US Senate Votes To Include CBDC Ban In Bipartisan Housing Bill

Futures Rebound With Cash Markets Closed; Gold, Bitcoin Jump While US cash markets are closed for the July 4th holiday, stocks around the world rebounded from yesterday's momentum rout as the latest round of jitters about the AI trade subsided, with Europe’s benchmark rising to an all-time high. S&P futures rose 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures rebounded 1.2% in thin holiday trading after South Korean memory giants SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics recovered, helping to drive a 2% rally in Asian shares after earlier tumbling with SK Hynix plunging as much as 30% from its all...

A period of relative calm on Monday gave way to Israeli troops in Nabatieh al-Fawqa opening fire on a group of workers with a bulldozer who were reportedly clearing the roadways in the area, killing two and wounding two others. The IDF declared them “terrorists.” The newest report from the Lebanese Health Ministry reported 17 […]

Russia Quickly Rejects Ukraine's Offer Of Ceasefire On Black Sea Shipping Ukraine has quietly floated a deal through a third-party mediator to halt reciprocal strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea, Reuters reports, in what appears to be a calculated bid to unfreeze a critical global commodity corridor and to relieve pressure on Ukraine's battered wartime economy. The maritime artery remains a vital economic lifeline for both nations, channeling massive volumes of grain and agricultural supplies to world markets - especially the Middle East and Africa - but there's now...