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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBitcoin drops more than 2% as cryptocurrency struggles to hold onto $66,000: CNBC Crypto WorldCNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, CNBC Crypto World sits down with Sen. Elizabeth Warren's challenger John Deaton from Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville and Rep. Wiley Nickel discusses a letter he signed urging the DNC to have a 'forward-looking approach' to crypto.

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They arrived at polling stations long before dawn, slept in the streets so they could be the first in line, and then cried as they cast their votes. On Sunday, millions of Venezuelans headed to the ballot box in an election that will determine the fate of the socialist movement that has governed oil-rich, crisis-laden Venezuela for 25 years. By 8 p.m., most polling stations had closed, and the nation waited with apprehension for the country’s electoral body, headed by an acolyte of the ruling party, to announce the result. For the first time in more than a decade, the country’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, faced a strong challenger, Edmundo González, a previously little-known former diplomat who has the backing of a popular leader, María Corina Machado.

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☆ Kamala Harris' campaign strategy includes calling Trump's camp 'weird.' It could work, campaign experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

one memo from the Harris campaign read. The Harris campaign has already sent out fundraising emails with the subject line, "What happened to: 'Any time, any place?'" Campaign experts who spoke with BI said that the attacks so far appear to be working but also recognized that voters are still seeing the early formations of Harris' campaign. AdvertisementBloomberg reported that Harris' campaign has narrowed her list to three names, citing sources familiar with the matter, to Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Gov. A Harris campaign spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ Venezuelans vote in crucial election as opposition challenges Maduro
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Venezuelans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a highly consequential presidential election where the country’s longtime strongman, Nicolas Maduro, will face one of his greatest political challenges yet, say analysts. Of the nine other candidates running for the presidency, his biggest challenger is a unified opposition movement that overcame their divisions to form a coalition known as the Democratic Unitary Platform. The opposition movement has maintained its momentum despite sustained government repression, in which their first-choice candidate, María Corina Machado, was disqualified from running. The government has also created significant impediments for the millions of Venezuelans abroad to vote, including widely unattainable passport and residency requirements. But several international election observers have announced this week that they will no longer travel to Venezuela to monitor the vote.

Persons: Nicolas Maduro, Maduro, Hugo Chavez’s, María Corina Machado, Machado, Edmundo González Urrutia, Matias Delacroix, –, Laboratorio de, Jimmy Carter –, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ” Laura Cristina Dib, CNN’s Stefano Pozzebon, David Shortell, Michael Rios Organizations: CNN, Democratic, International Monetary Fund, European Union, The Carter, Washington Office Locations: Venezuela, Latin America, Caracas, United States, Laboratorio de Paz, Venezuelan, America, WOLA

☆ Kamala Harris: How her warp-speed campaign launch has changed the 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —The five days since Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign launched at warp speed have remade the 2024 race – and given Democrats new hope of preventing a second Donald Trump presidency. Fundraising exploded, with Harris’ campaign saying she raised $126 million between Sunday afternoon and Tuesday evening. And Democrats were more eager to devote their own time to working to elect Harris: More than 100,000 people signed up to volunteer for her bid, and more than 2,000 applied for campaign jobs, Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a Wednesday memo. The strength of Harris’ launch has at times surprised even the former Biden campaign staffers who on Sunday suddenly found themselves working for what was converted into the Harris campaign. Biden’s campaign believed his path to 270 Electoral College votes ran through the “blue wall” states – Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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☆ Maria Corina Machado: The woman behind Venezuela’s opposition movement
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Stefano Pozzebon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Machado has described the decision to bar her – upheld by Venezuela’s Supreme Court – as illegitimate, unjustified and unconstitutional. From left: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, and Urrutia's wife Mercedes Lopez wave during their campaign closing rally in Caracas on July 25, 2024, ahead of Sunday's presidential election. CNN: In the economy, your plan is to privatize most Venezuelan public assets, especially in terms of health, oil and education. I do believe in public education, but I do believe that you have to create incentives so the public education can be as competitive and with the same degree of excellence that you have in private education. But you don’t need to own the companies directly for the country to benefit from it.

