Bitcoin plummeted below the $9,000 mark on Thursday. This drop marks a two-month low for the cryptocurrency. Autonomous Partners Managing Director Arianna Simpson explains her bullish outlook on Bitcoin.
"This has happened time, and time again in the history for Bitcoin and the crypto market," said Simpson. "It's just a question of having patience and realizing that this downturn is to be expected and I'm sure it will rebound."
Bitcoin's decline on Thursday came after India's Minister of Finance raised concerns of banning the cryptocurrency. "Most of the regulation news that has caused dips in the past is something that lasts for a period of time, but then overall we've seen it be quite dovish in general," said Simpson.
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them.
Ed Egilinsky, managing director and head of sales and distribution & alternatives with Direxion, joined Cheddar News to discuss how bond traders are reacting to the latest consumer price index data and how they're positioning portfolios ahead of next week's release of Nvidia's earnings. Egilinsky also discussed some of the other bigger-cap companies, including Alphabet, Amazon and Apple.
Facebook and Instagram will require political ads running on their platforms to disclose if they were created using artificial intelligence, their parent company announced on Wednesday.
Arturo Béjar testified before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday about social media and the teen mental health crisis, hoping to shed light on how Meta executives, including Zuckerberg, knew about the harms Instagram was causing but chose not to make meaningful changes to address them.
Uber missed analysts' projections for earnings per share and revenue this past quarter. Cheddar News takes a closer look at the numbers and explains what to expect for the rest of the fiscal year.
