Friday's News Links

[CNBC] Nasdaq falls more than 2% as Amazon and Intel tumble after earnings: Live updates

[Yahoo/Reuters] Tech giants' spending spooks investors and drives bonds rally

[Yahoo/Reuters] Japan's Nikkei slumps 3% as tech stocks tumble on AI worries

[Yahoo Finance] Iran Claimed Four Vessels Were Hit in the Hormuz Strait. Oil Prices Are Jumping Again.

[Yahoo/Reuters] Amazon burns cash, Intel flags weak PC demand as AI boom's costs ripple across markets

[CNBC] Bitcoin tumbles below $78,000, extending losses as Binance security scare rattles crypto markets

[Axios] Binance halts trading after biggest-ever crypto hack

[CNBC] Billions in crypto frozen in Binance hack. Here’s what happens next

[CNBC] Binance ‘potential security issue’ sees $2.54 billion frozen by the likes of Circle, Tether

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] AI Policy Fears Grip Stock, Bond Traders With Midterms Days Away

[Axios] Some of the spookiest charts about the markets

[Yahoo/Reuters] Analysis-US fiscal deterioration main headache for investors as midterms loom

[AP] Saudi Arabia says drone intercepted near Islam’s holiest city, and other Mideast news

[Reuters] New economic data challenges Fed chief's not-too-hot perspective

[CNBC] BOJ holds rates as underlying inflation aligns with 2% target for first time since 2013

[Yahoo/Reuters] Analysts react to BOJ decision to keep rates steady

[Reuters] US plans to ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers

[Bloomberg] Wall Street Turns Ruthless as Earnings Misses Fuel Deep Selloffs

[Bloomberg] Treasuries Extend Rally With Global Peers as Risk-Off Haven

[Bloomberg] US Treasury Borrows Record $839 Billion in Auctions This Week

[Bloomberg] Big Tech’s Deepening AI Funding Concerns Sink Asian Chip Stocks

[Bloomberg] Binance Halts Withdrawals as Suspected Hack Spurs Crypto Selloff

[Bloomberg] Record Binance Hack Shows No Crypto Firm Is Too Big to Breach

[Bloomberg] US Employment Costs Trail Inflation for Second Straight Quarter

[Bloomberg] Chinese Junk Dollar Bonds Head for Worst Week in a Year on Huafa

[NYT] U.S. Oil Industry Earned Over $130 Billion in Profit During Iran War

[WSJ] How Binance Is Scrambling to Cover Losses in the Biggest Heist in Crypto History

[WSJ] Cryptocurrencies Slide as News of Major Hack Spooks Markets

[WSJ] Binance Suspends Transactions After It Is Targeted in Biggest-Ever Cyber Heist

[WSJ] The Easy Money Offers That Disguise a Deathtrap for Small Businesses

[FT] Big Tech sheds nearly $900bn in rout over soaring AI spending

[FT] Global tech rout deepens after US earnings stoke AI spending fears

[FT] If you think Triple-C bonds are having a rough time . . . 

[FT] Iran hits Hormuz tanker with limpet mines in apparent tactical shift

[FT] Russia’s last major independent newspaper shuts under government pressure