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Dalio Warns of Debt Crisis, Recommends Gold and Bitcoin
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warned that the U.S. is at an 'inflection point' on debt, pointing to Treasury Secretary Bessent's buyback plan as a warning sign, and recommended that investors hold go
Bessent's Treasury Move Undercuts Warsh's Fed Credibility
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent intervened in Treasury markets this week to lower government debt costs, a move experts say undermines Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's credibility on interest-rate policy.
Bitcoin Holds $77K as Gold Hits 14-Week High on Treasury Buys
Bitcoin consolidated above $77,000 while gold hit a 14-week high of $4,632 per ounce, both rallying on expanded US Treasury debt buybacks and deficit spending. Polymarket placed 48% odds on BTC reachi
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
US borrowing costs rise as attempts to ease rates prove short-lived
The US Treasury's bond buyback briefly pushed 30-year yields down from a near two-decade high of 5.34% before they rebounded to about 5.27% by Friday, with economists calling the intervention a short-
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.
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
Crypto Stocks Surge on Trump Push, Dollar Slump
Crypto-linked stocks rallied across Coinbase, Robinhood, and Strategy as an upbeat White House meeting on crypto policy and a weakening dollar fueled broad market gains.
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
The hard truth is that the Clarity Act is an anti-crypto bill
Berkeley Law lecturer Hermine Wong argues the Clarity Act, presented as comprehensive crypto legislation, is actually an anti-crypto bill that exploits the industry's desperation for progress as a pol
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
Oil Market Shrugs Off Trump's Iran War Posts
Axios analysis finds that oil price reactions to President Trump's social media posts about the Iran war have been shrinking over time, suggesting markets are increasingly tuning him out.
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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