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Between 26-27 December 2025, spot silver pierced the $79 an ounce mark for the first time, capping a year-to-date surge of more than 150% and triggering visible strain in London’s bullion vaults.
On 24 Dec 2025, a thin-holiday trading session saw gold smash through $4,500/oz for the first time while silver, platinum and copper simultaneously logged all-time highs, marking the sharpest single-day escalation in this year’s 70-160 % metals rally.
On 24-25 Dec 2025, Nvidia signed a non-exclusive agreement that transfers Groq’s inference-chip IP and senior leadership to Nvidia for roughly $20 billion cash, while leaving GroqCloud as a stand-alone unit.
Washington concluded its year-long Section 301 probe and kept tariffs on Chinese mature-node chip imports at 0 % for now, scheduling an unspecified hike to take effect on 23 June 2027—an 18-month deferral tied to the Trump-Xi trade truce.
On 22 Dec 2025 spot gold punched through US$4,400 an ounce for the first time, capping a 67 % year-to-date surge driven by looming 2026 Fed rate cuts and escalating U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil.
Washington concluded its Section 301 probe and legally authorized tariffs on Chinese mature-node chips but kept the duty at 0 % until June 23 2027, buying 18 months for negotiations before any rate is set.
DHS issued a final rule on 24 Dec 2025 that replaces the random H-1B lottery with a wage-weighted draw starting 27 Feb 2026, hours after a federal judge upheld President Trump’s separate $100,000 surcharge on each new H-1B petition.
On 22 December 2025, Niigata’s legislature backed Governor Hideyo Hanazumi, removing the last local veto on re-activating TEPCO’s 8.2 GW Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant idled since Fukushima.
On 20 Dec 2025, U.S. Coast Guard commandos—backed by Navy helicopters—boarded and took control of a second vessel in international waters off Venezuela, the first enforcement action since President Trump’s 16 Dec decree imposing a “total and complete blockade” on all sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela.
On 23 December 2025, spot silver pierced the $70 per-ounce mark for the first time ever, propelled by supply squeezes, geopolitical shocks, and bets on further U.S. rate cuts.
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