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Marcin Frąckiewicz

CEO of TS2 Space and founder of TS2.tech. Expert in satellites, telecommunications, and emerging technologies, covering trends in space, AI, and connectivity.

Biotech Breakthrough: Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Skyrockets on $1B Deal – What Investors Need to Know

Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Nearly Triples on $1B Chugai Deal – What Investors Should Know

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 RANI Stock Price Explodes on Deal News Rani Therapeutics’ stock price erupted on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, after the company unveiled its game-changing pharma partnership and a significant financing boost. In pre-market trading, RANI shares jumped over +150%, and the rally continued after the opening bellts2.techts2.tech. The stock — which had closed at just $0.47 the day before — briefly hit about $1.37 intraday (nearly a 3× gain) on extremely heavy volumets2.techts2.tech. By midday, RANI was still trading around $1.30, up ~180% on the day, marking a stunning one-day surge that lifted the stock
18 October 2025
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AGI Race Sparks ‘Alien Intelligence’ Fears as Experts Clash – Tech Stocks Soar Amid Superintelligence Hype

AGI Race Sparks ‘Alien Intelligence’ Fears as Experts Clash – Tech Stocks Soar Amid Superintelligence Hype

Tech Titans Chase the Holy Grail of AGI For decades, achieving artificial general intelligence – machines with human-level cognitive abilities across any task – has been the holy grail of AI research. In 2023, the stunning leap of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4 brought that distant dream much closer to mainstream plausibility. Now in late 2025, the world’s largest tech companies are locked in an “unprecedented” arms race, spending hundreds of billions to be the first to cross the AGI finish line ts2.tech. Together, firms like OpenAI (with backer Microsoft), Google (through DeepMind), Meta, Anthropic, Amazon and more plan to invest
18 October 2025
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Oil Prices Rollercoaster: Trade War Fears & OPEC Moves Spark 5-Month Lows

Oil Plunges to 5-Year Low, Gas Prices Near $3 – Are More Drops Ahead?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 Oil Nosedives on Glut Fears and Slowdown Worries Crude oil prices have been in freefall this month, ending the week at levels not seen in nearly half a decade. The most actively traded WTI futures sank to about $57 per barrel, a price last witnessed when markets were recovering from the 2020 Covid crashmarketscreener.com. This marks a stunning reversal from early 2022, when post-pandemic demand and geopolitical shocks drove oil above $100. Now, oversupply and recession fears have firmly taken the wheel. Energy analysts point to a cascade of bearish factors. On the supply
18 October 2025
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Gold Shatters Records Above $4,300 – Is $5,000 Next or a Pullback Coming?

Gold Shatters Records Above $4,300 – Is $5,000 Next or a Pullback Coming?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 Gold Hits Historic Highs in October Gold’s price explosion in 2025 reached a climax this week. On Thursday, October 16, spot gold soared past $4,300/oz for the first time ever Reuters. By early Friday, it had spiked to an intraday record of about $4,378.69. This historic rally has been rapid – gold entered the year around $2,800 and has since nearly doubled, repeatedly smashing records in recent days. As of October 18, 2025, gold is hovering near $4,210/oz, cooling slightly after its meteoric rise Reuters. The late-week pullback came after a comment from U.S.
18 October 2025
Mega Metal Rally! Gold Rockets Past $4,000 as Silver Nears $52 on Debasement Fears

Silver Soars Past $50 to Record Highs in 2025 Rally – What’s Next for the “Poor Man’s Gold”?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 Silver Price Hits New Highs, Then Pulls Back Silver’s ascent in 2025 reached a climax this week, as the metal briefly surged above $50 an ounce for the first time in decades. On Thursday, October 16, spot silver shattered its 2011 peak, spiking to about $54.5/oz intraday – an all-time nominal high for the metalmining.com. This milestone came amid a furious multi-week rally in precious metals, with silver up over 70% year-to-date and dramatically outperforming gold’s gainsreuters.com. By Friday the 17th, however, the market saw a swift reversal. Silver tumbled roughly 6% in its
18 October 2025
Nasdaq’s Wild Week: Tech Titans Soar & Plunge as Volatility Spikes – What’s Next?

