Standard Chartered economists Hunter Chan, Shuang Ding and Carol Liao note that China’s broad fiscal deficit reached 8.1% of GDP in 2025, below target but still expansionary. They expect a broad defic...
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CME’s rare earth futures would let EV makers and defense firms hedge NdPr price swings
CME is getting ready to launch a new futures contract that could help electric vehicle companies and military contractors deal with crazy swings in the cost of neodymium and praseodymium. These metals...
Why is Wall Street suddenly issuing rampant Buy ratings on Robinhood’s stock?
Robinhood reported weaker-than-expected revenue in the fourth quarter, and Wall Street didn’t care. Instead of backing off, most analysts turned around and kept pushing Buy ratings. The company brough...
EUR/USD slips as strong US jobs data and hawkish Fed weigh on outlook
The EUR/USD pair retreats below 1.1900 on Wednesday as the Greenback stages a recovery on a strong jobs report in the United States, which underscored the strength of the economy. At the time of writi...
Upgraded growth outlook on AI momentum – UOB
UOB Global Economics & Markets Research reports that Singapore’s 4Q25 GDP was revised significantly higher, driven by stronger manufacturing, services and construction. This lifted full‑year 2025 ...
Pentagon weighs second carrier as Trump ramps up Iran pressure – WSJ
A Wall Street Journal article reported that the Pentagon is preparing a second aircraft carrier to deploy to the Middle East. Middle East tensions flare after reports of potential US carrier deploymen...
Why the largest U.S. auto dealer isn’t interested in Chinese cars
Nio cars are seen displayed at Nio House, at the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker’s manufacturing hub in Hefei, Anhui province, China April 2, 2025. Florence Lo | Reuters DETROIT — The larges...
Seasonality indicates an important peak in March for the NASDAQ 100
As the NASDAQ100’s price action over the last three to four months has been more discombobulated than desired, i.e., the index has made little progress over that period, it is now trading at an early ...
BlockFills hits pause on client withdrawals, blames extreme market volatility
Blockfills has suspended the deposit and withdrawal of funds on its platform for all its clients, claiming the need to protect their assets from the volatile market. During this period, the company’s...
Novo Nordisk faces defining year in the obesity drug market
Mike Doustdar, CEO of Novo Nordisk, speaks in the Oval Office during an event about weight loss drugs at the White House, Nov. 6, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Novo Nordisk ente...
Meta announces $10B Indiana data center while auditor flags $27B Louisiana deal
Meta announced Wednesday it will pour more than $10 billion into a new data center in Lebanon, Indiana, marking another huge bet on artificial intelligence infrastructure even as questions pile up abo...
Sky Protocol among the few DeFi assets in the green, boosted by fees and buybacks
Sky Protocol, formerly MakerDAO, closed 2025 with significant revenue growth, reaching $338M. The lending platform adapted to the shifting market by lowering its expenses by 63%. Sky Protocol achieve...
The jobs picture still looks muddy, even with surprisingly strong January growth
A recruiter displays information while speaking to a jobseeker during the WorkSource North Seattle Career Fair in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Im...
LayerZero is Trading 21.70% Above Our Price Prediction for Feb 16, 2026
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US NFP beat expectations, US Dollar still struggles
Here is what you need to know on Thursday, February 12: The United States (US) released stronger-than-expected US Nonfarm Payrolls report for January, adding 130K jobs in quite an auspicious start to ...
T-Mobile integrates agentic AI for no-app real-time language translations during calls
T-Mobile is set to roll out the beta version of a live translation service that employs an agentic AI, hosted on its 5G Advanced network, to interpret over 50 languages. Free user testing registration...
Fiscal and growth outlook under scrutiny – MUFG
MUFG’s Senior Currency Analyst Lloyd Chan notes Indonesia enters 2026 with solid growth momentum but rising fiscal and policy risks. Weak 2025 tax revenues and an 11.3% planned expansion of the 2026 b...
Bitwise jumps on BlackRock iShares ETF tokenization wagon to beat bear market
BlackRock’s plan to tokenize its flagship iShares ETF lineup has triggered a bubbly response from the crypto community, with analysts calling the development a critical catalyst that could potentially...
Binance and Franklin Templeton Float New BENJI Tokenized Product
Key Insights: Binance accepts the BENJI tokenized money market fund from Franklin Templeton as collateral. Cathie Wood backs on-chain finance through the LayerZero role. SEC chairman highlights faster...
Tariff revenue soars more than 300% as U.S. awaits Supreme Court decision
QINGDAO, CHINA – JANUARY 13, 2026 – The cargo ship is loading and unloading foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China on January 13, 2026. Cfoto | ...
US 10-year yield rises after hot NFP hit Fed cut hopes
US Treasury yields rise across the curve on Wednesday, with the US 10-year Treasury note rising nearly one and a half basis points to 4.155% following the release of a strong jobs report in the US, wh...
Bearish momentum builds as price slips below key daily SMAs
The Japanese Yen (JPY) stays on the front foot against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday, extending its three-day winning streak as broad-based Yen demand keeps the pair under pressure. At the time of ...
Africa’s stablecoin users crushed by shocking 19% conversion fees, data reveals
Digital currencies were supposed to make sending money across borders cheaper and faster. The cost of converting these digital dollars into actual currency, however, is still higher than expected for ...
McDonald’s (MCD) Q4 2025 earnings
A McDonald’s cheeseburger, fries, and soda arranged in Celina, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Jake Dockins | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s is expected to report its fourth-qua...
Rich Dad Poor Dad Author Warns Gold Supply Is ‘Theoretically Infinite’, Says One Asset Is Superior
Rich Dad Poor Dad Author Warns Gold Supply Is ‘Theoretically Infinite’, Says One Asset Is Superior – The Daily Hodl ...
Medicare coverage opens 15 million-patient opportunity
Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar on Wednesday said the company is aiming to capture around 15 million new patients, at least initially, when Medicare starts covering obesity treatments for the first tim...
Gold holds above $5,000 despite strong NFP and rising US yields
Gold (XAU/USD) price holds firm above $5,000 on Wednesday after the latest US jobs report exceeded forecasts, triggering a re-pricing for a less dovish than expected Federal Reserve (Fed) throughout t...
Markets Near Major Bottom – Analyst Signals Powerful 2026-2027 Bull Run
Bitcoin Crypto analyst Michael van de Poppe argues that financial markets may have already peaked in December 2024 and are now forming a bottom, setting the stage for a stronger bull cycle in 2026 and...
MetaPlanet Stock Price Crashes 50% Yet Analysts See Massive Upside
Key Insights: MetaPlanet stock price crashed 50% from 639 JPY to 307 JPY in under a month. The company now holds 35,102 BTC at an average price of $102,000, with $680 million in unrealized losses. The...
Prediction markets head into basketball season after Super Bowl high
A basketball finds nothing but net during practice before a 2024 NCAA Tournament game at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Charles LeClaire | Reuters Prediction markets saw strong results from the Super...
WTI rallies past $65 on Iran risk despite EIA supplies build
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil surged above $65.00 per barrel on Wednesday, gaining over 1% as escalating US-Iran tensions continued to inject a geopolitical risk premium into energy markets....
Uniswap partners with Securitize to tokenize BlackRock’s $2.4B fund BUIDL on UniswapX
Uniswap and Securitize Markets have announced a strategic partnership that has overseen the integration of BlackRock’s $2.4 billion USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) on UniswapX for tra...