1 Minute Market Rundown – 17th June 2022 June 17, 2022 | City Talk Volatility ReignsUSD Bruised But Beaten YetCrypto Holds….For Now Well yesterday was not a day for the faint hearted – again! The SNB and the BOE both raised rates, one surprising the market by its move and one sticking to the script. The BOE acknowledged that inflation is out of control and the market took this [...]
Glencore trading profits set to soar amid volatile commodity prices June 17, 2022 Glencore is on course to post record profits from its trading business in the first half of the year as it continues to feel the lift of volatile commodity prices.
Banks boosted by looming BoE interest rate hike June 15, 2022 Strengthening bets on the Bank of England tomorrow hiking interest rates for the fifth meeting in a row boosted the UK’s biggest-listed banks today. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index surged 1.2 per cent to 7,273.41 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, [...]
Bill Gates says he’s not involved in crypto or NFTs, mocks them for being based on “greater fool theory” June 15, 2022 Bill Gates is sceptical of cryptocurrencies and non fungible tokens (NFTs), blasting them for being based on “greater fool theory”. Speaking to TechCrunch on Tuesday, Microsoft’s billionaire ex-CEO said he’s not involved in crypto or NFTs, saying they were “100% based on a sort of greater fool theory, where someone is going to pay more [...]
Q&A: Are we heading towards a commodity super-cycle? June 15, 2022 | City Talk Commodities have achieved strong price gains recently, prompting speculation that we could be in the early stages of a so-called super-cycle; a sustained period of growing demand exceeding supply. Global commodity prices have moved higher in the past few months, partly due to geopolitical issues such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A mismatch of demand [...]
Coinbase to cut staff by 18 per cent as it warns of crypto winter June 14, 2022 Crypto exchange Coinbase will lay off 18 per cent of its workforce as it warned of a recession and a crypto winter. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the decision was based on the need to manage expenses and increase efficiency as the company looked to “stay healthy during this economic downturn”. “We appear to be [...]
UBS hikes oil price expectations as supplies tighten across global markets June 14, 2022 Low oil inventories, dwindling spare capacity, and supply fears have prompted UBS to rise its pricing forecast for crude oil this year
Gas prices soar as flows dip from key markets June 14, 2022 European gas prices have spiked again this morning amid both lower flows from Norway and Russia, and weak wind output.
1 Minute Market Rundown – 14th June 2022 June 14, 2022 | City Talk Celsius Insolvent?Risk ClatteredAll Eyes on Powell It was crypto that led the charge down both yesterday and over the weekend, with ETH at the vanguard. BTC had its worst single day performance in a year, while ETH slumped 18% over further concerns around its proposed merge. News on the day of Celsius’s insolvency exacerbated the [...]
Crypto plummets as Binance pauses Bitcoin withdrawals and Celsius stops redemptions June 13, 2022 Major cryptocurrencies plunged on Monday after Binance halted Bitcoin withdrawals and Celsius suspended all redemptions. Bitcoin dropped over 18% while ether fell more than 20% on Monday afternoon after Binance , the world’s largest crypto exchange, suspended Bitcoin withdrawals. The suspension came after crypto lender Celsius announced it would halt withdrawals, swaps, and transfers between [...]
