Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

OSTTRA appointed Keith Tippell as Head of FX in June 2026, bringing the former CLS Group Chief Product Officer back to the company. Tippell previously led FX at MarkitServ before it merged to form OSTTRA in 2021 and also served as Head of FX and Securities Markets at SWIFT, giving him experience

ING has cut its gold and silver price forecasts as rising U.S. bond yields and a strengthening dollar pressure precious metals markets. Gold prices have dropped below $4,000 an ounce, marking a new low for the year, while silver has fallen below $60 an ounce. The selloff represents a bear-market

Gold is struggling to maintain support at $4,000 an ounce as the market experiences a 28% correction from January record highs, with spot gold trading at $3,980.20 an ounce on Wednesday, down more than 3% on the day. The yellow metal faces pressure as the U.S. dollar index rallies to its highest

According to Kitco News, gold fell near $3,980 per ounce on Wednesday, down 3% intraday as the U.S. dollar index rallied to its highest level in over a year. Spot gold is struggling to hold the $4,000 support level amid expectations that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates as early as

According to Kitco News, ING has downgraded its precious metals price forecasts as gold fell below $4,000 an ounce and silver dropped below $60 an ounce. The investment firm now expects gold to average $4,300 per ounce in Q3 2026 and $4,600 in Q4, down from previous forecasts of $4,850 and $5,000 re

Spot palladium rose 3% to $1,201.05 per ounce today (June 25).

Spot silver gained 2.00% intraday today (June 25), trading at $58.62 per ounce.

According to Russia's Central Bank, the country's gold and foreign currency reserves stood at $743.8 billion in the week ending June 19, up from $729.3 billion in the previous week, marking an increase of $14.5 billion.

According to Mexico's Official Gazette, Mexico on June 25 extended anti-dumping duties on imported U.S. carbon steel pipe products for an additional five years.

According to The Block, Cantor Equity Partners I has postponed the shareholder vote on its proposed merger with Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company, led by Adam Back, to July 2.

According to Odaily, several major tech developments emerged in U.S. pre-market trading on June 25. IBM unveiled its first sub-1-nanometer chip technology featuring a "nanopile" three-dimensional transistor architecture that integrates nearly 100 billion transistors on a chip smaller than a

According to Gate data, the US 10-year Treasury yield declined to 4.392% following the data release, down 0.59 basis points. The 2-year Treasury yield also fell to 4.123%, down 1.41 basis points, while the yield curve spread between the two maturities stood at +26.3 basis points. The US dollar

According to Bloomberg, on June 25, Apple raised prices on multiple Mac and iPad models to offset rising costs from memory and storage chip shortages. MacBook Neo's starting price increased from $599 to $699, while MacBook Air rose from $1,099 to $1,299. MacBook Pro, iPad Air, and iPad Pro also

Apple announced price hikes on MacBook and iPad products Thursday, marking the company's first formal move to pass higher memory and storage costs to consumers after CEO Tim Cook said price increases had become unavoidable. The price adjustments range from $100 to $300 across multiple product

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman argued that Americans' growing skepticism toward artificial intelligence stems from a combination of factors, including the AI industry's own warnings about mass job losses, the growing presence of AI in everyday products and workplaces, and broader

According to reporting by ChainCatcher, law firm Rosen Law Firm announced an investigation into Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR) and STRC, alleging potential securities law violations. The firm claimed that Strategy 'may have issued materially misleading business information' to the investing

Spot silver gained 1.00% intraday on June 25, trading at $58.05 per ounce.

21Shares maintains that Bitcoin retains a recovery path toward $100,000 despite recent market pressure, according to a research note titled 'Bitcoin under pressure: hold or fold?' The asset manager's analysis frames the potential recovery as conditional on Bitcoin defending structural support

According to 21Shares, Bitcoin can still recover toward $100,000 if key structural supports hold and ETF outflows ease, the asset manager said in a research note titled "Bitcoin under pressure: hold or fold?" The recovery scenario depends on the market absorbing current selling pressure, with ETF fl

According to Jin10 Futures, crude oil prices declined overnight as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East eased. The resumption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz prompted traders to unwind geopolitical premiums, weighing on international crude oil.