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Mateusz Kaczmarek

A technology and finance expert writing for TS2.tech. He analyzes developments in satellites, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on their impact on global markets. Author of industry reports and market commentary, often cited in tech and business media. Passionate about innovation and the digital economy.

GitLab Stock Rockets 11% on Datadog Buyout Buzz – AI Moves and Analyst Reactions

GitLab Stock Rockets 11% on Datadog Buyout Buzz – AI Moves and Analyst Reactions

GitLab Shares Surge on Takeover Speculation GitLab Inc.’s stock skyrocketed on October 16 following fresh buyout rumors. Shares jumped 10.6% intraday – from the mid-$40s to a $48.27 close – after a report that cloud-monitoring firm Datadog (DDOG) may be preparing a takeover bid ts2.tech. The rumored offer, above $60 per share, represents a hefty premium. Traders leapt at the news: GTLB’s ~11% one-day gain far outpaced the broader market, and volume exploded to ~19 million shares (about seven times the usual daily average) ts2.tech. The Datadog-GitLab chatter originated with a StreetInsider report and quickly spread on trading desks. According
17 October 2025
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Rigetti’s 5,500% Quantum Leap: Stock Skyrockets Then Slides as Hype Meets Reality

Rigetti’s 5,500% Quantum Leap: Stock Skyrockets Then Slides as Hype Meets Reality

RGTI Stock’s Roller-Coaster Week Rigetti’s stock enjoyed a meteoric rise early in the week, then suffered a sharp reversal. Shares of RGTI surged to fresh highs around $58 – the upper end of its 52-week range marketbeat.com – before tumbling roughly 15% in a single day on Thursday, Oct. 16 finviz.com. The sell-off dropped the stock to the high-$40s, trimming its weekly gains. Rigetti wasn’t alone: other quantum computing darlings like IonQ and D-Wave Quantum also sank ~9% on Thursday amid a broad pullback swingtradebot.com. Traders appear to have cashed in profits after a torrid run, as concerns mounted that
17 October 2025
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Micron (MU) Stock Skyrockets to Record High on AI Frenzy – Analysts See More Upside

Micron (MU) Stock Skyrockets to Record High on AI Frenzy – Analysts See More Upside

AI Boom Lifts Micron to Record Highs Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is on a tear as investors pile into AI-focused semiconductor stocks. Shares of Micron jumped about 5.5% on Thursday to $204+ intraday, notching a fresh 52-week high (recent peak $206.34) marketbeat.com investing.com. Even on a down day for the broader market, Micron was among the top gainers in the S&P 500, boosted by bullish analyst calls investopedia.com investopedia.com. The stock has now more than doubled year-to-date, vastly outperforming the tech sector, after starting the year near multi-year lows. (Micron’s 52-week low was just $61.54 marketbeat.com.) Its market capitalization has
17 October 2025
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Praxis (PRAX) Stock Skyrockets 180% on Game-Changing Tremor Drug Trial; Analysts See ‘Blockbuster’ Upside

Praxis (PRAX) Stock Skyrockets 180% on Game-Changing Tremor Drug Trial; Analysts See ‘Blockbuster’ Upside

PRAX Stock Soars on Historic Trial Win Praxis Precision Medicines stock has seen a record-breaking spike in recent days after announcing landmark clinical trial results. On October 16, PRAX shares closed at $162.71, up about 183% in a single session ts2.tech ts2.tech. The stock, which had closed at $57.35 the day prior, more than tripled to reach new 52-week highs ts2.tech. Intra-day, PRAX briefly touched as high as $205 as enthusiasm peaked google.com. By midday Thursday, the company was on track to add roughly $2.7 billion to its market capitalization if gains held ts2.tech – catapulting Praxis’s valuation from around $1 billion
17 October 2025
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Ethereum’s Developer Base Soars by 16,000 – Solana’s 83% Surge & Nigeria’s Web3 Boom

Ethereum’s Developer Base Soars by 16,000 – Solana’s 83% Surge & Nigeria’s Web3 Boom

Ethereum Extends Its Lead in Developer Numbers Ethereum has solidified its lead as the world’s largest blockchain developer ecosystem in 2025. An analysis of open-source contributions (by Electric Capital and the Ethereum Foundation) found 16,181 new developers joined Ethereum from January through September – the most of any network cryptonews.net. This brings Ethereum’s active developer count to roughly 31,869, far outpacing every other blockchain cryptonews.net. Together, Ethereum and second-place Solana now make up nearly half of all blockchain developers worldwide cryptonews.net. Ethereum’s sizable developer community reflects its broad adoption and maturity: the platform underpins everything from decentralized finance to NFTs,
17 October 2025
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Fraud Scandals at Regional Banks Spark Global Market Jitters as Gold Hits Record High

Fraud Scandals at Regional Banks Spark Global Market Jitters as Gold Hits Record High

Fraud Shock at Zions and Western Alliance Triggers Selloff Zions Bancorp (a Utah-based regional lender) stunned investors mid-week by disclosing a major credit mishap involving apparent fraud. In an Oct. 15 SEC filing, Zions said it discovered “misrepresentations and contractual defaults” in two large commercial loans totaling about $60 million at its California Bank & Trust unit ts2.tech ts2.tech. The bank moved swiftly: it accelerated the loans to default, filed a lawsuit against the guarantors, and wrote off $50 million, effectively recognizing the entire exposure as a loss while it tries to recover funds ts2.tech. This surprise hit – unusual for a
17 October 2025
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Gold & Silver Hit Record Highs in Safe-Haven Frenzy – $5,000 Next or 2026 Crash?

