Bitcoin price dips on US stocks sell-off as Micron losses pass 30%
Bitcoin fell 1.5% from local highs amid a reversal in US stocks as markets moved from bullish US inflation cues to retail profit-taking.
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Indian Rupee falls further amid higher oil prices, FIIs extend selling streak
The Indian Rupee (INR) trades lower against the US Dollar (USD), extending its losing streak for the third trading day on Thursday. The USD/INR pair rises to near 96.32 as elevated crude oil prices have renewed fears of…
British Pound: BoE hikes not seen bullish – BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad highlights that United Kingdom (UK) May Gross Domestic Product (GDP) slightly beat expectations, driven by services, but underlying details disappointed as production and con…
British Pound: Fiscal tightrope shapes outlook – OCBC
OCBC strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong highlight that hopes of a fiscally conservative Chancellor under incoming United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Burnham have supported the British Pound (GBP) and gilts. …
Feds Arrest Florida Man Over Video Game Malware That Stole $220K in Crypto
Federal agents have arrested a Florida man they say helped run a scheme that smuggled crypto-stealing malware into video games, infecting thousands of devices and draining hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims' …
European Central Bank: Hawkish hold bias – Rabobank
Rabobank’s Bas van Geffen expects the ECB to keep the deposit rate at 2.25% in July, judging a hike as a tail risk that would require a much stronger energy shock. The re-escalation of the Iran war shifts risks toward h…
VettaFi’s Murphy Discusses AI Value Chain on Yahoo! Finance
VettaFi Director of Research, Cinthia Murphy, appeared on Yahoo! Finance to discuss the ROBO Global Artificial Intelligence ETF (THNQ) and trends in the AI ETF industry.
NZD/USD Price Forecast: Buyers retain upper hand near one-month highs
NZD/USD fluctuates between minor gains and losses on Thursday as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) hawkish stance supports the Kiwi, while a stronger US Dollar (USD) caps the upside. At the time of writing, the p…
ETF of the Week: Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM)
The companies inside this popular tech fund are sending a surprisingly one-sided signal about their earnings to come.
British Pound pulls back as solid US data revives the Greenback
The Pound Sterling trims some of its Wednesday gains versus the US Dollar, down by over 0.48% following solid US data. The sell-off comes amid risk aversion and augments the safe-haven appeal of the Greenback. At the ti…
British Pound rallies to multi-month highs on reports of Mahmood appointment
The British Pound (GBP) has staged a broad-based rally across major currency pairs, hitting multi-month highs against both the US Dollar (USD) and the Euro (EUR). This surge is powered by a mix of diminishing domestic p…
ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim
ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on …
Prediction markets defy crypto downturn with record Q2 volume: CoinGecko
Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined.
MoonPay buys Glide to bolster crypto deposits infrastructure
MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure.
Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD stays below 20-day EMA, sees further downside below $3,940
Gold price (XAU/USD) is down 0.7% to near $4,030 during the European trading session on Thursday. The precious metal faces selling pressures as global inflation concerns remain intact amid elevated energy prices in the …
Eurozone: Energy shock risks for inflation – Rabobank
Rabobank’s Bas van Geffen says renewed US-Iran hostilities have shifted Eurozone inflation risks upward. June’s softer-than-expected flash estimate may buy the ECB time in July, but the earlier decline in energy prices …
Canadian Dollar: BoC hold and guidance shift – TD Securities
TD Securities notes the Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its policy rate at 2.25% and softened guidance by removing references to both rate-cut risks and consecutive hikes. Markets interpreted the statement as mildly dovish, b…
DoorDash to let AI agents place real food orders
The CEO of fintech Klarna said the rise of agentic shopping wonât destroy brand loyalty, an outcome feared by e-commerce players who worry that it will be harder to woo bots than the humans whose errands they are runn…
Israel economy shrank 3.8% in first quarter amid Iran war
Israel’s economy slumped in the first quarter of the year when the fallout of the war with Iran imposed security-related shutdowns on businesses for more than a month.
US Dollar Index: Decline seen overdone – BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes the US Dollar (USD) has steadied near a one‑month low after softer United States (US) Producer Price Index (PPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) data weighed on Fed fund…
Morning Minute: Base Hands Its App Over to Cobie
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United States Retail Sales rise 0.2% in June to $768.6 billion
Retail Sales in the United States (US) rose by 0.2% on a monthly basis in June to $768.6 billion, the US Census Bureau reported on Thursday. This print followed the 1% increase recorded in May and came in line with the …
Canadian Dollar extends gains over US Dollar as BoC stance limits further upside
USD/CAD trades around 1.4010 at the time of writing on Thursday, down 0.21% on the day as the Canadian Dollar (CAD) extends its gains against the US Dollar (USD). The pair remains under pressure despite US economic data…
Euro rises vs British Pound amid hawkish ECB comments, mixed UK economic data
EUR/GBP trades around 0.8485 on Thursday, up 0.24% at the time of writing, as investors digest a mixed batch of UK economic data and continued hawkish comments from European Central Bank (ECB) policymakers.