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☆ Revolut clinches UK banking license, ending three-year wait
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Revolut cards is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on March 29, 2024. British fintech startup Revolut said on Thursday that it had received a banking license with restrictions from the U.K.'s Prudential Regulation Authority, bringing to an end a three-year wait. The London-headquartered firm now has time to build up its U.K. banking infrastructure and operations ahead of officially launching. Revolut first applied for its banking license in 2021, but it has faced lengthy delays. A U.K. banking license will allow Revolut to take customer deposits and also issue products like loans and credit cards.

Persons: Francesca Carlesi, Revolut, Revolut's financials, — CNBC's Ryan Browne Organizations: Prudential, Authority, Barclays, CNBC Locations: Krakow, Poland, British, London, U.K

☆ Netanyahu’s long history of confounding US presidents
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Netanyahu has known President Joe Biden for decades, but Biden doubts Netanyahu’s sincerity. Netanyahu earned the undying enmity of former President Barack Obama for trying to tank the Iran nuclear deal. Trump turned opposition to the Iran nuclear deal into a major campaign issue in 2016. Despite his long relationship with Netanyahu, Biden has criticized the Israeli leader’s government for being too right-wing. But for all his criticism of Netanyahu, Biden has continued to provide Israel with weapons and aid, and the two men will meet at the White House.

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☆ Female Donors Mobilize for Harris, Moving to Stamp Out Opposition
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Theodore Schleifer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For decades, Kamala Harris has been bolstered by a tight-knit group of female donors who rose up with her in Democratic politics. Quickly and quietly, her biggest supporters worked to rally support around her, creating enough momentum to effectively stamp out any opposition. On Sunday, when Mr. Biden announced his exit from the race and endorsed Vice President Harris, all the behind-the-scenes maneuvering appeared to pay off. The nation’s highest-ranking female officeholder, Ms. Harris rapidly picked up pivotal endorsements without attracting a single serious challenger. And while some major Democratic donors remained on the hunt for a non-Harris candidate on Monday, their efforts were appearing increasingly futile by the hour.

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As of late Monday, there did not appear to be any potentially serious challengers for the Democratic nomination who had not already endorsed Harris. On the contrary, Democratic governors and senators and House members have been lining up to endorse Harris, instead of waiting to see whether any potential alternatives emerge. The refusal by Democrats to entertain these calls from donors who want to slow down the nomination process is a sharp contrast to how many donors successfully lobbied lawmakers to call on Biden to drop out of the race. Despite a few big donors pushing for a pause on the process, the Democratic party on Monday was full steam ahead with its new frontrunner. Gretchen Whitmer — all of whom are now contenders in the veepstakes to become Harris' running mate.

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☆ Markets could unwind the 'Trump trade' after Biden drops out of presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesThe "Trump trade" could unwind after President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential election, throwing his weight behind Vice President Kamala Harris. The Trump trade refers to plays on stocks that are expected to benefit if the former president returns to the White House. CNBC previously reported that Wall Street sees a Trump win as good for stocks as the Republican candidate has called for lower taxes and deregulation. The strategist predicted the U.S. dollar would soften as some of the "Trump trade" unwinds, adding that he believes the prospect of a Democratic victory has marginally increased. Roche said, however, that a Harris nomination increases the chance of a Trump win, but lowers the odds of the Republicans winning both houses of Congress.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailEther dips below $3,500 ahead of anticipated U.S. launch of spot ether ETFs: CNBC Crypto WorldCNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, David Duong, head of institutional research at Coinbase, weighs in on the impact for crypto after President Biden drops his reelection bid and a new Democratic challenger is poised to take on Donald Trump, who is now pro-crypto.

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☆ Energized Democrats quickly consolidate around Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Democratic congressional leaders had remained quiet so far — but there were signs that could soon change. Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark and California Rep. Pete Aguilar, the second- and third-ranking House Democrats, endorsed Harris on Monday morning. The Clintons, in a statement Sunday, endorsed Harris; Obama did not, deferring to the party’s process. In those phone calls, Harris made clear that while she was grateful for Biden’s endorsement, she planned to earn the Democratic nomination in her own right. Longtime Democratic operative Donna Brazile said that she was in the process of gathering delegates to support Harris.

