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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 US and China officially begin trade talks in New York ahead of President Xi Jinping's visit.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 China cuts US Treasury holdings to an 18-year low

• China has been reducing its holdings for over a decade, down from around $1.3 trillion in the early 2010s to $618 billion today.

• The decline accelerated after 2022 as China became more concerned about relying too heavily on US assets.

• Foreign governments are buying fewer US Treasuries, while hedge funds and other investors are buying more.

• Weaker foreign demand is helping push Treasury yields higher, with the 30-year yield recently hitting a nearly 20-year high.

• Higher yields mean the US government has to pay more to borrow money.

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JUST IN: 🇸🇦🇨🇳 Saudi Arabia withdraws from Chinese-led digital currency & blockchain payment system that reduces reliance on the US dollar.

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump announces creation of "AI Force" and says AI could make up 25% of US GDP.

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JUST IN: Anthropic considers launching new Claude AI model to counter OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra.

• This comes after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called to slowdown AI development, citing safety concerns.

• Anthropic is expected to go public in November at an estimated $2 trillion valuation, making it one of the largest IPOs in history.

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JUST IN: 🇫🇷 11% of gas stations in France are now out of gas or diesel.

• Diesel has surged to €2.38 per liter, putting it within 1% of a record high.

• French President Emmanuel Macron called an emergency meeting to address the situation.

• The French government is preparing financial assistance for drivers who travel long distances.

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JUST IN: Elon Musk says X is seeing "all-time record usage."

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JUST IN: Nvidia $NVDA CEO Jensen Huang says AI will not "end the world" by 2030.

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JUST IN: Google Gemini AI agent hacks three companies.

• Occurred during security testing when a Gemini model accidentally gained internet access.

• Google's AI was meant to attack a fake company, but then figured out how to hack a real one using leaked online credentials.

• Gemini stopped itself once it realized the companies were real.

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇷🇺 President Trump officially signs bill to impose up to 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil.

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JUST IN: Claude AI developer Anthropic plans to IPO in November at an estimated $2 trillion valuation.

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump says Americans will have to pay higher gas prices to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon.

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JUST IN: Binance launches 24/7 FX perpetual futures with up to 100x leverage.

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Elon Musk predicts AI will double US GDP growth next year.

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JUST IN: $135,000,000,000 has been added to the crypto market cap so far today.

$400,000,000 in leveraged short positions have been liquidated over the past 12 hours.

This comes after the SEC approved limited on-chain trading of tokenized stocks and the CFTC filing new rulemaking to regulate the crypto market.

Meanwhile, the Fed is projected to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points next month.

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Federal Reserve now projected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points again next month.

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