Month: May,2025

Crypto Market Recap: Trump’s US$2 Billion Stablecoin Deal with UAE Sparks Ethics Debate

Crypto Market Recap: Trump’s US$2 Billion Stablecoin Deal with UAE Sparks Ethics Debate


May 3, 2025
Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Friday (May 2) as of 9:00 a.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news. Bitcoin and Ethereum price update Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$96,638.92 as markets opened for the day, up 0.9 percent […]
Ontario Tables Sweeping Bill to Restrict Foreign Access to Critical Minerals

Ontario Tables Sweeping Bill to Restrict Foreign Access to Critical Minerals


May 3, 2025
Ontario has introduced legislation aimed at tightening control over the province’s mining and energy sectors by limiting foreign involvement, fast-tracking resource development and scaling back species-at-risk protections. The Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025, also known as Bill 5, was announced at the Toronto Stock Exchange on April 17 by Premier Doug Ford […]
Deep-Sea Crisis: Can the ISA Regain Control of the Deep Ocean?

Deep-Sea Crisis: Can the ISA Regain Control of the Deep Ocean?


May 3, 2025
The world’s oceans are increasingly becoming an important new frontier in the geopolitical and economic race for critical minerals, with countries fast-tracking plans for deep-sea mining. Meanwhile, the global body tasked with regulating such activities is struggling to keep pace. As sovereign states ramp up efforts to access seabed resources crucial for clean energy and […]
John Rubino: Gold on “Epic Run” as Chaos Unfolds, What About Silver?

John Rubino: Gold on “Epic Run” as Chaos Unfolds, What About Silver?


May 3, 2025
John Rubino, who writes a newsletter on Substack, explains the factors behind gold’s ‘epic run,’ pointing to underlying elements like Basel III and BRICS demand, as well as current events. He believes gold has the wind at its back, although silver might be the better buy right now. Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no […]
Finlay Minerals Receives TSX Venture Exchange Approval for PIL Earn-In Agreement

Finlay Minerals Receives TSX Venture Exchange Approval for PIL Earn-In Agreement


May 3, 2025
finlay minerals ltd. (TSXV: FYL) (OTCQB: FYMNF) (‘Finlay’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce the receipt of TSX Venture Exchange (the ‘ Exchange ‘) conditional acceptance for its previously announced earn-in agreement (the ‘ PIL Earn-In Agreement ‘) with Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada Inc. (‘ Freeport ‘), a wholly owned subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. […]
Top 5 Canadian Mining Stocks This Week: Lion Rock Jumps 60 Percent

Top 5 Canadian Mining Stocks This Week: Lion Rock Jumps 60 Percent


May 3, 2025
The Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister Mark Carney will form a minority government following their victory in Canada’s national election on Monday (April 28). The Liberals won 168 seats, just shy of the 172 required to form a majority, meaning the Liberal government will have to work with the Bloc Québécois or the […]
Data center boom in world’s largest market isn’t slowing down, Dominion Energy says

Data center boom in world’s largest market isn’t slowing down, Dominion Energy says


May 3, 2025
Data center demand is not slowing down in the world’s largest market centered in northern Virginia, executives at Dominion Energy said Thursday. Dominion provides electricity in Loudoun County, nicknamed “Data Center Alley” because it hosts the largest cluster of data centers in the world. The utility works closely with the Big Tech companies that are investing tens of […]
Tesla denies report it’s looking to replace Elon Musk

Tesla denies report it’s looking to replace Elon Musk


May 3, 2025
Shares of Tesla were flat in premarket trading Thursday after the EV maker denied a Wall Street Journal report that its board was searching for a replacement for chief executive Elon Musk. The report, citing comments from sources familiar with the discussions, said that Tesla’s board members reached out to several executive search firms to work on a […]
Jeff Bezos discloses plan to sell up to $4.8 billion in Amazon stock

Jeff Bezos discloses plan to sell up to $4.8 billion in Amazon stock


May 3, 2025
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to sell up to 25 million shares in the company over the next year, according to a financial filing on Friday. Bezos, who stepped down as CEO in 2021 but remains Amazon’s top shareholder, is selling the shares as part of a trading plan adopted on March 4, the filing states. The stake would […]
Netflix stock is trading at all-time high levels in unprecedented win streak

Netflix stock is trading at all-time high levels in unprecedented win streak


May 3, 2025
Netflix is on a winning streak. The streaming giant’s stock has traded for 11 straight days without a decline, the company’s longest positive run ever. Its previous record was a nine-day stretch in late 2018 and early 2019 when the stock traded up for four days, was unchanged for a day and then traded positively for […]
A US judge partially blocked Trump’s election integrity order from taking force. Is that legal?

A US judge partially blocked Trump’s election integrity order from taking force. Is that legal?


May 3, 2025
Last month, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., blocked key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order on election integrity – a move that underscores how deeply divided the country remains over what ‘election integrity’ really means.. Though the executive order Trump signed was titled, ‘Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,’ the Democratic […]
Trump’s interior chief to unleash Gulf drilling with major rule change

Trump’s interior chief to unleash Gulf drilling with major rule change


May 3, 2025
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Friday will update a Biden-era federal rule regarding energy development as a major cost-saving measure to private firms, one day after taking a visit to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the Gulf Coast. A source familiar with the workings of the rule said it essentially will ‘massively […]
Top 5 most outrageous ways the government has wasted your taxes, as uncovered by Elon Musk’s DOGE

Top 5 most outrageous ways the government has wasted your taxes, as uncovered by Elon Musk’s DOGE


May 3, 2025
As President Donald Trump celebrated his 100th day in office this week, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said it has cut at least $160 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.  When Trump signed an executive order establishing the agency on his Inauguration Day, DOGE set an ambitious goal of […]
Pakistan warns of a ‘nuclear flashpoint,’ urges Trump to step in amid rising tensions with India over Kashmir

Pakistan warns of a ‘nuclear flashpoint,’ urges Trump to step in amid rising tensions with India over Kashmir


May 3, 2025
Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S. is warning of potentially catastrophic consequences if India follows through with what Islamabad claims could be an imminent military strike in response to a recent attack in the disputed Kashmir region. War between the two nuclear-armed states could get ugly quickly, and Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S. Rizwan Saeed Sheikh […]
Hegseth, Signal questions dog Waltz as potentially perilous UN ambassador confirmation hearings loom

Hegseth, Signal questions dog Waltz as potentially perilous UN ambassador confirmation hearings loom


May 3, 2025
The same day that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz exited his job at the White House, President Donald Trump announced a new job offer for the former Florida congressman: United Nations ambassador.  But there are some hurdles Waltz must clear first before the New York job is his — including undergoing a Senate confirmation process […]