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☆ Kamala Harris is locking down support. Any Democrat who wants to rip the nomination from her faces a steep climb.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Following Biden's endorsement, the president's reelection campaign committee rebranded itself to "Harris for President," handing her the keys to a $91 million war chest. Beyond seeking to upstage the first female vice president, other ambitious Democrats would have to raise their national profile in a way Harris does not. AdvertisementThe prospect of Harris' nomination is far from a political panacea for nervous Democrats. As leader of his party, Biden pushed the DNC to rubber stamp his plan to shake up the primary calendar. If the virtual vote moves forward, ambitious Democrats will face an even tighter window to organize opposition to Harris' nomination.

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☆ Tadej Pogačar completes dominant Tour de France victory
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A certain nonchalance has marked Tadej Pogačar’s ruthless overall victory at this year’s Tour de France, a race he has dominated from start to finish, accomplishing feats not achieved for more than a quarter of century. His fifth and sixth stage victories of the race followed on Saturday and Sunday, the biggest haul for any rider since 2009 and an enormous amount for a general classification rider like Pogačar. Not since 1948 has a rider won five mountain stages in a single edition of the race like Pogacar did this year. Their rivalry has shaped every edition of the Tour de France since 2021 when Denmark’s Vingegaard emerged as an unlikely challenger to a rampant Pogačar. Only young Remco Evenepoel, making his Tour de France debut, could remain within touching distance of these two, eventually finishing in third place, 9:18 behind Pogačar.

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As Sam Brown, a Republican and Army veteran, has campaigned for Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat against Senator Jacky Rosen, he has deployed a potent weapon against his Democratic foe: the unpopularity of President Biden among the state’s voters. Mr. Brown and his campaign have linked Ms. Rosen to Mr. Biden and his policies at every turn, slamming her support for him on the campaign trail and online and even occasionally referring to her as “Jacky Biden.”Now, with Mr. Biden’s future at the top of the Democratic ticket in doubt, Republicans like Mr. Brown, campaigning in competitive down-ballot races that could decide control of Congress, are considering whether they will need to alter their messaging to account for a different Democratic presidential nominee — whether that is Vice President Kamala Harris or another challenger.

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The second day of the Republican National Convention will feature remarks from a bevy of Republican lawmakers and other prominent political figures, including multiple former Trump campaign rivals. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who ran against Trump in the 2016 presidential primary and was recently a finalist to be his running mate, is set to speak. Also on the schedule: Trump's former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, who challenged Trump in the 2024 GOP primary and did not immediately endorse him when she ended her presidential campaign. Haley said in an exit speech that Trump would have to "earn the votes" of Republicans who did not back him. Ron DeSantis, who was once seen as Trump's most formidable challenger in the primary, is also on the list.

Persons: Sen, Marco Rubio, Trump, JD Vance, Rubio, Nikki Haley, Haley, Ron DeSantis, Lara Trump, Kari Lake, Elise Stefanik, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kevin Breuninger Organizations: Republican National Convention, Republican, Trump, United, GOP, Florida Gov, Republican National Committee, Senate, House Republican Locations: Marco Rubio of Florida, Ohio, United Nations, Arizona, New York

☆ Putin wants to strengthen a big challenger to Western dominance
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The group is known as BRICS for original members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which collectively form the bloc's acronym. A parliamentary structure would formalize the group even further. AdvertisementA larger and more structured BRICS bloc could have more bargaining power and create an alternative to the West-led global order. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Russia recently, even though New Delhi is in a strategic partnership with the US. But the BRICS group should not be counted out, wrote as Ian Bremmer, the president of the Eurasia Group, in a report earlier this month.

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☆ JPMorgan names its top short ideas including Shake Shack and Sunpower
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Stocks like Shake Shack and CarMax are among several of JPMorgan's short-term investment opportunities heading into the second half of the year. Take a look at five of JPMorgan's picks below: Shake Shack made the list with an underweight rating. The stock is up 16% this year as Shake Shack expects to grow its total revenue by 11% to 15% and open 80 restaurants, bringing its total footprint to about 600 locations. Another restaurant stock, Cheesecake Factory , made the cut as a short pick, as JPMorgan expressed concerns about its near-term outlook. The stock appears "fully valued at current levels," Ivankoe added, putting an underweight rating on the company.

