Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Aberdeen Investments, the Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates unchanged for the remainder of 2026, driven by a weak labor market and elevated government bond yields.

Blockchain.com Co-CEO and President Lane Kasselman outlined the company's business strategy in a recent podcast interview, emphasizing its evolution from a 2011 Bitcoin transaction tracker into a multi-division crypto platform. The company confidentially filed paperwork for a US initial public

According to Co-CEO Lane Kasselman, Blockchain.com confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission in May. The platform counts over 95 million wallets and 43 million verified users across more than 100 countries. The company operates three revenue-generating

According to BlockBeats, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 4% intraday on July 29, marking its fifth consecutive trading day of declines. Arm dropped over 6%, while AMD and Micron Technology each fell over 5%, and Marvell Technology declined over 4%, according to BIT trading

Qualcomm (QCOM) stocks edged 0.8% lower at market open on Wednesday as the chipmaker completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of AI software firm Modular and announced a multi-year agreement with BMW Group to supply compute silicon for next-generation vehicle systems. The stock decline preceded the co

According to Qualcomm, on Wednesday (July 29), the chipmaker completed a $3.9 billion all-stock acquisition of Modular, an AI-native software infrastructure firm founded by Chris Lattner. The deal adds Modular's AI software tools, including its Mojo programming language and MAX inference platform, t

As of 10:42 p.m. on July 29, Hang Seng Index July futures traded at 25,695, down 89 points or 0.35%, at a discount of 113 points. Open interest was recorded at 5,366 contracts.

The VIX fear gauge jumped 10% to 20.04 intraday today (July 29), while the S&P 500 declined 0.88%.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Midwest crude oil inventories declined last week to their lowest level since December 2014.

Tokenized traditional finance assets traded on six major cryptocurrency exchanges reached $6.59 billion by June 30, according to a CoinGecko report published Wednesday. The report tracked actively traded tokenized TradFi

Gate launched SpaceX stock airdrops via Launchpool Phase 368 starting July 28, alongside FOMC Event Contracts tied to the July 28–29 Federal Reserve meeting, 17 new CFD pairs, and AEON trading support. The exchange announced multiple campaigns featuring prize pools exceeding 900,000 USDT across

According to Michael Pfister, Commerzbank analyst, on July 29, the euro may not gain from a lasting U.S.-Iran peace agreement, as the eurozone's oil-inflation correlation is stronger than in the U.S. While the Federal Reserve's rate expectations have recently decoupled from oil prices, the

According to CoinGecko, tokenized traditional finance assets traded across six major cryptocurrency exchanges—Binance, OKX, Bybit, Bitget, Gate and MEXC—reached $6.59 billion by the end of June 2026. The market capitalization increased 366.7% from $1.41 billion at the start of 2025, representing

From 14:00–14:15 UTC on July 29, 2026, BTC saw a short-term pullback of 0.62%, with a price range of 64,242.6–64,719.4 USDT and an amplitude of 0.74%. Earlier, over the past 24 hours, BTC rebounded about 2.19% from the $62,965 low to around $64,600, and after testing the $65,000 level—seen as the “most constructive evidence of bottoming”—it then saw short-term profit-taking. The main driver behind this move is the market’s wait-and-see sentiment ahead of the Fed’s interest rate decision. With th

According to Jin10, on July 29, WTI crude oil surged to $83.7 per barrel with intraday gains reaching 7%, while Brent crude oil rose 6.5% to $87.3 per barrel.

According to EIA data, U.S. distillate fuel product supplied (implied demand) fell to 5.3103 million barrels per day for the week ending July 24, from 5.3227 million barrels per day the prior week.

According to EIA data through July 24, U.S. crude oil production reached 20.503 million barrels per day, up from 19.317 million barrels per day in the prior week.

According to EIA data, U.S. gasoline production rose to 9.93 million barrels per day for the week ended July 24, up from 9.75 million barrels per day in the prior week.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), refinery equipment utilization reached 97.2% for the week ending July 24, exceeding both the forecast of 95.9% and the prior week's reading of 96.1%.

U.S. national debt has exceeded $39 trillion, much of it originally issued when yields were below 2% and now must be refinanced amid elevated interest rates. The 10-year Treasury yield currently stands at 4.7%, the highest level since before the 2007 financial crisis, while 30-year yields