Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Guru Club, WTI crude oil fell to $99 per barrel on May 22, down 2.37% intraday. Brent crude oil declined over 2% to trade at $99.96 per barrel.

According to BlockBeats, Longbridge Securities responded to cross-border securities regulatory requirements from Hong Kong and mainland China regulators on May 23, advancing its compliance efforts. The firm will strictly adhere to the new rules and actively support the regulators' zero-tolerance

WTI crude oil fell below $100 per barrel intraday on May 23, declining 1.46% in latest trading.

According to Ukraine's General Staff, Ukrainian forces attacked Russia's Sheshkaris Black Sea oil terminal and the nearby Grushnova oil storage facility yesterday (May 23).

According to the Shanghai Stock Exchange disclosure on May 23, Xinao successfully launched the CITIC Securities-Xinao Zhoushan Natural Gas Pipeline Asset-backed Securitization Plan (with sustainability linkage). The issuance has a total scale of 41.1 billion yuan with an 18-year tenor and open

According to Xinhua News Agency, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on May 22 at a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, that negotiations with Iran have made only "some progress," and a "Plan B" would be needed to restore transit through the Hormuz Strait if the two sides

According to the National Oil and Gas Company (KazMunayGas), Kazakhstan's oil production fell to 5.6 million tons in the first quarter of 2026, representing a year-over-year decline of 12%.

President Trump's recent fintech executive order instructs the Federal Reserve to reassess rules governing access to core payment systems such as Fedwire and FedNow, historically limited to federally insured banks. The order does not grant new access, but requires regulators to review whether

According to Jin10 on May 22, economists raised their U.S. inflation forecasts and pushed back expectations for the Federal Reserve's next rate cut due to price pressures from the Iran war. Core PCE inflation is now expected to rise more than previously predicted, with both inflation gauges forecast

According to Bloomberg analyst Rob Du Boff, SpaceX's planned June IPO at a $1.75–2 trillion valuation could force passive index funds to purchase up to 24% of public shares within six months following inclusion in major indices. S&P 500 funds alone may need to buy approximately 19% of the float, wit

According to BlockBeats, on May 23, U.S. ETFs attracted net inflows of $852 billion this year, marking the highest annual inflow on record. The current inflow pace is 33% higher than 2025, averaging $8.5 billion per trading day compared to $2.2 billion daily in 2023. At the present rate, U.S. ETF in

According to analysis cited by ChainCatcher, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of $1.26 billion this week as of May 23, marking the largest weekly outflow since January. The previous week also recorded outflows of approximately $1 billion, bringing the two-week cumulative net outflow to

According to the University of Michigan survey released on May 22, the U.S. consumer sentiment index fell to a record low of 44.8 in May, down sharply from the prior forecast of 48.2 and April's reading of 49.8. This marks the third consecutive monthly decline, driven primarily by surging energy pri

According to BlockBeats, abnormal trading volume in put options for U.S.-listed Futu (FUTU) and Tiger Securities (TIGR) appeared on May 7, 19, and 21, ahead of China's Securities Regulatory Commission announcing enforcement actions against

According to a UBS report released on May 22, global non-energy shipping showed strong recovery in May after weakness in March and April. Non-energy shipping had fallen 13% below its 12-month average in March-April but rebounded to only 4% below normal levels by May. However, significant regional di

According to Jin10, major global markets will close on May 25 (next Monday) due to regional holidays. The U.S. stock market, Hong Kong stock market (with both northbound and southbound trading suspended), UK stock market, and Korean stock market will all be closed for the day. Meanwhile, CME

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported on May 23 that 25 vessels, including tankers, container ships, and other merchant vessels, transited the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours. All vessels had obtained prior transit permits, according to the official