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Thursday, April 2, 2026
Intel Corporation is gaining momentum, with its Irish factory buyback and strategy reinforcing confi ...
46 minutes

How Have US Natural Gas Futures Reacted to Trump’s Iran War Message?

By Timothy St. John, Financial Writer - European & US Desks
2 min read
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he would be ...
58 minutes
Global markets turned volatile as rising geopolitical tensions pushed oil sharply higher and trigger ...
1 hour

Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD Pivot at $4,670 as Resilient Labor Data Boosts Dollar; Eyes on NFP on Friday

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
3 min read
Gold (XAU/USD) had a wild ride on Thursday April 2 2026 as its four-day winning streak got bumped up ...
2 hours

EUR/USD Price Forecast: EUR Slumps to $1.1530 as Energy-Driven Inflation Rattles Eurozone

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
2 min read
The Euro came under selling pressure again on Thursday, April 2, 2026, with the EUR/USD pair falling ...
2 hours

JSE Top 40 Price Prediction: Will the ZAR 105,145 Support Hold Amid Middle East Oil Volatility?

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
2 min read
As of April 2nd 2026, things are looking pretty rocky for the South African equity market - we're in ...
3 hours

GBP/USD Price Analysis: Sterling Falls to 1.3250 as Iran Escalation Revives Stagflation Risk – NFP Decides the Next Move

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
3 min read
GBP/USD fell back to 1.3250 on April 2 after reaching a weekly high of 1.3315. Recent comments from ...
3 hours

3.7% Drop for Bitcoin on Iran Conflict Escalation

By Timothy St. John, Financial Writer - European & US Desks
2 min read
The price of Bitcoin plunged to $65,834 (BTC/USD) on Thursday fol ...
4 hours

Genius Group Sells Entire Bitcoin Treasury in Q1 to Repay Debt as Revenue Surges 171 Percent

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
3 min read
Genius Group - the AI-powered ed-tech company - has really gone scorched earth on its Bitcoin holdin ...
4 hours

Trump Speech Pushes Stock Market into Selloff

By Timothy St. John, Financial Writer - European & US Desks
2 min read
President Donald Trump vowed to send Iran “to the Stone Age” with ...
4 hours

Russia Targets 50,000 Crypto Miners as Mining Banned in 13 Regions with Fines up to $25,000

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
3 min read
Russia's stepped-up efforts to crack down on cryptocurrency mining is targeting up to 50,000 unregis ...
5 hours

Alabama Grants Legal Status to DAOs Following Wyoming Move Boosting Crypto Adoption

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
3 min read
Alabama is now the second U.S. state to officially grant Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO ...
5 hours

Coinbase Pushes Back Against SEC Issuer Consent Rules for Tokenized Securities

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
1 min read
Coinbase is coming out swinging against the idea of needing issuer approval for third-party tokenize ...
5 hours

Taiwan Bitcoin Reserve Could Shield Economy Amid Rising China Tensions

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
2 min read
A report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) released in April 1, 2026, warns that Taiwan should ...
6 hours

Ethereum Price Prediction: Will the $2,000 Support Hold Amid Glamsterdam Upgrade Anticipation?

By Arslan Butt, Lead Markets Analyst – Multi-Asset (FX, Commodities, Crypto)
2 min read
Ethereum's in the midst of a very messy period as of April 2, 2026 with prices hanging around $2,055 ...
8 hours

XRP Price Prediction Analysis: Will the $1.31 Channel Support Hold Amid CLARITY Act Momentum?

By Maham Arslan, Crypto News Writer | Blockchain & Web3 Reporter
3 min read
The XRP market is in a precarious balancing act as of April 2nd 2026. Trading near $1.3148, the asse ...
10 hours

Gold Tumbles Up to 4% , Snaps 4-Day Rally After Trump’s Ambiguous Iran Speech

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
1 min read
Gold fell after US President Donald Trump's eagerly awaited speech provided little clarity on how to ...
10 hours

US Stocks Tumble as War Anxiety Lifts Crude Oil

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
1 min read
US stocks and bonds declined as crude oil surged again. President Donald Trump expressed optimism th ...
10 hours

SWIFT’s On-Chain Revolution: Tokenized Assets Converge with XRP

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
1 min read
Swift's own technology roadmap, according to the host of a well-known crypto analysis show, has subt ...
10 hours

OpenAI Lands Largest Funding Round in History: $122B at $852B Valuation

By Olumide Adesina, Financial Market Writer
1 min read
OpenAI has closed a deal to raise $122 billion from investors at a valuation of $852 billion. This r ...
10 hours
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