The Benzinga Stock Whisper Index highlights five stocks gaining investor interest: FreeCast for expanding DIRECTV and Starlink reseller deals despite financial concerns; American Airlines for launching Starlink on planes and multiple analyst price target raises; AMC for strong box office performance but dilution worries; Butterfly Network for a promising imaging partnership with Midjourney amid regulatory questions; and Wendy's for rising short interest and meme stock chatter signaling a potential short squeeze. These developments offer both opportunities and risks for investors to watch closely.
Jim Rickards, a former CIA financial advisor, highlights that the current AI industry is consuming more capital and energy than the 1990s internet boom. With nearly $5 trillion expected to be spent on AI data centers in the U.S. alone, the AI buildou...
Hyper Foundation has launched a $10 million grant program to assist projects affected by the USDH stablecoin sunset. The funding supports builders migrating from USDH to USDC or winding down USDH-dependent services, with grants based on deployment co...
Prediction markets on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket show a strong bearish sentiment for Bitcoin in 2026, with traders assigning a 76% probability that Bitcoin will hit $50,000 before reaching $100,000. These markets, with over $75 million in c...
Chainlink's smart collateral technology has been selected for a trial by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a key player in financial market infrastructure. This trial aims to explore the use of advanced blockchain-based collateral m...
El Salvador has purchased eight additional bitcoins, increasing its national reserves to 7,696.37 BTC. This acquisition continues the country's regular bitcoin accumulation strategy despite recent legal changes that no longer require businesses to ac...
