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Friday, January 30, 2026

Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD Drops 4% From $5,450 Peak as $5,160 Becomes the Market’s New Test

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
2 min read
Gold (XAU/USD) has run into its first real obstacle after a strong start this month. After climbing ...
2 minutes
Market Sentiment Pulse – A brief update on what’s moving markets and why The forex mark ...
15 minutes

WTI Oil Below $65, Yet July’s Best Month Since 2023 Still in Play

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
2 min read
WTI crude oil futures fell below $65 per barrel on Friday, trading around $64.20 due to short-term s ...
16 minutes

Silver Fund Full-Day Halt, Oil Funds Paused: China Acts to Limit Speculative Losses

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
2 min read
China suspended trading of five commodity funds on Friday to reduce the underlying risks of investme ...
49 minutes

Gold’s Wild Ride: Second-Day Freefall Caps Off 25% Monthly Explosion

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
1 min read
Gold is seeing significant liquidation for the second day in a row on Friday following a parabolic i ...
59 minutes

Meta Stock Surges 10.4% on Strong Q4 Earnings, AI Investment Plans

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
2 min read
With shares rising more than 10.4% to year-to-date highs Thursday, Meta Platforms was the most impre ...
2 hours

China’s Speculative Frenzy Propels Copper to Record $14,500+ High

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
1 min read
Copper surged by the most in over 16 years as metals continued their dramatic start to the year, dri ...
2 hours

Bitcoin Options Traders Betting Big on Short-Term Crash to $70K–$75K

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
1 min read
Bitcoin fell 8% to reach a low of $81.3K before making a minor comeback on Friday morning. There wer ...
3 hours

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Eyes Blockbuster Merger With Tesla — or xAI

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
1 min read
SpaceX is thinking about merging with Tesla Inc. as well as a different merger with the artificial i ...
3 hours

Microsoft’s $357 Billion Rout Is Worst Since DeepSeek Hammered Nvidia

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
1 min read
Microsoft shares on Thursday wiped out $357 billion in value, making it the second-largest selling s ...
3 hours

Ethereum Tumbles to $2,700 as Whales Stake $745M Despite Market Weakness

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
2 min read
Ethereum [[ETH/USD]] is experiencing rising pressure as the world's second-largest cryptocurrency sl ...
3 hours
XRP is currently trading below $1.80 after a notable decline. According to live data from major trac ...
3 hours

Solana Plunges 7.2% Amid Market Turmoil Despite Major Institutional Wins

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
2 min read
As of this writing, Solana [[SOL/USD]] is down 7.2% over the last day, trailing the 6% fall in the o ...
4 hours

Bitcoin Plunges to $82,000 as Microsoft Sell-Off and Gold Flash Crash Wipe Out 2026 Gains

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
3 min read
Bitcoin [[BTC/USD]] is facing additional selling pressure on Thursday, trading around $82,000 after ...
6 hours

Daily Crypto Signals: Bitcoin Retests $83K, Solana Anchors Institutional Tokenization Strategy

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
3 min read
Bitcoin [[BTC/USD]] tumbled to its lowest level in over two months as futures liquidations and AI st ...
6 hours
SPAR shares face renewed pressure after a legal dispute over past software issues reignites investor ...
8 hours

Wall Street Posts Broad Losses as the Risk of a New U.S. Shutdown

By Ignacio Teson, Economist and Financial Analyst
2 min read
Political noise surrounding the renewed delay in approving the U.S. budget is raising the risk of an ...
9 hours
Apple’s latest earnings beat expectations across the board, but the market response implies investor ...
10 hours
Even if Microsoft's most recent profits exceeded expectations, the market's response indicates that ...
10 hours

Mexican Peso Weakens After Hitting Its Best Level of the Year

By Ignacio Teson, Economist and Financial Analyst
2 min read
The peso pulled back after earlier hitting its strongest level of the year, as traders positioned th ...
10 hours
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