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Coreweave (CRWV.O) U.S. stocks rose in the short term before the market opened, once rising by more than 11%.

IONQ's U.S. stocks rose 2.7% before the market opened; the company will acquire Skywater Technology at a price of $35 per share.

Ukrainian Energy Minister: (On the EU ban on Russian natural gas) This is about a safe and strong Europe.

U.S. Rare Earth (USAR.O) U.S. stocks narrowed their pre-market gains and are currently up 12.6%.

CEO of German heavy industry company Thyssenkrupp: Germany’s industrial framework has still failed to make any contribution to improving national competitiveness. In Europe, the current economic outlook still shows no signs of significant tailwinds.

Affected by the extreme cold weather, U.S. natural gas futures continued their gains, with prices once soaring 17%, hitting the highest level since December 2022.

United States Rare Earth (USAR.O) U.S. stocks fell short-term before the market opened, and the current gain narrowed to 21%.

American Rare Earth Corporation: The letter of intent for the chip program includes US$277 million in funding and a US$1.3 billion loan.

American Rare Earth Corporation: Will issue 16.1 million common shares and approximately 17.6 million warrants to the Department of Commerce.

American Rare Earth Corporation: For the year ending December 31, 2025, the company expects operating expenses and operating losses to be in the range of $56 million to $62 million.

American Rare Earth Corporation announced that it has signed a letter of intent with the U.S. government to obtain US$1.6 billion in funding to accelerate the development of the domestic heavy rare earth value chain. At the same time, U.S. rare earth companies also raised $1.5 billion in investment from the private sector.

The UK Financial Sanctions Enforcement Office fined Bank of Scotland Ltd. £160,000 for breaching sanctions against Russia.

Market news: Zijin Gold will acquire Allied Gold, a gold production and exploration company located in Toronto, Canada, with a transaction valuation of C$5.5 billion in cash.

The European Commission has launched an investigation into X’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok under the Digital Services Act. The EU will investigate whether X appropriately assesses and mitigates the risks associated with the dissemination of illegal content, including doctored pornographic images.

The EU stated that it has reason to believe that X did not conduct an interim risk assessment when launching the Grok function to Europe.

Ryanair CEO: As negotiations for a new labor agreement begin, I expect there may be strikes in Belgium or Germany this year.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Prediction markets show that the probability of a new shutdown of the U.S. government is close to 80%.

US Geological Survey: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake occurred 175 kilometers southeast of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

U.S. airline stocks fell pre-market as winter storms caused flight cancellations. American Airlines fell 1.2%, Delta Air Lines fell 1.2% and JetBlue Airways fell 0.2%.

The ABRDN Physical Silver Equity ETF U.S. stocks rose 6.7% before the market opened, the Global X Silver Mining ETF rose 6.2%, and the iShares Silver Trust rose 6.6%.