Gold

Stablecoins & CBDC: The Battle for Settlement Rails Stablecoins, facts. Total market capitalization

$314.68B as of 21/06/2026 (382 issuers, DefiLlama), ~$323B at all-time high in May 2026, with remarkable resilience during a crypto…

1 month ago

Range-to-regime transition / pre-FOMC event risk

Bitcoin remains a reserve asset with a structure showing recovery from $58-62k, rejection under $81-86k, and consolidation around $77k. NUPL…

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How a Simple Fair Value Model Anchors Crypto Portfolio Sizing: BTC, ETH, and ZEC in Focus

The framework is a two-regime Markov model with observable states, not a calibrated HMM Regime 1 (Liquidity risk-on) is indicated…

1 month ago

Gold prices may be testing the U.S. Federal Reserve’s bluff, according to Peter Reagan

In a recent TradingView article, the question was raised whether gold could surpass $4,500 if U.S. employment data lowers expectations…

1 month ago

From speculative token to yield instrument: the income paradigm in tokenized assets (2026–2035)

For a decade, the value of a digital asset depended on the promise of a higher resale price. The tokenization…

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Crypto Market Shows Mixed Signals as Bitcoin Holds Below $80K Ahead of CPI and FOMC

As of September 11, 2026, the crypto market presents a mixed macro regime. Bitcoin trades near $77,200–77,400, showing a -4.7%…

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Agentic AI, robotics, biotech (MANBRIC) & smart cities: capital shifts from software to physical.

Thesis. The 2026 AI cycle shifts from conversational models to "digital workers" (agents) and physical AI (robots, driving, inspection); value…

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MiCA × ISO 20022: The Dual Plumbing Reshaping European Finance

Thesis. Two "invisible" projects converge in 2026: the completion of the licensed perimeter under MiCA (crypto) and the ISO 20022…

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Commodities & ESG taxonomy: real returns in a world of real assets

Thesis. Raw materials are regaining a core portfolio role (hedging a multipolar world and AI electrification), while European ESG shifts…

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Rising Demand for Direct Ownership of Physical Gold

The Financial Times reports a marked shift among wealthy investors toward direct ownership of physical gold and secure, individually allocated…

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