Gold & Silver Hit Record Highs in Safe-Haven Frenzy – $5,000 Next or 2026 Crash?

Gold Soars to Record Highs Amid Global Angst Gold’s price blew past historic milestones this October as anxious investors flocked to safe-haven assets. The metal first breached the $4,000/oz barrier in early October – a level never seen before – and it hasn’t stopped there reuters.com ts2.tech. By mid-October, bullion was trading in the $4,200+ range, and on Friday (Oct 17) it briefly hit $4,378/oz, marking a fresh record intraday high devdiscourse.com. Even after a bit of profit-taking, gold is up ~7.6% for the week, putting it on pace for the strongest weekly gain since early 2020 devdiscourse.com. This stunning
17 October 2025
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Benjamin Moore’s Bold 2026 Color of the Year Stuns Designers with a Rich Neutral Twist

Benjamin Moore’s Bold 2026 Color of the Year Stuns Designers with a Rich Neutral Twist

Benjamin Moore Embraces “Silhouette” – A Sophisticated Spin on Neutral In a highly anticipated reveal, Benjamin Moore announced “Silhouette AF-655” as its Color of the Year 2026, turning heads with a choice both unexpected and utterly timeless. Silhouette is described as a rich espresso-brown softened by hints of charcoal gray housebeautiful.com. In essence, it’s a warm, deep neutral that many designers see as an elegant alternative to basic black. The paint brand says the hue “emulates the warmth, sophistication, and timelessness of a custom-tailored suit” housebeautiful.com – and indeed Silhouette immediately conjures the feel of a classic dark espresso coat
17 October 2025
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EUR/USD Bull Run Ignites Day-Trader Frenzy – Gold Soars & Fed Cuts Loom, But Trading Remains “A Very Lonely Sport”

EUR/USD Bull Run Ignites Day-Trader Frenzy – Gold Soars & Fed Cuts Loom, But Trading Remains “A Very Lonely Sport”

Market overview: Risk-on after Fed hints. Global markets were buoyed mid-week by better-than-feared news. U.S. bank and tech earnings beat estimates, sending all three U.S. indexes higher on Oct 15 ts2.tech. TechStock² reports the S&P 500 and Nasdaq set new all-time highs, helped by Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Salesforce beating forecasts ts2.tech investopedia.com. Luxury stocks also jumped (LVMH +14%) on Chinese demand signs ts2.tech. In currency markets, the U.S. dollar weakened markedly. TS2.tech notes the Dollar Index fell to ~98.7, and EUR/USD rose to ~$1.1645 as Fed officials (like Gov. Bowman) reiterated expectations of further easing ts2.tech. Convera’s Oct
17 October 2025
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Bitcoin Plunges Below $107K as Crypto Markets Reset – Experts See “Controlled” Dip

Bitcoin Plunges Below $107K as Crypto Markets Reset – Experts See “Controlled” Dip

Bitcoin Drops Under $107K Amid Renewed Risk-Off Mood Bitcoin’s price slid below $107,000 during Friday’s Asian trading session, marking a new phase of cautious sentiment across crypto markets coindesk.com. The tone in broader risk assets has soured in recent days, as investors rotate funds into safer havens (like stablecoins and gold) and away from volatile tokens ahead of looming macroeconomic catalysts coindesk.com coindesk.com. After staging a modest relief bounce on Sunday and Monday, Bitcoin’s recovery quickly fizzled – and the market is once again drifting lower, erasing most of the gains made after last week’s liquidation shock coindesk.com. Indeed, as
17 October 2025
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Wall Street Whiplash: Trade War “Tariff Tantrum” and Liquidity Fears Jolt Markets

Wall Street Whiplash: Trade War “Tariff Tantrum” and Liquidity Fears Jolt Markets

Trump’s Trade War Tantrum Shakes Markets After months of climbing to record highs, markets were blindsided in mid-October by an abrupt escalation in the U.S.–China trade conflict. On October 10, former President Donald Trump unleashed a “shock tariff ultimatum” via social media, vowing to slap 100% tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports and scrapping an upcoming peace summit with China’s President Xi reuters.com reuters.com. Beijing had moved to tighten exports of critical rare-earth minerals days prior, and Trump’s furious response signaled “Trade War 2.0” was on. The aggressive rhetoric stunned investors and “rattled markets”, erasing optimism that had driven stocks
17 October 2025
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United Airlines Stock Takes Off on Travel Boom and Record Revenue Forecast

United Airlines Stock Takes Off on Travel Boom and Record Revenue Forecast

Stock Performance and Recent Trends United’s stock has been climbing steadily heading into the earnings report. It closed around $104.18 on Oct. 15, up about 5% in just two days ts2.tech. This week’s rally built on a broader uptrend – shares have gained roughly 13% over the past quarter and nearly 45% year-on-year ts2.tech. Investors drove the stock higher in anticipation of strong results, aided by optimism across the airline sector. Notably, Delta’s upbeat earnings on Oct. 9 sent airline stocks higher, signaling that strength at one major carrier can lift the group ts2.tech. Market bulls argue that United’s emphasis
16 October 2025
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