Japan stocks closed sharply lower on Monday, with the Nikkei 225 falling 1.92% to 67,242. Viral posts now claim the market has lost ¥82 trillion in three weeks and describe the decline as a crash.The

A record Nasdaq listing, a meme-fueled trading boom, and the largest corporate Bitcoin (BTC) holder selling its coins are set to define this quarter. These 5 companies across AI and crypto carry the s

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE: TSM), Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930) and SK Hynix (KRX: 000660) now make up more than 30% of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Their combined share is close to the Magnificent Seven’s weight in the S&P 500. Technology now covers about 45% of the emerging-market gauge. These three chipmakers are worth...

There is fierce competition among OpenAI, Meta Platforms ($META), and SpaceXAI (NASDAQ: SPCX) on prices of enterprise AI, not just the scores for the models. They launched their latest models this week, promising improved performance but reduced prices to win the corporate scrutiny. This year, some firms had their employees work with AI all day...

SpaceXAI recently released a new version of its AI chatbot called Grok 4.5. This is a coding-focused model that Elon Musk pitched as an “Opus-class” rival to Anthropic’s Claude at a fraction of the cost.  Considering the rising cost of AI usage, engineering teams are now prioritizing price per completed task over peak intelligence.  Does...

The Brent crude oil (UKOIL) price gained almost 11% on Monday, reaching $83.31 after a bounce from the $71-$73 support zone. The move ranks among the sharpest daily advances since the US-Iran conflict

Oil prices climbed on Tuesday after Iran reportedly fired at least two missiles at commercial ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, reviving fears over the world’s key oil chokepoint and the fragile tr

Gold trades near $4,140 on Tuesday, down 26% from January’s record high of $5,598 per ounce. This gold price prediction for July 2026 examines why the metal keeps falling and where it could bottom.Fiv

Gold prices retreated from a two-week high, as a firmer US dollar pressured the metal. Spot gold fell 0.58% to $4,141.26 an ounce.JPMorgan still expects a fourth-quarter rebound towards $4,500, even a

The oil price fall deepened on Thursday as WTI crude slipped below $68 for the first time in 125 days. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) climbed more than 5% to levels above $61,500, and gold extended gains be

SBI Holdings just announced a strategic partnership with the Solana Foundation to build on-chain financial markets led by Japan. The alliance targets yen-pegged stablecoins and tokenized real-world as

MicroStrategy, rebranded Strategy, has unveiled a Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index scoring how far big banks embrace Bitcoin (BTC). It puts overall institutional adoption at 32%.The index ranks 25 major

Stablecoin volume hit a record $1.79 trillion in June, even as the tokens’ total supply shrank. The split captures a market pricing crypto for a downturn while its usage keeps climbing.A Bitwise repor

Peter Schiff says the next major market crash will begin in the bond market, not in Bitcoin (BTC). The longtime gold proponent argues that rising U.S. Treasury yields, not crypto volatility, pose the

Bitcoin (BTC) has entered the same 91-day window that ended each of its last three bear markets. History suggests this stretch is the most punishing of any cycle, yet the damage keeps shrinking with e

SpaceX's AI returns over the coming years will not come from outer space. According to Wall Street analysts, the money is coming from Earth data centers.

US economists lowered their recession odds to 25% while raising inflation forecasts, according to a Wall Street Journal survey, leaving the Federal Reserve little room to cut interest rates this year.

South Korea’s crypto trading volume hit a two-year low, dropping below 10 trillion won ($6.7 billion) for the first time since September 2023.The slump coincides with a dramatic collapse across the co

President Donald Trump has disclosed hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency-related income, offering the clearest picture yet of how central digital assets have become to his business inter

Iran is trying to turn the Strait of Hormuz into a paid transit system after the ceasefire tied to Trump reopened the waterway. Tehran wants ships to pay for security, safety, and environmental services while crossing the oil route, with officials putting the possible yearly income at about $40 billion for the countries involved, according...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has reported its assessment of stablecoins based on specific variables, and has concluded that they do not function as money was originally intended. The institution has warned in its latest 2026 Annual Economic Report that dollar-pegged tokens are driving a new form of dollarization in emerging economies. The report...

The US Dollar Index (DXY) trades near 100.2 after retesting an ascending trendline that has supported it since May 2011. A resistance zone at 100.5 still caps the recovery.BeInCrypto examined the mont

The European Union has been cautioned that the restrictive nature of the MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) regulation will harm the bloc’s global competitiveness when it comes to stablecoin development and proliferation.  Despite the digital euro facing heavy skepticism, euro-dominated stablecoins have experienced an increase in popularity due to increased regulatory clarity. Meanwhile, the digital euro’s […]

Inflation is staying hot for longer, and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the Iran war is a big reason why. Speaking Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation, Kristalina said the economic pain is spreading well beyond the countries involved in the fighting. Kristalina explained that countries close to the conflict are taking a hard […]

State Street says the US dollar could fall up to 10% this year if the Fed cuts rates more than expected.

A year-old Donald Trump quote urging Americans to “buy stock now” is back at the top of crypto Twitter. The clip is paired with a Wellington-Altus forecast that sees the S&P 500 climbing to 8,000 by y

US equities rebounded as the S&P 500 climbed to $6,976, before correcting. Earlier in the week, the benchmark index closed just shy of its prior record before briefly moving higher in subsequent tradi

Barclays has increased its earnings and price projections for the S&P 500 through 2025 and 2026, attributing the upgrade to stronger-than-anticipated corporate results in the first half of the year and a robust earnings landscape despite trade tensions and labor challenges.

S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures climbed modestly on Tuesday evening, fueled by strong gains in Alphabet Inc. after a court handed down a less stringent antitrust ruling than initially feared.

Asian equities declined on Wednesday, following Wall Street's losses driven by escalating concerns over U.S. trade tariffs.