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Overview The navigability of one waterway is currently setting oil prices, equity records and the market's odds on a September Fed hike. On August 5, President Trump said a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could happen as soon as Wednesday or Thursday, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying an agreement may be imminent. CNBC's coverage of the day's developments reported that those signals drove oil sharply lower and sent stocks to record levels. The two sides are not telling t

Overview The Federal Reserve's July 29 decision looked like a hold. The vote behind it was the most hawkish of this cycle. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 9 to 3 to keep the federal funds rate at a target range of 3.50% to 3.75%, a fifth consecutive hold, with three regional Fed presidents formally voting to raise by a quarter point. CNBC's coverage of the decision noted this was the first time since September 2016 that three policymakers dissented in favour of a hike. The reason this ke

Overview The most consequential structural change in stablecoins over the past decade is not market cap growth. It is that issuers are being pulled inside bank regulation. Circle completed two steps in three weeks: final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on July 10 to establish a national trust bank, followed by a New York Department of Financial Services limited purpose trust charter on July 31. According to Circle's announcement of the final OCC approval, the entity i

Overview The market structure legislation the US crypto industry has waited on for more than a year is now compressed into a window measured in hours. The Senate's scheduled session end date is August 7, and as of this writing on August 6, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) has not appeared on the Senate agenda and no cloture motion has been filed. CoinDesk, in its rundown of the possible outcomes, reported that the Senate has not indicated whether it will work on the bill, with ju

I. Macro & Market Sentiment(Market Data)· BTC Price: $64,541 (24h +0.39%)· Funding Rate: +0.0073%· Fear & Greed Index: 25 (Extreme Fear)(Key Event Preview)· Trump stated that the US-Iran issue regarding the Strait of Hormuz will yield results within 48 hours, the strait may open on Wednesday or Thursday, and the geopolitical conflict premium faces a reassessment.· The hawkish camp within the Federal Reserve is expanding. Among the 12 regional Fed presidents, 5 have publicly expressed support for

Overview Shares of Londian Wason New Energy Tech Inc. (NYSE: FOIL), the global market leader in electrolytic copper foil for lithium-ion batteries, captured widespread market attention after pricing its initial public offering at $22.00 per American Depositary Share (ADS) to raise $94.3 million on the New York Stock Exchange. The offering marked the largest US listing by a Chinese corporate issuer in over twelve months. However, after surging more than 18% during its opening trading session, the

Overview Following its near 2 billion dollar valuation debut on the New York Stock Exchange, the fundamental narrative surrounding Londian Wason New Energy Tech Inc. (NYSE: FOIL) is undergoing a sophisticated market reassessment. While the vast majority of institutional coverage initially categorized the enterprise strictly as the world's largest supplier of lithium-ion battery copper foil, pure exposure to the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain is only part of the story. Investors parsing the c

Overview Shares of Londian Wason New Energy Tech Inc. (NYSE: FOIL), the world's largest manufacturer of electrolytic copper foil for lithium-ion batteries, have become the center of an intense market valuation debate following its high-profile New York debut and subsequent trading suspension. After pricing its initial public offering at $22.00 per American Depositary Share (ADS) to raise $94.3 million, the company commanded an enterprise valuation between $1.9 billion and $2.0 billion, establish

Overview Londian Wason New Energy Tech Inc. (NYSE: FOIL), the world's leading manufacturer of electrolytic copper foil for lithium-ion batteries, recently completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, raising approximately $94.3 million at $22.00 per American Depositary Share (ADS) to become the largest US listing by a Chinese company in more than a year. However, following an energetic market debut where shares surged over 18% intraday, secondary trading encountered unex

Overview Ahead of Unitree Robotics' STAR Market subscription on August 10, one of the questions investors most need answered is what actually justifies a 42 billion yuan issuance valuation. A key part of the answer sits not in the prospectus but on a stage in Taipei on June 1. During his Computex keynote, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced the Isaac GR00T reference humanoid robot, built jointly with Unitree and Singapore-based dexterous hand maker Sharpa, pairing Unitree's H2 Plus body with NVIDI