Nasdaq’s Wild Week: Tech Titans Soar & Plunge as Volatility Spikes – What’s Next?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 Nasdaq Ends Week Higher Amid Roller-Coaster Trading After a roller-coaster week, the Nasdaq Composite Index managed to finish in positive territory, showcasing resilience in the face of multiple risk flare-ups. The index closed Friday at 22,679.98 points, up 117.44 points (+0.52%) on the dayreuters.com. All three major U.S. indices posted weekly gains, even as intraday swings tested investors’ nerves. The tech-heavy Nasdaq remains within striking distance of its record high (~23,000) set earlier this month, and is up roughly 15–17% for the year to datets2.tech – a strong performance reflecting 2025’s bullish momentum. Volatility
18 October 2025
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Bitcoin’s Uptober Rollercoaster: Price Sinks to $107K After Record Highs – What’s Next?

Bitcoin’s Uptober Rollercoaster: Price Sinks to $107K After Record Highs – What’s Next?

Bitcoin Shrugs Off a Wild Week at $107K Bitcoin’s price is catching its breath around $107,000 on Saturday, following a whiplash week of record highs and abrupt reversals. In the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency is roughly flat to slightly positive, stabilizing after the recent turbulence. Over the past 7 days, however, BTC has given up about 6–8% of its value, reflecting a broader risk-off pullback across crypto marketsts2.tech. Just two weeks ago, Bitcoin was in full rally mode – even breaching a new all-time high above $125,000 on Oct. 5 amid what traders dubbed “Uptober” euphoriats2.techts2.tech. Now, at $107K,
18 October 2025
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XRP Price Jumps Back After Wild Swing – Ripple’s Token Eyes ETF Catalyst in Volatile Crypto Market

XRP Price Jumps Back After Wild Swing – Ripple’s Token Eyes ETF Catalyst in Volatile Crypto Market

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 XRP Price Recovers Amid Crypto Market Whiplash After a roller-coaster month, XRP has regained some stability around $2.35 as of Oct. 18. The past week epitomized crypto volatility: on Oct. 10, Ripple’s token cratered by nearly half its value in hours, falling from the mid-$2.80s to roughly $1.64 at the lowsts2.techts2.tech. The sudden crash – among the steepest of any major crypto this year – was triggered by shockwaves from traditional markets. That day, U.S. President Trump’s abrupt threat of 100% tariffs on Chinese goods sent investors scrambling out of risk assets, pummeling equities,
18 October 2025
Solana (SOL) Price Rollercoaster: From $250 Uptober High to $185 – Will It Rebound to $300?

Solana (SOL) Price Rollercoaster: From $250 Uptober High to $185 – Will It Rebound to $300?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 SOL Price Struggles After Uptober Surge Solana’s price spiked above $250 in early October 2025 before a sharp pullback to the $180s. The chart shows SOL’s “Uptober” rollercoaster and key support levels around $170–$180. After a spectacular rally earlier this month, Solana (SOL) now trades around $185 as of October 18, 2025investing.com. This week has been a rollercoaster: SOL fell below the $180 support on Friday, briefly dipping to two-month lows near $170tradingview.com, before bouncing back modestly into the weekend. On Tuesday it had attempted to reclaim the $210 level but failed, underscoring the
18 October 2025
Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 18.10.2025

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18 October 2025
Boeing’s Turbulent Week: Big Deal Greenlights, Strike Drama, and Hopes of a Comeback

Boeing’s Turbulent Week: Big Deal Greenlights, Strike Drama, and Hopes of a Comeback

Financial Performance & Deliveries Boeing’s financial recovery is gathering pace, though the company isn’t profitable yet. In Q2 2025, revenue surged to $22.75 billion (+35% year-on-year) while losses narrowed to $612 million (vs. a $1.44 billion loss a year prior)ts2.tech. Crucially, free cash flow turned positive – a milestone after years of cash burnts2.tech. Boeing’s backlog has swelled to about $619 billion (~5,900 airplanes) as airlines snap up jets amid a travel reboundts2.tech. New figures underscore the momentum. Boeing delivered 55 jets in September, a sharp rise from 33 a year earlierreuters.com. That included 40 of its 737 MAX workhorses – one of which
18 October 2025
MindMed Stock Skyrockets on Psychedelic Breakthroughs – What’s Driving the MNMD Surge?

