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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian stocks tumbled on Tuesday dragged by Chinese markets and chip shares as investors worried about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policies, while bitcoin hit a record peak on bets on assets that are set to benefit from the new administration. Investors anticipate Trump's second four-year term in office will bring equities-boosting tax cuts and looser regulations, lifting the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, bitcoin, to an all-time high of $89,637. But the threat of possible tariffs from the new White House administration has put the euro and China's yuan under pressure.

Bayer on Tuesday lowered its full-year operating earnings guidance and took billions in write-downs on agricultural markets in Latin America, becoming the latest maker of farming supplies to be burdened further by low demand. The German group said it now expects to generate earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), adjusted for special items and the impact of currency swings, of between 10.4 billion euros ($11.1 billion) and 10.7 billion euros, down from a previous forecast of 10.7-11.3 billion euros.

Cryptocurrency Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) is having a moment once again with the meme crypto soaring over 80% in the last week, helped by increased interest in the cryptocurrency after Donald Trump's 2024 election win and Elon Musk's anticipated role leading the Department of Government Efficiency, or D.O.G.E. for short. Despite the rising valuation for Dogecoin over the past several weeks, the meme crypto still trades significantly lower than its all-time high in May 2021. Here’s a look back and h

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Much of the current rally has been fueled by bullish sentiment around the meme’s endorsement by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk in the Trump administration.

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(Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin’s record-breaking rally took the digital asset past $89,000 and lifted the overall value of the crypto market above its pandemic-era peak as traders bet on a boom under President-elect Donald Trump.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationThe larges

With President-elect Donald Trump's Republican Party looking likely to claim a majority in both chambers of Congress, the so-called Trump trades are showing no signs of easing. Data provider DDHQ projected that the Republican Party had won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Edison Research has not yet projected House control.

TOKYO (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar rose toward a four-month peak versus major peers on Tuesday, while bitcoin extended its record rally as investors continued to pile into trades seen as benefiting from the incoming Donald Trump administration. The euro languished near an almost seven-month trough reached overnight, and the yuan slumped to a more than three-month low with Europe and China both major targets of potential Trump tariffs. Trump has vowed to make the United States "the crypto capital of the planet".

The Trump trade was largely extended on Monday, with shares of Tesla, bitcoin, the US dollar, and US bank stocks all surging.