The writing on the wall exclaiming a future none of us will be comfortable in is clear and present...

Gulf official tells CNN “50:50” chance US and Iran could reach deal by Friday; US reportedly nears a Hormuz deal; Houthis hit Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea; US ISM PMI Services misses on headline; US ADP eases more than anticipated in July; Fed's Schmid says current policy is not restrictive; EIA commercial crude stocks build, SPR draws; NZ u/e rate unexpectedly ticks higher; GOOGL DeepMind CEO stepping down w/ veterans departing.

“Interest from institutional investors has increased since gold fell to around the $4,000 level...”

Senior Israeli officials said that any new strikes must be approved by the nation’s political leaders...

"Everybody will have to seriously level up..."

...acted out of "sheer and utter greed"...

"So if November comes around and they're thinking 'this final mission we have is still not looking very good, and there are still a few bugs in this final mission', they'll push it six more months if they have to."

 

“We saw you sent your pigs out too!”

EIP-8363 is a newly published draft proposal that would cut net consensus-layer rewards as the Ethereum staking ratio heads toward 50%...

The tightening is visible in the LME forward curve

An expensive lesson for the 24-year-old Leopold Degenbrenner. 

Remember hyperscaler CDS spreads?

"The four of us have been chatting about this a little bit and we got excited."

...vessel was attacked by an Uncrewed Surface Vessel which caused a fire onboard.

Wall Street moved on from gold. China didn't. It may have done so a little too early.

Such an emphatic move has the fingerprints of short covering, as stops set at or near the old highs are triggered...

Russia now in turn targeting Ukraine's own largest e-commerce company...