RRP Semiconductor surged 55,000% over twenty months and reached a valuation of $1.78 billion as of press time. The stock hit a high on Nov. 7, then fell 6% after SEBI began reviewing the rally and the exchange shifted trading to once a week. A tiny float, 149 straight limit-up sessions, and social buzz drove the move despite negative revenue and minimal operations.

On the night of December 17, 2025, Coinbase activated live U.S. stock trading in its app, allowing users to purchase American equities using USDC. The company is also rolling out futures, perpetuals, prediction markets, and a tokenization stack for institutions, positioning the platform as a hub for traditional assets, derivatives, and on-chain products.

According to the article, the U.S. Senate voted 67–30 on Wednesday to confirm Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator after a prolonged nomination process. Isaacman faced scrutiny over ties to Musk and returned for a Dec. 3 hearing, while separate investor inflows of more than $470 million since Dec. 8 lifted the XOVR ETF seeking SpaceX exposure.

Coursera said on Wednesday it will acquire Udemy in an all-stock transaction valuing the combined group at $2.5 billion. Udemy shareholders will receive 0.8 Coursera shares per share, with Reuters estimating Udemy’s implied value at about $930 million and $6.35 per share. Coursera rose about 4% and Udemy jumped nearly 22%; the deal is targeted for the second half of next year, pending approvals.

BlackRock announced on Wednesday that it will give eligible U.S. employees $1,000 per child, mirroring the federal "Trump accounts" seed funding under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The national program, starting July 4, 2026, allows parents to contribute $5,000 a year and employers to add $2,500 tax free for children born between 2025 and 2028. Bank of New York Mellon and major donors including Michael Dell, Susan Dell, and Ray Dalio have also pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to support these child investment accounts across the United States.

Robinhood and Coinbase have significantly outperformed the S&P 500 in 2025 as both stocks secured fresh buy ratings and ambitious price targets from major banks. Truist set a $155 target on Robinhood, while Deutsche Bank issued a $340 target for Coinbase, citing strong product expansion and margin potential. Analysts expect robust revenue growth and improving profitability to support further upside in these leading crypto-linked equities.

On Tuesday, a California administrative law judge found Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving marketing deceptive, according to the state DMV. The agency gave Tesla 90 days to revise or remove misleading language or face separate 30-day suspensions of its sales and manufacturing licenses. Tesla shares closed at $489.88, up 3.1%, and the company's market cap reached $1.63 trillion.

On December 17, 2025, HashKey began trading in Hong Kong with a brief 3% jump before sliding 2.1% by press time. Its IPO raised $206 million at HK$6.68 per share, near the top of the HK$5.95–HK$6.95 range, and early backers included Fidelity, UBS, CDH Investments and Cithara Fund.

On Tuesday, Tesla's TSLA shares climbed 3.1% to end the session at $489.88, marking a fresh all-time high and the second consecutive record close. The stock is now up 21% for the year after a 36% plunge in the first quarter, while Tesla's market value has reached $1.63 trillion amid excitement over driverless vehicle tests in Austin and ongoing political and sales headwinds.