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Investors who were hoping for an opportunity to buy the dip in Microsoft (NASDAQ:) stock are likely to be disappointed. MSFT stock fell just over 2% in after-hours trading following the company’s third-quarter earnings report. However, the dip is not likely to last for long, and analyst sentiment suggests that the stock’s march to $600 or higher is underway. In a world of high-speed trading, it doesn’t take much to cause a stock to drop. Like most stocks in the tech sector, Microsoft was priced for perfection heading into earnings. Although the results were outstanding, the company’s caution about higher-than-forecast…

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Mario Tama / Getty Images Altria Group (NYSE: MO) met adjusted earnings expectations in Q3 while delivering a revenue beat that caught investors’ attention. The stock traded near $62.19 at the 9:00 AM ET filing, having drifted lower in recent weeks from its mid-$60s peak. Management raised the lower end of full-year guidance and expanded its buyback program, signaling confidence in the business despite ongoing headwinds in traditional tobacco. Altria reported $6.07 billion in quarterly revenue, crushing the $5.31 billion consensus estimate by 14.4% but representing a 3% year-over-year decline. Yet this headline strength deserves scrutiny. The company’s reported gross…

AlphaTON Capital (Nasdaq: ATON), a leading digital asset infrastructure company focused on Telegram and the TON blockchain ecosystem, today announced its intention to make a substantial investment in high-performance GPUs and data center infrastructure to support Cocoon, the Confidential Compute Open Network unveiled today by Telegram founder Pavel Durov at Blockchain Life.Source: CryptoBriefing.comCocoon represents a breakthrough in decentralized AI infrastructure, enabling secure and private AI inference through a distributed network where application developers compensate GPU owners with TON cryptocurrency for processing inference requests. Telegram will serve as the network’s first major customer, utilizing Cocoon for confidential AI queries while investing…

Bitcoin (BTC) appears to be entering a new phase of consolidation as retail traders take center stage. After briefly touching a two-week high of $116,400, the world’s largest cryptocurrency retraced to around $114,472, signaling a shift in market control. Recent on-chain and derivatives data suggest that large institutional players and whales have stepped back, allowing retail participants to dominate both Futures and Spot activity. Retail Traders Now Drive Bitcoin’s Market Momentum According to fresh data from CryptoQuant, Bitcoin’s rebound from the $108,000–$109,000 support zone came with a noticeable decline in average order size across the Futures market. This pattern indicates…

Mastercard is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire crypto and stablecoin infrastructure startup zerohash in a deal valued from $1.5 billion to $2 billion, according to multiple sources familiar with the negotiations.The news, reported by Fortune on Wednesday, follows earlier efforts by Mastercard to expand its footprint in stablecoin infrastructure. The global payments giant previously explored acquiring BVNK, a London-based stablecoin startup, in a deal valued near $2 billion, according to sources familiar with the talks.While no deal has been announced, sources said Mastercard was outbid by centralized crypto exchange Coinbase, which is now in exclusivity talks with BVNK.Zerohash is…

White House Advisor Patrick Witt will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Ripple Swell. The affair marks the first time a key White House official will attend the event. Ripple is holding its most important event of the year on November 4-5 in New York. The Ripple Swell will gather the who’s who in various industries who will share their fresh insights on the current state and the future of the financial and digital asset spaces. This is also a time when Ripple and participants usually forge stronger links to unlock new opportunities within the Ripple and XRP ecosystems.…

Stock market today: Indian benchmark indices closed slightly lower on Tuesday after a highly volatile session, despite some late buying support.The BSE Sensex slipped over 550 points during the day to hit an intraday low of 84,219.39, before recovering partially to end 151 points, or 0.18 per cent, down at 84,628. Likewise, the NSE Nifty 50 dropped 150 points to touch a low of 25,810.05 but managed to close at 25,936 — down 30 points or 0.11 per cent.Also Read | Nifty 50, Sensex on October 29: What to expect in trade today”Markets traded choppy on the monthly expiry day…

Shares of TeraWulf (NASDAQ: WULF) jumped more than 25% Tuesday morning after the company announced a pivot to AI.  TeraWulf, one of the largest publicly traded bitcoin miners, is accelerating its shift into artificial intelligence infrastructure through a new joint venture with AI cloud provider Fluidstack.  The companies plan to build 168 megawatts (MW) of high-performance computing capacity at TeraWulf’s Abernathy, Texas, campus under a 25-year hosting agreement valued at roughly $9.5 billion in contracted revenue. TeraWulf will hold a 51% stake in the venture and retain exclusive rights to participate in Fluidstack’s next ~168 MW project on similar terms.…

For the third quarter, UnitedHealth reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.92, down from $7.15 a year earlier. – Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News UnitedHealth Group said it was making progress on the turnaround promised by second-time Chief Executive Stephen Hemsley, as the healthcare giant reported earnings that beat steeply lowered expectations. The company on Tuesday slightly boosted its guidance for 2025 profit. Hemsley told analysts the current analyst earnings projections for 2026 represented a “likely stepping-out point,” and he was “confident we will return to solid earnings growth next year, given the operational rigor and more prudent pricing.” He said UnitedHealth…