Copper price continued its strong bull run on Friday, reaching its highest point on record in Shanghai and New York. It crossed the important resistance at $14,000 a ton in China, while futures contracts jumped to $5.7 at the Comex. This article explores some of the reasons why copper prices are in a strong bull
The QuantumScape stock price has suffered a harsh reversal in the past few days as it plunged by ~40% from its highest point this year. It was trading at $11.20, down from the year-to-date high of $19. Still, the QS stock is up by 115% this year, bringing its market capitalization to over $6.7 billion.
By most conventional measures, 2025 should have been remembered as crypto’s breakthrough year. Regulation finally arrived in force. Institutional capital flowed through regulated channels. Bitcoin printed a new high. Stablecoins crossed multi-trillion-dollar volumes. On-chain markets expanded beyond native tokens into equities and commodities. And yet, as the year closes, the dominant mood is not triumph
The rally in silver prices continued on Tuesday as prices breached the $70-per-ounce mark for the first time ever on robust physical and investment demand. Gold prices also hit a new record high, crossing the $4,500 per ounce mark on Tuesday on a weak dollar and geopolitical uncertainty. Meanwhile, oil prices fell slightly as oversupply
Spain has officially extended its transitional period for crypto licensing under MiCA to 2026, when it also plans to begin enforcing DAC8 tax reporting rules. According to local media reports, Spanish authorities are preparing to overhaul the country’s crypto regulations next year by fully implementing the two European Union frameworks, MiCA and DAC8, which will
Indian government bonds recorded their strongest rally in four months on Wednesday, after the Reserve Bank of India rolled out fresh liquidity measures aimed at stabilising money markets and containing a recent rise in borrowing costs. The move came at a time when banking-system liquidity has tightened sharply, bond yields have climbed to multi-month highs,
South Korea’s cryptocurrency market is witnessing heightened scrutiny over AI16Z, a token that has recently rebranded as ElizaOS (ELIZAOS) following a contract migration. The South Korean exchange regulator Digital Asset eXchange Alliance (DAXA) has placed AI16Z under a trading alert on Bithumb’s platform, citing concerns over untimely disclosures and a lack of transparency that could
A federal court ruling has cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with a sharp increase in H-1B visa application fees, a move that could significantly alter how US companies hire skilled foreign workers. The decision, delivered on Tuesday, allows a $100,000 charge on new applications, reshaping one of the most widely used
Ripple, the blockchain payments and infrastructure company behind XRP, has once again become the focus of IPO speculation. Recent claims circulating among crypto observers suggest the company could be engaging in late-stage discussions for a potential public offering in 2026. These claims come despite clear statements from Ripple’s leadership that the company has no immediate
Polymarket has recently confirmed that several of its users were affected by a security breach, which it says was due to a vulnerability in a third-party authentication service. The Polymarket team has officially acknowledged the incident that several users had been reporting over the past week, prompting renewed concerns about account safety. Polymarket users report