Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

On May 15, offshore Chinese yuan (CNH) declined to 6.8139 against the U.S. dollar in New York late trading, falling 273 pips from Thursday's close. The currency traded within a range of 6.7857 to 6.8165 throughout the session, with continuous weakness throughout the day.

On Friday, May 15, COMEX silver futures dropped 10.47% to $76.395 per ounce, while COMEX copper futures declined 5.00% to $6.2810 per pound during New York session close. Spot silver fell 9.14% to $78.8808 per ounce. Spot platinum fell 4.14% to $1,977.91 per ounce, and spot palladium declined 2.47%

On Friday, May 15, spot gold tumbled 2.47% to $4,537.20 per ounce as of New York close, marking a weekly decline of 3.77%. COMEX gold futures fell 3.01% to $4,544.60 per ounce, with prices dipping to $4,513.80 at 21:45 Beijing time, approaching May 4's low of $4,510.10 per ounce. The week's

According to Jin10, on Friday (May 16), the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield surged to 4.595%, marking the highest level since February 2025 and the largest single-day jump in over a year. The 30-year yield climbed to 5.127%, the highest closing level since July 2007. Rising Treasury yields dampened

On Friday (May 15), U.S. industry ETFs declined broadly, with the semiconductor ETF leading losses at negative 3.80%. Biotech, global aviation, and global technology ETFs fell up to 2.63%, while tech and banking sector ETFs dropped up to 1.81%. Energy was the lone bright spot, rising 2.36%. Year-to

According to Bloomberg, on Friday the Hyperliquid Policy Center dismissed concerns reportedly raised by Intercontinental Exchange and CME Group to the CFTC, arguing that the decentralized exchange's transparent architecture is hostile to insider trading and price manipulation. "Hyperliquid's transpa

Bitcoin ETFs snapped back into positive territory on Thursday with $131 million in fresh inflows, signaling a renewed wave of institutional demand after two difficult sessions. Ether ETFs, however, remained under pressure with a fourth consecutive day of outflows, while XRP and solana products

According to Jin10 Data, U.S. stocks closed lower yesterday (May 15), with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.07%, the S&P 500 declining 1.24%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropping 1.54%. Technology stocks saw broad-based weakness, including Micron Technology (MU.O) down 6.62%, Intel (INTC.O) d

According to Petrobras CEO Magda Chambriard, the company plans to develop two production wells at an unnamed recent discovery in the Aram block of Brazil's Santos Basin by 2030.

As of Friday's close in New York (May 15), most major currencies weakened throughout the week. The euro fell 0.41% to 1.1621, marking a weekly decline of 1.40% (May 12-15); sterling dropped 0.59% to 1.3324,

According to U.S. media reports, on May 16, the Trump administration's Interior Department announced a streamlined permitting process for oil projects in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, targeting a 30-day review and approval timeline for eligible projects. The initiative aims to accelerate

According to Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, a gas processing facility at Maracaibo Lake experienced an explosion. A technical committee will investigate the causes of the incident. PDVSA stated that the explosion does not affect the continuity of oil and gas operations in Venezuela's

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), silver speculators increased their net long positions by 5,254 contracts to 16,195 for the week ended May 12.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speculators reduced their net long positions in NYMEX WTI crude oil by 10,947 contracts for the week ending May 12, bringing the total to 95,332 contracts.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, gold speculators increased their net long positions by 4,963 contracts to 100,627 contracts for the week ended May 12.

According to CCTV, Russian President Vladimir Putin reported on May 15 that government stimulus measures have begun showing results, with March data pointing to broad economic improvement. Retail sales grew 6.2% in March, manufacturing expanded 3%, industrial output rose 2.3%, and GDP grew 1.8%, Put

On Friday (May 15), the ICE U.S. Dollar Index rose 0.47% to 99.288 during New York session close, with weekly gains expanding to 1.42%. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index advanced 0.42% to 1202.56, up 1.23% for the week. The U.S. Dollar strengthened 0.21% against the Japanese Yen to 158.71 Yen,

On Friday (May 15), Bloomberg's commodity grains index fell 2.26% to 31.7318 points as agricultural futures declined across the session. CBOT wheat futures dropped 3.42% to $6.3550 per bushel, while corn futures fell 2.62% to $4.5525 per bushel, down 3.40% for the week. Soybean futures declined 1.28

The onshore Chinese yuan closed at 6.8140 against the US dollar at 03:00 Beijing time on May 15, down 262 points from Thursday's close. Trading volume reached $61.415 billion.

The Korean won weakened 2.47% against the US dollar this week, closing at 1,497.63 on Friday (May 15), continuing its downtrend throughout the period.