Global Finance Pulse

FOMC & Powell Highlights

• 🔥 Middle East Uncertainty Added: FOMC statement added that Middle East developments have uncertain impacts on the US...

Key GS macro split for banking positioning:

• Expects Fed to cut rates twice this year, per Lindsay Rosner
• Slashed US GDP forecast from 2.5% to 2.2% across 2026
• Signals resilient cuts amid economic warning – watch rate-sensitive banks

Key FOMC changes signal caution:

• Middle East impact on US economy now called uncertain; Powell agrees implications unclear.
• Unemployment softened...

Key US senator eyes breakthrough this week for stalled crypto market structure bill. Senate Banking Committee advancing it since January markup postponement – potential regulatory green light for crypto markets.

Mixed signals for short-term BTC traders amid price resistance:

• Bullish ETF accumulation: US spot ETFs pulled in $1.2B over 7 days, nearing October...

• Online shopping leads crypto use cases for Australians, followed by freelancing/services and video games
• Surge in crypto shopping, but banking...

Key short-term trading insights from latest analysis:

• Natural gas, gold, silver: In-depth trends, price moves, and strategies
• US cocoa, Nifty, crude oil: Technical breakdowns for all levels
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• SEC taxonomy notice clarifies most crypto assets may not be securities, detailing what qualifies under federal law.
• CZ praises shift: US policy...

Trump family-associated miner ABTC added 399 BTC on March 18, pushing total holdings to 6,899 BTC. On-chain whale accumulation like this is a bullish signal for traders eyeing short-term momentum.

• Key partnership: CoinShares partners with Kiln to debut inaugural on-chain asset management using Railnet protocol.
• Yield fusion: Blends DeFi...

• Short-term consolidation: Modest recovery to $75K after pullback
• Medium-term upside: Traders see ~33% odds for $100K, lower for $120K
• Key...

Key macro critiques on Fed policy risks:

• Mandate breach: Hiking rates due to oil shocks ignores Fed's core duties
• Complacency bubble: Biggest risk...

New 23-min video delivers technical analysis on SPY, QQQ, NVDA, TSLA, AMD, PLTR, META, AVGO, spotlighting swing trading setups in S&P 500 and Nasdaq leaders.

• Real-time USD-CAD conversion added to tokenized deposits, enabling cross-border transactions on blockchain settlement systems.
• FX functionality...

Banking sector eyes resilience via strategic poaching amid IB/Asia rivalry:

• U.S. Bank appoints veteran Alan Flanagan as head of Global Investment...

• BTC drops below 72,000 USD, 24h decline widens to 2.17%
• Consolidates gains amid rebound skepticism, $68K as key support
• Gold slips at $5K level, watch correlation for BTC downside risks
• Short-term traders: monitor supports amid consolidation

TradFi on-chain revolution: S&P Dow Jones Indices launches S&P 500 perpetual derivatives on the Hyperliquid blockchain, a landmark development for global financial markets. Traders gain seamless crypto-native access to the benchmark index.

TradFi Crypto Integration

• 🔥 Mastercard BVNK Acquisition: Mastercard to acquire stablecoin payments infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8...

• US ally push: White House privately urges Europe/Asia for public Hormuz Strait support to stabilize markets; Trump eyes reactions over...

Five companies, including bank affiliates and a major conglomerate, are competing for Vietnam’s first crypto exchange licences as authorities plan to restrict offshore trading.