Prop firm news

Shareholders filed a federal lawsuit against Jensen Huang: Nvidia was worth $190 billion less

On November 9, 2026, a shareholder class action (a complaint on behalf of all who purchased the securities during a specified period) was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang. The claim: the company did not disclose to investors Huang's connection to a woman whom U.S. authorities consider an alleged Chinese intelligence agent.

Nvidia shares on Nasdaq fell as much as 8% in the main session: the market is asking about Huang's successor

Nvidia shares fell almost 8% during the main trading session on November 9 - after they had already lost 3.4% in after-hours trading on reports of espionage suspicions and an independent investigation launched by the board of directors.

BTC, ETH and USDT for retail investors from November 17: the Central Bank approved cryptocurrency regulation

The Central Bank has approved the final rules: a non-qualified investor will be able to buy cryptocurrency through a broker or a crypto exchange, but no more than 300,000 rubles per year (about $3,700) at each intermediary. The Moscow Exchange plans to start trading on December 1.

Microsoft pulls out of Oracle deal to lease cloud capacity for AI

Microsoft abandons its agreement with Oracle to lease computing capacity for artificial intelligence. This concerns two of the top ten US companies by market capitalization, and both are part of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100.

BTC fell below $75,000 — the crypto market did not follow the tech sector's rebound

Bitcoin dropped to $74,762 — its lowest since August 21. The trigger was a strong US labor market report: US stocks rebounded on it, but crypto did not follow. We wrote about the drop to $75,700 on the election results on November 4; since then the price has not fallen lower.

Asia lost $1 trillion in a day following Nasdaq: KOSPI halted, Nikkei in bear market

On November 6, the selloff in tech and semiconductor stocks spread from Wall Street to Tokyo, Seoul and Shenzhen. Asian markets lost more than $1 trillion in value, and in South Korea trading had to be halted by the exchange's automation.

Tesla -3.34% on the day of Dow's best session in 19 months: Nasdaq gained 1.44%

Tesla shares closed on Wednesday, November 4, at $385.19, losing $13.31 on the day, while the Dow Jones index gained 3.00% - its strongest session in 19 months. The market is pricing in political risk after the Democrats' victory in Congress.

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) nearly slipped into the red on Bitcoin: the cushion shrank to 0.27%

Overnight on November 4, BTC dropped to $75,653 — just $202 above Strategy's average purchase price (Michael Saylor's company, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin). The paper profit on 849,327 coins shrank to $171.6 million on a position of $64.08 billion.

Bitcoin dropped to $75,653 and recovered the decline in 11 hours - the crypto market followed it

While the US was counting votes in the congressional elections, BTC fell to a seven-week low and by Wednesday evening had recovered almost the entire decline.

For the sixth day in a row, investors are withdrawing money from spot Ethereum ETFs: minus $140 million

On November 2, $140 million net was withdrawn from US exchange-traded funds on Ethereum (the fund trades on an exchange like a stock and holds the asset itself). This is the sixth trading session in a row with outflows, and 98.6% of the amount came from a single BlackRock product.

Micron -5.78% in a day: Nasdaq chip sector lost $400 billion in a single session

Micron (MU, the largest American memory manufacturer) shares closed Monday at $833.59 - down $51.15 from the previous price of $884.74. Memory and chips lost more than $400 billion in market capitalization in a single session.

Bitcoin below $77,000: Asian chipmaker stock sell-off reaches crypto market

On the morning of November 3, BTC fell below $77,000, while Asian exchanges opened down 3-4% due to chipmaker stocks. Over two sessions, $1.04 billion was withdrawn from US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (funds through which the asset is bought like a stock).

Intel: -8.8% on Monday and -47% since October 6

Intel shares (INTC, the American processor manufacturer) closed Monday at $59.97 - 8.8% below Friday's level of $65.76. This is the second wave of selling after Friday's 28.6% plunge, the worst day for the stock since 1974.

AMD reports on the night of November 4: options price in a move of up to 11%

Third-quarter results are due after the US session close, with the management call at 01:00 MSK. The stock headed into the report already battered: on Monday it closed at $466.84, down 7.52% and near the day's low.

Nasdaq -2.86% for the day: Wall Street enters the week of elections and earnings

Friday's session was the worst for the Nasdaq since the start of June: the index lost 2.86%, the S&P 500 - 1.82%. This week the market goes through US elections, earnings reports from major technology companies and employment data all at once.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $643 million withdrawn in a single day: IBIT and FBTC accounted for two-thirds of the outflow

On October 30, US spot Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds through which Bitcoin is bought like a regular stock) lost $643.33 million - more than they had gathered over the previous four days combined. The streak of inflows was broken by the very first full trading session after the security incident at Binance.

Apple is first again: Nasdaq Composite crash strips Nvidia of the world's most valuable company title

As of Friday, October 30, Apple's market capitalization stood at $5.03 trillion versus $4.93 trillion for Nvidia. The reason for the leadership change is not Apple's growth but a crash in semiconductors: Nasdaq Composite -3.37%, the chipmaker sector index Philadelphia Semiconductor -8.7%.

Intel's forecast crashed chips: AMD -11.8%, Dell -12.8% in a day

Intel said the global personal computer market will shrink by about 12% in 2026 and another 10% in 2027. On Friday, October 30, the entire semiconductor sector and computer makers were sold off.

S&P 500 gave back all of October's gains in two sessions: Intel down 29%

By the Friday open, the S&P 500 had lost 1.22% and moved to 7626.09 - below the September 30 close (7651.54). As recently as Wednesday evening, the month was up 1.21%; now October is down 0.33%.

Intel shares on Nasdaq plunged 30.22% - the worst day in 55 years of listing

Intel shares collapsed on Friday from $92.07 to $64.25, and the company lost about $147 billion in market capitalization in a single session. Intraday, the decline exceeded the record of July 5, 1974, which had stood for 55 years.

Intel shares on Nasdaq plunged 23.6% overnight: minus $115 billion after a strong report

Intel shares (the largest American processor manufacturer) fell 23.56% to $70.39 in Friday's overnight trading - that's minus $21.69 from Thursday's close of $92.07. The market punished the company not for the past quarter, but for its guidance for the coming ones.

Binance $6.3B Hack Crashes Crypto Market: BTC Below $77,000, Longs Burned for $606M

Overnight on October 30, about $6.3 billion left Binance's hot wallets (exchange storage connected to the network for fast withdrawals) - the largest theft in crypto history, four times larger than the $1.5 billion Bybit hack in February 2025.

GOOG -13% in minutes: Alphabet lost $522 billion due to SpaceX revaluation

At the market open on Thursday, Alphabet (Google's parent company) shares plunged 13.18% to $279.47 - the strongest one-day drop in the company's history. About $522 billion was wiped off its market capitalization, which fell to $3.44 trillion.

Bloomberg and two algo funds pay up to $100,000 a month for Trump's posts 50 ms ahead of the market

Reuters reported on October 28 that Bloomberg, Susquehanna International Group and Jump Trading have subscribed to the Truth API — a paid data feed from Trump Media that delivers Donald Trump's posts roughly 50 milliseconds faster than the social network's regular notifications. The subscription costs between $60,000 and $100,000 a month.