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Halifax data shows that British house prices rose modestly in June to an average of £299,330, but the overall picture is subdued: Q2 2026 ended with a quarterly decline of 0.4%, and annual growth remains a weak 0.6%. Interest rate cuts are providing a slight tailwind, but affordability pressures remain firmly in place.
Spot gull konsoliderer rundt $4 180 etter en turbulent uke der prisen ble presset ned fra rekordnivåer nær $5 000. Den tekniske situasjonen er kritisk: 50% Fibonacci-nivået fungerer som et sentralt veiskille mellom videre nedside og et potensielt reversal. Tokenisert gull nærmer seg $5,6 milliarder i samlet markedsverdi.
BTC breaks above $63,000 for the first time in over a month in a thin holiday market. XRP leads among major coins with +5% over 24 hours, while the Fear & Greed Index remains in 'Extreme Fear' territory at 22/100 — leaving the question of whether this is a genuine turning point or merely low-volume noise.
XRP's 30-day and 365-day MVRV have fallen to -45% and -47% respectively — the deepest combined reading in the token's 12-year trading history. Santiment calls it an extreme undervalued zone, but with BTC at $62,450 and Fear & Greed at 22/100, the macro backdrop remains challenging.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey says UK inflation would have hit the target already were it not for the war in Ukraine. Markets are pricing in a 50% chance of a November hike, while sterling barely budged on the comments — +6 pips to 1.3352.
Bitcoin rose 2% to $61,297 on Wednesday evening while Ethereum and Solana broadly outperformed with gains of 5% and 4.6% respectively. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's signals of easing inflation risk gave the crypto market a boost — even as the risk-off regime and a Fear & Greed reading of 19/100 serve as reminders that the bear market is far from over.
The Japanese yen surged sharply by nearly 100 pips against the dollar on Wednesday, sending USD/JPY down to 161.13 before a partial rebound to 161.20. The Ministry of Finance declined to comment. With BTC already under pressure at $61,184 and Fear & Greed at 19/100, carry-trade unwind risk is the central macro variable for risk management today.
Crude oil prices are little changed on Tuesday, but are on track for their steepest monthly and quarterly decline since the coronavirus crisis of 2020 — driven by concerns over weak global demand and rising OPEC+ production.
Wall Street closed Monday near session highs with broad-based gains. The S&P 500 rose 86 points to 7,440, the Nasdaq surged 2.07%, and the Dow Jones set a new record close at 52,188. The technical picture remains mixed — key resistance levels still stand in the way of a sustained rally.
Bitcoin was trading at $60,094 on Sunday after a combination of PCE inflation at 4.1%, massive ETF outflows, and a broad tech selloff sent the price to $58,115 on June 25 — its lowest level since September 2024. Over $1.5 billion in leveraged positions were force-liquidated over two days.
Bitcoin is trading at $60,087 and failing to break resistance at $62,900. Technical indicators are overwhelmingly negative: 13 of 15 moving averages are issuing sell signals, MACD prints -4,047, and price sits below the EMA 200 at $79,230. A head-and-shoulders breakdown points toward $57,500.
Strategy's STRC preferred stock is down 25% and trading near critical support levels. With Bitcoin already below $60,000 and large holder cohorts having sold 45,074 BTC over eight days, the market is now assessing the systemic risk embedded in MicroStrategy's $29.5 billion bitcoin financing machine.
Risk aversion is gripping the crypto market as Bitcoin ETFs experience their seventh consecutive week of net outflows — and June is on track to become the second-worst month since launch.
Lithium carbonate futures in China fell to 157,000 yuan ($23,175) per tonne — the lowest in 10 weeks — following speculation that CATL may reopen its massive Jianxiawo mine in Jiangxi province. The market is pricing in a massive supply shock in a sector already struggling with surplus.
Micron can only meet half to two-thirds of demand for HBM memory – and that single figure tells you everything you need to know about the bottleneck in the AI value chain.
Despite the largest disruption in oil market history — the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — WTI is now trading below $70 a barrel. Market analysts are baffled.
Investor profile Dan Niles believes the AI trade is approaching a serious crossroads – and predicts that overvalued AI stocks could fall 30–50 percent in early 2027.
The gold price is consolidating below key resistance at $4,345, forming a classic bear flag pattern. With declining volume, an overbought RSI reversing course, and a strong dollar rally, downside risk is real. The next critical support sits at $4,180.
Stocks in the Russell 2000 without a positive bottom line have risen 60% since April 2025 — compared to 38% for profitable companies. Apollo economist Torsten Slok warns of a breakdown in price discovery, while AI speculation and risk-on sentiment continue to drive the paradox.
BTC is trading around $64,295 on Sunday evening after a cautious recovery driven by diplomatic signals from the Iran negotiations and a marked concentration of bullish call options heading into month-end. The Fear & Greed Index remains deep in 'extreme fear' territory at 23/100 — but institutional flows are beginning to shift.
