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Bessent's Bond Buyback Stokes Inflation Worries
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's move to at least double the government's routine debt buyback — meant to ease long-term yields — has instead pushed market-based inflation expectations to their high
Kalshi traders think the bitcoin rally could end the year near current levels
Bitcoin's 20%+ weekly rally has pushed it above $77,000, but Kalshi prediction market traders forecast the cryptocurrency will end 2026 at roughly $75,000 — implying a modest pullback from current lev
Investors betting Canadian banks will continue to book robust profits
Canadian bank stocks have surged 24% year-to-date, setting a high bar as the Big Six prepare to report Q3 results next week, with analysts projecting roughly 15% EPS growth fueled by capital markets s
Bitcoin Up 23% as Treasury Buyback Sparks Short Squeeze
Bitcoin surged roughly 23% this week to $77,132.65 on Friday after the U.S. Treasury's bond-market intervention triggered a broader risk-on move that was amplified by a $2.7 billion crypto short squee
Bitcoin rally sends crypto stocks soaring as miners, treasury companies jump
Bitcoin's surge past $79,000 lifted crypto miners and digital-asset treasury companies on Friday, with Canaan jumping 25%+ and broader crypto equities posting double-digit gains as a US Treasury bond-
US Buyback Pledge Draws Japan Comparisons and Pressures Dollar - Bloomberg.com
The US Treasury's bond-market buyback pledge sent the dollar wobbling, as investors read the intervention as a rescue effort that renewed dollar-debasement fears and drew comparisons to Japan's moneta
Big Tech AI Debt Pushes Up US Bond Yields
US corporations are piling into debt to fund AI investments, and Big Tech's borrowing binge is now spilling into the broader market by pushing up bond yields as investor appetite strains.
Bitcoin Climbs Higher as $1.2 Billion in Shorts Liquidated
Bitcoin ripped to roughly $77,000 on Friday, punishing leveraged short sellers with over a billion dollars in forced liquidations as bullish Trump-era crypto policy signals helped fuel a week-long ral
Moderna-Merck Cancer Vaccine Breakthrough Draws Biotech AI Money
A Moderna-Merck cancer vaccine breakthrough is drawing renewed attention to biotech, with Investor's Business Daily arguing AI-focused investment money may flow into the sector following Moderna's sto
Trump's Iran Economic Threat Backfires on US Markets
President Trump threatened Iran with what he called 'economic D-Day' — unprecedented sanctions and isolation — but US stock markets, Treasury bonds, and consumer prices absorbed the first blows, with
US Stocks Rise as Bond Market Volatility Eases
US stocks opened higher with the Dow leading, as Treasury yields steadied and bond market volatility eased following a recent yield-driven sell-off.
CME Sues CFTC Over Perpetual Futures Classification
Perpetual futures—blockchain-based, 24/7, never-expiring derivatives—have knocked $18 billion off traditional exchange market caps and drawn a CME lawsuit against the CFTC over their legal classificat
Micron CEO Warns Investors as AI Reshapes Memory
Micron's CEO delivered a blunt message to stock investors about AI disrupting the traditional memory industry cycle, while separately committing to a $10 billion research campus in Boise.
Samsung's Buybacks Top SK Hynix's in Memory Chip Boom
SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, flush with free cash flow from a memory-chip market where demand vastly outstrips supply, are both turning to share buybacks—with Samsung's planned repurchases set to
Trump Bond-Market Calming Bid Fails As Bessent Move Stirs Inflation
Trump administration efforts to calm the bond market have so far fallen flat, with multiple outlets highlighting Bessent's bond intervention as counterproductive and signaling a Fed–Treasury rift, whi
U.S. Capital Squeeze: Debt Meets AI Spending
America is caught in a historic capital squeeze as trillions the federal government must borrow to cover past debts collide with trillions the economy needs to invest in its future, including AI infra
Treasury Yields Flat as Bessent Buyback Rally Fades
Longer-dated Treasury yields held steady on Friday after a brief rally tied to Bessent's bond buyback announcement faded by week's end, leaving markets skeptical of the intervention.
Strategy's bitcoin position swings to a $1.4 billion unrealized gain - CoinDesk
Strategy's bitcoin holdings swung to a $1.4 billion unrealized gain on the latest bitcoin price surge, even as Michael Saylor separately warned investors to brace for "difficult years" ahead.
Bessent Pledges More Buybacks as Yields Still Surge
Bessent said he's prepared to expand bond buybacks beyond the prior day's doubling in a bid to push down long-term yields that have kept surging despite his interventions.
Bitcoin breaks above 200-day moving average for first time since November
Bitcoin surged above its 200-day moving average for the first time in nine months, hitting nearly $73,000, after the US Treasury doubled its long-dated bond buyback program and risk appetite returned
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