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Gold Outlook Hinges on Hormuz Tensions and US Inflation Data

August 12, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Hill & Smith PLC posted 8% revenue growth to $606.7m in H1 2026, led by 14% organic constant currency expansion in US operations. Underlying operating profit climbed 8% to $102.9m while mar…

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Attacker Drains 200K XRP From Bridge Using Fake Deposit

On August 9, a bridge connecting the XRP Ledger and Coreum (now rebranded as tx) lost close to 200,000 XRP after an attacker tricked its deposit-checking system into treating a wallet-to-wallet transfer as a real deposi…

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Dollar Slightly Higher as Crude Oil Rallies and Stocks Fall

The dollar index (DXY00) rose by +0.06% on Tuesday. The dollar found support on Tuesday after WTI crude oil prices rose more than +1% to a 1-week high, which raises inflation expectations and may persuade the Fed to tig…

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Arthur Hayes: Japan Yen Fix Could Fuel Bitcoin and Ethereum Rally

Arthur Hayes published a new essay this week arguing that the US Treasury and Japan’s Ministry of Finance have settled on a single method to strengthen the yen: running newly printed dollars through the Federal Reserve’…

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Dollar Slightly Higher as Crude Oil Rallies and Stocks Fall

The dollar index (DXY00) rose by +0.06% on Tuesday. The dollar found support on Tuesday after WTI crude oil prices rose more than +1% to a 1-week high, which raises inflation expectations and may persuade the Fed to tig…

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Stocks Settle Lower Ahead of Wednesday’s CPI Report

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed down -0.32% on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.34%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.33%. September E-mini S&P futures (E…

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Gold rises near $4,400 as Hormuz doubts, CPI keep Fed path in focus

Gold (XAU/USD) attracts some dip-buyers during the Asian session on Wednesday, stalling the previous day's retracement slide from the $4,435 region, or the highest level since June 5. The commodity, however, remains bel…

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Tokenomics: Why making AI pay is tricky

If you have used a free version of ChatGPT or any of its AI rivals, then you are obviously getting a good deal.

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