Following a surprisingly hawkish dot plot from the FOMC, markets are now pricing in 38 bp of tightening from the Fed by end of 2026 — with a 40% probability of a hike as early as July. The RBNZ leads the pack with 62 bp expected, while the BoJ, SNB, and BoC barely budge. Risk aversion is spreading.
Marvell Technology (MRVL) closed at $310.58 after a 7.27% gain on Thursday — driven by an analyst upgrade, imminent S&P 500 inclusion, and strong broader tech sentiment. Volume exploded to 187.8 million shares, 383% above the norm.
USD/JPY clears the 2026 high of 160.717 and tests 160.79 after the Fed under Kevin Warsh signals a distinctly tighter monetary policy stance. Markets are now pricing a 65% probability of a September rate hike, up from 32% before the decision. The next technical target is the 2024 high of 161.92 — unless the Bank of Japan intervenes.
Following the US nuclear agreement with Iran, major hedge funds are rotating into short-dated US Treasuries, the Japanese yen, and Asian equities — as war risk premiums deflate and pressure on the Fed eases.
The network's mining difficulty has fallen 10% in the second-largest negative adjustment of 2026 so far, giving remaining miners 11% more BTC per unit of hashrate. With BTC at $65,315 and estimated all-in production costs of $80,000–$100,000+ for many operators, margins remain deeply negative.
Bitcoin reached its highest level in ten days on Sunday, while Pi Network's PI token rose markedly from historically low levels. Humanity (H) exploded 94% and broke into the top 100 by market cap. The Fear & Greed Index stands at 18 — the market is in deep fear, and the rally is unfolding against a challenging macro backdrop.
CME Group launched continuous crypto futures trading on May 29, 2026. Over the opening weekend, 7,200 contracts changed hands for approximately $50 million — yet Bitcoin still fell below $70,000 that same week, with nearly $10 billion in long liquidations. The question markets are now asking: does the 24/7 structure dampen volatility, or does it simply provide more rope to hang yourself with?
Klinisk-fase bioteknologiselskap Shattuck Labs priser en aksjeemisjon på $75 millioner til $4 per aksje — en betydelig rabatt som sender kursen ned 6% i et allerede risikofylt markedsklima med Fear & Greed på 9/100.
OPEC+ approved yet another production increase of 188,000 bpd for July, bringing total hikes since April to nearly 600,000 bpd. The problem: the Hormuz blockade means a large share of the capacity increases cannot reach the market. Brent is trading below $75 while global inventories are at their lowest level since 2004.
USD/JPY opens the week above 160 for the first time since April, putting the Japanese Ministry of Finance's intervention readiness to the test once again. AUD and NZD fall in thin liquidity, while geopolitical tensions from the Middle East weigh on risk appetite following Friday's equity sell-off.
Bitcoin is trading around $62,356 with market sentiment at extreme fear levels (12/100). XRP has reclaimed a key support level after being under pressure throughout the week. Altcoins LAB, H, and BEAT lead today's gains with double-digit percentage rises, but the broader picture remains defensive.
AI company Anthropic has raised $65 billion in its latest funding round and is moving toward a stock market listing after filing a confidential S-1 prospectus with the SEC. Two publicly traded technology stocks may be the big winners.
ZEC plunged from $624 to $264.80 in under 24 hours following the disclosure of a severe vulnerability in the Orchard shielded pool. The flaw could have allowed unlimited minting of fake ZEC without detection. An emergency hard fork (NU6.2) was triggered, and prominent figures including Arthur Hayes liquidated their ZEC positions amid the chaos.
Massive selling pressure in the semiconductor sector has erased more than $1 trillion in market value, with Nvidia, Broadcom, and Micron among the hardest hit.
With Brent crude trading around $72–75 a barrel in June 2026 and OPEC+ tightening supply, analysts are asking whether a 2008-style scenario is possible again. We walk through the catalysts, the historical record, and what $140 oil would do to the rest of the market.
Major bank Standard Chartered believes Bitcoin's recent correction is nearing its end, and maintains its price target of $100,000 by the end of 2026.
Nasdaq falls more than 1,000 points on Friday after reports that Microsoft is planning a massive AI infrastructure equity raise sent the technology sector into freefall. The index breaks below both the 100- and 200-hour moving averages, while rising Treasury yields and higher energy prices worsen the fundamental backdrop.
Goldman Sachs is advising clients to buy equity pullbacks, but warns that the bank's risk appetite indicator has now reached its highest level since 2021 – a reading that historically increases the likelihood of corrections.
U.S. crude oil inventories fell nearly 8 million barrels last week — far exceeding analysts' estimate of just over 4 million. WTI crude is approaching $95 per barrel.
The final PMI for German services came in at 48.1 in May — better than the preliminary estimate of 47.8, but still well below the expansion threshold of 50. With two consecutive months of contraction and eurozone inflation at 3.2%, the indicators point toward a GDP decline of 0.2% in the second quarter.
APREX · EST. 2026
