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  WHAT IS NVIDIA’S ROLE IN THE AI BOOM AND WHY ARE NVIDIA’S SHARES SOARING? In the wake of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, chip designer Nvidia finished Tuesday with a market value of $1 trillion, marking the first time in recent memory. Here is a description of Nvidia and how it supports the revolutionary new technology. HOW MUCH MARKET VALUE DOES NVIDIA HAVE? Nvidia's $1 trillion valuation puts it behind Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon as the fifth most valuable U.S. firm. Two further businesses, Tesla and Meta Platforms, have previously exceeded the $1 trillion mark but are currently valued less. NVIDIA’S FOCUS SHIFT: FROM GAMING TO AI Nvidia, a company best known for its videogame chips, has recently shifted its focus to the data center industry. During the epidemic, the company’s business dramatically increased. As gaming became more popular, cloud adoption increased and crypto fans began using its CPUs for coin mining. In the fiscal year that concluded on Januar...

  ENABLES US USERS TO SPEND CRYPTOCURRENCIES AT LEADING CONSUMER BRANDS AND EARN PAY REWARDS . A prominent cryptocurrency platform has announced an exciting new feature exclusively available within their app for US users. These users can now utilize over 30 different cryptocurrencies to make purchases at more than 150 leading consumer brands across various industries, including fashion, grocery, electronics, and more. Moreover, users will have the opportunity to earn up to 10% in Pay Rewards on qualifying purchases made in CRO, the native cryptocurrency of the Crypto.com platform. By heading to Crypto.com Pay within the app, users can explore the extensive list of brands participating in this program, which includes renowned names such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Ray-Ban, and GameStop (NYSE: GME). This integration with top brands not only offers convenience and flexibility for users but also presents an exciting opportunity for cryptocurrency ad...

  US JOB GROWTH OUTPERFORMED FORECASTS IN MAY, AS THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED TO 3.7% . Despite a higher-than-anticipated gain in employment in the United States in May, the Federal Reserve may decide not to raise interest rates this month for the first time since beginning its aggressive policy-tightening campaign more than a year ago due to a deceleration in pay growth. The Labour Department reported on Friday that nonfarm payrolls rose by 339,000 last month, according to the closely followed employment data. After data for April was updated, 294,000 new positions were added to the payroll, not the previously reported 253,000. Reuters polled economists, who predicted a 191,000 increase in payrolls. The unemployment rate increased from a 53-year low of 3.4% in April to 3.7% despite significant hiring. Additionally, wage pressures are easing, which should provide some solace to Fed officials working to get inflation down to the 2% objective set by the U.S. central bank. After i...

  MARKET OUTLOOK ON NATURAL GAS . WILDFIRES IMPEDE CANADIAN GAS EXPORTS, DRIVING PRICES UP Natural gas prices soared by 7.26% to settle at 212.7 as a result of wildfires hindering gas exports from Canada, which reached a 25-month low. The disruption in supply due to the wildfires contributed to the bullish sentiment in the market.   PRODUCTION DECLINE RAISES CONCERNS FOR FUTURE SUPPLY Concerns regarding a potential future decline in natural gas production further supported the upward trend in prices. Recent data revealed a reduction in the number of rigs for drilling gas, as evidenced by the Baker Hughes report. The gas rig count fell by 16 to 141 last week, marking the lowest level since April 2022 and the largest weekly decline since February 2016.   RECORD US GAS OUTPUT MAINTAINS STABILITY DESPITE PRICE DECLINE Despite the recent decline in prices, average gas output in the US Lower 48 states remained steady at a record level of 101.4 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) ...

  The AUD/JPY currency pair is currently trading near its intraday low of around 94.00, as Australia’s Consumer Inflation Expectations eased in August, which is putting pressure on the sentiment. The data for Australia shows a drop to 5.9% from the previous reading of 6.3%, while the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) also decreased to 8.5% YoY in July, compared to the expected 8.7% and the previous reading of 9.1%. This has added to the economic concerns raised by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), making it difficult for AUD/JPY bulls. Furthermore, there are fears related to China, which is Australia’s biggest customer, weighing on the AUD/JPY prices. According to sources, US President Biden is reconsidering his stance on China tariffs following Taiwan’s response. Additionally, there has been a surge in coronavirus cases in China, with 700 new confirmed cases reported on the mainland on August 10, compared to 444 the day before, which is also putting pressure on the pair. The S&...

  THE U.S. DOLLAR EXPERIENCES A DECLINE TO A ONE-YEAR LOW DUE TO COOLED INFLATION IN THE U.S. The US dollar faced a slump in early European trading on Friday as the Dollar Index fell to a one-year low of 100.515, down by 0.2%, due to expectations of an early end to the Federal Reserve’s rate-tightening cycle. Investors believe that cooler-than-expected inflation data will force the central bank to cut interest rates before the end of the year, resulting in a weaker dollar. The Dollar Index is on track for a weekly decline of more than 1%, which is the steepest since January. This decline followed the release of the March US producer prices index, which fell by 0.5% from the previous month, marking the largest drop since the beginning of the pandemic. The PPI slowed down on an annual basis, rising by 2.7% from a year ago, the smallest gain in more than two years. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the core PPI fell by 0.1% from February and increased by 3.4% from a y...

  GOLD PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE, POISED FOR A STRONG WEEK AMID EASING INFLATION CONCERNS . Gold prices rose for the fourth consecutive session on Friday, supported by evidence that U.S. inflation was easing and concerns about a possible recession in 2023. On Thursday, data showed that U.S. producer price index inflation grew at a slower pace in March, which was followed by data showing that consumer price inflation also eased. These readings reinforced the belief that inflation was subsiding, which could result in a less hawkish Federal Reserve. Following the data, the dollar declined to a nearly one-year low, while Treasury yields also retreated, both of which supported gold prices. The safe-haven appeal of gold was also bolstered by several warnings of a U.S. recession this year, which could lead to less hawkish action by the Fed. As of 22:16 ET (02:16 GMT), spot gold rose 0.3% to $2,046.61 an ounce, while gold futures gained 0.3% to $2,060.75 an ounce. Both instruments were poise...