Category: Finance

China’s oil buyers are walking away from Venezuelan crude. Prices are no longer cheap, and U.S. warships are tightening the squeeze. The discount on Merey crude, Venezuela’s export grade, has narrowed...

Oil prices had a choppy session yesterday with the market trying to digest the impact of the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro by the US. ICE Brent fell below US$60/bbl at one point during the tradin...

After the turbulent end of 2025, the cryptocurrency market entered a strong rally in the first week of 2026 that added approximately $200 billion to the asset group’s total capitalization in less than...

Nvidia told analysts on Monday that demand for its H200 chips in China is “strong,” and there’s no shortage of supply from them. In the live streamed event meeting at CES in Las Vegas, Nvidia CFO Cole...

Telegram lost access to $500M in financing after a bond was frozen under Western sanctions against Russia. Despite Telegram’s global presence, its ties to Moscow are still affecting its business.  Tel...

EUR/USD is trading with moderate gains on Tuesday, changing hands at 1.1735 at the time of writing after hitting four-week lows near 1.1650 the previous day. Weak US manufacturing activity data and do...

EUR/CAD gains ground for the second successive session, trading around 1.6140 during the European hours on Tuesday. The currency cross appreciates as the risk-sensitive Euro (EUR) strengthens, while t...

Key takeaways Energy was the top S&P sector (+2.7%) on Monday (5 Jan 2026) as markets re-priced Venezuela headlines into “possible US access + eventual redevelopment capex” rather than an immediat...

The USD/CAD pair edges lower on Tuesday and looks to extend the previous day’s late retracement slide from the 1.3815 area, or its highest level since December 11. Spot prices, however, manage t...

AUD/JPY gains ground for the third successive session, trading around 105.20 during the European hours on Tuesday. The currency cross reached 105.37, a fresh high since July 2024, during the earlier t...

Gold sticks to modest intraday gains through the early European session and currently trades around the $4,465 area, just below a one-week high touched this Tuesday. The US military strikes in Venezue...

In the latest close session, Western Union (WU) was up +2.17% at $9.43. This move outpaced the S&P 500’s daily gain of 0.64%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 1.23%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy in...

Nvidia revealed this week it will provide computer chips and self-driving software to companies running robotic taxi fleets, with services set to start operating in 2027. The move grows Nvidia’s car b...

Tom Lee Predicts ‘Joy, Depression and Rally’ for Stock Market in 2026 – Here’s His Outlook – The Daily Hodl &#...

Deribit and SignalPlus Close 2025 Trading Competition With Over $23 Billion in Cumulative Notional Volume – The Daily Hodl ...

Here is what you need to know on Tuesday, January 6: After reaching its highest level in nearly a month above 98.80, the US Dollar (USD) Index turned south in the American session on Monday and closed...

NZD/USD extends its gains for the third successive session, trading around 0.5810 during the early European hours on Tuesday. The risk-sensitive pair gains ground amid easing concerns about a broader ...

Altcoins XRP posted a powerful upside move over the past 24 hours, rising 10.5% and significantly outperforming both Bitcoin (+1%) and Ethereum (+2%). The rally extends XRP’s seven-day gain to nearly ...

Latin America-based fintech firm Kontigo announced on Monday that it will reimburse more than 1,000 customers who were hacked, following a loss of approximately $340,905 in stablecoins.  The Venezuela...

West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $58.00 during the early European trading hours on Tuesday. The WTI price declines amid Venezuela uncertainty. Traders conti...

Silver (XAG/USD) builds on the previous day’s positive move and gains strong follow-through traction for the second straight day on Tuesday. The momentum lifts the white metal to a one-week high...

Amazon has rolled out a new chatbot-style update for Alexa+, which was released in February of last year. The new web version will make Alexa+ features available on any device, anywhere through the we...

The EUR/GBP cross trades on a flat note near 0.8655 during the early European trading hours on Tuesday. However, the potential upside for the cross might be limited as the Bank of England (BoE) guided...

Regulations China has effectively shut the door on real-world asset tokenization, making it clear that the country is not debating how to regulate RWA – but whether it should exist at all. A swe...

The GBP/JPY pair posts a fresh multi-year high at 212.15 during the Asian trading session on Tuesday. The pair trades firmly as the Japanese Yen (JPY) underperforms across the board, even as Bank of J...

GBP/USD Price Forecast: Reaches fresh three-month highs above 1.3550 GBP/USD extends its gains for the second successive session, trading around 1.3560 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The technical...

Key points Nvidia used CES on January 5, 2026 to reinforce that its next major data-centre platform, Vera Rubin, is “in full production,” with systems expected to roll out via partners in the second h...

Key Highlights Solana’s leading exchange, Jupiter, has launched its own regulated stablecoin JupUSD, backed by bank-held reserves to serve as a main liquidity asset across its lending, trading, and fu...

Key Points: SlowMist warns of spoofed MetaMask alerts pushing fake 2FA. Countdown timers pressure users into revealing sensitive recovery seed phrases. Entering the seed phrase gives attackers full wa...

Key Highlights: $1.5 million were stolen after attackers exploited proxy contract controls on Arbitrum. Single compromised account allowed takeover of USDGambit and TLP contracts. Arbitrum’s ARB token...

GBP/USD extends its gains for the second successive session, trading around 1.3560 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The technical analysis of the daily chart indicates a persistent bullish bias. The...

And what should investors expect in 2026? For the first part of 2025, value stocks were outperforming growth stocks. Investors came into 2025 wary of high valuations after two straight years of huge r...