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Americans are having a hard time navigating the mounting financial stress. Rising inflation, triggered by key economic factors, is triggering major market stress, weighing hard on investors. Moreover,

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On April 16, local time, Israeli sources reported that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have established three basic conditions for a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon: the IDF demands the establishment

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#• EUR/NZD continued to dipped as hopes for a cooling of U.S.-Iran tensions boosted risk appetite.•White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said talks on a second round with Iran are ongoing and p

#• EUR/NZD continued to dipped       as hopes for a cooling of U.S.-Iran tensions  boosted risk appetite.•White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said talks on a second round with Iran are ongoing and productive, but denied reports that the U.S. requested a ceasefire extension.•  Oil prices still well above pre-war ​levels and no certainty about a Middle East resolution, ​some strategists have cautioned that new catalysts may ⁠be needed to sustain market momentum.•Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand held its cash rate steady last week but signaled it is prepared to tighten policy if core inflation rises further amid higher fuel prices driven by Middle East tensions.• Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand held its cash rate steady last week but signaled it is prepared to tighten policy if core inflation rises further amid higher fuel prices driven by Middle East tensions.•  Immediate resistance is located at 2.0032( SMA 20), any close above will push the pair towards 2.0157 (April 14th high)• Strong  support is seen at 1.9782(38.2%fib ) and break below could take the pair towards 1.9740(Lower BB ).Recommendation: Good  to sell around 1.9960, with stop loss of 2.0000 and target price of 1.9900Gold is meant to be a ‘safe haven’ in uncertain times. Why is it crashing amid a war?Wall Street Slides as Iran War Uncertainty, Oil Surge, and AI Fears Rattle MarketsSpaceX IPO Filing Expected This Week as Valuation Could Surpass $75 BillionStagflation Shadows: U.S. Manufacturing Shines as Services Slump to 11-Month LowScarcity and Strife: Bitcoin Hits Historic Milestone Amid Geopolitical TremorsStrategy's Multi-Billion Dollar Bitcoin Accumulation: A 2026 Milestone

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ETHGas and ether.fi Lock In a $3 Billion Deal to Build Out Institutional Blockspace Markets

ETHGas, a performance infrastructure company bringing forward markets and execution guarantees to Ethereum, and ether.fi, the leading non-custodial staking protocol and on-chain banking alternative, have announced a $3 billion, three-year commercial agreement to advance institutional-grade blockspace markets on Ethereum. The deal commits $3Bn in ETH to ETHGas' High-Performance Staking (HPS) Service, marking a significant step toward forward-pricing infrastructure for Ethereum's growing institutional settlement layer.

Ethereum currently allocates blockspace through a real-time spot auction - with no mechanism for forward pricing, pre-purchase, or execution guarantees. Every block is contested at the last second, leaving validators with unpredictable revenue, applications without certainty of execution, and institutions without the risk management tools they need to operate at scale.

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Crypto trading platform Zoomex today officially announced the launch of ZoomexStocks, enabling users to trade global equity assets directly using USDT—without the need for a traditional brokerage acco

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On April 15, footwear retailer Allbirds completed a $50 million financing through the issuance of convertible bonds, fully transitioning from its retail business to AI computing infrastructure, and pl

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The 100% debt trap: Why the IMF’s latest warning is a massive long-term signal for bitcoin

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s latest macroeconomic warnings paint a picture that could be one of the most consequential and bullish indicators for bitcoin .

At the core of the warning is a steady rise in global public debt, which the IMF has projected could approach 100% of global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2029 under current trends. It means that every dollar, yuan, pound, euro, yen, rupee, and other currencies earned in a year will be used to pay off government debt.

In other words, by 2029, debt load will have grown to consume the entire global economic output, leaving nothing for additional investments in the economy or in non-economic but socially important causes. Per the IMF, China and the U.S. will continue to drive debt higher, with contributions from a broad swathe of nations as defense spending surges globally.

If annual economic growth is equal to or falls short of the debt raised by issuing government bonds, markets could start questioning the fiscal solvency of sovereigns and thereby demand a higher return (bond yield) for lending to governments.

That's precisely a scenario in which an asset like bitcoin could stand out. Decentralized, censorship-resistant and beholden to no government or central bank, bitcoin sits entirely outside the the architecture of traditional finance (TradFi).

There is historical precedent for bitcoin attracting a haven bid during periods of stress in TradFi. In 2013, following the Cyprus banking crisis, authorities imposed losses on depositors as part of a bailout. Bitcoin rallied sharply in the months that followed, gaining significantly from pre-crisis levels.

A similar dynamic has been cited more recently during the U.S. regional banking turmoil in early 2023, when stress across several lenders coincided with bitcoin

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The wave of Web3 enthusiasm in Hong Kong is continuous. On April 21st, the hackathon organized by HTX DAO has a very impressive lineup. I heard that Sun Ge will be on-site. a16z and the Solana Foundat

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HTX Community Spring Creation ContestBitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End? Blockchain Forum 2026, MoscowGlobal financial markets gained momentum in early Asian trading on Thursday, fueled by growing h

Global financial markets gained momentum in early Asian trading on Thursday, fueled by growing hopes of a diplomatic resolution between the United States and Iran, alongside a strong batch of corporate earnings from Wall Street. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed 0.3%, marking its third straight day of gains, while Japan's Nikkei surged 1.5%. S&P 500 e-mini futures edged 0.1% higher heading into the session.The positive sentiment followed a strong overnight session on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.6%. Impressive quarterly results from Bank of America and Morgan Stanley helped push both indexes to fresh record highs. With roughly 6% of S&P 500 companies having reported so far, approximately 84% have surpassed analyst forecasts — a promising start to the earnings season.Analysts at Goldman Sachs expressed continued confidence in emerging market equities, citing expectations of robust underlying profit growth. They noted that earnings across the region would likely be supported by sustained artificial intelligence demand, which they believe remains largely shielded from the broader impact of rising oil prices.Investors are also closely watching key economic releases, including Australian employment figures and China's GDP data. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), a cornerstone of the global AI supply chain, is expected to report a 50% jump in quarterly net profit, driven by soaring demand for its cutting-edge chips.In commodities, Brent crude dipped 0.4% to $94.55 per barrel following reports that Iran may be open to allowing vessels to pass freely through the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz as part of ongoing U.S. negotiations. Gold recovered 0.8% to $4,829.24. In the cryptocurrency space, Bitcoin held steady at $74,832.83, while Ether slipped 0.1% to $2,360.71.Gold is 

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