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🔥 Hot Market News
| Trump 'not happy' with latest Iran proposal to end war, US official says Former President Donald Trump expressed dissatisfaction with a recent proposal from Iran aimed at ending an ongoing conflict, as reported by a U.S. official.
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| Iran's Top Diplomat Araghchi Heads to Moscow Amidst Indirect Efforts for Tehran-Washington Talks Iran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi is traveling to Moscow for discussions with senior officials, following a series of diplomatic meetings in Islamabad and Muscat, amid ongoing indirect efforts to revive talks with the United States. Despite the exchange of written messages concerning key issues, direct Iran-U.S. negotiations remain stalled as President Trump canceled envoy visits, citing no progress.
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| EU Antitrust Regulators Investigate Google’s Android, Gemini for Restricting Rivals The European Union's antitrust regulators are investigating Google's Android and Gemini for potentially restricting access to competitors in the digital advertising and search engine markets.
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| OpenAI Falls Short of User and Revenue Goals, Sparking Concerns Over Data-Center Spending OpenAI has not met its targets for new users and revenue, raising concerns about the ability to fund future computing contracts due to slowed ChatGPT growth and competition from Anthropic. CFO Sarah Friar warned about possible financial strain, though CEO Sam Altman and Friar stated their alignment on acquiring compute resources.
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| Meta's Acquisition of AI Start-up Manus Blocked by Chinese Regulators Chinese regulators have blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI start-up Manus, requiring the parties to withdraw the transaction due to foreign investment restrictions. The decision follows months of scrutiny and comes amid broader tech tensions between the US and China.
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| Some Tariff-Relief Deals Countries Signed with U.S. Are Worthless, Carney Tells CBC Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed reluctance to enter new tariff relief deals with the U.S., citing dissatisfaction from other countries over previous agreements. He pointed out that these deals often fail to deliver the expected benefits, and emphasized the negative impact of high U.S. tariffs on Canadian industries such as autos and steel.
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| UK Retailers Discount Heavily Amid Weakening Consumer Confidence UK retailers are offering significant discounts to attract shoppers as consumer confidence declines amidst the ongoing Middle East conflict, which threatens to increase costs due to rising energy and shipping prices. While overall shop price inflation has slowed, food prices continue to rise, and the British Retail Consortium warns that the impact of the conflict on consumer prices is imminent.
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| Carney Evokes War Bonds by Inviting Citizens Into Sovereign Fund Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a new sovereign wealth fund, the Canada Strong Fund, which will allow ordinary Canadians to invest directly and share in profits while protecting their initial contributions. The fund is part of a broader effort to involve citizens in national projects and comes in response to growing nationalistic investment desires amid trade tensions with the U.S.
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| China races to build record biobank to rival US drugs research China is rapidly developing its biobank infrastructure to become a leader in biotechnological innovation, amidst increasing restrictions from Western countries on data sharing due to geopolitical tensions. Beijing's efforts include the creation of the National Biobank and a new biosecurity law to protect and consolidate genetic data, seeking self-reliance in science and technology.
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💱 Forex & Commodities
| Nikkei slips from record high, JGBs wobble on BOJ's hawkish hold Japan's Nikkei index dropped from its record high as Japanese Government Bonds experienced volatility due to the Bank of Japan maintaining a hawkish monetary stance.
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| Iran's Unused Oil Storage Shrinks to 22 Days or Less Amid US Blockade Iran's available oil storage capacity has decreased to 22 days or less, impacted by a US blockade that limits the country's ability to trade oil globally.
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| ADNOC to invest tens of billions to build US gas business, FT reports ADNOC, the state-owned oil company of the United Arab Emirates, and XRG, a US-based energy company, have signed significant investment agreements focused on developing gas infrastructure in the United States, marking a major collaboration in the international energy sector.
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🪙 Crypto News
| Ondo Finance Brings Shareholder Voting Capabilities to Tokenized Securities with Broadridge Ondo Finance, a blockchain-based platform focused on tokenizing real-world assets, today announced a partnership with global fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR) that, for the first time, enables holders of third party tokenized stocks and ETFs to participate in proxy voting.
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| Gemini Launches Agentic Trading, an AI Agent Trading Tool on a Regulated U.S. Exchange Gemini has introduced Agentic Trading, the first AI agent trading tool available on a regulated U.S. exchange, allowing users to automate trading strategies with AI models like Claude and ChatGPT. The platform utilizes the Model Context Protocol to provide API access for executing trades while integrating pre-built Trading Skills modules for market data retrieval and analysis.
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| Western Union to Launch Solana-Based Stablecoin USDPT Next Month Western Union will introduce its USDPT stablecoin on the Solana blockchain next month, aimed at agent settlement operations, with Anchorage Digital Bank as the issuer. The company also plans to launch a USD Stable Card later this year, enabling consumers to hold and spend stablecoins globally, targeting inflation-sensitive markets.
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