2023

How could Benzinga describe 2023? Much like our most popular article of the year (see below), it was on fire. Climate change caused fires and other natural disasters, people such as artificial intelligence whisperer and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman were fired (and in his case, rehired), Elon...

Valve's Steam unveiled its "Best of 2023" list, showcasing top-selling and most-played games across various categories such as PC, Steam Deck, VR and controller platforms. The rankings categorized games into Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze tiers based on sales revenue and...

The year 2023 has been a game changer for the broader crypto community with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) riding the wave with significant gains. Digital assets managed to be in the limelight this year for a stronger regulatory framework across the globe thereby leading to more crypto adoption across...

Marijuana sales continue to skyrocket in New Mexico in 2023, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Following strong December sales of more than $28 million, January cannabis figures were slightly lower with a total of $26 million in recreational cannabis purchased statewide, according to...

This article by James Hallifax was originally published on Microdose and appears here with permission. 2022 was a milestone year for the psychedelic industry and its advocates, with massive victories in the realms of decriminalization and legalization, clinical trials, and business. And...

While gains and losses in the stock market may come and go, there is one thing that remains constant: Champagne. Kicking off a bright shiny new year with Champagne is a tradition that won't ever go sour. So, before finding out what you should be drinking, if you are drinking, on the...

The stock market had a rough 2022 with many of the top indexes down double digits. Among the stock indexes that were down was the Dow Jones Industrial Average. With declining prices, dividend yields on many of the components are up heading into the new year. Here’s a look at the top-...

It hasn’t been an ideal year for the Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) network. After a series of partial outages most of January, Solana had its fourth outage of the year in October when it stopped processing transactions due to a misconfigured node. But as Vitalik Buterin said in an...

Tech stocks just had their annus horribilis. The sell-off in the space was so indiscriminate that most shed billions or millions from their market capitalizations. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index has lost almost twice as much as the broader S&P 500 Index, underlining the skewed nature of...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) traded lower by 1.4% on Friday as the market headed for its second straight weekly decline. Unfortunately, Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett said Friday that the latest commentary and economic projections from the Federal Reserve suggested a soft...

According to a recent White House document, President Joe Biden will propose a minimum tax on billionaires.  Biden is expected to unveil the proposal in the fiscal 2023 budget, which is likely to take place on Monday.  The proposed "Billionaire Minimum Income Tax" would set a...