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On July 17, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it is exploring the integration of digital identity verification tools into decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. 

We argue that the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy is the most critical factor influencing the stock market.

TradingKey - After a wave of strong earnings from tech giants, markets now turn to U.S. retailers, the sector most directly impacted by Trump’s tariffs. With retail sales showing resilience, investors are looking to companies like Walmart and Target for clear signs of tariff pass-through and

On Monday, August 18, Ethereum (ETH) extended its decline, falling over 4% to $4,289. Since last Thursday, ETH has dropped nearly $500, marking a cumulative loss of more than 10%. Analysts warn that the recent surge in staking withdrawals could continue to pressure ETH’s price downward.

TradingKey - Fiserv, leveraging its global network spanning 10,000 financial institutions and 6 million merchants, combined with the FIUSD stablecoin and digital asset platform, potentially launching by the end of 2025, demonstrates its potential to transform from a traditional payment giant into a

TradingKey - There are certain aspects of Figma (FIG) that demonstrate the solid foundation they have – deep penetration of Fortune 500 clients, record-high gross margins, and still early stage of monetization. However, the competitive landscape is quite hard to predict with big incumbents

On Monday, August 18, Chinese equities surged across the board, with all three major indexes posting strong gains. 

TradingKey - As U.S. inflation and labor market data show signs of rebalancing, Treasury traders and Wall Street banks have largely priced in a rate cut at the September FOMC meeting — the first of 2025. Yet both a more dovish-than-expected tone and a potential surprise hawkish signal from Fed Chair

TradingKey - On 20 August 2025, the Eurozone will release its July Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) data. Market consensus anticipates the headline HICP to rise by 2% year-on-year, with the core HICP increasing by 2.3% year-on-year, both unchanged from the previous month. Since the start..

TradingKey - On 14 August 2025, Eurostat published Q2 GDP figures, revealing a drop in the Eurozone's quarter-on-quarter growth from 0.6% in the first quarter to 0.1%. Consequently, annual growth eased from 1.5% to 1.4%. The slowdown primarily stems from the diminishing boost from European...

Token burning is the permanent removal of cryptocurrency from circulation, similar to stock buybacks in traditional finance. Tokens are sent to a “burn address” or “blackhole address” — wallets with no private key access — making them unrecoverable and unusable.

TradingKey - After the U.S. debt ceiling was raised, the Treasury Department has ramped up issuance of Treasury bills to rebuild its cash reserves at the Federal Reserve, draining excess liquidity from the financial system. As a result, the overnight reverse repo (RRP) facility, a key indicator of

TradingKey - On August 15 (U.S. Eastern Time), the U.S. Census Bureau released the latest retail sales data. July retail sales rose 0.5% month-over-month, while June’s figure was revised up slightly to 0.9% from 0.8%. Year-over-year, retail sales grew 3.9%

TradingKey - Ahead of the highly anticipated US-Russia summit, President Donald Trump issued a stark warning on his Truth Social, emphasizing the "HIGH STAKES!!!" involved in the upcoming discussions.

The relatively large increase in M2 mainly stems from two factors: first, the impact of a low base formed by the relatively low growth rate of M2 in the same period last year; second, the resolution of debts has promoted the improvement of corporate capital flows.

TradingKey - US Stocks hit fresh record highs this week, just one day after a key inflation report showed that price growth is continuing to cool. CFRA’s Sam Stovall noted that markets have entered a full-blown relief mode in response to the “not-so-bad” CPI print.

TradingKey - George Soros, the iconic financier and chairman of Soros Fund Management, remains a defining figure in global investing. Widely recognized for his theory of market reflexivity, which contends that investor biases and market fundamentals form feedback loops influencing asset prices

TradingKey - On Friday, August 15th, the Nikkei 225 and Topix indices both reached new record high closes, buoyed by Japan's stronger-than-expected second-quarter GDP growth. The Nikkei gained 1.71%, closing at 43,378.31, while the Topix rose 1.63% to 3,107.68, briefly touching an intraday high of 3

TradingKey -  Bill Ackman is undoubtedly one of the household names on Wall Street. His bottom-up value investing style combined with a solid amount of activism within his holdings has always attracted a lot of attention from the rest of the investing community.

On Friday, August 15, stablecoin giant Circle (NYSE: CRCL) continued its downward trend in pre-market trading, falling 1.77% to $136.76. Since peaking in late June, Circle’s stock has retraced sharply, with a maximum drawdown of 54% from its all-time high.