Gold buyers reclaim control as economic jitters mount; what’s next

Gold buyers reclaim control as economic jitters mount; what’s next

After a few weeks of sideways movements and directionless trading, gold bulls have regained control as prices rose more than 1% on Monday.  “After weeks of tight sideways movement, Gold (XAU/USD) has finally broken out of its $3,901.50–$4,059.55 consolidation range, reclaiming its bullish footing and reawakening buyers who’ve been waiting for directional confirmation,” Jasper Osita, […]

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 21Shares Amends Hyperliquid Spot ETF Prospectus and Sets…

21Shares Amends Hyperliquid Spot ETF Prospectus and Sets…

On April 15, 2026, 21Shares submitted a significant amendment to its S-1 registration statement for the “21Shares Hyperliquid ETF,” officially designating “THYP” as the fund’s trading ticker. This filing follows Bitwise’s recent “BHYP” amendment and represents a “hardened” escalation in the race to bring the first regulated Hyperliquid investment product to the U.S. market. The […]

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 XBR/USD Update: Brent Crude Surpasses $110 Amid Middle East…

XBR/USD Update: Brent Crude Surpasses $110 Amid Middle East…

Brent crude surged yesterday, breaking through key local resistance levels on the XBR/USD chart, and today it has pushed past $110, approaching the multi-year high last seen on 9 March. The price rally is being driven by escalating conflict in the Middle East. Recent reports highlight: → US President Donald Trump attributing responsibility for the […]

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 Digital Asset Exchanges Implement Hardened Defenses Against…

Digital Asset Exchanges Implement Hardened Defenses Against…

On April 15, 2026, a joint report from the Blockchain Security Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that global crypto exchanges are significantly accelerating the deployment of “hardened” defensive protocols to counter a new wave of AI-powered cyberattacks. These sophisticated threats, which utilize “generative adversarial networks” (GANs) to bypass traditional biometric […]

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 Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue in $48.7 billion deal

Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue in $48.7 billion deal

Kimberly-Clark said on Monday it will buy Tylenol maker Kenvue KVUE.N in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $48.7 billion, to create one of the biggest consumer health goods companies in the United States. Shares of Kenvue were up 18% in premarket trading, while Kimberly-Clark‘s shares were down 12.5%. Kenvue has been under a strategic […]

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 ClearBank Secures Landmark Approval Under EU Markets in…

ClearBank Secures Landmark Approval Under EU Markets in…

On April 14, 2026, ClearBank officially announced that it has become one of the first systemic banking institutions to receive formal approval as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. This “hardened” regulatory milestone allows the UK-born clearing bank to expand its footprint across all twenty-seven EU member […]

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 October monthly job cuts surged to a 22-year high

October monthly job cuts surged to a 22-year high

U.S.-based companies announced more than 153,000 job cuts in October, the research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday. “This is the highest total for October in over 20 years, and the highest total for a single month in the fourth quarter since 2008,’ the firm said in a news release. From January through the […]

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 Pretiorates’ Thoughts 123 – Stagflation and QE…

Pretiorates’ Thoughts 123 – Stagflation and QE…

Over the past few months, we have consistently held the same view: hopes for lower market yields are largely wishful thinking; investments in the oil sector should by no means be ignored; pessimism regarding the U.S. dollar is grossly exaggerated; and stock markets are hovering near their upper limits in the long term.  In last […]

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