Submitted May 15, 2026|From financemagnates.com|2 comments

Cyprus authorities have detained three individuals, including a police officer, as part of an investigation into an alleged criminal organization linked to money laundering, tax evasion, and extortion targeting businesses such as forex firms. ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From theblock.co

Myanmar's ruling military junta has published a parliamentary bill that seeks the death penalty for individuals who force victims into online scam centers, while proposing life imprisonment for operating such facilities or conducting crypto scam ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From canadianminingjournal.com

The global copper market enjoyed one of its best years in 2025. The threat of US tariffs on the industrial metal and its elevated status as a critical mineral, together with major supply disruptions globally, all played a part to help to lift prices ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From thenextweb.com

Modern derivatives and digital asset markets operate under a persistent drag of operational friction. A recent Nasdaq survey reveals that 70% of global firms experience settlement failures on a daily basis. This structural inefficiency forces ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From fxnewsgroup.com

OANDA Japan Inc, a subsidiary of online broker OANDA Corporation, today published a notice of the termination of MT4 and MT5 “Web Terminal”. The brokerage will be discontinuing its “MetaTrader 4 (MT4)” and “MetaTrader 5 (MT5)” Web Terminal (web ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From spectramarkets.com|4 comments

Last week I discussed how macro was dead and I may have accidentally nailed the top in that narrative as macro is back this week and we are seeing many movements tied to a stronger U.S. economy, the inflationary impact of the war in Iran, and ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From zerohedge.com|10 comments

Tehran and Washington are truly not just back to square one, but it's as if no rounds of dialogue - direct or indirect - have even taken place. It's more like being back at square zero - and the US President has just acknowledged it. President Trump ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From podcasts.apple.com

podast In this episode, Alf and Brent focus on various aspects of their investment/risk management process. They discuss several ideas and how to implement them according to their framework: when to use options? How to think about convexity?

Submitted May 15, 2026|From energyandcapital.com

Last month, two of the world’s largest holders of gold did the exact opposite thing. First, we saw the People’s Bank of China take delivery of over 7 tonnes of gold bullion. For the record, that was their 18th consecutive month of buying, and Xi’s ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From omfif.org

Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president, is right about one thing: stablecoins force policy-makers to confront a distinction that the existing monetary architecture has long allowed them to manage quietly. Stablecoins are monetary ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From robinjbrooks.substack.com

Back in August 2015, I was on vacation in Jackson Hole with my family. We spent the days hiking and being massively afraid of any kind of bear encounter, though we never ran into one. Halfway through this vacation, China devalued its currency - the ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From visualcapitalist.com

But one of the biggest stories in the global gold market is Africa’s growing role. Collectively, African countries now account for nearly one-quarter of the world’s mine production, with Ghana, Mali, and South Africa among the continent’s leading ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From financemagnates.com

After years of regulating crypto largely through lawsuits and overlapping agency claims, the United States has finally moved closer to a formal market structure framework. Should the CLARITY Act pass the Senate and be signed into law, the US would ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From morningstar.com|13 comments

Incoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is a former Fed insider who talks like an outsider and has promised to revamp the institution and make a clean break from his predecessors. The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Warsh by a vote of 54 to ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From abcnews.com|7 comments

A global pandemic that put millions of Americans out of work within days. The highest inflation in four decades. An unprecedented federal criminal investigation. Fed Chair Jerome Powell faced a succession of crises over his 8-year tenure atop the ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From @FirstSquawk|52 comments

TRUMP SAYS TO FOX: MAY, MAY NOT APPROVE TAIWAN WEAPONS Trump to Fox on Taiwan: I want China to cool down. TRUMP SAYS TO FOX DISCOURAGES TAIWAN GOING 'INDEPENDENT Trump on Taiwan: I am not looking to travel 9500 miles to fight a war. Trump to Fox: Taiwan should feel neutral after my Xi meeting.

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

Polish lawmakers adopted a bill on Friday regulating cryptocurrencies, as a scandal involving the collapse of the country's biggest exchange deepened and amid a row over how much to supervise the growing sector. The bill implements the European ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From cnbc.com|3 comments

President Donald Trump said Friday that he refused to directly answer Chinese President Xi Jinping when asked if the United States would defend Taiwan if China attacked it. “That question was asked to me today,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One ...

Submitted May 15, 2026|From @financialjuice|1 comment

China and the US agreed on trade and investment councils - Xinhua. CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI STATES THAT BOTH SIDES ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON TRADE DETAILS WITH THE U.S. - XINHUA. CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI URGES U.S. AND IRAN TO KEEP DISCUSSING THEIR DISAGREEMENTS TO FIND SOLUTIONS.

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

Bitcoin (BTC) risks starting its “next downtrend” as bulls fail to break beyond $82,000, the latest analysis warns. Bitcoin traders are increasingly split on where BTC/USD will go next, but calls for lower levels are growing. “For now, price remains ...