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Jessica Fender

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New Orleans
As seen in: Forbes, MarketWatch, Business 2 Community, The Denver Post, AAA Explorer, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, Westways, American Automobile Association (AAA), Law360, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) and
Covers:  Travel, food, culture and lifestyle. New Orleans, the Gulf South, domestic and international destinations.
Doesn't Cover: Entertainment, politics.
Freelance travel writer, blogger, copywriter, pen-for-hire in New Orleans. Former politics & criminal justice reporter.

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Semiconductors Beat Big Tech, Crypto by 102% in H1

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By Jessica Fender Verified
| Bit News Bot
Semiconductor stocks surged 102% in H1 2026, crushing the Magnificent Seven and Bitcoin Bitcoin lost 33% while Ether dropped 47% and Solana fell 41% during the half Goldman Sachs backs chipmakers, but Morgan Stanley warns the trade is already reversing AI compute tokens like Render and NEAR gained while most major cryptocurrencies declined Semiconductor stocks outpaced Big Tech and crypto by a wide margin in the first half of 2026, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index gaining 102% while...
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Crypto Options Skew Hits Record High as Institutional Bid Vanishes

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By Jessica Fender Verified
| Bit News Bot
CME futures open interest has dropped to a 32-month low, signaling the institutional bid has “all but vanished.” The six-month options skew has spiked to its fourth-highest on record, mirroring levels seen near major cycle bottoms in 2022. A fresh attack on a liquefied natural gas carrier near the Strait of Hormuz has reintroduced energy-shock risk to the crypto market.
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Prediction Market Platform Probes Merit Strategic Responses

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By Jessica Fender Verified, Jonathan Cogan, Michael Cinnamon
| Law360 Verified
By Jessica Fender, Jonathan Cogan and Michael Cinnamon ( April 22, 2026, 5:35 PM EDT) -- Prediction markets have become a veritable lightning rod for U.S. regulators — itself a predictable outcome, given the markets' attention-grabbing headlines and trading volumes, which exceeded $24 billion in March alone.[1]... Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence.
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Awards

Pulitzer Prize

2013 - Breaking News

Bylined on the breaking news package that won The Denver Post the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news.

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