Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung announced plans to resume trade agreement negotiations with Mercosur and modernize the Korea-Chile FTA in a written interview with Spanish news agency EFE published on the 25th (local time). The president characterized South America as a core supply chain

Korean stock markets experienced 10 consecutive trading days of circuit breaker triggers from the 10th to the 24th, with KOSPI falling 5.72% and KOSDAQ dropping 5.32% on the 24th. Single-stock leveraged ETFs betting on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix drove the extreme volatility. President Lee

Stocks logged a second straight weekly loss, with the S&P 500 slipping 0.6% and the Nasdaq falling 2.1% as investors navigated escalating Middle East tensions, key tech earnings, and healthcare developments. Oil prices, AI spending scrutiny, mixed data center earnings, and pharmaceutical

According to CNBC, stocks fell this week as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East sent oil prices to their highest levels in months. The Nasdaq declined 2.1%, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.6%, marking the indices' second consecutive weekly losses. West Texas Intermediate crude jumped over 8%, while

SpaceX launched Starship Flight 13 on July 24, deploying 20 next-generation V3 Starlink satellites and achieving an intact ocean landing in the Indian Ocean. The test occurred just after 6:50 p.m. Eastern from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, and marked the first Starship flight since SpaceX

According to Goldman Sachs, U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) raised a record $225 billion in the first half of 2026, sparking debate over whether the market is showing early signs of excess. Owen Lamont, a senior portfolio manager at Acadian Asset Management, warned that the IPO surge meets

Robinhood Markets is in talks with Crypto.com about adding the crypto exchange's prediction market contracts to the brokerage's app, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The arrangement under discussion would let Robinhood customers trade yes-or-no contrac

Polymarket traders are pricing Ethereum's path to $3,000 by December 31, 2026 at roughly even odds with a drop to $1,000, according to prediction market data on Saturday, July 25. A contract asking 'Will Ethereum hit $1,000 or $3,000 first?' shows the $1,000

According to Houthi military spokesman Brigadier Yahya Saree, Iran-backed Houthi forces attacked two Aramco energy facilities in Saudi Arabia's Jizan and Yanbu on July 25 in retaliation for Saudi air strikes. The spokesman said forces used 10 ballistic missiles and drones to target the Jizan facilit

U.S. President Donald Trump announced his administration would immediately launch a Section 301 investigation into the European Union after Brussels fined Google approximately $1 billion under its Digital Markets Act. The investigation, authorized under the 1974 Trade Act, allows Washington to

On Friday, July 25, President Trump announced the start of a Section 301 investigation into European Union trade practices after the European Commission fined Google $1 billion under its Digital Markets Act. Trump said the U.S. would not allow Europe to treat America as a "piggybank," accusing the E

According to ChainCatcher, BNB has officially launched on Futubull, a licensed Hong Kong broker and the first to offer BNB order book trading. Qualified professional investors in Hong Kong can now execute real-time BNB trades within a compliant

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made his first post on X on Friday, advocating for open-weight AI models in a letter titled 'Open Weights and American AI Leadership.' Bitwise advisor Jeff Park called the post bullish for the intersection of crypto and AI, stating the letter's thesis on decentralization

According to CoinDesk, institutional crypto trading platform LMAX Group is exploring strategic options including a sale, SPAC merger, or initial public offering on Nasdaq or European exchanges, with a potential valuation reaching up to $5 billion. The company has engaged Morgan Stanley and

According to Ned Davis Research, the Trump Trade Index—comprising over a dozen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking stocks expected to benefit from White House policies on defense spending, domestic manufacturing, and infrastructure—has declined approximately 16% since May after outperforming the

Bitcoin traded in a volatile range over the past 24 hours, swinging between $63,700 and $65,406 before settling near $64,000. The price movement followed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recording $225.18 million in net outflows on July 24, ending a seven-session inflow streak. The Crypto Fear &

Bitcoin oscillated between $63,700 and $65,406 over the past 24 hours, settling near $64,000 on July 25. According to Bitcoin.com News, spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $225.18 million in net outflows on July 24, with Blackrock's IBIT fund accounting for $202.5 million of the

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their lowest weekly trading volume since October 2024 during the week ending Friday. Spot Bitcoin ETF trading volume totaled roughly $8.05 billion, down 14% from $9.37 billion in the preceding period, while Ether ETFs continued to outperform in attracting new

According to The Block's analysis, Bitcoin spot ETF trading volume fell to $8.05 billion for the week ending Friday, marking the lowest full five-session week since October 2024. Despite net inflows of approximately $33.8 million, the funds experienced significant outflows in the final two

According to Morningstar DBRS, Belgium's credit outlook was recently downgraded to negative due to weak fiscal prospects, though the agency maintained the country's AA credit rating. The rating remains eight notches above junk grade and higher than those of four competing institutions used by the