Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 22 October 2026 Goldman flags $20 oil freight as Brent holds above $110 Brent traded above $110 a barrel on Oct. 21, with WTI near $99, as Middle East supply risk stayed in the price even after Gulf loadings recovered. Goldman Sachs said average oil freight has jumped to about … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 21 October 2026 BlackRock files protected bitcoin ETF as IBIT takes in $665 million BlackRock filed with the U.S. SEC for an iShares Bitcoin Managed Protect ETF that would track bitcoin’s upside up to a cap while seeking to limit losses. The filing follows Calamos’s CBOO fund, which fell about … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 20 October 2026 Bitcoin falls to $81,400 despite largest spot ETF inflow in a month Bitcoin slipped about 0.5% to around $81,400 on Tuesday even after U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in $526.6 million on Monday, the largest daily inflow in nearly a month. South Korea’s Kospi fell 3.73% to … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 19 October 2026 Bitcoin rebounds above $82,000 as China Q3 GDP beats forecasts Bitcoin traded around $82,500–$82,700 on Monday, up about 0.5–0.8% from midnight UTC and extending a bounce from Sunday’s dip near $80,700. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported third-quarter GDP growth of 4.5% year on year, above the … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 17 October 2026 MSCI adopts rules that could eject Strategy from global equity indexes MSCI said Thursday it will classify non-operating companies as ineligible for its Global Investable Market Indexes, effective at the close of November 30. Strategy, the largest public bitcoin holder with 848,250 BTC, and Japan’s Metaplanet are … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 16 October 2026 MSCI finalizes rules that could eject Strategy and Metaplanet from global equity indexes MSCI adopted on Thursday a methodology that can bar so-called non-operating companies from its Global Investable Market Indexes. Firms that mainly hold investments rather than run an operating business would no longer be eligible. … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 15 October 2026 Bitcoin slips under $81,000 after hot US CPI and AI selloff Bitcoin fell back under $81,000 on Thursday, with lows near $80,150–$80,400 after a hotter-than-expected US inflation print and a deeper slide in AI-linked stocks. CoinDesk put the 24-hour drop near 2.6 percent; ether fell about 5 … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 14 October 2026 Bitcoin fades from $84,000 ahead of U.S. September CPI Bitcoin briefly traded at $84,000 early Wednesday before slipping about 0.5% to near $83,200, according to CoinDesk. Price remained boxed between the 50-day moving average around $81,000 and a ceiling at $84,000 that buyers have not closed above. … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 13 October 2026 French 30-year OAT-Bund spread widens past 150 bps, topping euro debt-crisis high Morgan Stanley’s chief global economist, Seth Carpenter, said the fiscal stress in the global rate rise is most acute in French OATs. The 30-year OAT-Bund spread has moved wider than 150 basis points, exceeding the … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 12 October 2026 Bitcoin holds above $84,000 as U.S. spot ETFs post $681 million weekly outflows Bitcoin traded back near $84,000 on Monday after slipping to about $83,500 earlier in the session, holding weekend gains even as U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $681 million of net outflows last week. That … Read more