Commerzbank’s Barbara Lambrecht argues Copper faces near‑term pressure from rising exchange inventories and broader metals volatility, but maintains a constructive long‑term view. Chinese grid‑expansi...
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Stablecoins Attract Growing Inflows as Risk Appetite Fades
Fintech Stablecoin inflows have surged sharply, doubling in recent weeks even as the broader crypto market sells off, signaling that capital is not leaving the ecosystem but instead moving to the side...
DeFi avoids incident despite near-record volumes during latest sell-off event
DeFi activity moved to the highest levels since the October 10-11 crash. The recent market capitulation turned into a DeFi stress test, with most protocols surviving the sudden spike in activity. DeF...
Binance CZ teases more stablecoins via talks with countries
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, popularly known as CZ, has announced that he is collaborating with multiple countries on issuing stablecoins pegged to local currencies. “Working with more countries to...
Pump.fun acquires Vyper for platform trading push amid market challenges
Pump.fun completed its purchase of crypto trading service Vyper last week, marking the second time in recent months the memecoin platform has bought out a trading tool. The deal comes as digital curre...
Pound pressured by BoE and politics – MUFG
Lee Hardman from MUFG highlights that the Pound has sold off sharply, with EUR/GBP breaking above its 200-day moving average as markets reprice a more dovish Bank of England path. A closer-than-expect...
GBP recovers against US Dollar amid increase in dovish Fed bets
Pound Sterling recovers against US Dollar amid increase in dovish Fed bets The Pound Sterling (GBP) regains ground against its major currency peers on Friday after a sharp fall the previous day, which...
There’s a risk that we draw too much comfort
Bank of England (BoE) Governor Huw Pill said that there’s a risk that they will draw too much comfort from the dip in inflation that will come in April. He added that they should not overinterpret cha...
Europe’s finance chiefs will use euro-backed stablecoins and pooled debt to counter US dollar
Finance ministers across Europe will meet on February 16 to decide how to fight back against the global control of the US dollar. According to a document prepared by the European Commission, they’ll t...
Commodity complex rallying – BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) reports that the USD has pared back some gains, particularly against commodity-sensitive currencies. The report highlights a surge in AI capital expenditures, which is ex...
Russia clutters digital ruble access with strict requirements
Russia’s monetary authority has updated the rules for opening digital ruble accounts, and the end result is a complicated procedure for ordinary Russians and small businesses. The regulator wants to l...
France charges four for targeting Musk’s Starlink, X, and Grok in China espionage
French authorities charged four people with spying for China, after the convicts were detained from an Airbnb in Southwest France two days ago. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed Thursday that tw...
Why tokenized assets aren’t liquid (yet)
Tokenized assets proved to be one of the main use cases of blockchains. Over the course of crypto history, multiple models of tokenization have been proposed and tested. In 2025, tokenization accelera...
Automaker is stronger together amid $26 billion reset
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa speaks during an event in Turin, Italy, Nov. 25, 2025. Daniele Mascolo | Reuters DETROIT — Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa on Friday said the automaker plans to move forwar...
Stellantis $26 billion hit overhauling its business
Stellantis logo is pictured at one of its assembly plants following a company’s announcement saying it will pause production there, in Toluca, state of Mexico, Mexico April 4, 2025. Henry Romer...
Political stability expected post-election – TD Securities
TD Securities anticipates a landslide victory for the LDP in Japan’s upcoming Lower House election, which is expected to restore a stable political environment. The report warns that investors s...
Cardano Under Pressure as Founder Acknowledges Over $3B Unrealized Loss
Altcoins As Cardano’s price continues to struggle alongside the wider crypto market, its creator Charles Hoskinson has addressed the downturn in unusually blunt terms, revealing that his personal expo...
Elon Musk’s Tesla is training AI models in China as Trump vows that he’s beating Jinping in the AI Wars
Elon Musk’s Tesla is now training artificial intelligence models inside China, even while Donald Trump is on TV saying America is crushing the Chinese in the race to dominate AI. A Chinese news outlet...
Ripple News: VivoPower Sells Ripple Labs Stake to KOSDAQ Market
Key Insights: As per the latest Ripple news, VivoPower sells its Ripple Labs stake and links the transaction to South Korea’s KOSDAQ market. The deal gives VivoPower a 20% stake in KOSDAQ-listed KWeat...
S&P 500 futures press the central pivot as the two-way structure guides the New York setup
ES is rebounding from the lower range after a three-session pullback, with the central pivot now acting as the key decision point for rotation back toward the upper band or continuation inside the low...
Fragile sentiment persists – OCBC
Silver has experienced a sharp decline, entering a critical USD 70–80 retracement zone. OCBC Group Research analysts Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong note that despite this correction, silver remain...
USD/JPY consolidates around 157.00 with all eyes on Japan’s elections
The US Dollar (USD) remains firm on Friday, with the Yen (JPY) showing the weakest performance of the major currencies for the second consecutive week. The pair trades at 157.00 at the moment of tradi...
Oversupply seen easing before renewed glut – Commerzbank
Commerzbank’s commodity team, led by Barbara Lambrecht, notes that Oil volatility has risen as markets watch US–Iran talks and updated forecasts from the IEA, EIA and OPEC. The bank expects near‑term ...
Chip market set for $1 trillion year as Nvidia, Broadcom, Samsung, Qualcomm and Intel fight for AI edge
The global chip market is about to hit $1 trillion in yearly revenue for the first time. That’s happening way faster than anyone expected. Sales were $791.7 billion last year, and they’re now set to j...
American EV owners unlock emergency power as fleet exceeds 600,000
More than 630,000 electric vehicles across America can now power homes, and this winter, they’ve been doing exactly that. With ice storms, blackouts, and freezing temperatures tearing through cities a...
Goldman Sachs taps Anthropic’s Claude to speed up trade accounting and client vetting
Goldman Sachs is working with Anthropic to build AI agents that can do real banking work. Not marketing. Not PR. Actual grunt work. That includes checking trades, handling accounting, and onboarding c...
Are treasury companies selling? On-chain data shows outflows from reserves
Treasury companies are one of the big concerns for any remaining trust in the crypto market. Data on identified wallets show Nakamoto and Strategy moved some of their holdings. Tracking treasury comp...
When is the US UoM sentiment and price expectations data and how could it affect EUR/USD?
The United States (US) preliminary University of Michigan (UoM) Consumer Sentiment Index and Inflation Expectations data for February is scheduled to be published today at 15:00 GMT. According to flas...
XAU/USD picks up, nears $4,900 in risk-off markets
Gold (XAU/USD) is trimming some losses on Friday, trading near $4,880 at the time of writing, after bounding from lows at $4.655 during the Asian session. A risk-averse market mood is providing some s...
SoftBank’s $41B OpenAI bet raises credit rating risks ahead of earnings
SoftBank Group Corp. has allocated a significant portion of its funds to leading American artificial intelligence research and deployment company, OpenAI, according to sources who wished to remain ano...
Dovish BOE tilt opens downside – BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) analysts note GBP/USD has recovered part of its prior drop after a dovish Bank of England hold and heightened UK political uncertainty. The BOE kept rates at 3.75% but lo...
We don’t actually see that much Euro strength
European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council (GC) member Martin Kocher delivered remarks on the Euro (EUR) rate in an event organized by the Club of Economic Journalists in Vienna, Austria. Remarks E...