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...

Our three US stocks to watch in July 2026 come from banking, energy, and EVs. Each faces a major catalyst this month. And in each, the options market and money-flow signals have already started to mov

Alibaba stock (NYSE: BABA) jumped about 11% on July 8 to nearly $109, its best single day in 10 months.The pop followed a pre-earnings update showing its cash-losing delivery business improving and pr

SK Hynix priced its American depositary shares at $149 each. Trading begins today, July 10, on the Nasdaq under the temporary ticker SKHYV. The stock converts to its permanent ticker, SKHY, on Monday.

Meta will build a 1-gigawatt AI data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, the company’s first in Canada and, by its own account, its largest outside the United States. Meta puts the investment at more than CAD $13 billion, or roughly $9.2 billion in US dollars. The company confirmed the project on Wednesday, July 8, at...

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

Brent crude oil has erased its entire war premium, sliding roughly 40% from its March peak near $120 to trade around $72.25 on Wednesday. The move returns oil to its pre-war support base.The retreat f

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

More than 15 of the world’s largest banks are building tokenized finance on private blockchains, and JPMorgan says that shift, not MicroStrategy, poses the bigger long-term threat to Bitcoin (BTC).The

The 50-week moving average of Ethereum crossed below the 200-week average, creating a “death cross.” This is seen as a long-term bearish indicator. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is struggling to stay above $62,000 after being unable to break through the $64,000 to $65,000 resistance area. Such a pattern matters for the retail investors who flocked into crypto...

The Federal Reserve released minutes from its June 16-17 meeting on July 8, showing a divided committee that unanimously held rates steady at 3.50% to 3.75% while flagging inflation risks tied to arti

The price of Cardano (ADA) plunged roughly 5% in 24 hours after the founding entity EMURGO stepped down from the Pentad governance group. The company said the SecondFi exploit forced it to redirect it

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...

Kevin Warsh faces his first test as Federal Reserve chair. During the week, he will lead the meeting that decides US interest rates. Investors expect rates to stay between 3.5% and 3.75%, according to the CME’s FedWatchTool. The futures market doesn’t expect another rate cut from the Fed until March of 2027, at which time...

Trump said Sunday that the United States and Iran had completed a peace agreement and would put their signatures on it Friday, June 19, in Switzerland. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said: “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of...

On Thursday, the European Central Bank increased its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.25% in its first rate hike since September 2023. The escalation of the war in the Middle East sent inflation within the eurozone significantly above the bank’s target of 2%. The ECB has become the first major central bank to...

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.