What Strait? US stocks soar as Oil market sells off on US-Iran negotiations

Talks of another round of negotiations between the US and Iran are pushing US stock indices higher on Tuesday. Oil (WTI) futures buckled under the pressure, shedding nearly 7% to trade below $93 as th...

USD/CAD pares losses as Oil slides below $90 on US-Iran talks optimism

USD/CAD trims some of its earlier losses on Tuesday as easing Oil prices on renewed US-Iran talks optimism weigh on the commodity-linked Canadian Dollar (CAD), helping the pair recover from intraday l...

Bessent says Fed should “wait and see” before cutting rates

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent crossed the wires on Tuesday, stating that he’s “quite confident” that core prices would continue to edge lower in the US despite the Iran war, and that he’s pressi...

Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD nears 1.3590 as softer US PPI sinks Dollar demand

GBP/USD nears 1.3590 as softer US PPI sinks Dollar demand The Pound Sterling advances as traders remain optimistic about a possible resolution to the US-Iran conflict. At the same time, the US Dollar ...

Rockstar Games hit by new cyberattack as ShinyHunters threatens data leak

Video game maker Rockstar Games faced another security breach this week, marking the second major incident the company has faced since 2022. The hacker collective ShinyHunters set a Monday deadline fo...

Jamie Dimon: Anthropic Mythos reveals ‘more vulnerabilities’ for cyberattacks

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., right, departs the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Cha...

David Einhorn signals caution as his hedge fund Greenlight prioritizes capital protection

David Einhorn, President at Greenlight Capital, speaking at the 14th CNBC Delivering Alpha Investor Summit in New York City on Nov. 13, 2024. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Hedge fund manager David Einhorn said ...

Citadel’s Ken Griffin: Global recession inevitable if Strait of Hormuz stays shut

Ken Griffin, chief executive officer of Citadel Advisors LLC, at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington, DC, US, on ...

Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD nears $79 as Dollar slides on soft PPI

Silver (XAG/USD) surges on Tuesday, trading around $78.80 at the time of writing, up 4.16% on the day as strong buying interest pushed Silver to a daily high of $79.32. The white metal rebounds sharpl...

GBP/USD nears 1.3590 as softer US PPI sinks Dollar demand

The Pound Sterling advances as traders remain optimistic about a possible resolution to the US-Iran conflict. At the same time, the US Dollar weakens amid a hot US inflation report that missed forecas...

Scott Bessent urges caution on rate cuts as Iran war complicates Federal Reserve outlook

Scott Bessent said the Federal Reserve does not need to hurry into rate cuts, even if lower rates may still come later. Speaking Monday at Semafor World Economy in Washington, DC, the US Treasury Secr...

What a United-American merger would mean, from antitrust hurdles to airfare

American Airlines and United Airlines airplanes at the Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Aristide Economopoulos | Bloomber...

GBP/USD: Upside bias with limited resistance – Scotiabank

Scotiabank notes the Pound is up 0.3% versus the Dollar, trading at pre‑conflict highs as investors welcome strong demand for UK debt. Domestic data risk is light before trade and industrial productio...

BoE’s Greene: Second-round effects

Megan Greene, external member of the Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Reuters reported on Tuesday that the United Kingdom’s (UK) economic activity was weak before the Ira...

White House Adviser Hassett: Outlook for Fed having room to cut rates is going to be very solid

Kevin Hassett, Senior Adviser for the White House told Fox Business on Tuesday that they expect a rapid reduction in energy prices once the Strait of Hormuz is reopened. Key takeaways We expect rapid ...

Fed’s Goolsbee: We will get inflation to 2%

Austan Goolsbee, President of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago, told AP at the Semafor World Economy conference on Tuesday that the longer the Middle East concerns go, the cut could be pushed...

How High Can Little Pepe ($LILPEPE) Go If Demand Keeps Rising?

Little Pepe ($LILPEPE) is starting to look less like just another meme coin and more like a project investors are actively watching for upside. The presale has now crossed $28.1 million, with $28,101,...

EUR/USD climbs to 1.1800 as USD weakens on Iran talks, soft PPI

The Euro (EUR) edges higher against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, with EUR/USD extending gains for a seventh consecutive day and returning to levels last seen when the US-Iran conflict began. At the...

Goldman Sachs Executive Outlines Optimal Way for Investors To Stake Out Bullish Position on US Equities

Goldman Sachs Executive Outlines Optimal Way for Investors To Stake Out Bullish Position on US Equities – The Daily Hodl &...

2 dividend stocks to buy after Q1 earnings season

As the Q1 2026 earnings season plays out, the focus is shifting from short-term performance to long-term income potential, with investors zeroing in on companies that continue to reward shareholders c...

Tether launches self-custodial wallet to expand global USDT usage across multiple blockchains

Tether, Inc. announced the launch of its native multi-asset wallet. Tether.wallet will carry multi-chain USDT, as well as BTC and tokenized gold.  Tether announced the launch of its native Tether.wall...

China: Trade surplus slide raises growth risks – ING

ING’s Chief Economist for Greater China, Lynn Song, notes that China’s March trade surplus dropped to a 13‑month low as exports slowed and imports surged, especially in tech-related categories. The ba...

Fake Ledger app on Apple App Store reportedly drained $9.5M from 50 victims

A fake Ledger Live application on the Apple App Store has been linked to a multi-blockchain theft on April 14. Between April 7 and April 13, attackers spoofed Ledger Live, an app for Ledger hardware w...

Visa (V) establishes $300 base, eyes $400 next

Last year, we explained Visa (NYSE: V) bullish sequence and outlined the reasons for more upside. Now that this cycle has ended, we analyze the recent weekly correction. This pullback presents a fresh...

USD/CAD: Bearish setup as valuation gap narrows – Scotiabank

Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note the Canadian Dollar (CAD) is making modest gains versus a softer US Dollar (USD), though it lags core majors and weakens on crosses. They est...

Software stocks rebound, as JPM falls flat and peace hopes remain

The market mood is upbeat as we move through Tuesday. US equity futures are edging higher, and the rally in some tech stocks is set to continue. Hopes are rising that the conflict between the US and I...

Blackstone exec Joan Solotar: Separate private credit ‘signal from the noise’

A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Alts newsletter, a guide to the fast-growing world of alternative investments, from private equity and private credit to hedge funds and ventu...

Asian FX: MAS tightening and strategic chokepoints – Rabobank

Rabobank strategists underline that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has tightened policy via the exchange rate despite weak GDP, reacting to potential core inflation from the energy shock. T...

Scroll faces backlash after scrapping security council and scaling down DAO roles amid token collapse

The zero-knowledge (ZK) Ethereum L2 chain Scroll has drawn community ire after the project’s decision to scrap its security council, end several DAO contributor roles, and trim its operations and acco...

$13 Million Illegally Laundered Through KuCoin, Claims ZachXBT…

KuCoin, once thought to have fled the spotlight for good, returned to the limelight after an explosive thread from ZachXBT alleging that KuCoin had been covering up vast money-laundering schemes total...

Machine learning algorithm predicts Nvidia stock price on April 30, 2026

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is showing signs of renewed momentum and a potential breakout after an extended period of consolidation. Recent data shows Nvidia was trading within a tight range over the past s...

CEE FX: Hungary favoured, Romania and Czech on hold – ING

ING’s Frantisek Taborsky expects March inflation in Romania to stay above 10% in coming months, peaking near 11%, keeping the National Bank of Romania on hold with no rate cuts in 2026. In Czech Repub...