Live markets: Bitcoin briefly falls below $80,000, as stocks tumble, yields rise on ugly inflation print

Core consumer prices, excluding the well-known surge in energy costs, rose 0.4% in April, double March’s 0.2% gain and above economists’ expectations of 0.3%. Compared with the same period last year, core CPI rose 2.8%, compared with 2.6% in March and 2.7% expected. Overall CPI (excluding energy costs) rose by 3.8% in April, compared with…

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As the US starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help

Cuba is facing devastating nationwide blackouts as an effective U.S. oil blockade chokes fuel supplies. But the crisis could also accelerate the China-backed clean energy revolution that is quietly unfolding in the Caribbean nation. Cuba is currently undergoing one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet with help from China, according to energy think…

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As the US starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help

Cuba is facing devastating nationwide blackouts as an effective U.S. oil blockade chokes fuel supplies. But the crisis could also accelerate the China-backed clean energy revolution that is quietly unfolding in the Caribbean nation. Cuba is currently undergoing one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet with help from China, according to energy think…

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A powerful crypto indicator just flipped green as bitcoin tests $82,000

Cryptoquant’s Bitcoin Bull-Bear Cycle indicator turned green for the first time since 2023, which could indicate that “market structures are starting to recover,” the firm’s on-chain market analyst Julio Moreno said on Wednesday. “Historically, this is an important signal of regime change,” Moreno wrote. “When the indicator moves out of bear market territory and into…

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