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NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming discusses being a part of the New York Shanghai Science & Technology Forum. He discusses the global expansion of the NBA, and the popularity of basketball around the world. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close."

Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

Nike reported better-than-expected results last quarter, a sign that CEO Elliott Hill's turnaround efforts are gaining some traction. Bloomberg Intelligence's Poonam Goyal has more on "Bloomberg The Close."

Dea Markova, policy director at Fireblocks, joins Isabelle Lee on "Bloomberg Crypto." They discuss the expected updated draft to the Clarity Act that may be released soon.

Jack Lew, former US Treasury Secretary and former US ambassador to Israel, says economic sanctions on Iran can be effective but need to be used with care. Speaking on "Bloomberg The Close," Lew also comments on the US dollar and the Israel-Lebanon pact.

Bloomberg Intelligences Nathan Dean joins Isabelle Lee on "Bloomberg Crypto." One of the Republican senators spearheading efforts to pass an industry-backed measure to regulate cryptocurrency and digital assets said Thursday lawmakers plan to soon release an "updated draft" of the bill that seeks to address members' concerns over ethics.

Ethan Vera, COO of Luxor Technology, joins Isabelle Lee on "Bloomberg Crypto." Many miners are shifting their focus to AI. More broadly, crypto firms are beginning to apply the infrastructure and market expertise they built around digital assets to AI, from converting mining sites into data centers to building markets for GPUs and computing power.

Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, joins Isabelle Lee on "Bloomberg Crypto."

Bloomberg Intelligence's Dushyant Shahrawat joins Isabelle Lee on "Bloomberg Crypto." Securitize debuts on the New York Stock Exchange this Thursday after investors approved its SPAC merger, which will make it one of the first publicly traded pure-play tokenization companies.

The "Southern squeeze" is affecting the South, where the cost of living is rising and overall wages are failing to keep pace, with median household income in the South being about $76,000, well below the national average. This is forcing residents and businesses to make tough decisions. Brett Pulley reports for us from Atlanta.