EUR/USD drops for the second straight day down 0.49%, following last Friday’s metals rout which underpinned the Greenback to the detriment of the shared currency. Also the nomination of Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve and upbeat US economic data drove the pair lower.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is widely expected to raise the Official Cash Rate (OCR) to 3.85% from 3.6% after concluding its first monetary policy meeting of 2026.
Palantir just crushed Wall Street’s fourth-quarter expectations, reporting $0.25 earnings per share on $1.41 billion revenue, beating forecasts of $0.23 and $1.33 billion. That’s a 70% year-over-year jump from the $827.5 million it posted in Q4 2025. Total annual revenue for 2025 reached $4.48 billion. The numbers show one thing: people (especially in government) are […]
Standard Chartered Bank's report highlights a cautiously optimistic outlook for Hong Kong's economy, driven by financial services and a recovery in private consumption. GDP growth is projected at 3.5% for 2025, up from 2.6% in 2024, with expectations of continued growth in cross-border spending.
Trump said the U.S. will cut tariffs on Indian exports from 25% to 18%, after a call with Modi where they agreed on a new trade deal. He posted on Truth Social that the lower tariff would start “effective immediately.” This ends months of tension that started when Trump punished India for buying cheap oil […]
Crypto firms and Wall Street banks are now fighting for control over how money works in the digital age. At the center of it is the stablecoin. Behind every coffee tap or online purchase, there’s a payment system most people never think about. JPMorgan alone handles 6,000 transactions per second around the world. Crypto companies […]
Rabobank's report discusses the strengthening of the Chinese Renminbi (CNY) against the Dollar, driven by China's efforts to internationalize its currency. The report notes Xi Jinping's ambitions for the CNY to become a global reserve currency and the implications this has for the Dollar's status.
Bitcoin (BTC) is still leading the way for the overall cryptocurrency market as the most dominant and widely held cryptocurrency, but due to its large market capitalization, its next move is likely to be more muted rather than explosive in nature. With this said, as investors look for the top crypto to buy now, they […]
Silver price registers losses of over 5% on Monday as the precious metals liquidation continued for the second straight day. Upbeat economic data in the US improved risk appetite to the detriment of the grey metal. At the time of writing, XAG/USD trades at $80.40 below its opening price.
Thailand is set to hold general elections on February 8, 2026, amidst a challenging economic backdrop. The report by DBS Group Research, authored by Chua Han Teng, highlights that GDP growth is expected to slow to 1.6% in 2026, with inflation hovering in negative territory.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) advised markets on Monday that Friday's scheduled publication of the latest Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) jobs data package will be suspended until federal government operations resume.
Elon Musk just confirmed it himself. The rumors are real. He’s working on combining xAI and SpaceX, and it could be made official any day now. Word already got out to some investors in both companies. The deal isn’t signed yet, but it’s far enough along that Elon replied “Yes” when someone posted about it […]
China's official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 49.3 in January, indicating a contraction and coming in well below forecasts. The non-manufacturing PMI also slipped back into contraction at 49.4, marking a 37-month low.
South Korea’s authorities are continuing to crack down on cybercrime this 2026, with its Financial Supervisory Service integrating AI into its systems to detect suspicious market activities as they occur. The South Korean Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has integrated artificial intelligence trained on known market scams into its system, enabling it to detect suspicious transactions […]
Ripple (XRP) is currently trading 55% down from its all-time high of $3.92, indicating the difficulties faced by large-cap cryptocurrencies in sustaining explosive price movements following significant price surges. Although Ripple (XRP) is still one of the well-known cryptocurrencies, its recovery trend is likely to remain slow as investors continue to digest the recent price […]
BTC mining is under stress, with even the newer ASIC models nearing their shutdown price. The flagman Antminer S21 has a shutdown price between $69,000 to $74,000 per BTC.
Newly disclosed emails between the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and World Economic Forum (WEF) chief Børge Brende reveal discussions about replacing the United Nations with Davos as the primary venue for global governance, raising fresh questions about the trajectory of international power structures following President Donald Trump’s launch of a controversial “Board of Peace” at […]
Global technology spending is estimated to grow by nearly 8% in 2026 to $5.6 trillion. Asia, Pacific, and North American regions are expected to lead this revolutionary spending growth, as the world hurdles forward into an AI-centric future. A new report by Forrester predicts a year in 2026 where global technology spending grows by 7.8% […]
When a top cryptocurrency like Binance Coin (BNB) struggles to break key price levels, investors often start looking elsewhere for growth. Price resistance at the top tends to shift attention toward smaller assets with more room to move. In early Q1 2026, this dynamic is becoming more visible. Rather than waiting for large-cap coins to […]
Venezuelan crypto app Kontigo built its image on noise, speed, and big promises, but now US authorities have placed it under scrutiny after the Trump administration decided it was time to get hostile with Venezuela. Once the U.S. military illegally removed Nicolás Maduro from power, that contradiction stopped being easy to ignore, according to The […]
Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said that no one is projecting a worsening of the labor market and that by midyear, the economy will have reached an equilibrium at the Rotary Club of Atlanta on Monday.
EUR/JPY trades around 183.50 on Monday at the time of writing, virtually unchanged on the day, against a backdrop of persistent weakness in the Japanese Yen (JPY) and a cautious tone on the Euro (EUR) ahead of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) monetary policy announcements.
The Australian Dollar (AUD) rebounds against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday, with AUD/USD trimming earlier losses despite a broadly firmer Greenback, as traders reposition ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate decision due on Tuesday.
Gold (XAU/USD) retreats more than 4% on Monday after the US President Donald Trump announced his pick to lead the Federal Reserve (Fed) in succession to the Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Economic data in the US paint an optimistic outlook as manufacturing activity improves.
Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2026 — CryptoQuant, CryptoRank and Nansen, leading platforms in blockchain research and data analytics, have released comprehensive reports on the TRON network, highlighting sustained leadership in stablecoin settlement, record network activity, ongoing infrastructure upgrades, and expanding real-world use cases across payments, remittances and defi. Collectively, the analyses point to TRON’s role […]
The crypto ETFs market is suffering and printing red indexes as Bitcoin price slides below the 10-month low. Bitcoin is reportedly trading below the average cost basis of US spot Bitcoin ETFs. This comes after two of the largest weekly outflows. However, it has also left the most recent ETF buyers holding unrealized losses. The […]
BitMine is now staring at a brutal $6.6 billion loss on its Ethereum stash. If the company decides to dump that Ethereum today, it’ll go down as the fifth biggest trading loss ever recorded, sitting just behind disasters like Archegos in 2021. And yeah, that loss? It’s already 66% the size of Archegos’ full collapse. […]