Laser Digital gets Japan’s first crypto exchange approval in 4 years
Nomura-backed Laser Digital Japan received registration to provide domestic liquidity before expanding into institutional crypto trading.
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Bitcoin rally sends crypto stocks soaring as miners, treasury companies jump
Bitcoin’s rally above $79,000 lifted miners and treasury companies, with Canaan, Strive and Metaplanet posting double-digit gains as crypto stocks surged.
Crypto Biz: Treasury’s ‘Not-QE’ playbook sends Bitcoin higher
Bitcoin rallied as Treasury bond buybacks fueled the “not-QE” trade, while Metaplanet expanded to the US and Cypherpunk made a $33 million Zcash mining bet.
White House Bitcoin Support Sparks This ETF
On the back of the White House’s cryptocurrency confab, which brought together policymakers and leaders of the digital asset community, Bitcoin notched a double-digit gain over August 19-20 — a rally that pumped new lif…
Bitcoin ETFs Just Had Their Biggest Day Since May—BlackRock Took 83% of It
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $606.29 million on Thursday, their biggest single-day haul since May 1, according to SoSoValue. That beats Wednesday's $517.19 million and extends the inflow streak to four sessions.
Japanese Yen strengthens against US Dollar as inflation backs BoJ rate hike bets
USD/JPY trades around 158.85 on Friday at the time of writing, edging lower after rebounding from the 158.00 level on Thursday. The pair remains under pressure as the Japanese Yen (JPY) benefits from fresh inflation dat…
Can Pump.fun (PUMP) Price Breaks $0.005 After Finally Escaping Its Downtrend?
PUMP has broken above its long-term descending trendline, signaling a potential shift from its prolonged downtrend toward a broader recovery.
The Price of Being Right.
The comparison is understandable. Technological breakthroughs have a long history of attracting capital, capturing investors’ imaginations, and creating expectations that eventually prove difficult to satisfy. Today, en…
Solana cuts blockchain slot time to 350 milliseconds
Solana reduced its slot time for the first time since genesis as it works toward a 200-millisecond target aimed at reducing network latency.
XRP Erases Its Most Bearish Signal—And the Ripple-Linked Coin Is Flying
Crypto is having one of its best weeks in months, and XRP just grabbed the wheel.
Aptos Price Lags as Network Throughput Hits Record
Aptos processed more than 11.7M daily transactions, setting a new throughput record.
Euro: PMI strength supports against US Dollar – BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports EUR/USD is firmer on broad US Dollar (USD) weakness and stronger-than-expected Eurozone August Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data. Elias Haddad highlights the comp…
United Kingdom: Services-led growth and price risks – Nomura
Nomura’s European Economics team highlights that UK composite output PMI rose to 52.5 in August, with services offsetting weaker manufacturing. GfK consumer confidence improved to its highest level in two years, support…
EUR/GBP slips as strong PMIs cancel out and Iran signals de-escalation
The Euro (EUR) is falling against the British Pound (GBP). EUR/GBP held the mid-0.8500s on Friday, hovering just below the 0.8570 area, even after a strong round of August flash Purchasing Managers Indexes (PMIs) on bot…
Bitcoin Price Explodes Above $77K as Shorts Get Trapped — Here’s What the Breakout Signals Next
Bitcoin jumped 6.27% to $77,393, breaking out of a multi-week $65,000â$68,000 consolidation range and reaching an intraday high of $79,461.
Global bond rout holds as buybacks fail to offset fiscal concerns
Global bond selloff persists as government buybacks fail to ease fiscal worries, leaving 10-year and 30-year yields near multi-year highs and debt-to-GDP ratios above 100% in several major economies. Higher yields are r…
Dexsport August Update: XMR, Binance Pay and Esports Activations
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Gold Nears Double Top Formation, Raising Risk of a Sell-Off
Wall Street’s September debut reinforced its reputation as the weakest trading month of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) closed at 45,002.90, falling 541.98 points or 1.19%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) ended at…
How AI & Tariffs Have Helped Drive Copper’s Summer Rally
To start with, copper itself had a fairly strong performance in July. As Jacob White, CFA, director, ETF product management, Sprott Asset Management noted, the price of spot copper was up 3.65% over the past month, as o…
Bitcoin Price Rallies 20% as Futures Demand Returns
Bitcoin gained more than 20% in three days as demand returned across both spot and futures markets. BTC open interest increased by $2.5 billion, including $1.5 billion on Binance, which now accounts for 37% of total mar…
Ethena Price Analysis: ENA Nears $0.14 Resistance as OI Climbs Above $550M
Ethenaâs strong rebound and rising open interest point to strengthening market momentum, keeping the $0.14 price zone in focus.
Has Iranian Crude Become Irrelevant to Global Oil Supply?
On 29 March, Iran launched 15 ballistic missiles at Ukraine. All of them were intercepted and none hit their intended targets. This attack was in response to Ukrainian President Zelensky’s interview to NBC News on 28 Ma…
$4,600: Gold rallies to three-month high, eyes third weekly gain
Gold (XAU/USD) is heading for a third consecutive weekly gain on Friday, extending an impressive rally that has lifted the precious metal by around 13% so far this month. At the time of writing, XAU/USD trades around $4…
Much Ado About Buybacks, Softer US Dollar
This week's US Treasury intervention in the bond market has caused much furore amongst the buy and sell-side financial community alike. We see the move more as a signalling tool that the US Treasury has a problem with h…