Alex Shingler, Co-Head of Multi-Asset Income Investing at BlackRock, plans to leave in early 2026, ending his 18-year career at the world's largest asset management company.

Goldman Sachs states gold prices may rise 14% by December 2026, reaching $4900 per ounce. The baseline scenario has upside risks.

spot gold sharply pulled back in the short term, currently at $4326/ounce.

Intuit has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Circle to integrate USDC-based stablecoin payments into its core products, including TurboTax and QuickBooks, to drive the modernization of this financial software giant's platform fund flow methods.

According to the agreement, Intuit will access Circle's stablecoin infrastructure to support faster and lower-cost payment processes related to tax refunds, corporate payments, and other financial services.

Intuit processes tens of billions of dollars annually in areas such as tax refunds, payroll, invoicing, and small business payments, and states that it serves over 100 million users.

Solana officially announced that the NEAR token is now live on the Solana network.

 Nasdaq 100 index gains expanded to 2%.

decentralized autonomous wireless network project DAWN has announced the completion of a $13 million Series B financing round, led by Polychain.

The new funds will be used to accelerate global expansion, new deployments, and ecosystem collaboration. DAWN will continue to focus on expanding decentralized broadband globally.

 Federal Reserve has released a supervisory manual for large banks, an initiative aimed at reshaping the banking regulatory system and increasing transparency. Michelle Bowman, Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, stated in a Thursday statement: "By enhancing regulatory transparency, we are holding ourselves to high standards and ensuring that we perform our duties in an appropriate and fair manner." Previously, some Republican lawmakers called for the cessation of a practice criticized as unfair, which involved considering reputational risk in bank examinations. Regulatory agencies during the Trump administration stated that they would no longer include reputational risk in bank examinations. The Federal Reserve is expected to release additional documents next year, including manuals on large bank operations committees as well as capital and liquidity planning.

 on Thursday, White House National Economic Council Director Hassett welcomed the November CPI report, stating that the U.S. economy is showing high growth and declining inflation. He said: "I'm not saying we should declare victory on prices, but this is a surprisingly good CPI report." Hassett said that wage growth is faster than price growth, U.S. taxpayers will see large tax refunds next year, and the government will help reduce mortgage rates. He said: "The Federal Reserve has a lot of room to cut interest rates." Hassett is a leading candidate to succeed Powell as the next Federal Reserve Chair. He also stated that the Federal Reserve should be more transparent in the future. "I think the Federal Reserve must double its transparency. Whoever leads the Fed should lay all their cards on the table so that we can understand what exactly is happening at that institution."

On December 18, Aster announced that the fourth phase airdrop event will end at 7:59 AM (UTC+8) on December 22, 2025. The eligibility inquiry will open on January 14, 2026, and the claim window will open on January 28, 2026.

The allocation amount for the fourth phase airdrop (accounting for 1.5% of the total token supply) will be subject to a 3-month vesting period. If claimed immediately on January 28, 50% will be received, and the remaining 50% will be confiscated and destroyed; if claimed after 3 months (late April), 100% of the allocation amount will be received.