Ripple Prime Integrates Hyperliquid To Bridge DeFi Liquidity With Institutional Prime Brokerage

Ripple Prime has taken a major step toward unifying decentralized finance and traditional institutional trading by integrating the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid into its prime brokera...

Aster CEO Pushes Back Against Insider Dumping Allegations

Aster’s leadership is moving quickly to address growing speculation around insider dumping and project control, firmly denying claims that the protocol was created as exit liquidity for major industry...

US senators push anti-scam legislation targeting social media giants

U.S. lawmakers are attempting to pass a bill titled the Safeguarding Consumers from Advertising Misconduct Act, which, as the name suggests, aims to protect social media users from scam advertising.  ...

China’s trader Bian Ximing made $3 billion on gold’s rally, then $500 million on silver’s crash

Bian Ximing made nearly $3 billion trading gold. Then he flipped the script and made another $500 million when silver crashed. This was a cold, calculated betting in a market spinning out of control. ...

Gold falls on firmer USD; dovish Fed and geopolitics limit losses

Gold (XAU/USD) attracts heavy selling following the overnight failure ahead of the $5,100 mark and dives to sub-$4,800 levels during the Asian session on Thursday. The US Dollar (USD) climbs to a two-...

US Dollar Index rises to near 98.00 due to Fed hawkish signals

The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, gains ground for the second successive session and is trading around 97.80 during the Asian hou...

Euro softens below 1.1800 ahead of ECB rate decision

The EUR/USD pair loses ground to around 1.1785 during the early European trading hours on Thursday. The Euro (EUR) softens against the US Dollar (USD) as Eurozone inflation declined well below target ...

Taiwan’s TSMC plans $17B 3 nm chip production in Japan as government backs expansion

TSMC is now planning to build 3-nanometer chips in Japan, raising the stakes in its international expansion just as Japan pushes to bring chipmaking back home. The second plant, to be built in Kumamot...

Trump and Xi hold an extensive call on trade and Taiwan 

US President Donald Trump and  Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China, engaged in a conversation that both leaders characterized as important and comprehensive. In this conversati...

Sony reports ¥515B Q3 profit, up 22% and above estimates, lifts outlook

Sony reported a ¥515 billion operating profit for the December quarter, beating analyst estimates of ¥468.9 billion by a wide margin. That’s a 22% increase compared to last year, reversing the dip it ...

Arm’s stock crashes 10% despite earnings beat, thanks to $505M licensing revenue miss

Arm’s stock got slammed on Wednesday night, dropping by 7.48% after hours, and by Thursday morning, the crash had widened to 10%, even though the company pulled in record revenue. The problem here is ...

GBP/USD falls toward 1.3600 ahead of BoE policy decision

GBP/USD extends its losses for the second successive session, trading around 1.3620 during the Asian hours on Thursday. The pair weakens as the Pound Sterling (GBP) comes under pressure ahead of the B...

XAG/USD trades near $77.00 after plunging over 10%

Silver price (XAG/USD) plunged over 10% after two days of gains, trading around $77.00 per troy ounce during the Asian hours on Thursday. Silver prices fall as precious metals face renewed selling pre...

Japanese Yen struggles as fiscal and political concerns weigh

The Japanese Yen (JPY) continues with its relative underperformance on the back of worries about the country’s financial health, fueled by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s expansionary fisc...

China’s Xi reasserts Taiwan stance in call with Trump, while U.S. president pushes trade

TOPSHOT – US President Donald Trump (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2...

January jobs report will be released on Feb. 11 after shutdown delay

A ‘help wanted’ advertisement is displayed in Manhattan on Jan. 9, 2026, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The January jobs report delayed by the brief government shutdown wil...

USD/CAD rises toward 1.3700 as pace for potential Fed rate cuts slows

USD/CAD extends its gains for the second successive session, trading around 1.3680 during the Asian hours on Thursday. The pair is supported by a firmer US Dollar (USD) as markets price in a slower pa...

New Zealand Dollar declines below 0.6000 amid rising Unemployment Rate

The NZD/USD pair trades on a softer note near 0.5980 during the Asian trading hours on Thursday. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) edges lower against the Greenback amid rising Unemployment Rates in New Ze...

Australian Dollar steadies following Trade Balance data

The Australian Dollar (AUD) moves little against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday following the release of Australia’s Trade Balance data, which showed the trade surplus widened to AUD 3,373M in Decemb...

XRP Ledger (XRPL) to Launch Permission Domain Amendment in Hours: Details

Key Insights: Permissioned Domains Amendment is now enabled on XRP Ledger (XRPL), allowing institutions to create compliant zones on the protocol Spot XRP ETFs resumed inflows registered a strong net ...

US President Donald Trump says Warsh would’ve lost Fed if he pledged rate hike

US President Donald Trump said that he would have passed on Kevin Warsh as his nominee to lead the Federal Reserve (Fed) if Warsh had expressed a desire to hike interest rates, Bloomberg reported on T...

Gold rises above $5,000 as ongoing US-Iran tensions boost safe-haven demand

Gold price (XAU/USD) jumps to around $5,005 during the early Asian session on Thursday. The precious metal rebounds following a period of intense volatility. Traders weigh the next round of US economi...

PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate at 6.9570 vs. 6.9533 previous

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) sets the USD/CNY central rate for the trading session ahead on Thursday at 6.9570 compared to the previous day’s fix of 6.9533 and 6.9468 Reuters estimate. PBOC...

Solana Price Struggles Below $100, Hits 2024 Lows: Is SOL Poised for a Reversal?

Key Insights: The Solana (SOL) price plummets to less than $97 and records the highest network transactions of 148 million per day. The number of institutional adoptions increases when tokenized stock...

WTI steadies near $64.00 as US-Iran talks and supply risks loom

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Crude Oil prices seem to have stabilized following the previous day’s good two-way price moves and traded around the $64.00 mark during the Asian session on Thur...

Australia’s Trade Surplus widens to 3,373M MoM in December

Australia’s Trade Surplus widened to 3,373M MoM in December versus 2,597M (revised from 2,936M) in the previous reading, according to the latest foreign trade data published by the Australian Bureau o...

China energy overdrive proves Musk right on the AI gap

China’s massive drive to grow its energy capacity is strengthening its position in the global AI race, reinforcing concerns voiced by tech leaders such as Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. New en...

Age rules for social media spark criticism from Telegram CEO in Spain

Pavel Durov, a French-Emirati citizen and CEO of Telegram, criticized the Spanish government’s planned crackdown on social media, which includes introducing mandatory age checks for users and setting ...

Japanese Yen weakens below 157.00 amid Japan’s fiscal concerns 

The USD/JPY pair extends the rally to around 156.85 during the early Asian session on Thursday. The Japanese Yen (JPY) weakens to a two-week low against the US Dollar (USD) amid concern over JapanR...

Risks are skewed toward higher inflation

US Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor Lisa Cook said on Wednesday that risks are skewed toward higher inflation, adding that she’s optimistic about inflation’s path yet cautious and vigilant. Key qu...

Recovery extends to $88.20, momentum improves

Silver price extended its recovery for the second straight day, up by 3.75% shrugging off broad US Dollar strength, following the release of solid US economic data. At the time of writing, XAG/USD tra...

Mega capex spend leaves Alphabet vulnerable to investor wrath

Alphabet’s earnings are out, and they come at an interesting time, when the AI trade is under intense scrutiny and many US tech stocks are selling off. The headline numbers include a large beat on rev...