According to Arab sources (unverified) there have been several severe explosions in the Strait of Hormuz. A tanker was targeted according to the source. Geopolitical risk from the Middle East remains a problem for traders. US stocks have reversed and moved back to the downside with the NASDAQ index testing the low of the old…

Bitcoin Magazine EDX Markets and VerifiedX Partner to Bring Verified Bitcoin (vBTC) to Institutional Markets VerifiedX (verifiedx.io), a programmable layer for Bitcoin and other crypto assets, and EDX Markets (“EDX”), a Chicago-based digital asset technology firm that combines an institution-only trading venue with a central clearinghouse, announced a strategic partnership to bring Verified Bitcoin…

Researchers can trace an estimated 1.1 million BTC to a distinctive early mining operation. The harder question is whether that miner was actually Satoshi.

Key route for Saudi crude to reach Red Sea has been closed for two weeks following drone strikes

Services index 0 vs -8 prior Composite index -2 vs +4 prior Manufacturing shipments -5 vs +11 prior This is a mixed bag relative to the prior numbers but none of it is good, as all the main indexes are at zero or below. …

Prior -15.5 last month. Euro area flash consumer confidence: -16.5 vs -16.0 expected. Prior -15.5. EU flash consumer confidence: -15.8, down 0.8 points from August. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) reports that euro area consumer confidence fell 1.0 point in September. The decline was slightly larger than expected and…

Tokenization today sits in the same position Uber occupied during its earliest years: a small, misunderstood experiment operating inside a massive, structurally inefficient market that was destined to be transformed. When Uber launched, it represented a microscopic fraction of global transportation, yet it exposed inefficiencies so deep that disruption became inevitable. Tokenization is following the…

Growing reliance on Treasury bills comes as Scott Bessent seeks to curb rise in long-term rates

World leaders convene in New York for the General Assembly, but not Germany’s Merz, while China’s Xi heads straight to the White House

We need to strengthen our system of co-operation, not replace it