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Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed governor 51-45; chair vote Wednesday. His crypto holdings span DeFi, prediction markets, and Bitcoin infrastructure. CLARITY Act markup Thursday.
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath's gold-backed stablecoin proposal aims to monetize India's private gold holdings, potentially reshaping crypto regulation and gold markets.
The $220 million inflow extended a multi-day streak, signaling institutional demand that is absorbing sell-side pressure and compressing downside volatility.
BlackRock's Form 485APOS filing for a tokenized fund is a regulatory application, not a product. The SEC review could delay or deny, cooling institutional tokenization. Watch for comment letters.
High-purity KrF photoresist resin developed via AI platform enters customer validation with Hengkun New Materials, challenging JSR, TOK, and DuPont's supply dominance.
Commerzbank notes higher oil prices keep pressure on the rupee as India's import dependence widens the trade gap. Next focus: RBI intervention and OPEC+ supply signals.
Germany's wholesale prices jumped in April, with petroleum products up 37.3% y/y and non-ferrous metals up 40.2%, feeding into producer and consumer prices and raising ECB policy risks.
ECB's Villeroy warns the central bank must be ready to intervene on second-round inflation effects, signaling a potential delay in rate cuts that could reshape EUR/USD dynamics.
The Q4 2025 cash dividend drops off Equinor’s Oslo listing, forcing income-focused traders to reprice the stock at the lower ex-dividend level while crude oil prices remain volatile.
MoonPay bought Dawn Labs and launched Dawn CLI, turning plain-English instructions into live Polymarket trades. No human reviews the generated strategy code before execution.
Szaúd-Arábia titkos csapásai Iránra: heti 105 támadás után deeszkaláció, a Hormuzi-szoros lezárása azonban továbbra is fenyegeti az olajpiacot.
A candid discussion on AI trust from Income School's Nathan and Julia puts the spotlight on a risk that AI stock multiples have ignored: user skepticism.
GBP/EUR dropped to a three-week low at 1.1517 as UK political pressure on PM Starmer sapped sterling. The break below 1.1550 opens a path toward 1.1450.
Sustained energy price spike from Iran war clouds India's outlook, forcing crisis-era measures. The rupee faces depreciation pressure as import costs surge, with RBI intervention likely.
The paintmaker's net profit rose to Rs 335 crore, beating estimates. The stock broke out on heavy volume; the next test is whether the move holds above the pre-earnings range.
The February selloff in Charles Schwab (SCHW) was driven by AI disruption fears. The brokerage's revenue mix suggests the threat is gradual, not existential. Next catalyst: earnings call AI strategy update.
McKinsey sees data center demand hitting 220 GW by 2030, a 22% CAGR. For Soluna, turning a 4.3 GW pipeline into revenue requires binding offtake agreements it has not yet disclosed.
Strategy's Q1 loss of $38.25 per share and a dividend-driven BTC sale comment put Saylor's 'digital property' thesis under pressure. Peter Schiff argues Bitcoin lacks rental income.
The four-year contract locks in a major cost line. The transition from incumbent Develop introduces near-term production risk that the market has yet to price.
Repeated boardroom behaviors that slow decisions can erode shareholder value long before a crisis erupts. Here is how to spot the early signs and the next catalyst to watch.
An import duty hike on silver pushed domestic prices toward Rs 3 lakh per kg, lifting producers Hindustan Zinc and Vedanta. The next test is whether silver holds these levels.
Venture capital is chasing consumer AI startups targeting India's 950 million internet users. Falling token costs and improving models are making the economics viable. Monetization and user retention remain unproven.
Anthropic's new guidelines void unauthorized stock sales and call tokenized pre-IPO offerings fraud. Insiders warn of an FTX-style bloodbath.
French ILO unemployment rose to 8.1% in Q1, above the 7.8% forecast, raising doubts on the ECB's tightening timeline. Next focus shifts to eurozone GDP and inflation data.
USD/CHF trades at 0.7803, holding the 0.7800 handle before the US PPI release and Trump-Xi summit. The pair’s next move hinges on whether pipeline inflation data or trade headlines drive yields and safe-haven flows.
AI-powered fraud is becoming harder to detect, pushing companies to invest in advanced security. Upcoming earnings from cybersecurity firms will reveal the spending impact.
Causal evidence from an NBER paper finds data center expansion raises local employment, house prices, and power costs, with construction and data-processing jobs both rising.
The early request signals fiscal pressure ahead of August polls, with potential spillover to the kwacha, bond yields, and Lusaka-listed equities.
Profit jumped seven-fold and revenue doubled in the fourth quarter, driving a 7% stock rally. The next catalyst is whether the margin expansion is sustainable.
LMAX Kiosk lets institutions use crypto as collateral for FX, metals, and perpetual futures. Haircuts, eligibility, and stress margin rules remain undisclosed.