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Updated April 11, 2026 · 8:36 AM UTC

Global macroeconomic trends influencing digital asset markets, inflation, and capital flows.

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Bitcoin price at a ‘hinge point’ as traders await Fed decision today

Crypto markets revel in bullish Bitcoin sentiment with $9 billion waiting in stablecoins, signaling potential big moves.

7 months ago

A cavernous vault filled with pyramid stacks of silver bars morphs into Kremlin-like domes under icy blue light and a faint red glow, evoking Russia’s monumental accumulation of silver reserves.

Macro

‘Monumental’: Russia is likely buying silver for its reserves

According to Gold Telegraph, if Russia is buying silver for its reserves, it could fuel the "tiny market" to even higher heights.

7 months ago

A glowing river of cash pours from a giant reservoir into channels representing stocks, real estate, bonds, and crypto (Bitcoin and Ethereum) against a twilight city skyline.

Debt

$7.5T in US money market funds could soon be seeking a new home

There is now a massive $7.5 trillion parked in U.S. money market funds looking for new yield opportunities in the wake of a rate cut.

7 months ago

A moody, cinematic 16:9 illustration shows a giant dollar coin with a wedge removed as a stream of copper pennies spills into the shadow of neoclassical government columns, conveying that a significant share of U.S. tax dollars is consumed by interest on the national debt.

Crypto

23 cents of every tax dollar goes to pay interest on U.S. debt

Despite record income from tariffs, U.S. debt is rising at an alarming rate, and taxpayers now give almost one-quarter of every tax dollar to service its interest.

7 months ago

A storm-lit Federal Reserve facade looms as an unseen hand turns a glowing red rate dial downward, with ghosted falling market lines in the clouds and fire-and-ice elements clashing at the edges to evoke high-stakes uncertainty.

Macro

Is the Fed’s upcoming rate cut a ‘huge mistake’?

Traders place the odds of a rate cut at the next Federal Reserve meeting at over 90%, but not everyone is happy about the prospect of easy money.

7 months ago

A cinematic 16:9 scene shows a rain-slick city street split down the middle: on the left, neon-lit glass towers with fast-walking professionals and abstract rising graphs; on the right, dim, shuttered storefronts with weary pedestrians and a broken crosswalk, all in a cold teal and rust palette to evoke dissonance.

Macro

Why Wall Street is ‘out of step’ with the real economy

The S&P 500 is at near record highs, but with rising unemployment and cracks in the economy, Wall Street and Main Street are living different realities.

7 months ago