Submitted May 16, 2026|From financefeeds.com

Bitcoin fell about 3% to near $78,000 in Asian morning trading Saturday, erasing its gains from the past week as global markets repriced the path of interest rates. The move reversed a brief push above $82,000 and pulled the broader crypto market ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From brecorder.com|11 comments

China and the United States have agreed to expand agricultural trade through tariff reductions ​and tackle non-tariff barriers and market access issues, China’s commerce ministry said on Saturday after this week’s summit in Beijing. The agreements ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From fxleaders.com

Silver ended the week near $76, plummeting 10.6% in a single session on May 15, a sharp selloff that stands as the largest one-session silver loss of 2026. In just 24 hours, the gold-silver ratio expanded from 53.6:1 to 58.9:1, signaling that silver ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From decrypt.co

Liberland, the self-declared micronation that elected Tron founder Justin Sun as prime minister in 2024, awarded Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin its highest state honor this week during ETHPrague 2026 in Prague. Liberland President Vít Jedlička ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From moneycheck.com

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has warned that quantum computing could threaten modern crypto security before 2033. Speaking at Consensus Miami, he said commercial quantum systems may soon reach a level that challenges current digital defenses. ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From youtube.com/capitaltrading

Gold has reached one of the most extreme levels in modern financial history, now valued at over 170% of the total money supply, a level previously seen only during major monetary disruptions such as the 1930s and 1970s. At the same time, gold prices ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From aljazeera.com|8 comments

The BRICS alliance of major developing economies has failed to issue a joint statement after their two-day meeting in India, amid internal divisions over the Iran war which is affecting several members. India hosted the foreign ministers’ meeting in ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From kitco.com

Bullish momentum in the precious metals market suffered a significant blow this week, with gold ending down nearly 4% and silver tumbling roughly 13% from recent highs, underscoring the continued pressure on the sector. While the volatility has been ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From tradersunion.com

As reported by Cointelegraph, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, Chair Glenn Thompson and ranking member Angie Craig said in a Friday letter that the administration should move to fully staff the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From etftrends.com|1 comment

The yield on the 10-year note finished May 15, 2026 at 4.59% while the 2-year note ended at 4.09%. This marks the highest level for each since February 2025. The chart below overlays the daily performance of several Treasury bonds, starting from the ...

Submitted May 16, 2026|From cointelegraph.com

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the two biggest exchanges for energy-linked commodities, are pressuring US regulators to clamp down on the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange’s expansion into commodity ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From economics.bmo.com|6 comments

The economy has largely shaken off the doom and gloom of rapidly rising gasoline prices, at least for now. The steady stream of better-than-expected economic reports continued in earnest this week, topped off by solid core retail sales growth of ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From morningstar.com|1 comment

This week marks the eighth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling that struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act and allowed states to begin legislating sports betting. Since then, there have been billions of dollars ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From zerohedge.com|1 comment

India's trade deficit soared in April by more than analysts expected, as the surge in oil and gas prices hiked the Indian energy import bill. The trade deficit jumped by $8bn from $20.6bn in March to $28.38bn last month, higher than the $26 billion ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From thestreet.com

U.S. President Donald Trump is en route back to Washington after concluding his two-day visit to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trade and the Iran war remained the hottest talking points of the visit, with Trump touting ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From finance.yahoo.com

Every few trading sessions, the yen jolts higher against the dollar, and then it suddenly drops. That has become a recurring feature of yen trading in recent weeks, sparking debate among investors and strategists over whether Japanese authorities ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From @apewirenews|40 comments

*TRUMP: I HAVE NO DOUBT IRAN WILL CAPITULATE SOON *TRUMP: STRAIT WILL BE OPEN, IRAN WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON *TRUMP ON IRAN: DEALING W/ PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID TO MAKE A DEAL

Submitted May 15, 2026|From scotiabank.com

When it comes to inflation, Canada is different than the US. Or so goes a popular narrative. Reality bites. We’ll find out how badly it bites this week when Canada follows the US with its own inflation update. It turns out the two countries share a ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From marketpulse.com

The British debt market came under strong pressure after Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham gained the ability to run for a parliamentary seat. For investors, this is a signal that he could, in the future, open a path toward competing for the leadership ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From thestreet.com

In a recent interview with TheStreet Roundtable, Chris Tyrer, President of Bullish Exchange, said that it was "trivially obvious" that all of finance is moving onto blockchain rails. His case is not built on hype. It is built on a specific ...