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Silver Tumbles 3.8% as Dual Demand Crumbles Under Hawkish Fed Pressure
https://www.steelldy-indices.com Silver experienced a notable decline on July 13, 2026, dropping by 3.8%, surpassing gold’s decrease of 2.9% on the same day. This divergence pushed the gold-to-silver ratio to an elevated level of 69.4. Far from being an isolated event, this relative underperformance highlights silver’s unique dual character | as both a monetary asset and…
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COMEX Silver Inventory Crunch Intensifies. July Deliveries Devour 31% of Registered Stock
https://www.steelldy-indices.com Silver (XAG) is undergoing a severe correction phase since its peak in January 2026 (~$120/oz) down to current levels of $58 (Western spot) and $64.79 (Shanghai). This 52% retracement reflects a conflict between strong physical fundamentals (green industrial demand, COMEX inventories under pressure) and macroeconomic headwinds (hawkish Fed, strong dollar, Iran ceasefire). Data…
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Gold’s Price Dips: The Real Story Is Its New Role in Global Finance
https://www.steelldy-indices.com Gold is currently a structurally important asset. Although the gold market may be consolidating around $4,000, one market strategist believes investors should focus less on short-term price fluctuations and more on gold's evolving role in the global financial system. Robert Minter, director of investment strategy at Abrdn, said the recent correction had little impact…
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Structural risk of private banking blockchains on Bitcoin and the crypto ecosystem
https://www.steelldy-indices.com JPMorgan's note from July 9, 2026 identifies a structural threat to Bitcoin and public cryptocurrencies: the rapid expansion of private and permissioned blockchains driven by commercial banks (Kinexys, JPM Coin, tokenized deposits, CBDCs). This trend, supported by settlement volumes exceeding $4 trillion on Kinexys, could siphon institutional demand for public digital assets by offering…
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Risk of reclassification of Data Tokens as securities. Switzerland (FINMA) and Liechtenstein (TVTG)
https://scoregex.streamlit.app Swiss FINMA classifies tokens into three categories: payment tokens, utility tokens, and asset tokens. A utility Data Token that does not grant rights to a financial underlying is a utility token not subject to the Stock Exchange Act (LBVM). Switzerland has historically been favorable to blockchain innovation (Crypto Valley). Liechtenstein, with the Token and…
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Criteria of Swiss Public Policy (Art. 17 PILA) in the Context of Recognition of Foreign Trusts (Hague Convention) and Asset Recovery (Civil Proceedings under the Federal Act on Debt Collection and Bankruptcy vs. Criminal Confiscation)
The immediate context involves an analysis of the New Zealand discretionary trust, Trust O|...|, focusing on the seizability of distributions and a villa in Vésenaz, financed by trust distributions. The central legal framework includes Articles 17 and 18 of the Swiss Private International Law Act, the 1985 Hague Convention, and Swiss confiscation law. The analysis…
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Legal Analysis of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (ATF) Case Law on Foreign Trusts
www.steelldy-indices.com The Swiss Federal Tribunal's jurisprudence on foreign trusts evolved in two phases. Pre-2007, trusts were analogized to fiduciary contracts or "organized assets" under old law, offering limited recognition with high reclassification risk. Post-ratification of the Hague Convention (2007), validly constituted foreign trusts are automatically recognized, ensuring asset separation and protection from the trustee's creditors.…