2024 election

Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Digital Assets Research Geoff Kendrick says that Bitcoin‘s (CRYPTO: BTC) value could surge to $200,000 by the end of 2025. What Happened: A research note by Kendrick released on Thursday indicates that Bitcoin’s recent rally, surpassing the $100...

Donald Trump voters, along with the broader electorate, expressed overwhelming confidence in the 2024 election process, a striking contrast to the skepticism that marked the 2020 presidential race. With 88% of voters saying the 2024 elections were run well, up from just 59% in 2020, there’s a...

Billionaire Elon Musk reportedly donated a whopping $277 million to support President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates in the 2024 elections. What Happened: Documents filed recently reveal that Musk has become the biggest financial supporter in the 2024 elections. Musk...

The prices of cryptocurrencies have soared in 2024, specifically hitting huge gains and some hitting new all-time highs shortly after the 2024 presidential election. One of the hottest cryptocurrencies of late is XRP Token (CRYPTO: XRP) from Ripple. Benzinga recently polled readers to see if XRP...

The 2024 year is almost at its end, which means a retrospective looking back at the year's top searches, top trends and top listened to musical artists. Crowdsourced encyclopedia Wikipedia has released the lists of its most popular pages for 2024, including some sorted by category. Here's a look at...

Ever since pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto published a whitepaper on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in 2008, there have been plenty of cryptocurrency skeptics. President-elect Donald Trump was one of them. “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is...

Leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) passed the $100,000 milestone on Wednesday, Dec. 4 and reached new all-time highs since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. Benzinga readers predict the cryptocurrency will close out 2024 over the $100,000 level. What Happened: Bitcoin has...

President-elect Donald Trump has announced many of his picks for potential nominees for his Cabinet and other White House administration roles since winning the 2024 presidential election. While the picks still have to be officially nominated and approved in many cases, voters were recently asked...

President-elect Donald Trump predicted that Taylor Swift would see her sales take a hit after endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president, but new data shows that is far from the case as the musician continues to dominate concerts, movies and streaming lists. Swift is also seeing huge...

Kash Patel is Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, making him another member of the Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT) board to be selected for a position in the president-elect's next administration. What Happened: Patel is well-known as a loyal Trump...

Fidelity is raising its valuation for X Holdings, the company formerly known as Twitter, after months of marking its small stake down since Elon Musk bought the social media company. What Happened: Fidelity holds a small stake in X Holdings through its Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund (FBGRX). Its...

Donald Trump‘s second term as president is expected to bring about a significant shift in the global and domestic order, with Trump’s selections for key posts set to aid in this transformation. What Happened: The incoming second Trump administration is preparing for a major revamp of...

President-elect Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to the BRICS nations, threatening to impose 100% tariffs if they attempt to shift away from the U.S. dollar. What Happened: Trump voiced his disapproval over the potential move by the BRICS group to distance themselves from the U.S. dollar....

Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini recently expressed his apprehensions about President-elect Donald Trump‘s second term. What Happened: Roubini, who gained the moniker “Dr. Doom” after correctly predicting the 2008 global financial crisis, shared his economic predictions for...

Edward Snowden has found allies in the incoming second Donald Trump administration, hinting at a possible change in his legal standing. What Happened: Snowden, who has been residing in Russia since 2013 following his leak of classified documents from the National Security Agency, has won over...