Persons: Dow, Nicholas Rosato, Shack, John Ivankoe, Ivankoe, Kenneth Worthington, Worthington Organizations: Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, JPMorgan, Cheesecake, FactSet, Group Locations: Chicago

For Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, being almost the only game in town for AI chips isn't enough. AdvertisementThe company also runs Nvidia Inception, an incubator and venture network that counts more than 20,000 early-stage companies among its membership. "I think it's crazy," said another founder whose company received investment from NVentures, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Any company trying to do anything major in AI has spent the past two years buying them by the truckload. AdvertisementHe says he's received personal calls from Huang in which the Nvidia CEO weighs in on company decisions or expresses disapproval of his public statements.

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☆ With Rivals Restricted, Kagame Looks Set for Another Term in Rwanda
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Abdi Latif Dahir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The winding roads to this town in northern Rwanda were lined with election posters for the man who has been president for decades: Paul Kagame. Businesses were ordered shut and women swept the streets before the president’s convoy swooshed by, heading for a huge rally in a stadium bedecked with the governing party’s red, white and sky-blue colors. A day later, Mr. Kagame’s main challenger, Frank Habineza, arrived in the same town without a fanfare. His party’s colors — green, yellow and white — were absent from the now-busy streets. A few dozen people, many of them his own election workers, gathered under a tent by the street to listen to him.

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☆ Taylor Swift Breaks Her Own Record With a 12th Week at No. 1
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Ben Sisario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This week Taylor Swift sets a personal chart record with her album “The Tortured Poets Department” after fending off the latest challenger: the singer-songwriter Zach Bryan. 1, “Tortured Poets” is now the longest-running chart-topper of Swift’s career, exceeding the 11-week totals she had for “Fearless” (2008) and “1989” (2014). 1, and is just shy of Stevie Wonder’s 13 for “Songs in the Key of Life” in 1976 and 1977. In its most recent week out, “Tortured Poets” had the equivalent of 163,000 sales in the United States, including 95 million streams and 90,000 copies sold as a complete package, according to the tracking service Luminate. Since its release in April, the full 31-track album has logged three billion streams and had the equivalent of just under five million sales in the United States.

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☆ How Democrats Will Choose a Nominee
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Lily Boyce | Amy Schoenfeld Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

How Democrats Will Choose a NomineeThe Democratic Party is just weeks away from formally naming a nominee for president, and with some Democrats questioning President Biden’s candidacy, there are a few ways the nomination process could unfold. The party plans to hold a virtual vote to choose a nominee in the weeks before the convention. Virtual nomination vote As soon as 10 days away July 21–Aug. Virtual nomination vote July 21–Aug. Democratic National Convention Aug. 19–22 39 days away Delegates vote.

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☆ Trump is already trialing nicknames for Kamala Harris, who he'll have to face off against if Biden drops out
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump has been lasering in on Vice President Kamala Harris in the weeks following Biden's stumbling performance at their debate on June 27. "I got him out the race, and that means we have Kamala," Trump said in the clip. "Respects to our potentially new Democrat Challenger, Laffin' Kamala Harris," Trump said, using a new nickname for the vice president. AdvertisementIn fact, "Laffin' Kamala Harris" isn't the only nickname he's coined for her. Trump has applied his penchant for name-calling to his Democratic rivals too, dubbing Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary" and Joe Biden "Sleepy Joe."

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☆ How Biden’s 2024 choice could reshape the Senate and Supreme Court for years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

But recent history raises deep questions about whether Democratic Senate candidates can continue to levitate as far above the presidential ticket as polls now show. “A Democratic Senate majority coalition relies on having both Senators from a state such as Michigan,” said Daniel Hopkins, a University of Pennsylvania political scientist. As recently as the 1980s, it was common for voters to split their tickets in Senate races. Still, even that alignment left room for some Senate candidates to swim against this general tide. This history, by itself, doesn’t answer whether Democratic Senate candidates would have better prospects with or without Biden as their presidential nominee.

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