MindMed Stock Skyrockets on Psychedelic Breakthroughs – What’s Driving the MNMD Surge?

Stock Soars to 52-Week High on Investor Hype MindMed’s stock has been on fire in recent weeks, vastly outperforming the broader market. Shares rocketed to a 52-week high of $13.09 on October 14, closing that day at $12.58 with unusually heavy trading volumemarketbeat.com. Just a couple of weeks earlier, on September 29, MNMD spiked 12.8% in a single session, hitting ~$12.04 by day’s endallpennystocks.com. These sharp gains have propelled MindMed to roughly +68% year-to-date returnsfinance.yahoo.com, a remarkable run driven by excitement over its clinical progress. Investor sentiment is clearly bullish. The stock’s rally has been supported by positive news (detailed
18 October 2025
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lon Musk’s $1 Billion Tesla Stock Buy – A Game-Changing Bet Shaking Up EV Stocks

Tesla’s October Shockwave: New EVs, Autopilot Upgrades, AI Shake-Up & Global Gambits

New Vehicles and Product Releases Tesla’s vehicle lineup is evolving rapidly. In late 2025 the automaker is rolling out a cheaper EV to broaden its market. Tesla confirmed it built “first builds of a more affordable model” in June 2025 and plans volume production in the second half of 2025ts2.tech. Musk described the new car as basically a stripped-down Model Y crossoverts2.tech – likely with a smaller battery and fewer frills to hit the mid-$30K price band (versus ~$45K for today’s base Model Y). Early reports (and spy photos) suggest it will share the Model Y’s platform under an internal
17 October 2025
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Apple Stock Hits New Heights: iPhone 17 Supercycle, Analyst Split, and 2025 Outlook Revealed

Apple’s Big October Bombshells: Vision Pro 2, M5 MacBook Surprise, and an AI Push Shaking Up Tech

M5 Chip Debuts in New MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and “Vision Pro 2” Apple has surprised fans with a late-year hardware refresh centered on its next-generation M5 processor. In lieu of a live event, Apple issued a blitz of Newsroom announcements on October 15 introducing an entry-level 14‑inch MacBook Pro, updated 11″ and 13″ iPad Pro models, and a modestly upgraded Apple Vision Pro headset – all powered by the new M5 chiptechcrunch.comtechcrunch.com. The M5 is a significant leap forward: Apple says it delivers over 4× the peak GPU performance of the previous M4 generation, and Apple SVP Johny Srouji touted that
17 October 2025
Oracle Stock Surges on $300B AI Cloud Deal – Is a Trillion-Dollar Valuation Next?

Oracle’s AI Cloud Blitz: $300B OpenAI Deal, Meta Pact, and Supercomputer Unveiled

Oracle’s Historic AI Cloud Deals Fuel Ambitions Oracle has seized center stage in the artificial intelligence race by securing eye-popping cloud contracts to host and train the world’s most advanced AI models. In a move that stunned the tech industry, OpenAI – creator of ChatGPT – agreed to spend a reported $300 billion on Oracle Cloud over five yearsreuters.com. If fully realized, it ranks as one of the largest cloud deals ever and instantly turbocharges Oracle’s cloud business. This year Oracle also inked a major partnership with Meta Platforms, which committed roughly $65 billion for Oracle’s cloud services as Meta expands its
17 October 2025
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Nvidia’s AI Empire Unleashed: Mini Supercomputers, Mega-Deals and a Global Chip Arms Race

Nvidia’s AI Empire Unleashed: Mini Supercomputers, Mega-Deals and a Global Chip Arms Race

AI Alliances and Rivalries: OpenAI, xAI, and a $100B Power Play Nvidia’s dominance in AI computing has led to both blockbuster partnerships and fierce competition in recent weeks. The most dramatic development is Nvidia’s sweeping alliance with OpenAI – a deal valued at up to $100 billion that intertwines the leading AI chip supplier with the maker of ChatGPT ts2.tech ts2.tech. Under the agreement, announced late September, Nvidia will take a sizable (non-voting) stake in OpenAI and in return OpenAI commits to buying Nvidia’s cutting-edge GPUs to build out an unprecedented 10 gigawatts of AI supercomputing capacity ts2.tech ts2.tech. “Everything starts
17 October 2025
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RTX Stock Defies Market Slump as Engine ‘Game-Changer’ and Defense Deals Fuel Rally

