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A television broadcasts crypto market news at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025.
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After finishing last month on a strong note and starting December on a high, markets stumbled Monday, tripped over by the sell-off in crypto.
All three major U.S. indexes snapped their 5-day winning streaks as bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, dropped around 6% to trade below $86,000, putting downward pressure on the stock market.
It was bitcoin's worst day since March. The digital currency late last month fell below $90,000 for the first time since April and has since struggled to stay above that mark.
Even as odds for the Fed's expected year-end Christmas gift of a rate cut rise, investors seem to have put crypto on the "naughty list."
As we head deeper into December, could markets shake off the crypto chill, and will tech stocks be the heroes that keep pushing stocks higher? Watch this space.
Nvidia-Synopsys partnership. The company announced Monday it has purchased $2 billion of Synopsys' common stock as part of a strategic partnership to accelerate computing and AI engineering solutions.
Apple AI chief steps down. John Giannandrea, who had held the position since 2018, will be replaced by Amar Subramanya, an AI researcher who most recently worked for Microsoft and was previously part of Google's DeepMind AI unit. Giannandrea will continue to serve as an advisor until his retirement next spring, Apple said.
Crypto sell-off. Bitcoin and ether plunged on Monday, recording a 5% and 7% fall, respectively. A statement by the People's Bank of China on Saturday warning of illegal activities relating to digital currencies heaped pressure on Hong Kong-listed shares of digital assets-related companies on Monday.
Markets slide. All three U.S. indexes snapped five-day winning streaks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average recording the largest loss, dropping 0.9%. The Nasdaq Composite shed 0.38%, and the S&P 500 lost 0.53%.
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A Kalshi digital advertisement displaying New York City mayoral election odds in Times Square in New York, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.
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Kalshi makes move to court crypto traders with tokenized betting contracts
Bettors on exchange and prediction market Kalshi can now buy and sell tokenized versions of their wagers on Solana, the company told CNBC exclusively on Monday.
It's the latest sign the prediction market company is deepening its push to win over the same cryptocurrency holders that have pumped billions of dollars of digital assets into its rival Polymarket.
Tokenization refers to creating a digital version of a real-world financial asset such as a stock, bond or treasury note. The resulting token, which can be held or traded like a normal asset, lives on a decentralized ledger called a blockchain, such as Solana or bitcoin.
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Through Frontria, Fujitsu will provide participating organizations with trial access to its core AI technologies for disinformation countermeasures, AI trustworthiness (including fairness), and AI security (such as fake detection for fraud). By fostering collaboration, Frontria will refine existing technologies, generate new ideas and use cases, leverage IP and data, support application development, and drive market expansion, creating monetization opportunities while solving critical societal issues and enhancing organizational value.
Participating organizations and experts (as of December 2, 2025): Activ8 Inc., AKOS AI SRL, All About, Inc., Amadeus Code Inc., ASCII STARTUP, Atlas Associates Inc., Bengo4.com Inc., Prof. Oreste Pollicino (Bocconi University), Cloudy Soft, CROSS Business Producers Inc., Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc., DAIKO ADVERTISING INC., DAIKO WEDO creative & development Inc., Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., Data Resources Inc., Digirow K.K., Digital Content Association of Japan, Fileforce Inc, Fujitsu Limited, Glocalist Co., Ltd., Prof. Nicolas Lesca (University Grenoble Alpes), Prof. Amélie Favreau (University Grenoble Alpes), G-Search Limited, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, InfoCom Research Inc., Prof. Shinichi Yamaguchi (International University of Japan), Intesa Sanpaolo, LARUS Business Automation S.r.l., LY Corporation, Prof. Ananiadou Sophia (The University of Manchester), Doctor Batista-Navarro Riza Theresa (The University of Manchester), Prof. Junichi Tsujii (AIST & The University of Manchester), Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, Meltwater Japan, Miotsukushi Analytics Co. Ltd., Miura & Partners, Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Associate Prof. Abhinav Dhall (Monash University), Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., Nebuly, Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd., Prof. Shin’ichi Arakawa (The University of Osaka), POCKET RD Inc., Ridgelinez Limited, Prof. Kazutoshi Sasahara (Institute of Science Tokyo), Center for Education in Healthcare Innovation, Institute of Science Tokyo, Consortium for Medical and Drug Discovery Data Science, SIA Media Inc, Sparticle Inc., Spectee Inc., TDSE Inc., TOEI ADVERTISING Ltd., Tohoku University, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc., Prof. Masaki Aida (Tokyo Metropolitan University), Trusted Corporation, Uber AI Solutions.
For comments from participating organizations and information regarding company HQs please refer to these links:
AI technology, which has primarily developed in digital spaces, is now being applied to real world scenarios. “Physical AI” is a field of AI technology where AI is trained to understand physical laws and act autonomously and it will play a key role in solving various real-world challenges, such as in autonomous driving and smart factories. It is attracting significant attention as a potential means of helping with Japan’s worsening labor shortage and improving industrial productivity.
However, current physical AI applications are mainly limited to structured environments with defined pathways like manufacturing sites or logistics warehouses. In residential homes and offices, where human movements are less predictable and object arrangements frequently change, it is difficult to for AI to assess spatial dynamics, making current solutions impractical. Furthermore, in environments where large numbers of people and robots must work together, cooperation is currently difficult because the AI cannot understand the intentions behind others’ movements.
This new technology is based on Fujitsu’s Computer Vision technology, primarily used for human flow analysis in commercial facilities and abnormal behavior detection in crime prevention, as well as its digital AI technology, including the Fujitsu Kozuchi AI Agent which autonomously carries out tasks with human counterparts. It is part of the research efforts of the Spatial Robotics Research Center which Fujitsu established in April 2025 to step up its research toward realizing a new society where humans and robots coexist.
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