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Bitcoin rose by 4.5% and stood at $100,000 again. Bitcoin strengthened again today, rising by 4.5% in the day and standing at $100,000 again. Ethereum rose more than 6% and approached $3,800.The Nasdaq rose to 1%, while the S&P 500 index rose 0.58% and the Dow rose 0.1%.Yu Jianhua, director of the General Administration of Customs, died of illness. On December 10, 2024, Comrade Yu Jianhua, secretary of the Party Committee and director of the General Administration of Customs of the Communist Party of China, died unfortunately at the age of 63. (Issued by the Customs)

The power company said that Nigeria suffered a nationwide power outage due to power grid failure.The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply by 50 basis points, suggesting that the pace of monetary easing may be slowed down. The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply for the second time in a row, and suggested that policy makers are prepared to slow down the pace of monetary easing. Central bank officials, led by Tiff Macklem, the governor, cut the benchmark overnight rate by 50 basis points to 3.25% on Wednesday, which is at the high end of the neutral interest rate forecast range. However, they also hinted that after several sharp interest rate cuts, it may return to a slow pace in 2025. The latest statement removed the statement that "the borrowing cost is expected to be further reduced" in previous statements.The Haitian government announced that the Port-au-Prince airport would resume the use of commercial flights. On December 10th, local time, Haitian Prime Minister Alex Fils Aimee announced that the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince would resume its normal use from now on to fly commercial flights. However, due to the ban on take-off flights issued by the US aviation regulator, there is still no news about when the first flights will resume. (CCTV News)

The Israeli army claimed to have attacked "most of Syria's strategic arsenals" in the past 48 hours. The Israel Defense Forces said on the 10th that hundreds of attacks were carried out in Syria in the past 48 hours, hitting most of Syria's strategic arsenals. In terms of ground operations, the Israeli army claimed to have attacked more than 130 arsenals and military buildings in Syria. On the naval side, Israeli warships attacked two naval ports in Syria where 15 ships docked, and the Israeli army destroyed dozens of ship-to-ship missiles. On the air force side, Israeli warplanes have flown in Syrian airspace for hundreds of hours and carried out more than 350 air strikes, targeting a wide range, including air defense positions, air force airports and dozens of weapons production facilities in Damascus and Homs, destroying Scud missiles, cruise missiles, fighter planes, tanks, radars and other weapons and equipment. (CCTV)The Dow Jones Internet Composite Index reported 1159.70, up 0.85%.According to statistics, on December 11th, as of press time, four A-share listed companies, including Fuguang, Jingsong Intelligent, China Nuclear Power and Nanmo Bio, disclosed their holdings.