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⭐ Editor’s Pick: China’s President Xi Jinping said Beijing aims to push the yuan toward being widely used as a reserve currency. (SCMP)

Kevin Warsh’s top tasks as Trump’s Fed pick are to shrink the Fed’s balance sheet, control inflation, and manage presidential pressure. (WSJ)

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he has enough votes to end the partial federal government shutdown by Tuesday. (UT)

Trump said Americans will see “tremendous numbers” in tax refunds this year under his Big Beautiful Bill. (BN)

Morgan Stanley listed four major themes that will drive markets in 2026 and laid out 10 macro predictions. (INV)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: InsiderMonkey listed 15 undervalued stocks with hedge fund backing and potential upside, including HNI Corp and Sanofi. (IM)

Motley Fool says two “no‑brainer” dividend stocks to buy hand over fist are AbbVie and Mastercard. (MF)

MarketBeat highlighted five stocks poised for gains in February, including Bloom Energy. (MB)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: Disney’s board is close to appointing theme‑parks chief Josh D’Amaro as the next CEO, succeeding Bob Iger. (BBG)

U.S. and European automakers have lost about $114 billion on electric‑vehicle ventures through 2025. (NYP)

Major quantum computing firm D‑Wave Quantum is the latest company to relocate its headquarters from California to Florida. (YF)

Costco's surprise Nike collaboration sends sneaker resale market into complete frenzy. (FBN)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: SpaceX seeks FCC approval to launch one million solar-powered satellites as orbital AI data centers. (BBG)

Trump said India will start buying oil from Venezuela instead of Iran under a new energy arrangement. (CBNC)

OPEC+ countries have agreed in principle to maintain a planned pause in their oil output hikes for March. (INV)

The Transportation Department plans to propose rolling back Biden’s fuel economy standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans. (EN)

JPMorgan raised its year‑end 2026 gold price forecast to about $6,300/oz. (RTS)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: An investment vehicle led by UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed paid $500 million for a 49% stake in Trump-linked crypto firm World Liberty Financial before his inauguration. (WSJ)

At Davos, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, “You are full of s—,” during a heated exchange over banks. (CN)

Bitcoin plunged below $76,000, pushing Strategy’s large BTC holdings below their cost basis in a major market downturn. (CT)

Crypto and banking groups will meet at a White House summit Monday to negotiate how stablecoin rewards should be treated amid stalled crypto legislation. (TB)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: On the AI‑only platform Moltbook, autonomous agents rapidly developed a lobster‑themed “Crustafarianism” religion. (CAM)

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in advanced talks to combine with his AI firm xAI. (BBG)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang clarified that the earlier idea for a $100 billion investment in OpenAI was not a binding commitment. (YF)

Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said Americans are misled on AI, which can empower workers rather than replace them. (FBN)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: The world's first "fully biomimetic embodied intelligent robot" debuted in Shanghai. (SCMP)

Starbucks is deploying robots for order taking in drive-thrus. (BBC)

Tesla said its third‑generation humanoid robot, Optimus Gen 3, is set to debut soon. (CP)

Westwood Robotics unveiled Themis Gen 2.5, a humanoid robot that can grasp and manipulate objects while walking and without stopping. (IE)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: Waymo is looking to raise around $16 billion through a fresh funding round that would hike its valuation to about $110 billion. (TC)

Metal parts maker VulcanForms raised $220 million in a Series D round led by Eclipse and 1789 Capital. (BBG)

Chinese embodied AI startup LimX Dynamics raised $200 million in Series B funding, led by UAE-based Stone Venture. (CP)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: The 2026 Grammy Awards drew backlash as "woke garbage" for anti-Trump jabs. (GBN)

Wyoming introduced the first U.S. bill letting people sue foreign governments for censoring First Amendment-protected speech. (RTN)

The FTC sent letters to 42 major law firms, warning against DEI hiring practices. (RTS)