three months. The breakout capped...
Gold dropped 1.4% after Trump’s “Project Freedom” announcement — but oil surged 6% the same day, which means the inflation trade isn’t going anywhere
President Donald Trump’s naval escort mission through the Strait of Hormuz launched with a bold name and a messy first week. On the day the...