RTX Stock Defies Market Slump as Engine ‘Game-Changer’ and Defense Deals Fuel Rally

Key Facts Period Price Change (Approx.) 1 day +0.5% (Oct. 17 vs Oct. 16) 5 days +0.1% (since Oct. 10) 1 month ≈ 0% (since Sept. 17) Table: RTX stock price percentage change over recent periods. Conclusion RTX Corporation (NYSE: RTX) enters late October 2025 with solid momentum: a major engine launch cleared for takeoff, booming demand for its defense systems, and an upcoming earnings report that could affirm its growth trajectory. The stock’s slight rally on Oct. 17 – bucking a broader market downturn – signals that traders are focusing on RTX’s fundamentals and news flow rather than short-term macro
17 October 2025
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White House’s Shocking 10% Intel Stake Plan Shakes the Tech World

Intel Stock Soars on AI Hype and Big Backers – Will the Rally Last?

Intel Stock Price: Recent Moves and Momentum Intel’s share price has been on a roller-coaster in recent days, reflecting both excitement and caution. As of market close on Oct. 17, INTC traded in the high-$36 rangets2.tech, roughly flat for the week. The stock briefly spiked toward $38 earlier in the month – a new 52-week high – after reports that Intel was in talks to have AMD as a chip fabrication customerts2.tech. That October 2 report (via Semafor) sent Intel up almost 4% intradayts2.tech, but gains faded when Deutsche Bank quickly warned the stock was overextended at those levels, urging
17 October 2025
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IBM Stock Soars on Quantum Breakthrough and AI Revival – Key Updates (Sept 25, 2025)

IBM Stock Hits Multi-Year High on AI & Quantum Hype – Can the Rally Last?

IBM’s Big 2025 Rally Powered by AI Ambitions International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has staged a remarkable comeback in 2025. After languishing for much of the past decade, IBM’s stock has roared back to life, reaching levels not seen in years. It briefly hit an intraday high of ~$296 in late September when news of a quantum computing feat with HSBC sparked a 5% one-day jumpts2.techts2.tech. Even with a minor dip in mid-October, IBM trades only a few percent below that peak. Year-to-date, the shares are up roughly 28% (through mid-Oct) – a huge move for such a mature tech
17 October 2025
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Cisco’s $2B AI Windfall: New Tech, Stock Surge & What’s Next for CSCO

Cisco Rides AI Wave as Stock Nears Year-High – What’s Next for CSCO?

CSCO Stock Near 2025 Highs After Steady Climb Cisco’s stock is trading at $69 as of Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, putting it just a few dollars shy of its 1-year peakmarketbeat.com. This marks a strong run for the networking giant – shares have risen about 30% over the past year, easily outperforming the broader market. In the week leading up to Oct. 17, CSCO gained roughly 2%, reflecting optimism around the company’s recent announcements and financial results. The stock’s 12-month high is $72.55 and the low is $52.11marketbeat.com, so current prices indicate investors have driven the stock toward the upper
17 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Toyota stock price rises on CEO shake-up and higher profit outlook as buyout deadline nears

Toyota stock price rises on CEO shake-up and higher profit outlook as buyout deadline nears

7 February 2026
Toyota shares rose 2% to 3,780 yen Friday after the company raised its full-year profit forecast and announced CFO Kenta Kon will replace CEO Koji Sato on April 1. Third-quarter net revenues climbed 6.8% to 38.087 trillion yen, but North America posted a 5.6 billion yen operating loss. Toyota’s U.S. ADRs closed up 2.9%. The tender offer for Toyota Industries shares closes Feb. 12.
HSBC share price bounces back after BoE split vote — what to watch before Feb 25 results

HSBC share price bounces back after BoE split vote — what to watch before Feb 25 results

7 February 2026
HSBC shares closed up 2.2% at £13.06 on Friday, reversing Thursday’s drop as traders weighed possible Bank of England rate cuts and awaited the bank’s annual results on Feb. 25. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%, with major UK banks also gaining. HSBC is also preparing to cut some banker bonuses and push out underperformers amid a cost reset. Key UK, U.S., and euro zone economic data are due next week.
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