Oil is set for the largest quarterly price drop in 6 years as historic supply crunch eases
Workarounds for the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint and a drop in crude imports to China helped ease the impact of lost Persian Gulf oil. Source:MarketWatch
Bitcoin price risks drop below $58K as US dollar hits 40-year high against yen
Bitcoin faced downside pressure as the US dollar hit its highest levels against the Japanese yen since 1986, while BTC price analysis revealed "capitulation"…
AI’s power crunch turns Bitcoin miners’ grid access into an asset
Bitcoin miners have the power sites AI companies need, but turning old mining campuses into real data center revenue is no easy pivot. Source:Cointelegraph
Amazon is laying out $1 billion to follow Palantir’s AI playbook
Packages aren’t the only thing Amazon.com is delivering: The company is now sending engineers directly to clients in order to bolster artificialintelligence…
Gold is on the verge of a ‘death cross’ that could surprisingly foreshadow gains
Here’s what 45 years of data on death crosses in gold can tell us about the path ahead. Source:MarketWatch
Business use of stablecoins set for growth surge: Cybrid report
The majority of businesses surveyed are likely to use stablecoins within the next 12 months, while regulatory clarity remained the biggest barrier to wider…
Jefferies warns of crypto market volatility as Clarity Act faces Senate test
The bank said the bill faces major hurdles, with passage boosting institutional crypto adoption and delays prolonging regulatory uncertainty. Source:CoinDesk
Circle slides 8% as Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock back rival stablecoin network
Open Standard's Open USD aims to let partners keep reserve income and eliminate minting fees, challenging Circle's USDC. Source:CoinDesk
Warsh says he’s determined to slay inflation. Investors want to know if he really means it.
New Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh isn’t a stranger on Wall Street, but the mystery to investors is whether he’s committed as he sounds to stamp out U.S.…
OKX launches AI marketplace for autonomous agent economy
OKX launched a beta marketplace for the agentic economy, enabling AI agents to autonomously find work and collaborate with other agents. Source:Cointelegraph
Tokenized securities need competition, not gatekeepers
Innovation thrives when investors have choices. For tokenized securities, Washington shouldn't pick winners before the market has a chance to learn what works,…
Nasdaq expands distribution of its market data into blockchain infrastructure
The exchange operator will offer its TotalView data feed through Pyth's marketplace as financial firms increasingly build applications on blockchain rails.…