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Europe Reopens the Frozen-Assets Fight: Who Wins If Russia’s €210 Billion Finally Moves?
TODAY'S NUMBERS
$4,307 (gold, a record) · 4.99% (US 10-year Treasury yield, a 19-year high) · $104.59 (Brent crude, down for a second day). Record...
Can Europe Catch Up in the Global Critical Minerals Race?
Europe is trying to reduce its dependence on foreign suppliers of critical minerals, but funding shortages, fragmented decision making and slow project development are...
Why MBS’s Cairo Visit Matters for BRICS and the Global South
Chinese intelligence and strategic circles, such as the Beijing Institute for International Strategic Studies and research centers affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of State...
The Real Story Behind Canada’s EU Deal Isn’t Membership. It’s Minerals
Three weeks before today's ceremony in Strasbourg, American negotiators put a specific demand on the table in Ottawa: a right of first refusal on...
The Fed’s First Hike in Three Years: Why the Dollar and Gold Are Rising Together
TODAY'S NUMBERS: 5.00% (US 10-year Treasury yield, first close above that level since 2023) · 99.5 (Dollar Index, its highest in weeks) · $4,300...
How to Use a Solana Token Explorer to Research On-Chain Activity
Solana processes a very large number of transactions each day, and that volume creates a real challenge for anyone trying to make sense of...
EU warns China trade imbalance must be addressed
The European Union is preparing to use a broader range of economic measures to reduce what European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described...
Can Canada and Europe build closer ties as Trump trade tensions grow?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Strasbourg on Wednesday as Ottawa seeks to strengthen its economic and strategic ties with Europe amid...
Could Trump’s $5,000 checks complicate Warsh’s Fed strategy?
President Donald Trump’s proposal to give Americans $5,000 payments is raising questions about how the plan could affect U.S. monetary policy, particularly as Federal...
China Tightens Capital Controls the Same Week It Calls the Yuan’s Rise “Irreversible”
TODAY'S NUMBERS: $126.4bn (BRI engagement, H1 2026, a record) · 3.1% (yuan's share of global payments, June 2026) · $50,000 (China's unchanged annual FX...