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Unemployment Rate Rises as Participation Holds Steady The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November, exceeding market expectations and marking an increase from earlier in the fall . The number of unemployed climbed to 7.8 million, while the labor force participation rate held at 62.5%, suggesting the rise in joblessness was driven by hiring softness rather than workers re-entering the labor market . Longer-term indicators showed little improvement, with long-term unemployment steady at 1.9 million. Sector Performance Highlights Defensive Hiring Job gains were concentrated in health care, which added 46,000 positions, and construction, which expanded payrolls by 28,000 . These…

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. BWX Technologies inc (Symbol: BWXT) presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most “interesting” ideas that merit further research by investors. But making BWX Technologies inc an even more interesting and timely stock to look at, is the fact that in trading on Wednesday, shares of BWXT…

Tortola, British Virgins Island, December 17th, 2025, Chainwire Space is the first 10x leverage prediction market on Solana where users trade real-world outcomes across crypto, politics, sports, technology, culture and beyond – getting paid for being right. Today, they announced the public sale of their native token, $SPACE. The company has a token flywheel mechanism where 50% of revenue goes into buying back and burning $SPACE. Space is built by the team behind UFO, a top 100 project in 2021 on CoinMarketCap that grew to $1.5B+ market cap with a large on-chain community. That success came from distribution and community,…

While attracting new users may not be a core challenge for crypto, keeping them active beyond the first month is far more difficult, and data from prediction markets is spotlighting the issue. Polymarket retention data, compiled by analytics company Dune and market maker Keyrock, tracked monthly cohorts of new active users and measured the number of users who returned to trade in subsequent months. According to the report, which sampled 275 crypto projects spanning networks, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, wallets and trading apps, Polymarket’s average retention outperformed over 85% of protocols. The data highlighted how rare sustained usage remains across the crypto sector.…

The global sports prediction and entertainment market is valued at over $140 Billion. While traditional platforms monetize this volume, they offer users zero upside. X-MARKET changes the paradigm. We are not a traditional betting site; we are a Web3 Sports Prediction & Entertainment Platform. We turn “insights” into assets through our innovative “Prediction Mining” model. Now, we are recruiting the Genesis KOLs to build the foundation before our official launch on January 1, 2026. 1. The Innovation: Prediction Mining (Earn While You Predict) On X-MARKET, participation equals ownership. We have removed complex “hashrate” concepts—the model is simple and fair: Daily…

Fernandina Beach, USA/Florida, December 15th, 2025, Chainwire SaucerSwap Labs, the team behind Hedera’s leading decentralized exchange, today unveiled a fully redesigned platform and refreshed brand identity. The update delivers modernized navigation, integrated analytics, and a new visual design system while preserving the audited smart contracts and non-custodial architecture that users rely on. “Whether you’re discovering Hedera DeFi for the first time or you’re a professional trader, everything has been rebuilt to feel fast, trusted, and intuitive,” said Peter Campbell, CEO and Co-founder of SaucerSwap Labs. “This is a serious workstation for capital.” A New Era for Hedera’s Liquidity Protocol Since…

HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: JZXN) (“Jiuzi” or the “Company”) today announced it is in strategic cooperation discussions with a Web3 technology company specializing in the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) cryptocurrency trading platform (the “Counterparty”). According to the preliminary agreement, both parties plan to jointly develop and promote an AI-powered cryptocurrency diagnostics and trading platform to advance its market-oriented application. To facilitate this collaboration, JZXN intends to acquire tokens issued by the Counterparty at a significant discount through a private placement of its common stock, representing a total value of approximately US$1…

Key Takeaways Spot XRP ETFs have recorded 30 consecutive days of net inflows, setting a new industry record. The streak comes despite outflows from Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs during the same period. Cumulative XRP ETF inflows are nearing $1 billion, with assets under management topping $1.18 billion. While much of the crypto ETF market struggled through November, one corner of the market quietly moved in the opposite direction. Spot XRP exchange-traded funds have logged 30 straight trading days of net inflows, a run that now stands as the longest uninterrupted inflow streak among major crypto ETFs. The milestone arrives at…

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Pfizer Inc (Symbol: PFE), where a total volume of 285,976 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 28.6 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 56.3% of PFE’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 50.8 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $24 strike put option expiring February 20, 2026, with 35,590 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately…

Victoria, Seychelles, December 16, 2025 – MEXC, the world’s fastest-growing digital asset exchange and a pioneer of true zero-fee trading, has successfully concluded its CHZ Frenzy campaign in collaboration with Chiliz. The month-long initiative, which ran from November 12 to December 11, 2025, attracted over 140,000 participants, reflecting growing interest in the Chiliz ecosystem and confidence in MEXC as a trusted trading platform. The campaign featured a $1 million prize pool across multiple events, including zero-fee trading on CHZ pairs, a staking event offering up to 400% APR, and structured reward events. Designed to lower barriers to entry, the initiative…