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CrowdStrike tumbles
Republican representatives have called on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security, following a faulty software update that crashed millions of Microsoft Windows devices. Rep. Mark Green and Rep. Andrew Garbarino said the incident was a “warning about the national security risks associated with network dependency,” according to a letter issued on Monday.
CrowdStrike shares slumped 13%. Reeling from the...

Biden drops out
President Joe Biden on Sunday quit the presidential race against Donald Trump and backed Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee of the Democratic Party, bowing to pressure from his party members to drop out.
Harris said in a statement, “I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination.”  Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers are calling on Biden to resign. What does this mean for markets? CNBC’s Jesse ...

Inching to records
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite inched their way to intraday and record closes as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned of the dangers of keeping interest rates high.
Growth in jeopardy
Powell warned that keeping interest rates high for too long could harm economic growth. Despite recent cooling, he noted that the economy and labor market remain strong. Powell highlighted progress in reducing inflation towards the central bank’s 2% target...

Germany’s bitcoin sell-off
The German government has been selling off hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin, contributing to the cryptocurrency’s recent price drop.
Police in the eastern German state of Saxony seized close to 50,000 bitcoins in mid-January, worth about $2.2 billion at the time of the seizure. Despite selling $379 million worth of bitcoin in recent weeks, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office still holds roughly 32,488 bitcoins — worth ar...