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Bitcoin Tops $66,500 at a Five-Week High — but the Rally Is Being Driven From Washington
Bitcoin reached a five-week high as total crypto market value hit $2.31 trillion. The move tracked a 4% bounce in chip stocks almost exactly – a reminder of what bitcoin has become in the ETF era.
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Schwab Beats With $13.08 Trillion in Client Assets — and a Record 11.9 Million Daily Trades
Revenue rose 20.9% to $7.07 billion and adjusted EPS of $1.62 beat consensus. Behind the headline: record trading activity, an 80% jump in wealth-advisory flows, and a 59% rise in portfolio-backed borrowing.
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From Rate Cuts to Rate Hikes: The Six-Week Repricing of Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve
Futures markets now put one-in-four odds on a Fed hike next week, and one major bank forecasts three by December. Inside the fastest monetary reversal in years.
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Bitcoin Breaks Its Slump: A One-Month High at $65,700 as the ETF Outflow Streak Finally Ends
Bitcoin climbed to a one-month high as U.S. spot ETFs pulled in $221.7 million, their biggest daily haul in two months — a sharp turn after ten straight days of outflows.
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Jobless Claims, Home Sales and Flash PMIs: The Three Numbers That Will Make Up the Fed’s Mind
With Fed officials in pre-meeting blackout, this week’s data does the talking: claims at a two-month low of 208,000, June home sales under 6.5% mortgages, and Friday’s first look at July business activity.
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Gold Falls Below $4,000 in the Middle of a War — Here Is Why the Safe Haven Is Not Working
Gold slid toward nine-month lows on Monday even as the U.S.-Iran conflict escalated. The reason: the war’s oil shock is driving up bond yields and the dollar — and both are stronger forces than fear.
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Bitcoin Is Stuck in the Low $60,000s — and the Fed Holds the Key
After record $4.5 billion ETF outflows in June and a hawkish turn from the Federal Reserve, bitcoin has spent July grinding sideways near $64,800. Analysts see a $56,000-$62,000 range holding until the July 29 Fed decision forces a break.
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Ten Days That Could Reset Global Interest Rates: ECB Decides Thursday, the Fed Follows on July 29
For the first time since the 2022-23 inflation fight, the major central banks are debating hikes in unison. The ECB is expected to hold at 2.25% on Thursday, while markets treat the Fed’s July 29 decision as a near coin flip.