Submitted May 18, 2026|From moneycheck.com

Iran has introduced a cryptocurrency-enabled maritime insurance system named “Hormuz Safe” designed to facilitate cargo vessel passage through the Strait of Hormuz, as detailed in a May 16, 2026 Fars News Agency announcement from Iranian state ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From think.ing.com

USD/CNY broke below the psychological 6.80 in May, opening the way to test the lower end of our fluctuation band. We believe the next key level will be 6.70, the lowest level since the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) began to emphasise currency ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From @financialjuice|6 comments

Iran: US demands are still excessive, despite draft changes - Tasnim cites source close to negotiating team.

Submitted May 18, 2026|From nahb.org

Builder confidence posted a modest gain in May even as buyers grapple with rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty while builders continue to contend with elevated land, labor and construction costs. Builder confidence in the market for newly ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From @financialjuice|2 comments

UK's PM Starmer won't set an exit timetable if Burnham wins - PA. UK PM STARMER ASKED IF HIS PREMIERSHIP IS OVER, SAYS "NO" UK PM STARMER: I AM NOT GOING TO WALK AWAY UK PM STARMER ON BREXIT: I AM NOT GOING TO GET LOST IN A DEBATE ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE

Submitted May 18, 2026|From @FirstSquawk|5 comments

IRAN: AN IRANIAN VESSEL PASSES THROUGH THE US BLOCKADE - FARS.

Submitted May 18, 2026|From @LiveSquawk|16 comments

Senior Iranian Source: US Has Shown Flexibility In Ongoing Discussions, Including On Limits To Iran's Nuclear Work - RTRS - US Has So Far Only Agreed To Unfreeze 25% Of Iran's Funds On A Phased Timetable - Tehran Has Demanded US Release All Funds - Revised Iranian Proposal…

Submitted May 18, 2026|From kitco.com

Spot gold and silver prices are firmer in early U.S. trading Monday, with bargain hunting offset by rising oil prices, elevated Treasury yields and the latest U.S.-Iran tension around the Strait of Hormuz. At the time of writing, spot gold was ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From cointelegraph.com

Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to $76,000 during the early Asian trading hours on Monday as US-Iran tensions resurfaced. Data from TradingView showed BTC price dropped as much as 7% over the last three days to three-week lows of $76,500, erasing all the ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From vtmarkets.com|1 comment

USD/JPY rose from 158.42 last Thursday to 158.84, after earlier guidance pointed to a move towards 158.70 and said 159.00 was not yet likely. Upward momentum is only slightly stronger, but a move above 159.00 is still expected. Holding above 159.00 ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From fxleaders.com

On May 18, 2026, spot gold (XAU/USD) was quoted near $4,545.28 per ounce, edging 0.10% higher in sideways action. On the 2H chart, gold printed a bullish hammer signal after testing the black trendline drawn from early-May lows around $4,351 and the ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From thedailyupside.com

Investors seem to be pining for 2013, and not because they want to put on a peplum top, scarf a cronut and blast Lorde’s debut hit “Royals.” Instead, they’re boosting a cryptocurrency based on bitcoin but tweaked with the idea that bitcoin has ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From zawya.com|1 comment

CFI Financial Group, the region’s leading online trading provider, is proud to announce the launch of more than 40 local stocks listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). This milestone marks a significant step in CFI’s regional expansion, enabling ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From @DeItaone|23 comments

IRAN SEEKS LONG TRUCE, HORMUZ REOPENING IN REVISED PROPOSAL Leaks cited by Al Arabiya report that Iran is seeking a phased truce and gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in a revised proposal. Tehran is also said to be open to a long-term freeze of its nuclear program… LEAKS ABOUT THE MODIFIED PAPER: IRAN WANTS A LONG, MULTI-STAGE TRUCE. - IRAN DEMANDS A GRADUAL AND SAFE OPENING OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ - IRAN AGREES TO LONG-TERM NUCLEAR FREEZE INSTEAD OF FULL DISMANTLING - UNCONDITIONAL TRANSFER OF ENRICHED URANIUM TO RUSSIA INSTEAD OF AMERICA

Submitted May 18, 2026|From dnyuz.com

Keshia Smith was on her second day digging through the dirt at an Arkansas state park when she spotted something flashing in the mud. “I plucked it out and looked at it,” Smith said. “I thought nothing of it.” She, her boyfriend and her brother were ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From stocktwits.com

Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee said on Sunday that surging oil prices have become Ethereum’s (ETH) “biggest headwind” in the near term as crude oil continued climbing amid escalating geopolitical tensions and supply concerns. Lee pointed to what he ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From cnbc.com|2 comments

U.K. gilt yields steadied on Monday after coming under heavy selling pressure last week, as traders gauge whether a challenge to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership poses a threat to the country’s fiscal stability. As bond markets opened on ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From @financialjuice|159 comments

US proposed temporary waiver on Iran oil sanctions - Tasnim US HAS ACCEPTED THE LIFTING OF IRAN'S OIL SANCTIONS IN ITS NEW TEXT : A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE NEGOTIATION TEAM TOLD TASNIM THAT UNLIKE ITS PREVIOUS TEXTS, THE US HAS ACCEPTED IN THE NEW TEXT TO WAVE IRAN'S OIL SANCTIONS DURING THE NEGOTIATION PERIOD. || WAVING THE SANCTIONS MEANS A… - Waving the sanctions means a temporary lifting of the sanctions. - Iran insists that the removal of all sanctions on Iran must be part of the US commitments. However, the US has proposed a temporary OFAC waiver until the final agreement. - Tasnim #OOTT Iran has decided to one-up Axios on the "wishful news" ahead of the market open front. Latest from Tasnim is that US agrees to lift Iran oil sanctions in new text (zero indication of this from the US) A source close to the negotiating team told Tasnim that, contrary to their…

Submitted May 18, 2026|From investinglive.com

Silver erased most of its monthly gains in the final part of last week as real yields surged and we got broad risk-off flows heading into the weekend risk after some hawkish Trump’s remarks on Iran. The divergence with gold we’ve seen in the past ...

Submitted May 18, 2026|From globenewswire.com

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ: BTM), a U.S.-based Bitcoin ATM (“BTM”) operator and leading fintech company, today announced that it has initiated a voluntary Chapter 11 process in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas to effect an ...