Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy filed a preliminary proxy on Thursday proposing daily dividend accrual on its four U.S. preferred shares STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD, with dividends accruing every calendar day including weekends and holidays and paying the following business day. Executive chairman

USD/JPY fell below 157 today, declining 1.16% intraday as the Japanese yen strengthened against the U.S. dollar.

According to BlockBeats, Bitwise filed a Form 8-A registration statement to register a NEAR ETF on NYSE Arca on September 25. The ETF will be sponsored by Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC, with the corresponding S-1 filing submitted to the SEC on September 16. The Form 8-A was signed by Bitwise

21Shares listed Europe's first exchange-traded product providing exposure to Zcash on Euronext Paris and Euronext Amsterdam. The product trades under the ticker ZCASH and carries an annual management fee of 2.5%. The listing expands the range of cryptocurrency investment products available through r

According to 21Shares, on September 22, the company launched Europe's first exchange-traded product (ETP) providing exposure to Zcash on Euronext Paris and Euronext Amsterdam. The product trades under ticker ZCASH and carries a 2.5% annual management fee. The physically backed structure allows Europ

According to Libya's National Oil Corporation, as of September 24, the forced closure of valves on the Sirah-to-Zawiya crude oil pipeline has resulted in production losses of 720,362 barrels and direct economic losses exceeding $75

The UK Financial Conduct Authority disclosed on September 25 that 21 CFD firms have closed since 2025 and another three are cancelling their regulatory permissions. The regulator targeted companies using British authorisation to lend credibility to overseas operations while conducting little

DXtrade has integrated Notofin to provide brokers with behavioral and execution analytics for their clients. The service imports trading activity and combines it with traders' written notes, screenshots and emotional records to help users examine the decisions behind their trading results. Brokers l

According to Decrypt, BlackRock developed three tokenized portfolio strategies for Ondo that went live on Wednesday, each trading as a single token with automatic rebalancing and peer-to-peer wallet transfers. The three strategies—BLKHIon for high income, BLKDIGon for diversified growth, and

According to Odaily, Fed Chair Waller rejected the neutral rate framework during a press conference on September 16, describing the concept as useful only "in academia" and having no bearing on the Fed's rate decisions. The move reflects a significant departure from traditional monetary policy

According to ICE BofA, the MOVE index, which measures U.S. Treasury volatility, surged 29.69% this week, marking its largest gain since April 2025. The index has risen to its highest level since March 2026 as bond yields reached multi-decade highs. Market participants have grown cautious; Adam

According to U.S. Trade Representative Kei Grif, President Trump is satisfied with the current trade stance toward Canada. While substantial trade flows continue between the two nations and Canada seeks an agreement, the U.S. currently has no sense of urgency. Meanwhile, the U.S. is actively

According to Kyodo News, Japan and US finance officials discussed the yen weakness issue on September 25.

Akamai Technologies Inc. shares rose approximately 19% on Friday following analyst upgrades driven by the company's expanded $11.6 billion agreement with Anthropic. Piper Sandler raised its price target to $158 from $125, stating the deal could shift Akamai from a value asset toward a hypergrowth on

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stocks gained 1.8% in pre-market trade on Friday, on track to hit a fresh record high, after Bank of America (BofA) raised its price target on the stock by $100 to $720 from $620. The upgrade followed AMD shares reaching a record high above $629 on Thursday and the

According to PANews, on Sept 16, Fed Chair Warnock abandoned the neutral rate framework, stating the concept is useful only in academia and provides no guidance for rate decisions. The shift reflects a broader policy recalibration: Warnock has also restructured post-meeting press conferences,

Bank of America raised its AMD price target from $620 to $720 on Friday, citing the Anthropic-Akamai infrastructure deal as evidence that agentic AI workloads will drive broader CPU demand. BofA estimates the server CPU market will expand from $61 billion in 2026 to $211 billion by 2030, and raised

According to BlockBeats, on September 25, Akamai Technologies surged 20% in U.S. premarket trading after signing a seven-year, $11.6 billion computing power agreement with Anthropic. In the broader market, tech giants showed mixed premarket movement: Tesla gained 1.1%, Nvidia rose 0.7%, Amazon