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Better Cryptocurrency to Buy With $5,000 in 2025: Solana vs. Bitcoin

When it comes to choosing between leading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), there's a lot to understand, starting with your goals for your money. Whereas Bitcoin's strength is that its protocol is largely unchanging, making it a bulwark of stability in the highly fluid cryptocurrency sector, Solana is still being actively developed by its team, meaning that its chain is flexible and can adapt to emerging areas of demand. The investment thesis for Bitcoin suggests that it's suited to patient investors who expect to hold on for many years.

Copper Holds Gains With Trade in Focus as China Markets Reopen

(Bloomberg) -- Copper held this week’s gains in London, with investors weighing the impact of the US-China trade war. Chinese markets reopened following the Lunar New Year break.Most Read from BloombergState Farm Seeks Emergency California Rate Hike After FiresTransportation Memos Favor Places With Higher Birth and Marriage RatesNYC’s Newest Transit Leader Builds a Worker-Driven StrategyNew York’s First ‘Passive House’ School Is a Model of Downtown DensityWhen French Communists Went on a Brutali

China's markets return from holiday to US trade war, DeepSeek rally

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's stocks and currency came under pressure as markets returning from a week-long break were greeted by a new trade dispute with the United States and ructions in the global artificial intelligence sector. Tariffs so far have been less than what the Trump administration had initially indicated and relief was evident in Hong Kong, where Chinese stocks rallied this week. Meanwhile, enthusiasm around China's artificial intelligence company DeepSeek bolstered AI stocks.

China Stocks Slide Upon Reopen as Tariffs Keep Traders on Edge

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese stocks fell as investors responded to heightened trade tensions upon their return from a week-long holiday.Most Read from BloombergState Farm Seeks Emergency California Rate Hike After FiresTransportation Memos Favor Places With Higher Birth and Marriage RatesNYC’s Newest Transit Leader Builds a Worker-Driven StrategyNew York’s First ‘Passive House’ School Is a Model of Downtown DensityWhen French Communists Went on a Brutalist Building BoomThe CSI 300 Index dropped 0.6% o