Market News for November 8, 2026
Every story Market Flux published on November 8, 2026.
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Bitcoin Plunges Below $74,000 as $1 Billion in Crypto Liquidations Hits Market in Minutes
Bitcoin fell sharply below $74,000 on November 8, wiping out more than $1 billion in leveraged positions across the crypto market in roughly 10 to 15 minutes. The sell-off also dragged…
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Drone Strike Halts Production at Iraq's Khor Mor Gas Field in Kurdistan
A drone strike hit the Khor Mor gas field in Chamchamal, Sulaymaniyah province, in Iraq's Kurdistan region on November 8, triggering a fire visible from a distance and forcing a complete…
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Nvidia Board Launches Independent Probe After CEO Jensen Huang Admits Affair With Suspected Chinese Spy
Nvidia's board of directors launched an independent investigation on Sunday into whether CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence operation, after Huang sent…
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Trump Says Fresh Iran Strikes Highly Unlikely as Rubio Calls Tehran's Demands Outrageous and Qatar Pushes New Proposals
President Donald Trump declared Sunday that it is "highly unlikely" he will order the United States back to war with Iran as long as nuclear talks continue to progress, repeating the phrase…
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Israel's President Herzog formally hands Eisenkot the mandate to form a national emergency government
Israeli President Isaac Herzog officially tasked Gadi Eisenkot, the retired military chief and leader of the centrist Yashar party, with forming Israel's next government at a…
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Houthis Strike Aramco Tower in Riyadh in Broad Attack on Saudi Energy and Financial Targets
Yemen's Houthi movement launched a wide-ranging missile, cruise missile and drone assault on Saudi Arabia on Sunday, November 8, damaging an administrative tower belonging to Saudi Aramco…
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US Stock Market Loses $3 Trillion After Democrats Sweep 2026 Midterms and Win Both Chambers
Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress in the November 2026 midterm elections, a result President Trump attributed to a single-day $3 trillion loss in the US stock market…
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Anthropic Pays $3.4 Billion for Gas Generators in Largest AI Power Deal as Tech Selloff Batters Markets
Anthropic agreed to pay $3.4 billion to San Antonio-based equipment supplier OnePWR Solutions for 1.7 gigawatts of heavy-duty gas-fired generators, the Financial Times reported on November…